Write Lightning is a blog from writer Deb Thompson.
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Everyone is welcome here.
(Some links or topics may not be completely kid-appropriate.)
Wed, Dec 06 2006
American pole dancing in spindly economic shape?
Pole dancing is one of those topics that either plays a major place in one's life or is practically never spoken of, all depending on one's social circle, professional associations and moral stance. For some strange reason I've suddenly been privy to four different pole dancing stories in the last week or so.
Not long ago I happened across an episode of Jerry Springer's show and found his audience members chanting for some guest to "Go on the pole". Their cry for a little action seemed more punitive than sensual so I ended up lingering on the channel just long enough to see some sad-faced, heavy-set fellow do a gimpy little pole dance in his mismatched women's lingerie. One older woman and one younger woman watched in disgust from the other side of the stage.
I'm wondering if perhaps pole dancing has run its course from first blush to last call with jaded American audiences. One area mountain restaurant featuring food servers who double as pole dancers may actually go out of business and is reported to be in arrears with the IRS. How could they have gone wrong with pole dancing? I thought this was the sort of thing that lecherous customers couldn't get enough of and would pay large sums of money to see in almost any setting. However, it seems that lately I'm hearing stories and descriptions of it all that sound more enfeebling than enticing.
Whenever this kind of thing starts to crop up in many different circles of convesation I start to think that there's a major shift in public opinion just around the bend. It may be that there's a new phase coming to the American sexual revolution. What happens then is anyone's guess. But after what I've been hearing lately I'm thinking that it won't be long until Jerry Springer fans start grumbling, "Get off the pole."
posted at: 08:30 | category: /Arts and Entertainment | link to this entry
Pole dancing is one of those topics that either plays a major place in one's life or is practically never spoken of, all depending on one's social circle, professional associations and moral stance. For some strange reason I've suddenly been privy to four different pole dancing stories in the last week or so.
Not long ago I happened across an episode of Jerry Springer's show and found his audience members chanting for some guest to "Go on the pole". Their cry for a little action seemed more punitive than sensual so I ended up lingering on the channel just long enough to see some sad-faced, heavy-set fellow do a gimpy little pole dance in his mismatched women's lingerie. One older woman and one younger woman watched in disgust from the other side of the stage.
I'm wondering if perhaps pole dancing has run its course from first blush to last call with jaded American audiences. One area mountain restaurant featuring food servers who double as pole dancers may actually go out of business and is reported to be in arrears with the IRS. How could they have gone wrong with pole dancing? I thought this was the sort of thing that lecherous customers couldn't get enough of and would pay large sums of money to see in almost any setting. However, it seems that lately I'm hearing stories and descriptions of it all that sound more enfeebling than enticing.
Whenever this kind of thing starts to crop up in many different circles of convesation I start to think that there's a major shift in public opinion just around the bend. It may be that there's a new phase coming to the American sexual revolution. What happens then is anyone's guess. But after what I've been hearing lately I'm thinking that it won't be long until Jerry Springer fans start grumbling, "Get off the pole."
posted at: 08:30 | category: /Arts and Entertainment | link to this entry
