Gypsy (2015) - Let Me Entertain You (HD)

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Loosely based on the memoirs of world-renowned striptease artist Gypsy Rose Lee, Gypsy follows the journey of the irrepressible Rose (Imelda Staunton, Vera Drake), the mother to end all stage mothers, as she balances the challenges of parenthood with the joys and heartbreaks of a life in the world of show business.
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[@Dazychain]

This version has really grown on me. I love her energy.

[@klandgraf6956]

Love how Lara’s voice starts to change to more mature as her confidence grows and it’s the little things like that that I enjoy

[@nikki1400]

Do you guys not get that Gypsy Rose Lee was campy, and witty, and really emphasized the "tease" in striptease. The reason she was so popular was largely because of her intelligent and punny monologuing while she "stripped"

[@musicaltheatergeek79]

Many of Gypsy's outfits were downright skimpy and left little to the imagination, so I don't know what you're implying by "stripped" in quotations.

[@bigred8432]

Because she stripped them off genius

[@Vixxenkiss]

Burlesque is not the same as treating a dick like a pole and just taking your clothes off. I think that is what OP meant.

[@michaeljohnangel6359]

Nikki, you hit it exactly right! And intelligent, flirtatious and "punny" is sexy, man!!! Don't you agree?????? I saw an old TV filming of her in which she took off hardly any clothes, and she was so sexy.

[@pinkypurple3013]

Yeah I knew!

[@kumada84]

Out of all the arrangements of this section that I've heard, this one is my favorite. The way she keeps stopping before she finishes the song (until the last time) is genius because it follows Rose's advice and makes the song itself into a tease 🤩

[@mrstark1241]

So this is what the woman is doing after sherlock rescued her. Well IT'S FANTASTIC.

[@caelumrain6559]

When Mycroft said she found a new life in America, this was NOT what the Baker Street boys had in mind..

[@mariagraziacapitani8217]

C Ramer 😂

[@oisouHevelyn114]

LOL 😂😂😂😂

[@jonesj2704]

Am I the only one who sees her portrayal as progressively getting better? Like yeah, in the beginning she’s awkward and naive looking, but in the second performance she appears to be a little more graceful, and by the end her movements look very fluid and seductive. At least that’s what it looks like to me....

[@bigred8432]

That’s exactly what they are going for and it doesnt work. The snap moment from her first strip to one months later is much more powerful. The musical is constructed so that she is a total disaster the first time she steps out to ‘strip’ but she begins to enjoy herself and by the end of that first try, there’s a smile on her face. Then suddenly we are thrust months ahead, out she comes and she’s a star. The issue with this production is that they tried to make her journey to being a sensation more subtle, you rob the audience of one of the most hugely satisfying theatrical moments in the show - when she steps out on stage for her second ‘strip’ full of confidence and a command of her body saying ‘I’m beginning to like this’ it’s an electric moment in the theatre. This idiot director has decided he can improve an already near perfect piece of musical theatre. They have specifically given her award choreography to emphasise that she still doesn’t have it, all that does it make the actor look stupid. I actually think Lara Pulver could pull it off the way it is written but she was done a misservice with this writing. The Bette Midler TV movie of ‘Gypsy’ is weak but you get a really good sense of how the strip sequence works with that.

[@neilt325]

Lmao that’s literally the point...

[@SplinterG66]

Jones J Apparently not familiar with the show!! Smh

[@garthsparkle3498]

Yes, it's written that way .... wonderul to play, to see Gypsy grow.

[@josephschauster6277]

I see it yet I think thats the way her character is suppose to be like

[@julianamagoncia9380]

What the hell?? I've loved Gypsy since forever. How have I not heard of this version??? this is my favorite. The most favorite thing about Gypsy Rose Lee is her campness and she just turnded that level to a hundred like whAT

[@julianamagoncia9380]

Ive replayed this 36 times already, oh no its cell block tango all over again

[@JacquelineViana]

the whole proshot is on youtube ;)

[@wenseulrenejoyrisupremacy8758]

Look at THE WOMAN! She is back again dominating everyone!

[@beruanglaut3955]

of course, she's Dominatrix

[@nd6316]

this is honestly my favorite version of the strip tease. it’s so clever and elegant

[@finnwest4521]

Cut Lara some slack, everyone praises Imelda for her interpretation as a domineering Stage Mother but I rarely see positives feedback with Lara. She had to work just as hard as Imelda and yet everyone seems pissed Lara landed GRL. She won an OLIVIER for her performance as possibly the trailblazer of the burlesque industry. Without GRL, perhaps Broadway would be extremely different. Lara brought her own thing to the role and did an amazing job!

[@fortifarse]

Is it the overwhelming amount of compliments this comment is supposed to be addressing?

[@ellenkingsley]

Amazing how Louise went from hating to perform to loving to perform

Out of all version that I've seen so far she's my favourite... Although I haven't seen benanti. But that's beside the point. She starts as an awkward girl, who eventually becomes a confident woman, who owns the stage. Exceptional

[@crhiannonelizabeth4267]

Honestly, she's the best Gypsy I've ever seen. She's just the right amount of campy and silly, while also sensual and bold. And she's hot lmao. She was perfect!

[@kristineburbey4710]

Natalie was good

[@kristineburbey4710]

Natalie was better

[@seansantaclarita1]

Laura benanti tho

[@michaelbradley7595]

Are you blind and deaf?

[@michaelbradley7595]

@Adam Efimoff I'm sorry but you people wouldn't know a good performance if it bit you in the butt. This is amateurish and lamely awful at its best.

[@amabelbarlow8046]

I remember watching this musical version of Gypsy (2015), it's brilliant. The cast in this version are fantastic.

[@kwalker8119]

Lara Pulver is incredible

[@jackiebubnis4539]

ITS IRENE ADLER

[@leilanizhang6916]

OH MY GOD YOU'RE RIGHT I WAS THINKING THAT SHE LOOKED FAMILIAR

[@sadlittleghost8346]

I WAS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IF IT WAS HER.

[@witchesmortuary235]

Irene actually was an opera singer in the original version of Sherlock Holmes. So I am incredible happy! 😂😍

[@katebrubaker2243]

I play her often in my touring theater company

[@suyalramesh]

And she's live from Karachi 🤣🤣🤣

[@collenekennedy]

Gosh! She "got it!" The whole Gypsy persona! Luuuuved it!

[@patrickblake123]

It took me several times watching this to realize that the last dress had the sleeve resemble a snake head. Wow, am I slow...

[@SplinterG66]

Patrick Blake Hence "shedding her skin."

[@finnwest4521]

I love this Rendition of the Song. I think Lara is stunning as Gypsy

[@strykertool]

How interestingly creepy that it starts as a innocent song sung by children but then turns sexily sung a woman.

[@Noel_Wood]

I silently panicked when I heard “gypsy rose” because of Gypsy Rose Blanchard

[@ailinbanega5293]

Isnt it crazyy????????????? This kind of unhealthy mother daughter relationship in this old play AND in real life, where both the daughters are named gypsy rose??

[@mirale1622]

@@ailinbanega5293 including scary similar details like the daughter not knowing how old she is. it’s so hard to believe it’s a coincidence and yet it is!

[@95KIPPIE]

It’s so sweet that all these little gypsy toddlers are learning the ropes from the great Ethel Merman! Without Ethel, gypsy would never have existed!!! That’s why she will always be the Grondalm diva of the Broadway world forever!!!! All hail Ethel!!

[@stephaniekeyes2928]

After hearing Sandra Church sing it from the original all these years to Natalie Wood to Laura Benanti, she is the weakest in her glamour performance- but very good in the rest of the play. Imelda plays Rose like a true demon, wow.....very bold and fantastic

[@thefabulousthomasj]

I love the 1962 film version and the Bette Midler TV remake, but this is now the version I prefer. Most excellent!!!

[@charlottegillet3971]

Ok so I just heard Lara Pulver speak French. I think I can rest in peace now

[@debra13]

Saw this twice in London and I was in the first/second row and Lara ended up coming out on the runway area , i was sitting right below her - lol- practically blushed ;-). She was great! And super nice at stage door. Audience loved her throughout the play/musical.

[@TheJaviferrol]

I was there! My first ever West End show

[@richardpuliz9121]

I can see why she won the Tony for her performance in Gypsy.

[@BriGuyIL1980]

Holy shit, this is awesome!

[@jojo5821]

I get that Gypsy was campy and witty, but there's almost something way too fast about this. like each line is so rushed and there's no sensuality

[@logangantner3863]

@Diane Berg Watch this performance by Cynthia Gibb and tell me that this song isn't sensual. It is possible to be sensual and campy at the same time, believe it or not.

[@alfredpicklechips4851]

i agree

[@michaelbradley7595]

@Diane Berg Listen to Natalie Wood.

[@michaelbradley7595]

Its so bad on so many levels.There have been high school productions that make this look like the excrement it is.

[@joshadcock1035]

​You all are nuts, she did a great job. I've never seen any high school production look and sound like that.

[@personalglow]

I caught this rendition on some obscure satellite channed with my mother once. We caught it roughly half way into act 1 and i wish i could find the whole thing online!!!

[@lovelylexi2076]

Choco Draws BroadwayHD has the entire thing :)

[@personalglow]

Lovely Lexi OMG NO WAY! THANK YOU!!!

[@personalglow]

Lovely Lexi it has to be payed foooooor!!!

[@lovelylexi2076]

Choco Draws couldn't find it on the free websites, just tried looking for it, I think that's because it's a professionally filmed performance

[@yammyyamyx]

Beautiful, very entertaining. I enjoyed watching, so wonderful. Stay safe.

[@tonibrewster3501]

I watched this when I was 7-10 with my gma and been looking for the name ever since

[@MsBroadway209]

Omg....that's fucking Irene adler!!!!!!

[@kimzchaos]

Wonderful

[@matthewduncan1691]

cynthia gibb and bette midler did it up right it was only cut for television but midler was the motha of all stage mothers

[@laurenkelly4151]

I love gypsy broadway musical with sandra church

[@amytaylor3715]

Natalie Wood owns this part!

[@petercallahan7321]

Like it or not, this version is the closest to the type of vibe the real Gypsy put out when she was onstage. Her whole “thing” was teasing and knowing camp.

[@galibenjamin8830]

IREEEEEEEEENE

[@SwampNymph522]

As an amateur actress and teacher aide by career this inspired me to title my autobiography “Let Me Edutain You”

[@biancacastilho3602]

Irene Adler!

[@AineBelle]

Lara for next Disney Princess!

[@selwyn-lloydmcpherson2814]

Haha I've never been the exact 1000th Thumbs Up on a KZbin video before but I couldn't be happier

[@ginahanlon1815]

Bravo!

[@josephschauster6277]

classy yet not a bad performance who ever she is.

[@pinkypurple3013]

Great !!

[@SilverArro]

She's a fantastic singer and a solid actress, but so wrong for this role. There's nothing sexy or seductive about her or the way she's moving....

[@fandeajedrez1]

It's meant to be like that, the plot is that she have no talent but showing her body makes things for her...

[@SilverArro]

Joaquin Martinez No. She has no talent in the sense that she can't sing or dance or act like her sister could, but she's actually a very entertaining and sultry burlesque star. This woman simply doesn't look right.

[@RainBowSasaFras]

Arlo I see what you're saying about this particular performance but I dont think that comes down to bad casting. I think it has more to do with her just misinterpreting the characters abilities. its a common mistake for actresses to portray Gipsy Rose in the since that she has no burlesque talent because they interpret the character that way. Lara Pulver does DEFINITELY have the capability to be sexy and sensual, she's just not utilizing that talent in this role. for reference on just how alluring she can be i recommend watching her play Irene Idler in the BBC show Sherlock. She absolutely KILLS that role.

[@puffin51]

I regret I don't agree. Look at that face. It's strong, chiselled, hawkish in profile. You'd cast that actress in many of the greatest roles ever written: as Stella in "Cat" or Martha in "Who's Afraid". Or Regan or Goneril in Lear, or Lady Macbeth. But as Gypsy? No, I don't think so.

[@RainBowSasaFras]

Well, i suppose we just have to agree to disagree. I find Lara's striking and sculpted face to be vary sexy and sensual, but I suppose that comes down to personal preference/attraction. I have personally always found women with chiselled and strong features to be sexy. I suppose it's not for everyone though.

[@goeienacht]

Yikes...she has a great voice and is an amazing performer. But this is the weirdest version of Gypsy Rose I've ever seen. She's being campy and goofy, it feels like. Needs more sensuality.

[@solarprogeny6736]

That would make no sense. When was Louise ever sensual

[@sharonhoyt2133]

Did you ever see the Real Gypsy Rose Lee? She was campy and an intellectual on stage while never fully stripping...Look around on youtube and you will probably find her.

[@josephschauster6277]

1:42-"couldn't wait to come home to take my clothes off" wowee! ha!

[@pinkypurple3013]

Good viddddddddddeo!

[@TheSongwritingCat]

Her accent is insane. Who did she base it on? It's at least 5 different American accents not counting when she slips into her own accent.

[@gfc90]

Fantastic. Did very well.:) just the adestiashc? lol can we spell the word?? I wanto google it.

[@rosalynxo0]

ecdysiast

[@hillarymacrelli2781]

Mazurka ballet

[@elizabethmeyer7709]

Smile I be a gypsy too

[@vroszii4200]

I guess I will have to be a lesbian then

[@heatherhoward8064]

This is the British actress Laura Pulver as Gypsy? I think I can spot the problem right off -- she's been hamstrung by the American accent. Some actors can perform very well even when having to affect a different accent, but with others (Winona Ryder in Dracula leaps to mind), so much energy and concentration has to go into getting the voice sounds right, there doesn't seem to be much else left for acting the part right. I think that's what's happening here. Pulver's working so hard on the American accent, she's not getting enough sensuality into the part. She should be more subtle, tease more in the striptease with her voice and manner. This is way too "in your face." It's similar to what happens with non-professional singers trying to do musicals. They have to try so hard just to get the notes out, they have no leeway to really act the part.

[@adrianazashen]

Yeah, something seemed lost to me but i didn't know what it. You put it very well!

[@CaliguyinCheena]

In my opinion, Cynthia Gibb's GRL is the absolute best.

[@finnwest4521]

WHY SAY THAT ON A VIDEO OF ANOTHER PERFORMERS INTERPRETATION

[@WillScarlet16]

She doesn't quite cover up her British accent as well as Imelda does;

[@Zshumba]

She's no Laura Benanti in this role.

[@mariai.a.9297]

[@jadeflingful]

I prefer Natalie wood's interpretation. Gypsy is sexy yet innocent almost childlike which was lost in this performance

[@jwsmith53]

She seemed uncomfortable in the role.

[@NYCmedia]

Can’t sit thru this version

[@fransmith57]

2

[@multiplefan93]

My Lady Forrester?! Like if you get it.

[@rebekahlascheit5837]

Just no where near Natalie's performance!

[@tonio7367]

Sorry, she is not Natalie Wood......

[@oghond]

Wait, was she ACTUALLY NAKED at the end?!

[@junjiebu2616]

No

[@junjiebu2616]

She wore an invisible underwear.😅

[@JoeLibby]

She's wearing a body stocking.

[@SplinterG66]

oghond 2112 NO

[@stanochocki8984]

This is nearly unwatchable......almost High School amateurish.....it is painfully clear that the producer and and the 'star' should have done some 'HOMEWORK'....though she was NOT the best of choices to have played Miss Gypsy Rose Lee...at least Miss Natalie Wood, in doing this number...pretty much matched--Miss Lee's, stage presence, and walk....Miss Lee always kept her hair--UP!! I've seen better 'strip-performers' in Monterey Mexico.....lol

[@bigred8432]

Agreed. The point is, she is the mousey quiet sister everyone thinks is untalented until burlesque finally gives her the moment to shine and she discovers how to use her sexuality and that she in fact pretty good at it. The musical is constructed so that she is a total disaster the first time she steps out to ‘strip’ but she begins to enjoy herself and by the end of that first try, there’s a smile on her face. Then suddenly we are thrust months ahead, out she comes and she’s a star. The issue with this production is that they tried to make her journey to being a sensation more subtle, you rob the audience of one of the most hugely satisfying theatrical moments in the show - when she steps out on stage for her second ‘strip’ full of confidence and a command of her body saying ‘I’m beginning to like this’ it’s an electric moment in the theatre. This idiot director has decided he can improve an already near perfect piece of musical theatre. They have specifically given her award choreography to emphasise that she still doesn’t have it, all that does it make the actor look stupid. I actually think Lara Pulver could pull it off the way it is written but she was done a misservice with this writing. The Bette Midler TV movie of ‘Gypsy’ is weak but you get a really good sense of how the strip sequence works with that.

[@ShowtuneSampler]

Thanks for your opinion, Mr. Armchair Critic. Remind me of your qualifications again? 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@stellaogilvie2478]

This isn't as good as the original, Natalie Wood! Did this movie better.

[@ktkat1949]

Totally agree. I would going to post that as well.

[@baribearsd]

Ms. Pulver really falls flat in her big number. First, her vocals are amazing. Perfection. On the other hand her humor is not amazing. Every spoken portion is mis-timed. None of it even slightly resembles what would have been seen in that time period. Were they filming in an empty theater? NO audience response......maybe because she flubbed the whole number. The snake costume at the end looks like a bad disco dress worn in the 70's. The garden of eden set is underwhelming. Really a dissapointment.

[@michaelbradley7595]

This is what is wrong with the modern broadway adaptions of classics. Cheezy acting, poor sets, bad vocal technique, pathetic costuming, grossly miscast leading ladies, unimaginative by wrote lighting, they lack the excitement, innovation and talent of the originals. Bette Midler's Hello Dolly was an example of the absoute worst. Just because you can do something does not mean you should.

[@grishamlocke1428]

I think Bette milder was a fantastic dolly, but Bernadette Peters was MADE for that role. But, I do wish you could elaborate on your problems with Modern Broadway Adaptions of the classics. How did you feel about the recent Carousel revival, or (controversial) Oklahoma! Off broadway revival?

[@stuartlee6622]

It sounds like Hillary Clinton

[@amberhatch563]

This is the worst version of Gypsy Rose Lee I have ever seen.

[@amberhatch563]

@@cheyennebrennan966 Just because she won an award doesn't mean I have to automatically like this version, I didn't like this movie as an entire whole. It's called an opinion read up on what that means. Before you say something ridiculous like I am bashing the actress, I know how to distinquish between an actress/actor and the character they are playing. I have no current opinion on the actress cause I haven't seen any of her other works

[@michaelwilkinson682]

Oh god , she's totally wrong for this role

[@miccityson]

Michael Wilkinson It's so weird, she was really good in the rest of the show but something went wrong in this particular number.

[@bonniebickett4520]

She seems like she is reading het lines from a prompter, not natural.

[@joeyjosephs]

This production of the movie was horrible

[@CrystalCountess]

Stunning voice, beautiful sexy actress, great casting. Delivery overall in the sequence is not “fun and teasy” for me. Unfortunately I found the direction “fast and sleazy”. Pity because this actress possesses all of the sparklers in the box and would do exactly as directed.