Maybe if Lindsay Lohan had starred in it as originally planned, it might have been somewhat successful. All of the singing probably wouldn't have been done by just one star alone.
The plot of Burlesque wasn't even all that original - I'm going to spoil it here, so if you don't want it spoiled, stop reading now! - A small town girl leaves said small town for the big city. Small town girl can't find a job in the big city. Small town girl finds a strip bar where she desperately wants to work at. Small town girl begs for a performing job, but ends up getting a waiting job. Small town girl gets robbed of all of her money. Small town girl gets a chance to prove herself and ends up performing. Strip bar where small town girl now performs finds itself in some sort of trouble. Small town girl, through the power of song, saves the strip bar. Everyone lives happily ever after.
Sound familar?
It should.
Burlesque is just a musical rip off of Coyote Ugly (I'm sure some people needed to be told that). But what's worse, is that Burlesque doesn't even have any memorable songs. All that can be remembered of the songs is that Christina Aguilera belted out all of the songs with that amazing voice of hers, and for something different, Cher sang the two songs Aguilera didn't.
It was actually really disappointing to see all of the wasted talent. The makers of Burlesque didn't make any use of the amazing voices of Alan Cumming (although don't get me started on the confusion surrounding his role) and Kristen Bell. No use was even made of Diana Agron.
If there was any singing to be done, it all fell to Christina Aguilera and occassionally Cher. And if Aguilera's voice wasn't enough to carry Burlesque, then there was the massive list of stars to fall back on. Besides Agron, Bell and Cumming, Eric Dane and Cam Gigandet also starred alongside Aguilera and Cher.
The makers of Burlesque clearly weren't relying upon any kind of originality when they made the film.
But like I said earlier, the film could've been saved if Lindsay Lohan had've starred instead of Aguilera. For one thing, the singing probably would've been shared equally among the stars (and maybe Bell and Dane would've gotten themselves a villian song). And what's more, everyone knows that only Lohan can save anything with the power of song; a school talent show through to her mother's second wedding has been saved through the power of Lohan singing a song.
Burlesque is definitely not a film I want to see again. I'd be more than happy to forget what little of the film I do remember. Next time I want to watch a film like this, I'll just stick with Coyote Ugly.
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