Let’s Talk About Male Stripper, Male Revue…Movies

Okay I know I have some new readers. My viewing numbers are up and that is great. Amazingly enough, the gossip numbers are the same so maybe the number of non-nosy non- blabber mouth readers are up. LoL But before you read this blog some of you might want to go read THIS, THIS, and THIS. I don’t want anyone shocked. So, you have been told to prepare yourself.

So, with the success of the movie Magic Mike,

there will be a sequel to it and a movie featuring the realm of black male strip clubs called, Chocolate City. A guy wrote about the lack of diversity in Magic Mike in this ARTICLE and the idea for this movie was born. The movie is about a college guy who gets pulled into the world of stripping by a club owner and the veteran dancer who worries the youngsters are taking his limelight. Like the other movie, 

I probably won’t see Chocolate City in the theaters and will wait until it comes to cable stations like HBO, Showtime, EPIX, BET, Centric or Aspire. Why because everybody else will be there to see the men, I being a movie purist will be going for a storyline. And like Magic Mike (Yeah it (storyline & dancing) was boring to me, too), Chocolate City, I bet will have more attention paid to the eye candy than the screenplay. I can look at the actor’s pictures at home for free.

So, does there need to be an all-black cast male revue movie? I know everything is so racial these days. Yet if the truth is told, there is a difference in predominately white & predominately black male strip clubs or revues. I’ve been to both. First, a few times to Labares (a white club) when I was under 21 and to the world of black male revues after I graduated college. I was shocked at the difference. The culture of both clubs are unalike.

There is a cover charge. I’ve been to a “free” show once, be very afraid. Either there are dressing rooms or male restrooms where the dancers get dressed in.  Both have a staging area, a DJ, seating, tables, and bar areas. Latecomers may have to stand (Been there and that is not cute). There is a dancer on stage and dancers are working the crowd also. Both have flyers passed inside and outside of the club. And interesting enough not as many falling down drunk women as pop culture makes you believe. There is a crowd favorite maybe 2 or 3. They usually have a more elaborate set with props & equipment like pools & chairs. There is a new guy there. He’s mostly dancing and doing tricks and usual first or behind one of the favorite. The guy that makes you wonder why is he up there is there too.  

Clubs like Labares or Chippendales are similar to the Magic Mike. The opening group dance, the scheduled sets, and the stereotypical costumes with tear-away pants to boot. The stage area has a very exclusive feel. You throw your dollar and might engage with the dancer for a moment and you move on. Big tippers pay for private dancing or tip every dancer on the stage (yeah those chicks are funny). Private dances are like off to the side or maybe in an exclusive area. Dancers may bring up an audience member during their set but if they don’t, don’t be surprised.

Black shows are very casual, like an enlarged bachelorette party at home. Punctuality is an option (I'll say it, one of my major pet peeves with these shows) with these guys. Never seen an opening group number (have a few theories) at a black male revue. The costumes are not as a pop culture defined.

I’ve seen a few cavemen & masked men but never a cop or firefighter. Costume varies. I saw slaves, candy bar outfits, thugs but nothing stereotypical to male strippers. I’ve seen a lot of chains, whistles, baby oil, ice cream, vibrators, fire tricks, swings, & motorcycles. Crowd participation is encouraged and most of the dancers will bring an audience member to the stage to be part of the act. Some are asked to prior. Many are not. The unsuspecting audience member on stage can be entertaining. Sometimes the host of the show may engage a lady while he’s talking while the next act is getting ready. Private lap dances are private because they are taken off stage. Never had one so I can’t tell you that.

How do I know?

Well, I get bored and I pay attention to stuff that is not on the stage. look, every dancer is not somebody I want to watch.

Oh, and I can’t keep going to the bathroom to avoid boredom. No Male Revue holds my attention that well that my mind and eyes don’t wander. You see this stuff. Also, women talk and some of this stuff is on YouTube.

Oh well, I hope Chocolate City does well. I hope it sticks to the culture of an all-black club and not a reboot of Magic Mike. The stories are different that is what I expect, A Different Distinction. Here to you guys telling about it!!!

Always, Talking to You in Adult Terms

Not Interested in Dating: Strippers

What? Yes, that is the title. I told y’all this series was about good guys that I just can’t date. Stripping may not be a good job of morals but it’s is legal. I actually know and have known some very good guys that just happen to take their clothes off for a living in every portion of my life. One was a family friend. One I met at church initially. I had heard rumors but didn’t find out until I was at a Bachelorette party. One I was a fan of but met him officially at the mall because he’s a good friend of a friend. Many of us know a guy or two who does. So, put your judgmental fingers down and finish reading.

I am secure enough to know I am too insecure to date a male erotic dancer. Not because they are too good looking because all of them are not good-looking to me. I know for a shadow of a doubt I would always wonder, no worry about what he is doing. The job comes with drama, a lot of drama. I’m not a frequenter of male revues. More like a face-in-crowd type of fan. You see me when you see me. But I have paid attention to some of the patrons at Male revues when I am at one and some of those ladies are bothersome. Some of those ladies sit there at the show and after the shows and talk the dancers' business like it is their own (I blame me hearing the show gossip on the shows not ever starting on time *hint, hint*). Some of these women wait for the dancers by the changing rooms or outside the clubs and are willing to do whatever and whoever else is willing. Some of these ladies Lie, yes Lie about dating and sleeping with dancers. Let’s just say I don’t need the headache. I know that can be a possibility of all relationships but in my opinion, dating a stripper these issues seem to be more of a possible reality.

My next reason is a simple one. I don't want anyone I know to know what my man looks like. Here’s one of my dating rules. Never rave about or show off your man to your friends. I may not have friends that I think would sleep or try to sleep with the man I am dating. Oh but that does not mean they still won't think about him. If I date a male stripper, they not only get to think about him, it's all on display for them to see. That is not a conversation I would want to have with my friends. “Girl your man was slanging it wasn’t he”. Can we say, Awkward???

My last reason is I'm celibate. A celibate male stripper may be out there. I've never heard of such. I figure he would be talked about a lot. The Male Revue Gossips would have his business all in the streets. I'm celibate and you work in a profession that promotes sex. Umm, not going to touch that one. Leaving that statement as it is.

Male strippers, Performers at Male revues, Male erotic dancers, or whatever you call them are for looks only for the Diva. Good guys, for the most part, I mean all professions have their share of jerks, I just can't date them. God Bless the women that do, for they are emotionally stronger than me.

As Always, Talking to You in Adult Terms

While I was Away...

Hey! Did you miss me? I know! I know! I had desktop problems. I fixed them and now I am back. If you didn’t miss me then you must follow me on Twitter and gotten twearful with my opinions on all kinds of stuff.  LoL My mind was exploding so I had to get them out. Well this blog will be catch you on my opinions.

 

The World Track & Field Championships

                David Oliver is the 100m Hurdle Champion! Yes, a member of Team Eye Candy is a Track & Field Champion.  The World Championship was weird to watch this year. After Tyson Gay, Asafa Powell, & Veronica Campbell-Brown ended up on the Banned Substances List and could not compete, the track had some New names and faces on it. It was rather annoying because those who were well seasoned athletes that knew better. *sigh* Also the whole Russia will jail Gay athlete talk was getting tiresome. By time for the Winter Olympics, I will want to scream. Looks like Russia picked the wrong time to pass such laws. Oh well they won’t be getting any World Events for quite some time.  But it was fun the see Mo Farrah repeat his performances in the long distance runs like he did in the Olympics. Brittany Reese is again long jump Champion.  And of course Usain Bolt won the 100m & 200m. Allison Felix got hurt and couldn’t compete. All and it was a good showdown. Now let me learn these new names storming up the track & wearing down the field. Oh, did I tell you a member of Team Eye Candy is a World Champion? LoL Yay, David Oliver!!!

Twerk is in the Oxford Dictionary

                I would love to tell you I was shocked but, I am not. I told you all in previous blog, when Webster’s added “conversate” dictionaries were going downhill from there. People blame Miley Cyrus, who, I think has over twerked. I just blame dummies that want stupidity to be hip. I will remiss if I didn’t give Kudos to the dictionary connected to Microsoft Word for correcting twerk & conversate. Now that is a dictionary a Diva can have faith in.

 

A Twerking Scholarship.

                *sigh* Yes the rapper Juicy J tweeted that he would give a $50,000 Scholarship to best twerker out there.  As a College Graduate with a student loan debt that looks like someone’s annual entry level salary I've decided not to be totally outraged about Juicy J's $50,000 Twerking Scholarship BUT... The $50,000 Twerking Scholarship should ONLY be offered to Strippers working their way through College. Hey "Diamond" can get off the pole because of it BUT "Average Jane" don't have practice the pole because of it. It was a win, win. Well Juicy J later rescinded his “scholarship” offer. So now “Diamond” has to stay on the pole to pay for American Lit & Chemistry this semester and my niece and any teenage girl won’t try to get on one in order to get a “free” ride to college.

 

Booty Bounce

                I don’t understand what the daggum craze about twerking is. I was a teenager in the 90’s so Miami bass music (Uncle Luke, Poison Clan 95 South & my favorites 69 Boyz) were popular sound. So we bounce our butts all the time. Who remembers the “South Dallas Drop”? I was pretty good. I could “drop” flat footed as well as in heels. Twerking is not new. DJ Jubilee (who began his career in the 90’s) started the word in his song “Stop Pause (Do the Jubilee All)”. He said, “Twerk Baby. Twerk Baby. Twerk, Twerk, Twerk”. Check out the Link!  I’m not one to play the race card but as soon as these little white girl started doing the dance… I’m tired of hearing about it. Make it stop.

 

Harriet Tubman Sex Tape

                Yes, Russell Simmons took it down. It was on YouTube. Here's an Article.  I don’t care I am boycotting all Russell Simmons’ products. Glad I don’t have a Rush Card because like all my R. Kelly Music (Yes I boycott him too. Except for Trapped In the Closet on IFC. I saw it before I saw the tape so I got invested) I would have destroyed it. How dare someone make such filth? Sex with a Slave for the most part was Rape. Then to make an important person in the fight freedom be a conniving minx duping someone made it worse. I hated it was ever made. I was subscriber to one of the actor in the video. Keyword: Was.

 

Ask a Slave

                I was very worried about this at first. It came out after the “Harriet Tubman Sex Tape”. A few of my favorite vloggers like it so, I checked it out. I Love It. It’s so tongue & cheek.  Check it out Here.

 

New Book Reviews

                Yes OutSpoken_Diva has been busy reading. My favorite author Pearl Cleage has done it again. “Just Want to Testify” is so good. Let’s just say she uses Vampires to explain the State of the Black Man and how he treats women. So look out for a full review very soon.

 

Okay I going to wrap things up. I forgot how tiring blogging could be. All the typing is wearing me out. Just kidding.

As Always, Talking to You in Adult Terms

 

 

               

16th Birthday Party Stripper

So, a mom hired a stripper for her son's 16th birthday and the parents of the party guests are outraged. I can't even believe I am shocked. This was bound to happen This was bound to be reported. The authorities are investigating to find out if any inappropriate sexual acts occurred.

The mother is not the unbelievable adult in this case. I'll get on her in a minute. The stripper was wrong also. Ummm is it so hard out there for strippers that dancing for children for the right dollar amount is okay in their minds. She may not have known before getting to the event but she knew when she got there that the group was underage. She should have left. I don't know what she made in tip. Most Teenagers don't have "Bands to make Huh Dance". But I guess a Buck is a Buck & Anything for it. I hate to think if they find out if anything more than dancing happened. Arrest her please.

I was 25 years old going to bachelorette party at a club. One of the dancers was a guy that grew up with my older sister & older cousins and knew me as a kid. He wouldn't let me in until he saw my ID himself. So all the dancers are not dancing for the underage.

Okay let talk Ms. Obvious, the mother. It is equivalent to Dads hiring prostitutes for their sons. Yes, I think that is wrong also. How do parents think their children will have healthy attitudes about sex? What will her son have to look forward to when he becomes legal age to look at strippers? She is clearly a parent that trying to be the child's friend. This is immature and irresponsible. Who wants to see their child enjoy a stripper?  The parents of the party guests probably ripped her a new one. I would have. Police calling me about some stripper she hired for a party my kid was at. Now I have ask my child for the truth. Allow the investigators to question my child. If more than dancing went on then there's going to be a trial. Way to much.

Strippers Do Not belong at birthday party of those under the legal age. Legal age may change form state to state but I'm sure 16 years old is not legal.