Magic Mike trying to fund a business with rubber-banded stacks of cash?
Closer by Nine Inch Nails in a pivotal dance scene in theMagic Mike XXLsequel?
[Checks nails.]
NEON
Nomi Malone licking the stripper pole inShowgirls?
Two acrylic-tipped thumbs way down.
Never in a million years.
Ani and Ivan meet at the strip club where she dances.
A deal is struck between them (her time for his money), and hijinks ensue.
Another dudeauteurtrying to glom onto sex work cred (see also:Striptease,Exotica)?
Try me, brother.
He nailed every detail, from Anis patient smile to her micro thong.
And Madison had me at a single word:No.
I have said and embodied that no thousands of times.
(Some viewers have gone gaga over this mundane detail: Strippers eat from Tupperware!
Theyre just like us!)
From this moment, youre rooting for her.
We get it: With the jaw-churning and bubble-cracking, gum represents a deviation from bourgeois comportment.
A sex worker wife for their failson?
Fortified by wealth and connections, Ivan can easily move on.
But what about Ani?
Stigma is the silent third party in the relationship.
but so far, the work feels more sincere than sensationalist.
I cant fault him, really.
This time, I am an arbiter of legitimacy.
I get to pick and choose, to lavish the coin of admiration and approval at my whim.
How nice that for a change, the valuation is reciprocal.
Who could say no to that?
