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TCM, 8:00 p.m. ET
Tonight’s TCM lineup is a cinematic salute to Paris, with four movies set in Paris presented back to back (to back to back). The evening begins with 1960’s Can-Can, starring Shirley MacLaine as a scandalous dancer in Paris of the 1890s. In addition to the high-kicking exposed legs of the can-can dance itself, MacLaine also performs in an on-stage set piece called the “Garden of Eden ballet” (pictured). When it was shown, prior to the film’s release, during Soviet premier Nikita Krushchev’s visit to Hollywood during his 1959 tour of the U.S., he called that ballet “The most decadent thing I have ever seen.” He didn’t mean it as a positive review – but don’t you want to watch it now?