More WATCHMEN burlesque

I keep finding more "sexy" Watchmen stuff online, and it keeps creeping me out. Honestly, I don't understand why or how people are getting hot and bothered about anything do with Alan Moore and David Gibbon's 1986 book about middle-aged superheroes in an alternate universe America on the brink of apocalypse. Sure, Watchmen is brilliant, but it's just about the least sexy graphic novel of all time. (Maus is less sexy, but just barely.)

Don't get me wrong, the dancer in this video - Ms. Lily Stitches - is lovely to look at, and she's done a fine job of recreating Sally Jupiter's Silk Spectre costume. And Unforgettable is a spot-on musical choice, I'll give her that. But I look at the 1940s Silk Spectre, and I think of bitterness and regret. I think of that horrific scene where the comedian sexually assaults her; I think of her years later as a retired broad, venomously arguing with her daughter. I think of her lipstick print on Edward Blake's face in that old group photo of the Minutemen. I absolutely do not think of sexy good times!

Note that this clip ends with a bit of semi-nudity - involving the inappropriate use of happy face buttons - that's probably not safe for work.



Even the fact that Rubies is selling that Sexy Silk Sceptor (sic) costume kind of freaks me out. Are sexy Maus costumes next?


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