Related Words for burlesque

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parody
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Noun, Verb
charade
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Verb, Noun, Verb
travesty
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Verb, Noun, Verb
lampoon
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Verb, Noun, Verb
spoof
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Verb, Noun, Verb, Adjective
mockery
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Adjective, Noun
takeoff
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Noun, Noun
cabaret
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Noun
vaudeville
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Noun
striptease
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Noun
revue
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Noun
comedy
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Noun
carnivalesque
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Noun
pantomime
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Noun
theatrical
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Adjective
boudoir
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Noun
circus
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Noun
erotic
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Adjective
bawdy
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Adjective
dance
/
Noun
troupe
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Noun
theatre
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Noun
transvestite
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Noun
carnival
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Noun
comic
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Adjective, Noun
stripper
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Noun
comedic
x/x
Adjective
couture
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Noun
gymnastic
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Adjective
slapstick
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Noun
ballet
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Noun
eroticism
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Noun
costume
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Noun
improv
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Noun
clowning
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Noun
literary
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Noun
saucy
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Adjective
gothic
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Name
raunchy
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Adjective
poetry
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Noun
scenic
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Noun
camp
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Noun
choreographic
xxx/x
Adjective
recitative
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Noun
period
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Noun
staged
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Verb
scripted
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Adjective
performative
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Adjective
stylized
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Adjective
fabulous
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Adjective
pedestrian
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Noun
fictional
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Adjective
filmy
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Adjective
episodic
xx/x
Adjective
offstage
//
Noun
live
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Verb
cinematic
xx/x
Adjective
straight
/
Adjective
subtitled
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Verb
occasional
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Adjective
true
/
Adjective
animated
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Adjective
boned
/
Adjective
skit
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Noun
extravaganza
xxx/x
Noun
comedian
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Noun
queens
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Noun
shows
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Noun
theaters
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Noun
farce
/
Noun
caricature
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Noun
melodrama
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Noun
performer
x/x
Noun
satire
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Noun
antics
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Noun
intended
x/x
Verb
opera
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Noun
epic
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Noun
imitations
xx/x
Noun
ode
/
Noun
exaggeration
xxx/x
Noun
sonnets
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Noun
runway
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Noun
actresses
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Noun
humor
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Noun
solemnity
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Noun
poem
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Noun
wrote
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Verb
humour
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Noun
routine
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Noun
sermon
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Noun
house
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Noun
ballad
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Noun
hamlet
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Noun
romance
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Noun
sketches
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Noun
autobiography
xxx/xx
Noun
thumb
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Noun
duke
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Noun
verse
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Noun
halls
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Noun
genre
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Noun
entertainment
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Noun
tragedy
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Noun
performances
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Noun
scenes
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Noun
fantasy
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Noun
circuit
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Noun
actor
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Noun
irony
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Noun
despair
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Noun
star
/
Noun
wheel
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Noun
club
/
Noun
ceremony
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Noun
drama
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Noun
intention
x/x
Noun
style
/
Noun
novel
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Noun
plays
/
Noun
tone
/
Noun
version
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Noun
touch
/
Noun
movies
/x
Noun
tale
/
Noun
allegorical
xx/xx
Adjective
blackface
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Noun
didactic
x/x
Adjective, Noun
fable
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Noun, Verb
farcical
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Adjective
fooling
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Noun
humorous
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Adjective
invention
x/x
Noun
lyric
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Noun, Adjective
melodramatic
xxx/x
Adjective
mime
/
Noun, Verb
pastiche
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Noun, Verb
picaresque
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Noun, Adjective
puppet
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Noun, Verb
satiric
x/x
Adjective
satirical
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Adjective
surrealistic
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Adjective
idiomatic
xxx/x
Adjective, Noun
milestone
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Noun, Verb
pidgin
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Noun
girly
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Adjective, Noun
oh
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Noun, Verb
expression
x/x
Noun
maypole
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Noun, Verb
tell
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Verb, Noun