Talk of the town... AVN Online April 2004 Meanwhile, burlesque, played for laughs, was being revived by troupes of joke-telling, clothes-shedding, ironic wink-wink/nudge-nudging entertainers. The original burlesque appealed to the prurient interest of a generation that looked on a glimpse of stocking as something shocking; the Lees and their accomplices - including comics Premature Lee and Random Lee - aim at higher pleasure centres..