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I liked the pacing of your film. It is like a sine curve that goes up and down with emotions of these performers who are exhil- arated by performing and then have to deal with tawdry dress- ing rooms of some not so savory establishments? Was this con- sciously done? I’m an editor, so pacing is in- grained in everything I do. As far as the story went, much was captured and then figured out in the edit room. So, the ups and downs were great to have filmed as I knew we needed them to make a simple subject matter become dramatic.  The look of your film is lovely. The images pop on the screen. Tell us more about the cinema- tography. I was lucky because with bur- lesque, everywhere you point the camera is cinematic, or a least colorful and interesting. I love mess, and so dressing rooms are always great because there’s a ton of mess and tex- Watch the trailer for Getting Naked: A Burlesque Story NJ STAGE - ISSUE 46 INDEX NEXT ARTICLE 90