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Michelle:
I have to say that you have been a huuuuge influence
on me. You're my teen idol!
Tura: That's
good. It's funny, but I've been getting a lot of email lately from
Japan, and a lot of the ladies have been telling me that the film
has been influencing them a whole lot, as far as getting them to be
a little more liberated. It's fine and dandy to make your husband
or boyfriend feel like the king of the roost, but if anybody tries
to push you around, you just gotta knock 'em outta your way!
Rita:AMEN!
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Tura:
Well, you met my husband before he
passed away - he's from the old school, from Estonia. So his attitude
was totally European as far as women were concerned. He believed we
should be catered to and babied.
Michelle:
How did you adjust to that, being such
an independent woman?
Tura:
It was easy for me to do that with my husband, but
if it were with somebody else, it would be a totally different story.
I was brought up basically Japanese style - to cater to the man and
so forth. BUT, I was also raised to not let anyone push me around.
So, I told my husband "I will cater to your whims most of the time,
until you start stepping into my territory." In the 19 years we were
married, we only had one big argument, because we gave each other
our space. He never put down anything
that I did.
Michelle:
How did he feel about your days in burlesque?
Tura: He
basically didn't care for anybody in show business. But most of the
people I knew in show business and burlesque weren't phonies. The
phonies, I stayed away from. You can basically tell who is going to
be a phony and back off from them.
Michelle:
We're like that, too.
Tura: If
anyone seems like they're going to be high maintenance, they're out!
Michelle:&
R: Yes!
Rita:
Was there camaraderie with the dancers then?
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Tura:
Yes. It was funny because I did an interview
last month with all the girls from Faster Pussycat, and they wanted
to see how all us gals would react to one another. The nice part was,
none of us has any competition with each other. We are all individuals
in our own right. We didn't feel like we needed to compete, so we could
joke around, and be ourselves - we had a really good time.
Rita:
Do you think it takes a certain kinda gal to feel that secure?
Tura:
There is such a thing as competition when you’re onstage.
That's understandable. You want everyone to pay attention to you: Here
I am, you look at ME, nobody else. This is understandable. But, once
you get offstage, you have to be able to communicate with each other,
you've got to be able to hang out. When I used to work at The Losers
Club, the gals and I used to go out afterwards, all of us. There was
six or eight of us - we'd go out and have breakfast, and unwind. It's
something you have to do after performing. You can't just go home and
go to sleep. Not alone, anyway!
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