Like its, um, titular heroine, Satan's Angel: Queen of the Fire Tassels serves up an agreeably ragged walk on the wild side. Blowsy Angel Walker, 67, may look matronly but she is a living legend of "burlesque revival," emerging from retirement with an act she honed under the name “Satan's Angel” in which she sets the tassels of her nipple pasties ablaze. Walker recounts her Catholic-schoolgirl San Francisco upbringing, talks about how nude modeling led her to 1960s exotic dancing (more money than office work), and revisits the bone-breaking motorcycle crash that made her adopt slow, sinuous moves apt for classic striptease (Walker headlined in Vegas for an incredible 12 years). Despite being a lifelong lesbian, she had an indeterminate sum of marriages/affairs, sometimes with celebrities (the only two she rates as good lovers were Frank Gorshin and Bobby Darin). She also entertained Vietnam troops, claims to have been targeted by biker gangs, and succumbed to addiction in the 1980s during a hiatus from a flesh circuit that had grown too hardcore for her "Catholic" tastes. Filmmaker Josh Dragotta draws on comments from Walker, her tolerant mom, and fellow "classic" strippers and retro-modern imitators. DVD extras include extended interviews and a photo gallery. An inspiring tale featuring women who proudly flaunt their realistically aged, Rubenesque bodies (no plastic surgery or anorexic emaciation here), this is recommended for both LGBT and general collections. Aud: C, P. (C. Cassady)
Satan's Angel: Queen of the Fire Tassels
(2013) 72 min. DVD: $24.99. Breaking Glass Pictures (avail. from most distributors). Volume 28, Issue 3
Satan's Angel: Queen of the Fire Tassels
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