JayTeeDee

After the success of last year’s “Anora”, I started thinking of other movies about strippers and strip clubs. Not movies about male strippers (like Magic Mike, The Full Monty or 2015’s Chocolate City). Not teen sex comedies like Porky’s. And not movies with a stripper character who never actually strips (Flashdance, Sin City, From Dusk Til Dawn…

It finally happened, after three decades of clubbing in the city where I live. A dancer introduced herself, sat down next to me, and asked (as a conversation starter) what my plans were for the weekend. We didn't recognize each other immediately, but eventually from chatting about my weekend plans it became clear that we knew some of…

Went to Onyx yesterday around 5pm ($5 parking, $10 door, $ beer). A dancer recognized me from my last visit to Allure, and told me that Allure has closed. Can't confirm, but it's not hard to imagine. She…

Here's a cool 2022 article about how Times Square became "Disneyfied" in mid-1990's, using zoning laws "to break up the concentration of adult theaters, bars, and video stores in the Times Square/Forty-Second Street area and send them to the city’s…