Deja Vu clubs
chitownlawyer
Florida
I would like to canvass the group on that most ubiquitous of strip clubs, the Deja Vu chain.
I have been in exactly two DV clubs, on exactly two occasions, twelve years apart.
The first was in Las Vegas. I was relatively new to The Life, and naive. Keep in mind that institutions like this board were not yet a part of my life (maybe not even FOUNDER's). I got into a cab at Circus Circus, asked the cabbie where to go, and he took me to DV.
Late last year, I went to the DV in Springfield, Illinois.
The common features that I found, over a span of twelve years and about 750 miles were:
1. A remarkably studied and efficient way of squeezing every possible nickel out of the patron, in the shortest amount of time, even at the expense of subtlety or finesse, and
2. Very clear non-touching rules. In Vegas, the dancer told me not to touch her between the shoulders and knees. In Springfield, the dancer just told me to put my hands behind my head.
Because I assume that these are common to all DVs, I have a bias against them. Is that bias justified? Or are there DV clubs that permit a man to sit at a table and take as much as fifteen minutes to finish a drink? And are there DV clubs that allow touching of any of the parts that we want to touch--even if that doesn't involve going under the g-string/t-bar.
Occasionally I do see go reviews for DV clubs, which makes me think that there must be more liberal clubs in the chain, or other mongers are happy with less than I need to make me happy. I also see reviews for the DV in Tampa. Based on my experience with Mons, Ybor, etc., going to the Tampa DV would be like going to Paris and eating in a MacDonald's--but again, maybe that club is more liberal.
Can anyone provide some insight?
I have been in exactly two DV clubs, on exactly two occasions, twelve years apart.
The first was in Las Vegas. I was relatively new to The Life, and naive. Keep in mind that institutions like this board were not yet a part of my life (maybe not even FOUNDER's). I got into a cab at Circus Circus, asked the cabbie where to go, and he took me to DV.
Late last year, I went to the DV in Springfield, Illinois.
The common features that I found, over a span of twelve years and about 750 miles were:
1. A remarkably studied and efficient way of squeezing every possible nickel out of the patron, in the shortest amount of time, even at the expense of subtlety or finesse, and
2. Very clear non-touching rules. In Vegas, the dancer told me not to touch her between the shoulders and knees. In Springfield, the dancer just told me to put my hands behind my head.
Because I assume that these are common to all DVs, I have a bias against them. Is that bias justified? Or are there DV clubs that permit a man to sit at a table and take as much as fifteen minutes to finish a drink? And are there DV clubs that allow touching of any of the parts that we want to touch--even if that doesn't involve going under the g-string/t-bar.
Occasionally I do see go reviews for DV clubs, which makes me think that there must be more liberal clubs in the chain, or other mongers are happy with less than I need to make me happy. I also see reviews for the DV in Tampa. Based on my experience with Mons, Ybor, etc., going to the Tampa DV would be like going to Paris and eating in a MacDonald's--but again, maybe that club is more liberal.
Can anyone provide some insight?
21 comments
Again... YOWZA!
I get a bit misty-eyed nowadays whenever I drive past a DV club.They gave me a memory that will be hard to beat (but I will continue to try, of course!).
Ahh.....now that's what I call a Sunday brunch!
BookGuy: Hmmm... the Barely Legal club sounds like it's right up my alley, though I think the Disney themed decorations is a little on the sick side. Also seems like the REAL Disney people would object to find that usage of their licensed items.
We have Larry Flynt's Hustler Club and Deja Vu right across the street from one another. Then, down the street about two blocks, within two doors of one another are Deja Vu Little Darlings and Deja Vu Barely Legal.
The four clubs claim to occupy different niches, and to some extent the decor and music do bring this about. But I do find that a core contingent of girls simply rotate among the four clubs, so it isn't necessarily the case that, on a given night, a given club is true to its purported theme.
Anyway, the supposed themes are:
1. LF's Hustler: traditional current-style strip club. Plays classic rock music; has a party atmosphere; has a continual Mardi Gras style balcony celebration; girls are often along the Playboy style, with blonde hair and large, overly enhanced breasts. Customers, it seems that they would prefer, would be middle-aged business men and patrons familiar with strip clubbing.
2. Deja Vu: down home neighborhood feel. Plays country-western or pop-rock; has a "friendly" feel; girls are generally un-enhanced but "pretty" or "classy" looking; lots of non-strip-club style parties, such as beer buckets and dunk tanks. This place would attract college frat boys, and rednecks from small towns within an hour or two drive of NOLa.
3. Barely Legal: "underage" feel. Though the girls are all of legal age, they have lots of "teen" accoutrements. The private rooms are decorated according to cute Disney themes (Little Mermaid, for example). The music is classic rock, and the girls are definitely young-looking and natural. I've never seen enhanced boobs here, and I find these women the most attractive of all four of the DV clubs.
4. Little Darlings. This is a trampy trashy joint. They have "ethnic" style "ghetto" girls (there are dark-skinned women dancing at all four, but the ones here have that lower-class feel) and they play hip-hop and crunk music. They certainly attract the gang-banger-wanna-be boys cruising Bourbon Street -- young men holding their jeans up with their hands.
Of course, all these themes are just for show. It's supposed "niche marketing", interesting to examine for a night but not really playing out for truth across the whole experience. Drinks, lappers, and cover charges are similarly priced at all four of the clubs.
It's a lap dance factory. Not a place to sit and chat with the girls or develop an OTC relationship. But I'm not into than anyway.
Apparently, I am in the minority amount tuscl members, but I have always enjoyed myself.
I almost went back to a Deja Vu about five years ago on a night when a fave at another club was entering an amateur contest. I got as far as the counter where you pay to get in. The flunky was showing me the two sizes of soda cups I had to choose between, and I could hear the DJ from inside yelling at the customers about some gimmicky activity they were supposed to go along with. I decided I could do without all that bullshit and left.