The Burlesque Lounge has its best days behind it. Tess, a retired dancer and owner of the venue, struggles to keep the aging theater alive, facing all kinds of financial and artistic challenges. With the Lounge's troupe members becoming increasingly distracted by personal problems and a threat coming from a wealthy businessman's quest to buy the spot from Tess, the good fortune seems to have abandoned the club altogether. Meanwhile, the life of Ali, a small-town girl from Iowa, is about to change dramatically. Hired by Tess as a waitress at the Lounge, Ali escapes a hollow past and quickly falls in love with the art of burlesque. Backed by newfound friends amongst the theater's crew, she manages to fulfill her dreams of being on stage herself. Things take a dramatic turn though when Ali's big voice makes her become the main attraction of the venue.
This movie contains 14 potentially triggering events.
Scene where a guy comes out of his room to the girl in the other room in increasing levels of undress. The girl is obviously enjoying this. just might be a trigger for someone
the protagonist is lowkey apprehended by a man who is interested in her, he coerces her into letting him give her a ride home and then jokes about kidnapping her because he does not take her directly home
During the Express set there's strobe effects at the end of the song. Alice (played by Christina) is wearing a corset with black hands over her chest and white hands on her behind
A presumably cis woman burlesque performer is called a dude by the protagonist as a way to insult her (the performer), and her colleagues laugh about it.