Cher dominates in otherwise cheesy ‘Burlesque’

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They have rebuilt her! Who? One word: Cher. Today, the Bionic Woman in black spandex headlines her first movie since the 1990s.

For “Burlesque,” she expands that old showbiz warning about how you should never work with children or animals. You shouldn’t work with Cher either — not unless you want to disappear beneath the haze of fabulousness induced by her glittery aura and husky contralto.

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