Now Playing Tracks   “Lili St. Cyr received the title of the
most famous woman in Montreal throughout the late 1940s into the
1950s. However, Quebec’s Catholic clergy condemned her act,
declaring that whenever she dances “the theater is made to stink
with the foul odor of sexual frenzy.” The clergy’s outcry was
echoed by the Public Morality Committee. St. Cyr was arrested
and charged with behavior that was “immoral, obscene and
indecent.” She was acquitted but the public authorities
eventually closed down the Gayety Theatre where she performed.” 
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