burlesque

literary, dramatic or musical work that caricatures the manner or spirit of serious works
Thing comedic_genre Q217117
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burlesque

Summary

burlesque is a comedic genre[1]. burlesque ranks in the top 9% of comedic_genre entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,936 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • burlesque's image is recorded as Bon-Ton Burlesquers.jpg[3].
  • burlesque's instance of is recorded as comedic genre[4].
  • burlesque's follows is recorded as vaudeville[5].
  • burlesque's GND ID is recorded as 4192524-5[6].
  • burlesque's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85018113[7].
  • burlesque's subclass of is recorded as comedy[8].
  • burlesque's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 00575820[9].
  • burlesque's Commons category is recorded as Burlesque[10].
  • burlesque's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01xyk_[11].
  • burlesque's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ph321702[12].
  • burlesque's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Burlesque[13].
  • burlesque's Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID is recorded as 300254804[14].
  • burlesque's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[15].
  • burlesque's described by source is recorded as The New Student's Reference Work[16].
  • burlesque's partially coincident with is recorded as parody[17].
  • burlesque's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as art/burlesque-literature[18].
  • burlesque's BBC Things ID is recorded as 67a6dc09-5661-47f0-93f4-99f8e751c9a9[19].
  • burlesque's different from is recorded as burlesque[20].
  • burlesque's different from is recorded as burlesque[21].
  • burlesque's Encyclopædia Universalis ID is recorded as burla-litterature[22].
  • burlesque's Encyclopædia Universalis ID is recorded as burlesque-esthetique[23].
  • burlesque's Treccani ID is recorded as burlesque[24].
  • burlesque's Quora topic ID is recorded as Burlesque[25].
  • burlesque's Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as burlesk[26].
  • burlesque's Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms ID is recorded as gf2014026254[27].

Why It Matters

burlesque ranks in the top 9% of comedic_genre entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,936 views/month).[2] burlesque has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] burlesque is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . BBC Things. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . Quora. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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