Burlesk King

Burlesk King
Directed by Mel Chionglo
Written by Ricky Lee
Starring Rodel Velayo
Leonardo Litton
Nini Jacinto
Elizabeth Oropesa
Raymond Bagatsing
Cherry Pie Picache
Distributed by Seiko Films
Release date
  • March 10, 1999 (1999-03-10)
Running time
 115 minutes
Country Philippines
Language Tagalog

Burlesk King is the second film in the gay-themed trilogy of Mel Chionglo and Ricky Lee about the lives of macho dancers, men who work as strippers in Manila's gay bars. The first is Sibak: Midnight Dancers; the third is Twilight Dancers. Other films exploring the same theme are Lino Brocka's Macho Dancer (1988) and Brillante Mendoza's Masahista (The Masseur, 2005).

Plot

Harry went to Manila with his friend James to exact vengeance on his abusive father who used to pimp him and killed his mother. He ended up working as a Macho dancer in a gay club and became involved with a gay writer and a hooker. When he set out to look for his father to avenge his mother's death, he found him dying of AIDS in a shack in squatter's area and told him that his mother was alive after all. He looked for his mother and got reunited with her who taught him to forgive his father. His father eventually dies.

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