Underbelly series portrayal of strip clubs and strippers
Firstly this is a kick ass series about the melbourne gangland wars between 1995 and 2003 and i'm totally addicted.
secondly as there is a court order in place to prevent the screening of this series in melbourne in lieu of not wanting to prejudice the trial of one offender I flew to sydney each week to watch the series ;)
now to the part that pissed me off. i think it's been filmed at hustler on sydney road and i am very unimpressed with the stupid, unrealistic portrayal of a melbourne strip club (which im pretty sure is supposed to be Bar20).
it shows the girls dancing topless (which for starters does not happen in melbourne clubs, we only go topless and nude if someone pays $20 for a stage dance) constantly. every scene shows the girls topless.
anyhow that is not the thing im mostly pissed about coz that is not really a big deal.
here's what has really pissed me off:
- the girls dancing on table just allow customers to come up to them and start tongue kissing them: right yeh we ALL DO THAT. huh yeh u would be fired for that shit, how gross and ridiculous.
- the gangsters in the show get coked off their heads and then go pick up strippers from the club whenever they feel horny and take them home and fuck their brains out.
FUCK THIS SHIT. we already have to deal with negative stereotypes, now we will have to deal with more coz most people believe this shit when they see it on tv.
now more douchebags will prob be in the club trying to take us home and the women haters will be out in force even more thinking their husbands and boyfriends come to the club and pash us.
arrrrrrrrrggggggggggghhhhhhhh i wonder if the writer ever set foot in a strip club?????
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Shit, that pisses me off too!
Thats ridiculous!
I also hate it because I love what I do and Im very open about it, so it really shits me when stripping in Australia is shown incorrectly.
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I know, I would hate to think my friends who know what I do think I would act like that. It's fucking shit. I feel like calling the radio (coz they have been discussing it too, obviously been flying to sydney like myself ;) ) and telling them what's wrong with it.
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...Do women ever bust in a club because they think that their husband will be in there banging some stripper? Just curious.
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i've never seen that happen. but im sure it has somewhere.
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jaizaine
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i've never seen that happen. but im sure it has somewhere.
I saw it happen! It was fucking awesome. And funny. I think it ended with 4 dragqueens giggling at a pile of man on the stairs while the woman ended up getting a lapdance.
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Not often, but I hate a spate of these type of occurances last year all of a sudden. Girls storming in to the club, calling me a whore and slapping their boyfriends. I laughed heartily every time, I couldnt help it. Each time it was just timing that it was me they yelled at. I was either on stage, or just walking past or had just sat down.
Hopefully they worked it out ;D
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sunnyb
...Do women ever bust in a club because they think that their husband will be in there banging some stripper? Just curious.
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Oh god I have seen that many, many times, and it's always funny as hell. Everyone always laughs at the guy, customers, dancers, male staff--it just always seems so naturally fucking funny to see it, though the poor people involved no doubt don't think it's funny at all!
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In my admittedly limited experience in a SC, I've never seen any real kissing. Pecks on the cheek happen here and there. I've seen lots of phone numbers being saved in cellphones, but I always assumed it was more of a regular customer maintenance type thing...just normal business.
It sounds like an interesting series though. I wonder if we'll ever see it over here?
hb
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Ive heard a bit about this one, cant wait to check it out!
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i knew there was a reason i watch what what evrr is on 'the other channel' at the same time. lol
damn.makes me glad i havent seen it. id write to the producer in adrunken fit of rage lol
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The real story wouldn't make for very good TV though, would it? TV is there for entertainment, not accuracy. I've never seen the show but it sounds like it's one of those shows that lets people indulge their "bad" fantasies, like The Sopranos. So they want to see dirty raunchy stuff and of course they want to see titties too!