[►VIDEO, BOROBEAT] Nic-waving contest! Burlesque show a tribute to Nicholas Cage

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By Caroline Spivack

Brooklyn Daily

These clothes were gone in 60 seconds!

Coney Island celebrated the illustrious acting career of Nicolas Cage (inset) with a burlesque strip-tease tribute that brought “the big knife” to the Boardwalk at Coney Island USA on Sept. 1. Performers came clad as characters from their favorite Cage films for “Burlesque Uncaged,” a night of nearly-nude entertainment as outrageous as its subject. The show was a national treasure, said a producer.

“It was just as fun, crazy, and ridiculous as we hoped. There were a lot of hair pieces and fake chest hair,” said show co-producer Neil O’Fortune. “The over arching theme was sort of raw, unbridled enthusiasm for a man who’s known for mega-acting, and the performers really brought that out.”

The risque revue paid homage to the actor’s career — roles such as the ’90s action heroes of “Con Air” and “Face Off,” the men who charmed us in “Moonstruck” and “Raising Arizona,” and the absurd character punching women in a bear suit in “The Wicker Man.”

Burlesque favorites including Cheeky Lane, Evelyn Vinyl, and Stockholm Filly dazzled with skits choreographed to audio clips of the actor and with more conceptual performances such as Madame Rosebud pouring paint on her barely clothed body. The act referenced a scene in one of Cage’s more obscure films “Zandalee,” in which he strips down to shorts and rubs paint all over his body while screaming.

Scenes like that are why the producers focused on the wild-at-heart actor, said O’Fortune.

“He is notorious for being outrageous and is always completely watchable, even if it’s just really terrible,” said O’Fortune. “He’s always incredibly entertaining and so 1,000-percent committed to his roles.”

The show concluded a three-year burlesque trilogy that centered on Hollywood royalty. Produced by Bastard Keith and Neil O’Fortune the trio of shows began with a striptease tribute to Burt Reynolds in 2014 and continued with a show dedicated to Sean Connery in 2015.

Reach reporter Caroline Spivack at [email protected] or by calling (718) 260–2517. Follow her on Twitter @carolinespivack.

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