Review of Stripped (2001) by Craig B — 15 Jun 2009

Touted as an expose about the sex industry, Stripped is really about a group of dancers in one particular strip club. It's not particularly enlightening nor comprehensive about the industry, but it does give us a glimpse of the personalities who work the poles. They're a lot like you and me, only they're a little more pissed off at men. I suppose if I had to bare my crotch every minute to greasy old ladies so they could push cash down my tighty whities, I'd be a little pissed off too.

The trade-off is, of course, that a lot of strippers take home the bacon. And that, as you might expect, is the draw. You can get rich quick, assuming you know how to hang onto the money. As a side note, I found it interesting that the strip club owner wasn't interviewed for the documentary, nor did the girls say anything bad about the owner. Just a nice guy, I guess. Yeah, right.