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(moving string music)
(glass shattering)
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(phone ringing)
(traffic bustling)
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- [Answering Machine]
You've reached Johnsons,
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South Florida's only speakeasy
with male entertainment.
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We're open Wednesday
through Sunday.
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Wednesday, Thursday, and
Sunday is six to two,
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Friday and Saturday
is six to three.
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Wednesday night is college
and industry night,
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we have no cover all night long.
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Thursday a five dollar
cover after eight o'clock.
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Fridays and Saturday
a 10 dollar cover
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starting at eight o'clock.
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Come enjoy a night of
beautiful boys and great music.
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Sundays there's a five dollar
cover after eight o'clock.
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It's also our amateur contest,
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200 dollar cash prize,
the contest starts at 11.
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Happy hour's every
day six to nine,
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half off cocktails and
three dollars domestics,
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four dollar imports.
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For bottle reservations
and all other inquiries,
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please leave a message.
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We are a 21 and up club.
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All ladies must be
escorted by a male.
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(beep)
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(heavy rock music)
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♪ Got love, got soul ♪
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♪ I'm gonna play my role ♪
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♪ Gonna buy, I'm sold ♪
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♪ I'm gonna fly,
I'm gonna roll ♪
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- My name is Matt
Colunga and we're
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right in the middle of Johnsons.
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Johnsons is my baby, Johnsons is
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what I've wanted my entire life.
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From the moment you
walk through the door,
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it's a non-smoking environment.
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We lease like a sent machine
that you smell at nicer hotels.
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That puts a nice
smell in the air,
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so as soon as you
walk in it's like,
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wow this smells good, it doesn't
smell like dirty dishwater,
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or a club that just got
cleaned with bleach.
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The boys are gorgeous,
whether you want small boys,
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medium boys, or
big boys, we've got
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a little bit of everything.
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(muffled speaking over
intercom) (thumping dance music)
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♪ Hey there Superman,
can you hear me ♪
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♪ Hey there Superman,
look what you done ♪
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- So here at Johnsons
we have the two rooms.
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You have the speak
easy side over there,
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the antiques, the copper bar,
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you got your little side
stage with your pole,
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(mumbling)
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We open that up for happy hours
from five to eight o'clock.
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Dancers go on at six o'clock,
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and it's one at a
time, it's more quaint.
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Then at eight o'clock, our
eight o'clock dancers get here,
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so then we're able
to run both sides.
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♪ You're my skin
tight kryptonite ♪
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♪ Makin' me weak,
got me (mumbles) ♪
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- Then you have a
wall in the middle,
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then you have a big
stage on this side
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where the dancers are.
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♪ We can try anything
you want tonight ♪
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♪ You got it, you got it ♪
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- Club's only 27
hundred square feet,
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I have seating for
128 people in here.
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13 different types of seating.
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I wanted to make the
most seating I could,
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cause a customer that
can sit will stay longer
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than the one that has to stand.
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♪ Yeah we're going down ♪
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♪ Yeah we headed south ♪
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♪ And we're mouth to mouth ♪
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♪ Were you ready for me ♪
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- Everything in here's antiques,
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chandelier, red velvet,
it's all reclaimed,
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it's all used, it
all has a story.
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So all the furniture I have
is all from strip clubs.
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Whether it's Swinging Richards,
Pure Platinum, Solid Gold,
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two titty bars and
a male strip club,
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that are local in town.
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♪ Hey there Superman ♪
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♪ Can ya save me ♪
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(announcer mumbling)
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♪ Hey there Superman can
ya give me some more ♪
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- My name is
Eduardo, (mumbling).
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I'm a server and I
am also a dancer.
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You'll see when you first
walk in is just our main bar,
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and it's just one side
and it has one pole,
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that pole doesn't spin,
dancers will know what I mean.
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And then the other side,
the dark I like to call it,
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cause we got cookies and buns.
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It's the best time
in the entire planet.
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Every time you go in
there you're gonna
have fun guaranteed.
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♪ Are you ready for it ♪
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(thumping dance music)
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- My name is Evan Pace and
my stage name is Alexander.
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♪ Are you ready for it ♪
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♪ Are you ready for it ♪
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♪ Are you ready for it ♪
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♪ Are you ready for it ♪
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♪ Are you ready for it ♪
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♪ Are you ready for it ♪
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- [Evan] We're selling
illusions, you know?
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We're selling a fantasy world.
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Matt is one of the
most interesting
people I've ever met.
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He's worked his butt off
for a very long time,
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and I can just tell you
that he is a genius,
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he is my mentor,
he has taught a lot
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during my whole journey
and I'm forever grateful.
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- So I'm Chris.
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(mumbling)
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My husband, Matthew, is the
one that owns this place.
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(laughing)
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Keep in mind, Matt started
at Swinging Richards
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when he was 20 years
old, so he was a dancer
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before he was even legal at 21,
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and he's been in that industry
for all of his adult life.
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With Swinging Richards alone,
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he was there 18 to 20 years,
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which is unheard of
in this industry,
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So he's literally done it all.
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(upbeat dance music)
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- My name's Matt Colunga,
I'm 32 years old,
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I've been her 12 years
at Swinging Richards.
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I started dancing when
I was 20 years old
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and I said I was only
gonna do it for six months,
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then I danced for
two and a half years,
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and then I started bar tending
and started waiting tables,
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started DJing, and just moved
in the management since then.
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At Swinging Richards
I danced for a while,
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I waited tables, I bar tended,
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I worked the door, I
worked the VIP door.
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I never thought I'd
be a male dancer,
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and when I was 20 years old
I moved to Atlanta, Georgia,
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my friends went to
Swinging Richards
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when it first opened
up, and I got on stage,
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and I got hired
as a male dancer.
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(upbeat dance music)
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I said I'm only gonna
do it for six months
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and I'll be out, I'll make
a little money and get out.
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23 years later I'm
still in the business,
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but I love it, you know?
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I get a good group of boys,
I put out a good product.
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(announcer mumbling)
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So I started DJing
when I was 22.
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Here the songs, they gotta be
four and a half minutes long,
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they can't be any more,
cause their table dance
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is too long if it goes over
four and a half minutes,
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so you gotta cut a
portion of the song out
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and mix it with another
portion of the song,
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while you're talkin' on the mic,
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while you're takin' care
of customer problems,
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which it does keep me busy.
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(mumbling)
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At Swinging Richards I used
to DJ four days a week,
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five days a week,
especially during (mumbles)
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so it wears and tears
on my vocal chords.
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23 years old I took
over Swinging Richards
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as their full time DJ and
their general manager.
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You know, it's been a dream
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to have my own bar
after all these years
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of working in the male
strip club entertainment.
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I was looking for
that right name,
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(mumbles) with Swinging
Richards for so many years
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that kind of basically
sent what I'm selling,
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and Johnsons says it all.
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I started looking for the
right location to open my bar,
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and it's hard because
there's so many things that,
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they don't want a
male strip club,
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and the city really pushed back.
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I actually had a lot of people
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that said this place
will never open.
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Fort Lauderdale only
has four gay bars,
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but then you've
got Wilton Manors
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right next to Fort
Lauderdale with 11 gay bars,
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with only a population
of 11 thousand people.
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90% gay, it's the
second gayest city
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in the country, next
to San Francisco.
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When I opened up in the
city of Wilton Manors,
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I wanted to open a bar,
but I didn't want it
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to be in your face,
I wanted it to be
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that hidden gem, that you
wouldn't know about it,
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unless someone
told you about it.
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So we've got that
speakeasy door on there.
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From the outside you would
never know what's on the inside,
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you go in and it's a
whole different world.
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(energetic dance music)
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So, when It comes
to strip clubs,
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there's lots of different
definitions of strip clubs.
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Here we are in South Florida,
Atlanta, or Portland, Oregon,
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a strip club is
considered full nude.
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When you have a
bar such as mine,
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where the guys strip
down to their underwear,
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it's considered a go-go bar.
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So it depends on where you are.
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I consider, I own a strip club,
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I don't call it a go-go bar.
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The difference is my dancers
go on stage fully clothed,
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and they strip down
to their underwear,
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g-string, or jockstrap.
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You can wear a
jockstrap in any city,
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except you just have to
run the straps up the ass,
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because by all laws,
genitals have to be covered,
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and your hole has to be covered.
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(slower dancing music)
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- Don't show your
asshole on stage.
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♪ Don't know what
you're doin' to me ♪
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♪ But you better believe it ♪
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- He would give you
tips about everything,
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try to move more on stage,
cause there's dancers
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that literally don't even
move on stage sometimes.
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Make eye contact, be friendly.
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- I did teach my dancers a lot.
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Over the 23 years of
being in the industry
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and everything,
I've learned a lot.
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I've learned how to
finesse customers.
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♪ Dunno what you're
doin' to me ♪
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♪ But boy you got me there ♪
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- So I can see you dance
more, less standing on stage.
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♪ Yeah you know what
you're doin' to me ♪
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♪ You got me heavy breathin' ♪
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- [Matt] Remember,
hey, this is a job,
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I'm here to make money.
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♪ Got me actin' so crazy ♪
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♪ And baby I don't care ♪
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- [Matt] Okay?
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It's not as simple
as getting on stage
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and just taking
your clothes off,
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a little work goes into
it, you have to learn it.
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♪ You do those things
I know are forbidden ♪
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- But when you're on stage
you have to look at people
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when you dance for them,
and that makes them feel
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like they're loved,
makes you feel
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like they're dancing for you.
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♪ Ben crossing all
the lines now ♪
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♪ I try to keep hidden ♪
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♪ Losin' all control ♪
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♪ My body's shakin' ♪
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♪ Give me give me more ♪
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- One of the things
I tell my dancers,
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don't wear your
baseball cap on stage,
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turn it around because
the lights up top
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shadow your eyes and your
eyes are your money maker.
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♪ Underneath your clothes
gotta get you naked ♪
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♪ I can't wait too long ♪
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- [Matt] You have to stay on
the outskirts of the stage,
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you stare at a
customer's forehead,
248
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and if you stare at a customer's
forehead from six feet away
249
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they can't tell that you're
not looking in the eyes.
250
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Eye contact is everything
in this industry.
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I tell them, hey make
sure you get tipped
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at the top of the underwear,
it's not a grab bag.
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♪ Give me give me more ♪
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(heavy breathing)
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♪ In the danger zone ♪
256
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♪ I can't take it ♪
257
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♪ Give it to me more ♪
258
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- [Matt] We're not tryin' to
give the dancer paper cuts.
259
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As soon as you bend
over, someone's tryin'
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to shove that dollar
bill as far up your hole
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as they possibly can.
262
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It's funny how many
dancers will come in here,
263
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and I say, okay what
do you wanna dance by?
264
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And they'll come up with
this most unrealistic,
265
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I wanna dance by Black Thunder.
266
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And it's like, okay,
let's try to find
267
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something more realistic,
because once you start
268
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telling customers your
name is Black Thunder,
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they're gonna say, but
what's your real name?
270
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And then you could
end up telling them
what the real name is
271
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and then they're gonna
go by your real name,
272
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and they're gonna call and
say hey, is so and so there?
273
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And I'ma think, who
the fuck is that?
274
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- Yeah. (laughing)
275
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- Because I knew you
by Black Thunder.
276
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So I said, lets try to find,
277
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and honestly, I dance
by my real name,
278
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my husband danced
by his real name,
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which (mumbles) because,
280
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what's a person gonna find
out by your first name?
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They have to
(mumbles) last name,
282
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they need your social
security number,
283
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and so there's only so much
they can find out about you.
284
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- My name's Hiquan, H-I-Q-U-A-N.
285
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My dancer name is Cole.
286
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♪ Yeah you know what
you're doin' to me ♪
287
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♪ You got me heavy breathin' ♪
288
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- My middle name's
Javier, and I use Javi
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for all my entertainment.
290
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♪ Don't know what
you're doin' to me ♪
291
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♪ But boy you got me there ♪
292
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- You're getting really
close and personal
293
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to a lot of people,
you can't let them in,
294
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cause then they
know where you live,
295
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then they know where to
go when you don't answer.
296
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People get crazy,
people legit forget
297
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that this is a fantasy,
and that it's not real.
298
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♪ Got me actin' so crazy ♪
299
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♪ And baby I don't care ♪
300
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♪ Losin' all control,
my body's shakin' ♪
301
00:13:03,023 --> 00:13:05,323
- My stage name is Sean Harding.
302
00:13:05,359 --> 00:13:07,759
♪ Give me give me more ♪
303
00:13:07,795 --> 00:13:09,594
- My name is Jose Gonzalez.
304
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♪ I can't take it ♪
305
00:13:12,800 --> 00:13:14,966
- Should I use my real name or?
306
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Raphael is like stage name.
307
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(thumping dance music)
308
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I love the job.
309
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(muffled announcer talking)
310
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It's pretty entertaining.
311
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(muffled announcer talking)
312
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I like to dance, I noted
that I love the pole.
313
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I would like to have a
pole in my house actually,
314
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just because of the
art of doing it.
315
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♪ You're funny little
secret, dirty little secret ♪
316
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♪ Dirty dirty dirty ♪
317
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♪ I wanna be ♪
318
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- [Jose] My first time dancing
was like almost a year ago.
319
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♪ Dirty little secret ♪
320
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♪ Dirty dirty dirty ♪
321
00:13:57,177 --> 00:14:02,113
♪ They get so confusing
desires that you can't deny ♪
322
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- When you work for
someone for hours,
323
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and you have to clock
in and clock out,
324
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and all the stuff, no.
325
00:14:13,794 --> 00:14:16,294
I have learned that
that's not my style,
326
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that's not my thing.
327
00:14:18,031 --> 00:14:20,398
I was really scared at first,
328
00:14:20,434 --> 00:14:22,467
I was dancing in another club.
329
00:14:22,502 --> 00:14:26,204
In this kind of job you
cannot afford to be shy.
330
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You have to go and talk to
the most people that you can.
331
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♪ I know your type
baby, hungry ♪
332
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- You have to go one by
one, hey how are you?
333
00:14:37,117 --> 00:14:40,785
Hey how are you, are
you having a good time?
334
00:14:40,821 --> 00:14:43,455
You like the club, is
it your first time?
335
00:14:43,490 --> 00:14:44,723
You have to take risks.
336
00:14:47,761 --> 00:14:52,197
♪ Boy I wanna be your
dirty little secret ♪
337
00:14:52,232 --> 00:14:56,568
- Another important thing
are these, very important.
338
00:14:56,603 --> 00:14:57,502
(slapping)
339
00:14:57,537 --> 00:14:58,737
The money makers right here.
340
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This is the best
investment ever.
341
00:15:02,209 --> 00:15:03,875
You don't have to have these,
342
00:15:05,045 --> 00:15:07,112
there's guys that just literally
343
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get money from their underwear.
344
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They just go like
that and they have
345
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this mini ATM in
their underwear.
346
00:15:16,556 --> 00:15:18,823
But I like to keep
all my money here,
347
00:15:18,859 --> 00:15:21,726
or sometimes here on
the sides, you know?
348
00:15:22,996 --> 00:15:26,331
♪ Dirty dirty dirty ♪
349
00:15:26,366 --> 00:15:29,434
- [Alexander] But these, this
is the best investment ever.
350
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♪ It's no illusion this
fantasy you wanna try ♪
351
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- I tell them when
they come off stage,
352
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make sure to go around and thank
353
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all the customers
that have tipped you.
354
00:15:41,982 --> 00:15:44,883
That opens it up normally
for a table dance or a VIP.
355
00:15:44,918 --> 00:15:47,953
Never go and ask if you
want a table dance or a VIP,
356
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cause straight up, you're gonna
357
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get turned down 90% of the time,
358
00:15:51,024 --> 00:15:52,958
cause that's coming
off it's heavy hustle.
359
00:15:52,993 --> 00:15:55,260
So what you do is you find
out who's tipping you,
360
00:15:55,295 --> 00:15:57,329
you go and sit down for
a maximum of two songs,
361
00:15:57,364 --> 00:15:59,831
talk to em, where are
you from, what do you do?
362
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At the end of two songs, say,
363
00:16:01,268 --> 00:16:02,400
you know what, it's
been nice to meet you,
364
00:16:02,436 --> 00:16:03,969
I got bills to
pay, I got college.
365
00:16:04,004 --> 00:16:05,470
That'll normally open it up for
366
00:16:05,505 --> 00:16:07,505
a table dance or VIP, or
now they know you better,
367
00:16:07,541 --> 00:16:09,074
and they're gonna tip
you better on stage,
368
00:16:09,109 --> 00:16:10,775
and form that relationship.
369
00:16:12,045 --> 00:16:14,279
♪ Your dirty little secret ♪
370
00:16:14,314 --> 00:16:17,048
♪ Dirty little secret ♪
371
00:16:17,084 --> 00:16:19,117
♪ Dirty dirty dirty ♪
372
00:16:19,152 --> 00:16:23,388
♪ I wanna be your
dirty little secret ♪
373
00:16:23,423 --> 00:16:25,824
♪ Dirty little secret ♪
374
00:16:25,859 --> 00:16:28,159
♪ Dirty dirty dirty ♪
375
00:16:28,195 --> 00:16:29,561
- My name's Jeremiah Jacobs.
376
00:16:29,596 --> 00:16:31,596
I run the VIP and
Johnsons Fort Lauderdale.
377
00:16:32,733 --> 00:16:34,332
That's pretty much where
all the fun happens,
378
00:16:34,368 --> 00:16:36,368
and where the dancers
make all their money.
379
00:16:36,403 --> 00:16:39,070
♪ This feels dangerous ♪
380
00:16:39,106 --> 00:16:44,109
♪ I can hardly breathe ♪
381
00:16:45,045 --> 00:16:47,679
♪ Between the two of us ♪
382
00:16:47,714 --> 00:16:51,249
♪ Just our body heat yeah ♪
383
00:16:51,284 --> 00:16:52,984
- It's 10 dollars for the
customer to go back there,
384
00:16:53,020 --> 00:16:54,819
they get a wristband,
it's good all night,
385
00:16:54,855 --> 00:16:56,087
and then it's 20 dollars a song.
386
00:16:56,123 --> 00:16:57,789
And they can do as
many as they want.
387
00:16:57,824 --> 00:16:59,057
♪ Gonna gonna gonna
give it to ya ♪
388
00:16:59,092 --> 00:17:01,659
♪ Gonna give give
give it to ya ♪
389
00:17:01,695 --> 00:17:02,894
♪ Gonna give it
gonna give it to ya ♪
390
00:17:02,929 --> 00:17:05,430
♪ Gonna give give
give it to ya ♪
391
00:17:05,465 --> 00:17:06,798
♪ Gonna give it
gonna give it to ya ♪
392
00:17:06,833 --> 00:17:08,933
♪ Gonna give give
give it to ya ♪
393
00:17:08,969 --> 00:17:11,136
- I actually worked at
Swinging Richards in Atlanta
394
00:17:11,171 --> 00:17:13,805
for about 12 years,
maybe 12 plus years.
395
00:17:14,708 --> 00:17:17,642
♪ We goin' all night ♪
396
00:17:17,677 --> 00:17:19,110
♪ I'm ready to blow ♪
397
00:17:19,146 --> 00:17:21,679
♪ Wanna get my
hands all over you ♪
398
00:17:21,715 --> 00:17:23,848
- I did everything from
front door, bartending,
399
00:17:23,884 --> 00:17:25,383
and eventually I
just ran the VIP.
400
00:17:25,419 --> 00:17:27,552
And then when Matt and Chris
wanted to open their club,
401
00:17:27,587 --> 00:17:29,654
I obviously came down
with them to help them.
402
00:17:29,689 --> 00:17:32,590
- They're a team,
that's their club.
403
00:17:32,626 --> 00:17:33,658
Without Matt, there's no Chris,
404
00:17:33,693 --> 00:17:34,926
without Chris, there's no Matt.
405
00:17:34,961 --> 00:17:36,194
- Me and my partner
have been together,
406
00:17:36,229 --> 00:17:38,063
my partner and I
have been together,
407
00:17:38,098 --> 00:17:39,564
use correct grammar.
408
00:17:39,599 --> 00:17:40,732
My partner and I
have been together,
409
00:17:40,767 --> 00:17:43,268
November will be 15 years.
410
00:17:43,303 --> 00:17:46,871
Been married five,
I met him in 2003,
411
00:17:46,907 --> 00:17:49,040
when he just moved from
Atlanta to San Francisco
412
00:17:49,076 --> 00:17:52,444
when he was part side
manager of Pottery Barn
413
00:17:52,479 --> 00:17:54,979
and a part time male dancer.
414
00:17:55,015 --> 00:17:58,416
So it's not too
often you get to view
415
00:17:58,452 --> 00:18:00,351
the equipment before you go out.
416
00:18:00,387 --> 00:18:02,954
So I got to see everything
he had before hand,
417
00:18:02,989 --> 00:18:03,822
it was nice.
418
00:18:06,726 --> 00:18:08,359
- There's lots of ways the
dancers can make money.
419
00:18:08,395 --> 00:18:09,561
Obviously the most
money they can make
420
00:18:09,596 --> 00:18:11,396
is in the VIP with me.
421
00:18:11,431 --> 00:18:12,764
♪ Gonna give it
gonna give it to ya ♪
422
00:18:12,799 --> 00:18:15,467
♪ Gonna give give
give it to ya ♪
423
00:18:15,502 --> 00:18:18,069
♪ Gonna give it
gonna give it to ya ♪
424
00:18:18,105 --> 00:18:20,138
- They can do dances on a floor,
425
00:18:20,173 --> 00:18:21,673
those are like 10
dollars a song,
426
00:18:21,708 --> 00:18:23,441
they get tipped a
lot on the stage.
427
00:18:24,511 --> 00:18:27,245
- I just did 50 dollars
on stage, what?!
428
00:18:27,280 --> 00:18:29,414
- Most is back with me,
lap dance is 20 a song,
429
00:18:29,449 --> 00:18:31,649
and then those rooms,
it's a hundred dollars
430
00:18:31,685 --> 00:18:34,185
every 15 minutes they make
plus tips I'm assuming.
431
00:18:34,221 --> 00:18:37,689
♪ It's you and me
just gettin' off ♪
432
00:18:37,724 --> 00:18:39,190
- Since the club is so small,
433
00:18:39,226 --> 00:18:41,960
I didn't want to put a wall
up creating another space,
434
00:18:41,995 --> 00:18:43,294
cause that would've
taken up the main floor.
435
00:18:43,330 --> 00:18:45,196
So what we did is we
put four big chairs,
436
00:18:45,232 --> 00:18:47,599
we have the curtains that
rest against the wall,
437
00:18:47,634 --> 00:18:48,867
and then when you go
in there with a dancer,
438
00:18:48,902 --> 00:18:50,535
the curtains wrap
around the chair.
439
00:18:50,570 --> 00:18:53,872
This city said you can't
have walls, we use curtains.
440
00:18:53,907 --> 00:18:55,273
The curtains are
open in three ends,
441
00:18:55,308 --> 00:18:56,975
you're able to see
in all three sides.
442
00:18:57,010 --> 00:18:58,910
People's overall
look of a strip club
443
00:18:58,945 --> 00:19:01,613
is always gonna be
drugged out boys,
444
00:19:01,648 --> 00:19:03,848
lots of drugs, alcoholics.
445
00:19:05,051 --> 00:19:06,985
I want to get away from that.
446
00:19:07,020 --> 00:19:10,488
My VIP room curtains don't close
all the way, there's a gap,
447
00:19:10,524 --> 00:19:13,191
because where a lot of
customers wanna go in that room
448
00:19:13,226 --> 00:19:14,626
and have it fully closed, why?
449
00:19:14,661 --> 00:19:16,761
Cause you're gonna do
something illegal in there.
450
00:19:16,796 --> 00:19:18,263
And it's gonna get me shut down.
451
00:19:18,298 --> 00:19:21,533
- When I go into a lap dance
room, I have my underwear on.
452
00:19:21,568 --> 00:19:23,835
It's a lap dance, it's
a frictional lap dance,
453
00:19:23,870 --> 00:19:27,071
it's sensual, I sit on
top of the customer,
454
00:19:27,107 --> 00:19:28,973
and you have to make them feel
455
00:19:29,009 --> 00:19:32,644
that that money that they're
spending in that private dance
456
00:19:32,679 --> 00:19:35,880
is worthwhile,
because that's what's
457
00:19:35,916 --> 00:19:37,749
gonna keep them coming back.
458
00:19:41,988 --> 00:19:45,757
The customer only has to
pay a fee of 10 dollars
459
00:19:45,792 --> 00:19:48,660
to the VIP manager for one
wristband the entire night.
460
00:19:48,695 --> 00:19:50,862
That's it, it's only 10
dollars, it's not expensive.
461
00:19:50,897 --> 00:19:53,798
I worked at other clubs and
it's 20 dollars every time.
462
00:19:53,833 --> 00:19:55,166
What the dancer is charging you
463
00:19:55,202 --> 00:19:58,236
is supposed to be 20
dollars every song.
464
00:19:58,271 --> 00:20:00,772
I usually get customers
to do one or two or three,
465
00:20:00,807 --> 00:20:03,474
sometimes a hundred
bucks, that's great.
466
00:20:03,510 --> 00:20:05,109
You do three or four
of those a night,
467
00:20:05,145 --> 00:20:07,845
and that's pretty good,
that pays the bills.
468
00:20:08,949 --> 00:20:10,448
♪ Gonna give it
gonna give it to ya ♪
469
00:20:10,483 --> 00:20:13,218
♪ Gonna give give
give it to ya ♪
470
00:20:13,253 --> 00:20:14,886
♪ Gonna give it
gonna give it to ya ♪
471
00:20:14,921 --> 00:20:16,254
♪ Gonna give give
give it to ya ♪
472
00:20:16,289 --> 00:20:17,655
- When you're dancing to a guy
473
00:20:17,691 --> 00:20:19,190
that you think you
really think that is hot,
474
00:20:19,226 --> 00:20:21,492
sometimes you get pretty horny.
475
00:20:26,366 --> 00:20:28,933
♪ I got no more boundaries ♪
476
00:20:28,969 --> 00:20:32,370
♪ Do what you want to me ♪
477
00:20:34,474 --> 00:20:37,742
- It really has to do with
connecting with the customers,
478
00:20:37,777 --> 00:20:40,345
making them feel
special, making them feel
479
00:20:40,380 --> 00:20:43,448
that they are loved,
and really having
480
00:20:43,483 --> 00:20:46,384
a positive, uplifting attitude
481
00:20:46,419 --> 00:20:51,189
to make them feel like you're
not so different from them.
482
00:20:51,224 --> 00:20:53,758
That they're not so
different from you.
483
00:20:53,793 --> 00:20:57,929
♪ It's just a
physical attraction ♪
484
00:21:00,467 --> 00:21:03,134
- People come here, most
of the time it's because
485
00:21:03,169 --> 00:21:05,770
they want to see someone
sexy, someone cute,
486
00:21:05,805 --> 00:21:07,205
but sometimes they
are just looking
487
00:21:07,240 --> 00:21:11,542
for some attention,
some conversation.
488
00:21:11,578 --> 00:21:14,479
Sometimes they just have
a very stressful life
489
00:21:14,514 --> 00:21:16,147
and they want someone
to talk about it,
490
00:21:16,182 --> 00:21:19,517
because outside no one cares,
491
00:21:19,552 --> 00:21:22,320
or no one pays them attention.
492
00:21:22,355 --> 00:21:23,921
- They really just
want your support,
493
00:21:23,957 --> 00:21:26,991
and they really just want
you to be sweet and nice,
494
00:21:27,027 --> 00:21:30,194
and loving, and that's what
I'm really there to do.
495
00:21:30,230 --> 00:21:33,298
- My name is Roger and
I am the front door guy.
496
00:21:33,333 --> 00:21:35,500
We have various different
kinds of clientele.
497
00:21:35,535 --> 00:21:37,869
We've got our
regulars that come in
498
00:21:37,904 --> 00:21:41,339
and this is their neighborhood
bar with a little twist.
499
00:21:41,374 --> 00:21:46,077
We've got our folks that
only come on a certain night.
500
00:21:46,112 --> 00:21:48,780
We have our high rollers
that come every two weeks.
501
00:21:48,815 --> 00:21:52,984
We have our special
daddies that come in,
502
00:21:53,019 --> 00:21:55,520
fly in from New York, some
of them fly in from Chicago.
503
00:21:55,555 --> 00:21:57,388
They're the ones that
they know what they want
504
00:21:57,424 --> 00:22:00,958
and then when they come
in, they hit that ATM,
505
00:22:00,994 --> 00:22:03,528
and next thing you know, about
a thousand dollars later,
506
00:22:03,563 --> 00:22:05,263
has been given away
in 20 dollar bills
507
00:22:05,298 --> 00:22:09,100
to some of the hottest, sexiest
dancers in South Florida.
508
00:22:09,135 --> 00:22:11,969
(muffled announcer speaking)
509
00:22:12,005 --> 00:22:17,008
♪ Hey there Superman
can you save me ♪
510
00:22:19,579 --> 00:22:24,582
♪ Hey there Superman can
you give me some more ♪
511
00:22:26,186 --> 00:22:30,221
- All the best dancers
from a lot of clubs,
512
00:22:30,256 --> 00:22:34,025
a lot of them, Miami,
they are all coming here.
513
00:22:34,060 --> 00:22:35,493
- My name's Joshua (mumbles)
514
00:22:35,528 --> 00:22:37,895
and this is one of my favorite
places to go on the drive.
515
00:22:37,931 --> 00:22:39,831
I'm not real big
into strip joints,
516
00:22:39,866 --> 00:22:42,200
so that says something
about this place.
517
00:22:42,235 --> 00:22:43,501
- My name is Gibson.
518
00:22:44,738 --> 00:22:46,337
It's nice to come in
here, it's relaxed,
519
00:22:46,373 --> 00:22:49,340
no body bothers you,
everybody says hello.
520
00:22:49,376 --> 00:22:51,042
- It's something different that
521
00:22:51,077 --> 00:22:52,810
we haven't had on Wilton Drive.
522
00:22:52,846 --> 00:22:55,179
It's always a
different experience.
523
00:22:55,215 --> 00:22:57,415
We have fun comin' here
to see the different guys,
524
00:22:57,450 --> 00:22:59,450
but also just to see our friends
525
00:22:59,486 --> 00:23:00,985
that all show up here.
526
00:23:01,020 --> 00:23:02,854
It's a place really just
to meet and come together.
527
00:23:02,889 --> 00:23:05,189
- It's literally
like a gay Cheers,
528
00:23:05,225 --> 00:23:08,025
which I think is the best
compliment we could ever have.
529
00:23:08,061 --> 00:23:12,230
- If you like to
see nice young men
530
00:23:12,265 --> 00:23:14,298
doin' their thing
on the dance floor,
531
00:23:14,334 --> 00:23:16,534
this is the place to come.
532
00:23:16,569 --> 00:23:19,837
♪ Are you ready for it ♪
533
00:23:21,574 --> 00:23:24,041
- I'm a artist, I'm
actually a painter.
534
00:23:24,077 --> 00:23:27,712
Also I own my own art gallery
thanks to this career,
535
00:23:27,747 --> 00:23:30,214
being a dancer, because
it is a great opportunity
536
00:23:30,250 --> 00:23:33,484
for a young person to be
able to make great money,
537
00:23:33,520 --> 00:23:36,587
and if you're smart
enough and not wasted in,
538
00:23:36,623 --> 00:23:38,923
unfortunately some of the things
539
00:23:38,958 --> 00:23:42,527
that some dancers and
strippers do waste money on,
540
00:23:42,562 --> 00:23:43,795
if you're smart enough
and you save the money,
541
00:23:43,830 --> 00:23:45,329
and you know how to invest it,
542
00:23:45,365 --> 00:23:48,800
it is an incredible
opportunity for you
543
00:23:48,835 --> 00:23:52,003
to be able to
invest in something
544
00:23:52,038 --> 00:23:54,172
that maybe you've
dream of like me.
545
00:23:54,207 --> 00:23:57,909
I really have dreamed of
owning my own art gallery.
546
00:23:57,944 --> 00:24:00,578
I created my own
studio in the back.
547
00:24:00,613 --> 00:24:04,148
I rent out other art
studios to the other artists
548
00:24:04,184 --> 00:24:06,984
that I sublease the spaces for,
549
00:24:07,020 --> 00:24:11,155
and I wake up every day to an
amazing community of artists.
550
00:24:11,191 --> 00:24:12,957
And this is really
my dream come true.
551
00:24:12,992 --> 00:24:16,994
Just like people pay me money
here at the artist warehouse
552
00:24:17,030 --> 00:24:19,163
to rent the different spaces,
553
00:24:19,199 --> 00:24:21,999
it's the same thing at Johnsons,
554
00:24:22,035 --> 00:24:24,802
charging dancers a house fee
555
00:24:24,838 --> 00:24:28,039
for the services
Johnsons provides,
556
00:24:28,074 --> 00:24:30,808
entertainment services, when
the dancer gets on stage,
557
00:24:30,844 --> 00:24:33,478
and services so dancers
can take customers
558
00:24:33,513 --> 00:24:34,946
back to their lap dance room.
559
00:24:36,950 --> 00:24:37,849
♪ Give give give it to ya ♪
560
00:24:37,884 --> 00:24:40,785
- So I have been able to fund
561
00:24:40,820 --> 00:24:42,353
my own business out of dancing,
562
00:24:42,388 --> 00:24:45,323
out of being an
artist, you understand?
563
00:24:45,358 --> 00:24:47,825
It is the perfect
job for an artist.
564
00:24:47,861 --> 00:24:50,761
I came to the US from Cuba
when I was 10 years old.
565
00:24:52,198 --> 00:24:54,298
I'm a Cuban-American artist,
566
00:24:54,334 --> 00:24:58,936
and my mother has
always been supportive
567
00:24:58,972 --> 00:25:00,838
of me as a dancer.
568
00:25:00,874 --> 00:25:04,041
(thudding dance music)
569
00:25:05,111 --> 00:25:07,245
I am in a polyamorous
relationship,
570
00:25:07,280 --> 00:25:09,480
and I have had
other relationships
571
00:25:09,516 --> 00:25:11,949
while I'm still with
my boyfriend actually,
572
00:25:11,985 --> 00:25:15,319
but my husband is like
me, we have a lot of love.
573
00:25:15,355 --> 00:25:17,622
He loves going to Johnsons and
flirting with the other boys
574
00:25:17,657 --> 00:25:22,260
and every week I have to
fall in love with a new boy.
575
00:25:22,295 --> 00:25:24,428
They're so beautiful
and I'm like oh.
576
00:25:25,899 --> 00:25:27,665
I can't handle it sometimes.
577
00:25:29,402 --> 00:25:34,405
♪ Tryin' to get you naked ♪
578
00:25:37,911 --> 00:25:40,077
♪ I can taste it ♪
579
00:25:40,113 --> 00:25:43,714
- When I first started
dancing I was 19 years old.
580
00:25:43,750 --> 00:25:47,652
(thumping music) (muffled
announcer speaking)
581
00:25:47,687 --> 00:25:48,853
Back when I was in high school,
582
00:25:48,888 --> 00:25:50,755
I actually started
doing tattoos,
583
00:25:50,790 --> 00:25:53,691
I learned how to do
a tattoos an I just
584
00:25:53,726 --> 00:25:55,459
found some equipment online and
585
00:25:55,495 --> 00:25:57,228
I did my own tattoos actually.
586
00:25:57,263 --> 00:25:59,130
I designed and tattooed myself.
587
00:25:59,165 --> 00:26:00,598
♪ Losin' all control ♪
588
00:26:00,633 --> 00:26:02,900
♪ My body's shaking ♪
589
00:26:02,936 --> 00:26:07,471
♪ Give it give me more ♪
590
00:26:07,507 --> 00:26:09,540
♪ In the danger zone ♪
591
00:26:09,576 --> 00:26:11,309
♪ I can't take it ♪
592
00:26:11,344 --> 00:26:13,444
♪ Give it to me more ♪
593
00:26:13,479 --> 00:26:15,646
- As a dancer, the
automatic protocol
594
00:26:15,682 --> 00:26:18,382
when you walk into work is
you see the front door guy,
595
00:26:18,418 --> 00:26:20,952
and you sign in, and you
either pay your house fee,
596
00:26:20,987 --> 00:26:23,220
right then and there,
or you can wait
597
00:26:23,256 --> 00:26:25,456
until the end of the night,
so you have your choice there.
598
00:26:25,491 --> 00:26:27,658
- I prefer paying my house fee
599
00:26:27,694 --> 00:26:29,360
right when I come
through the door.
600
00:26:29,395 --> 00:26:32,229
- We have to pay a
house fee every night
601
00:26:32,265 --> 00:26:35,566
to be able to work there, and
it ranges from 10 dollars,
602
00:26:35,602 --> 00:26:39,203
if you arrive at 6PM,
then it's 20 dollars
603
00:26:39,238 --> 00:26:41,872
if you arrive at
8PM, and it would be
604
00:26:42,742 --> 00:26:45,009
30 dollars if you arrive at 9PM.
605
00:26:46,579 --> 00:26:48,479
- So many dancers sign up
for the six o'clock shift,
606
00:26:48,514 --> 00:26:50,481
so many dancers sign up for
the eight o'clock shift,
607
00:26:50,516 --> 00:26:52,383
so many dancers sign up
for the 10 o'clock shift,
608
00:26:52,418 --> 00:26:54,051
and then it gives a
printout of every night,
609
00:26:54,087 --> 00:26:56,320
let me know which dancer's
supposed to work at what time.
610
00:26:56,356 --> 00:26:58,522
And they have from six
to 6:35 to get here,
611
00:27:00,093 --> 00:27:02,226
at 6:36 you now jump to
an eight o'clock dancer
612
00:27:02,261 --> 00:27:04,261
and you're not payin' 10,
you're payin' 20 bucks,
613
00:27:04,297 --> 00:27:05,529
so it gives them that incentive
614
00:27:05,565 --> 00:27:07,098
to get here a
little bit earlier.
615
00:27:07,133 --> 00:27:10,201
(upbeat dance music)
616
00:27:18,811 --> 00:27:20,244
- Unlike a lot of clubs
that I've worked at,
617
00:27:20,279 --> 00:27:21,579
Johnsons is a very caring, its
618
00:27:21,614 --> 00:27:23,581
a very family oriented business.
619
00:27:23,616 --> 00:27:25,316
I personally breathalyze
every dancer at the end
620
00:27:25,351 --> 00:27:28,219
of the night, make sure
they don't breathalyze over.
621
00:27:28,254 --> 00:27:29,420
- At the end of the night,
622
00:27:29,455 --> 00:27:30,655
at the end of your
six hour shifts,
623
00:27:30,690 --> 00:27:33,457
cause it's only six
hours, you go to Matt,
624
00:27:33,493 --> 00:27:36,027
ask if you can leave,
he'll give you a slip,
625
00:27:36,062 --> 00:27:40,698
you take that slip to
Jeremiah, which is VIP,
626
00:27:40,733 --> 00:27:43,668
and he breathalyzes the dancer.
627
00:27:44,837 --> 00:27:47,405
If you leave without
getting breathalyzed,
628
00:27:47,440 --> 00:27:48,773
you are fired.
629
00:27:48,808 --> 00:27:50,508
- I pride myself, I
watch over my boys,
630
00:27:50,543 --> 00:27:52,376
I do breathalyze my
dancers before they leave,
631
00:27:52,412 --> 00:27:53,911
cause I wanna make sure
they're able to drive home,
632
00:27:53,946 --> 00:27:56,113
they're safe on the road,
not only for their life,
633
00:27:56,149 --> 00:27:57,615
but for other people's lives.
634
00:27:57,650 --> 00:27:59,617
- I normally get home
around four 4:30.
635
00:28:02,955 --> 00:28:04,221
- I want them to come and look
forward to coming to work,
636
00:28:04,257 --> 00:28:07,491
cause gonna be fun and
you're with family,
637
00:28:07,527 --> 00:28:10,561
and it's exciting, and
you can make money.
638
00:28:10,596 --> 00:28:15,599
♪ They get so confusing
desires that you can't deny ♪
639
00:28:17,203 --> 00:28:19,303
- Cause every night
is so different,
640
00:28:19,338 --> 00:28:20,705
every night is
like an adventure.
641
00:28:20,740 --> 00:28:22,339
You don't know
what gonna happen.
642
00:28:24,444 --> 00:28:29,447
♪ I know your type baby
hungry to explore ♪
643
00:28:30,883 --> 00:28:31,982
- I tell my dancers straight
up when I first hire them,
644
00:28:32,018 --> 00:28:33,217
I don't ask that
they're gay or straight,
645
00:28:33,252 --> 00:28:34,852
for the majority of
them you can tell,
646
00:28:34,887 --> 00:28:37,254
where they'll make comments
of something sexual.
647
00:28:37,290 --> 00:28:41,258
Right now, 50% of my dancers
are gay, 50% of them straight.
648
00:28:41,294 --> 00:28:42,993
- Have you ever heard
about straight curious?
649
00:28:43,029 --> 00:28:44,829
I think I could be gay curious.
650
00:28:44,864 --> 00:28:49,867
♪ I wanna be your dirty little
secret dirty little secret ♪
651
00:28:51,337 --> 00:28:53,270
- There's like the gays, and
then there's the straight.
652
00:28:56,542 --> 00:29:00,144
And real straight guys,
but we're all unified,
653
00:29:00,179 --> 00:29:02,079
we all really look
up to each other,
654
00:29:02,115 --> 00:29:03,647
so it's a really
nice environment,
655
00:29:03,683 --> 00:29:06,951
I think that that also has to
do with what Matt has created,
656
00:29:06,986 --> 00:29:09,854
because Matt really,
he's a genius
657
00:29:09,889 --> 00:29:11,889
in creating his environment.
658
00:29:11,924 --> 00:29:13,524
And we are all in our lockers,
659
00:29:13,559 --> 00:29:15,426
we all talk about money,
we talk about girls,
660
00:29:15,461 --> 00:29:18,028
we talk about whatever
the subject is,
661
00:29:18,064 --> 00:29:20,831
but we all have this
little community in there.
662
00:29:20,867 --> 00:29:23,134
(mumbling)
663
00:29:24,971 --> 00:29:27,638
- I've never seen my balls
this fucking swollen,
664
00:29:27,673 --> 00:29:30,708
they're swollen man, my
penis is just (mumbles)
665
00:29:30,743 --> 00:29:32,042
but it's not swollen.
666
00:29:33,513 --> 00:29:37,148
- This right here is like
the military right here.
667
00:29:37,183 --> 00:29:40,184
We all talk about money,
the straight guys talk
668
00:29:40,219 --> 00:29:43,821
about their girls, we
all talk about our stuff,
669
00:29:43,856 --> 00:29:48,726
the client, the customers,
the stage, it's pretty fun.
670
00:29:48,761 --> 00:29:51,028
This is like one of
the funest parts.
671
00:29:51,063 --> 00:29:53,564
Most of us, we get
along, it's not like
672
00:29:53,599 --> 00:29:56,100
the Swinging Richards,
we're opposite (mumbles)
673
00:29:56,135 --> 00:29:59,537
We used to fight all the time,
there was a lot of rivalry.
674
00:29:59,572 --> 00:30:01,939
In this club, I
dunno why, but we all
675
00:30:01,974 --> 00:30:04,275
help each other out,
it's like a big family.
676
00:30:04,310 --> 00:30:08,813
♪ I don't bite I've
got the time baby ♪
677
00:30:11,384 --> 00:30:13,017
- They're like a huge family,
678
00:30:13,052 --> 00:30:15,419
and I knew that from
the second week.
679
00:30:15,454 --> 00:30:17,321
I was obsessed
with working there.
680
00:30:17,356 --> 00:30:19,290
- We help each other, you know?
681
00:30:19,325 --> 00:30:24,328
It's like we feel
protected by one another.
682
00:30:25,264 --> 00:30:26,964
♪ Give me give me yourself ♪
683
00:30:26,999 --> 00:30:30,568
♪ Boy give me give
me what I want ♪
684
00:30:30,603 --> 00:30:32,670
- Nobody can judge anybody here.
685
00:30:32,705 --> 00:30:35,472
♪ Boy can you hear
me can you hear me ♪
686
00:30:35,508 --> 00:30:37,208
♪ Can you give me yourself ♪
687
00:30:37,243 --> 00:30:39,777
♪ Boy can you give
me what I want ♪
688
00:30:39,812 --> 00:30:42,379
- They are many
straight guys over here.
689
00:30:44,317 --> 00:30:45,482
It's not like I'm the
only straight guy,
690
00:30:45,518 --> 00:30:49,019
they have wives, they have kids,
691
00:30:49,055 --> 00:30:52,489
I go out, smoke a
cigarette, we have a drink,
692
00:30:52,525 --> 00:30:53,991
we talk, you know?
693
00:30:57,230 --> 00:30:59,430
- We're not just
strippers, we're men
694
00:31:01,234 --> 00:31:03,434
trying to make a living,
trying to feed our kids,
695
00:31:03,469 --> 00:31:05,169
trying to live in our house.
696
00:31:05,204 --> 00:31:08,505
- You know, you find yourself
with everything in the club.
697
00:31:08,541 --> 00:31:12,977
My best friend there, he works
as a nurse during the day
698
00:31:13,012 --> 00:31:15,045
and at night he
works at the club.
699
00:31:15,081 --> 00:31:18,749
There's another guy that
works at a pet store.
700
00:31:18,784 --> 00:31:21,051
In my case, I work for
children entertainment
701
00:31:21,087 --> 00:31:24,922
during the day, I
dress as superheroes,
702
00:31:24,957 --> 00:31:28,192
either Spider-man,
or Superman, Batman,
703
00:31:28,227 --> 00:31:30,094
all the superheroes can name.
704
00:31:30,129 --> 00:31:32,997
I think that Spider-man
is really cool.
705
00:31:33,032 --> 00:31:34,999
It's a mystery because
they don't know who I am,
706
00:31:35,034 --> 00:31:36,367
they can't see my
face or anything,
707
00:31:36,402 --> 00:31:38,102
so I'm always masked.
708
00:31:38,137 --> 00:31:39,970
They always get
to see the flips,
709
00:31:40,006 --> 00:31:42,139
and I also do that on stage.
710
00:31:42,174 --> 00:31:45,876
♪ Boy can you give
me what I want ♪
711
00:31:45,912 --> 00:31:48,646
- One day, I texted Alexander,
712
00:31:48,681 --> 00:31:50,347
I said, dude you're
supposed to be here at 6:30,
713
00:31:50,383 --> 00:31:52,483
he goes, I ran late with
on of my kids parties,
714
00:31:52,518 --> 00:31:54,818
and he starts sending me
pictures of him as Spider-man.
715
00:31:54,854 --> 00:31:56,420
(laughing)
716
00:31:56,455 --> 00:31:57,955
So driving down the
road, sweat coming down,
717
00:31:57,990 --> 00:32:02,092
and the bottom part of his
neck in a Spider-man costume.
718
00:32:03,229 --> 00:32:04,895
And I thought, aw,
that's just too cute.
719
00:32:04,931 --> 00:32:06,897
- So this zipper's
a pain in the ass,
720
00:32:08,701 --> 00:32:09,533
so usually I just tell somebody,
721
00:32:09,568 --> 00:32:11,235
hey can you help me out?
722
00:32:11,270 --> 00:32:13,771
And they're like, oh
Spider-man is asking me to,
723
00:32:13,806 --> 00:32:14,772
Then they get kind
of freaked out,
724
00:32:14,807 --> 00:32:16,540
but I think I got it.
725
00:32:16,575 --> 00:32:18,008
- [Matt] I have my dancers
that go to college,
726
00:32:18,044 --> 00:32:19,276
and I have my dancers,
727
00:32:19,312 --> 00:32:20,077
- [Alexander] That
have another job.
728
00:32:20,112 --> 00:32:21,312
- That have another job,
729
00:32:21,347 --> 00:32:23,547
but you never hear of
one of your dancers
730
00:32:23,582 --> 00:32:26,750
dressing like a clown,
dressing like a superhero,
731
00:32:26,786 --> 00:32:28,319
then he goes home,
then he takes a nap,
732
00:32:28,354 --> 00:32:30,921
and he's a male dancer at night.
733
00:32:30,957 --> 00:32:33,257
- There's a big misconception
about strippers,
734
00:32:35,561 --> 00:32:38,228
that it's a dirty lifestyle.
735
00:32:38,264 --> 00:32:42,967
I like to be unique, and I
enjoy everything that I do.
736
00:32:43,002 --> 00:32:45,069
I wake up every single morning,
737
00:32:45,104 --> 00:32:47,938
knowing that I have
a life full of joy,
738
00:32:47,974 --> 00:32:52,076
that I go to a club and
I'm just laughing, dancing,
739
00:32:52,111 --> 00:32:54,345
I'm on a stage, and
I'm making money.
740
00:32:56,449 --> 00:33:00,517
♪ Let's make a break
let's make a getaway ♪
741
00:33:00,553 --> 00:33:03,087
♪ Don't let the
monsters bring me down ♪
742
00:33:03,122 --> 00:33:04,655
♪ They will eat your soul ♪
743
00:33:04,690 --> 00:33:08,826
♪ Blow up the bastards
and just walk away ♪
744
00:33:08,861 --> 00:33:11,228
- And I'm also bringing
joy to other people,
745
00:33:11,263 --> 00:33:13,497
I'm bringing joy
to children as well
746
00:33:13,532 --> 00:33:15,399
and making them
have a good party,
747
00:33:15,434 --> 00:33:17,701
and also to the parents,
because the parents also
748
00:33:17,737 --> 00:33:19,670
have a good time at the parties.
749
00:33:19,705 --> 00:33:22,873
The parents are expecting me
to make their children happy,
750
00:33:22,908 --> 00:33:26,110
and when I go to an
adult environment,
751
00:33:26,145 --> 00:33:29,013
I have to make sure
that everybody is happy.
752
00:33:29,048 --> 00:33:32,149
(upbeat dance music)
753
00:33:43,496 --> 00:33:46,897
The hardest days, I
get four parties a day,
754
00:33:46,932 --> 00:33:49,233
and then as soon as
I finish my parties,
755
00:33:49,268 --> 00:33:51,101
I would come over here.
756
00:33:51,137 --> 00:33:52,302
My thongs.
757
00:33:52,338 --> 00:33:54,605
(laughing)
758
00:33:55,641 --> 00:33:58,342
I don't wear jockstraps
759
00:33:58,377 --> 00:34:01,578
My hair, I don't
wanna mess up my hair.
760
00:34:02,815 --> 00:34:06,583
Ugh, these skinny jeans, man.
761
00:34:09,255 --> 00:34:10,454
And there's guys on stage that
762
00:34:10,489 --> 00:34:12,723
take em off just like that.
763
00:34:14,326 --> 00:34:17,394
(upbeat dance music)
764
00:34:25,571 --> 00:34:27,838
(slapping)
765
00:34:31,610 --> 00:34:36,613
So today I have five parties.
766
00:34:38,417 --> 00:34:39,817
There's gonna be like
a three hour gap.
767
00:34:39,852 --> 00:34:42,686
I might go to the
gym, and I brought
768
00:34:42,721 --> 00:34:45,155
my meal prep here with me.
769
00:34:45,191 --> 00:34:48,125
For superheroes, I
usually wear this vaginer,
770
00:34:48,160 --> 00:34:51,061
because it vagines my penis.
771
00:34:53,099 --> 00:34:54,765
It gets it nice and flat.
772
00:34:54,800 --> 00:34:57,034
You don't have your balls
hangin' all over the place,
773
00:34:57,069 --> 00:34:59,470
so it's nice and static.
774
00:34:59,505 --> 00:35:01,572
You don't (mumbles)
775
00:35:02,741 --> 00:35:07,010
cause we wanna make it
as rated G as possible.
776
00:35:07,046 --> 00:35:10,314
If there's not kids around,
or if there's nobody around,
777
00:35:10,349 --> 00:35:14,518
I would usually just change
outside and no Fs given.
778
00:35:18,190 --> 00:35:21,325
Right now, since the kids
are walkin' over there,
779
00:35:21,360 --> 00:35:22,826
and with their parents, I think
780
00:35:22,862 --> 00:35:24,261
I'm just gonna change inside.
781
00:35:24,296 --> 00:35:28,499
I shave my pubes, my
armpits, my butt hole,
782
00:35:29,435 --> 00:35:30,467
I shave it all.
783
00:35:32,671 --> 00:35:34,371
Oh, but I don't
shave here though,
784
00:35:35,274 --> 00:35:36,974
cause I never grow hair here.
785
00:35:38,477 --> 00:35:40,077
Where's my shirt?
786
00:35:40,112 --> 00:35:43,347
Your adulthood is a
reflection of your childhood,
787
00:35:43,382 --> 00:35:48,385
so you have to
treat children like
788
00:35:49,221 --> 00:35:50,654
the best thing on the planet,
789
00:35:50,689 --> 00:35:54,057
because they will remember
and forever, forever.
790
00:35:55,427 --> 00:35:57,127
We're gonna hit
the gym right now.
791
00:35:58,631 --> 00:36:01,698
(steady dance music)
792
00:36:12,678 --> 00:36:17,281
Now we have another party and
we're gonna be Harry Potter.
793
00:36:17,316 --> 00:36:19,283
We're gonna be Harry Potter.
794
00:36:19,318 --> 00:36:23,754
(in an British
accent) Harry Potter!
795
00:36:24,690 --> 00:36:27,858
(upbeat bright music)
796
00:36:29,328 --> 00:36:31,695
Bubbles for the magic sword.
797
00:36:36,001 --> 00:36:38,902
(muffled speaking)
798
00:36:41,307 --> 00:36:42,873
I gotta piss, have you ever seen
799
00:36:42,908 --> 00:36:45,209
Harry Potter takin' a piss?
800
00:36:45,244 --> 00:36:48,412
(upbeat bright music)
801
00:36:57,623 --> 00:37:00,691
When people ask me
what I do for a living,
802
00:37:00,726 --> 00:37:03,293
I usually tell them
that I am a dancer,
803
00:37:03,329 --> 00:37:06,196
and I'm an entertainer, so,
804
00:37:06,232 --> 00:37:08,699
oh, entertainer, so
what do you entertain?
805
00:37:08,734 --> 00:37:12,469
Well first off I start
with the appetizer,
806
00:37:12,504 --> 00:37:14,871
I dress as Spider-man,
and they say aww.
807
00:37:16,542 --> 00:37:18,508
And then the next set,
which is the entrée,
808
00:37:18,544 --> 00:37:21,378
I tell em, hey you
know, besides that,
809
00:37:21,413 --> 00:37:24,781
that's my part time job, but
actually my full time job,
810
00:37:24,817 --> 00:37:28,619
is working as a dancer, and
then everybody goes whoa!
811
00:37:29,722 --> 00:37:34,558
Not everybody knows
that I work as a dancer.
812
00:37:35,728 --> 00:37:36,827
My mother knows, I
told her straight up.
813
00:37:36,862 --> 00:37:38,295
This is something that I enjoy
814
00:37:38,330 --> 00:37:41,331
and I'm not gonna stop
doing things that I enjoy.
815
00:37:41,367 --> 00:37:44,935
♪ It's goin' down ♪
816
00:37:44,970 --> 00:37:47,170
♪ It's goin' down ♪
817
00:37:47,206 --> 00:37:49,339
- You have control
over your creativity.
818
00:37:54,446 --> 00:37:57,681
I love to live, that's the
problem, I love to live.
819
00:37:57,716 --> 00:37:59,983
♪ It's goin' down ♪
820
00:38:00,019 --> 00:38:01,518
- I love to make money.
821
00:38:05,557 --> 00:38:09,960
After a long day of entertaining
children and adults,
822
00:38:09,995 --> 00:38:14,898
making people happy,
I come back home,
823
00:38:14,933 --> 00:38:19,936
after working really hard,
and I turn on the candles,
824
00:38:21,507 --> 00:38:24,041
and maybe I could play
the guitar, I meditate.
825
00:38:27,413 --> 00:38:32,416
(guitar strumming)
(singing in Spanish)
826
00:38:34,219 --> 00:38:37,621
Originally from New York,
I was raised in Bolivia.
827
00:38:37,656 --> 00:38:40,924
My father's from Portugal
and my mother's from Bolivia,
828
00:38:40,959 --> 00:38:45,962
so that's like a chihuahua
with a golden retriever,
829
00:38:46,832 --> 00:38:50,267
some weird shit. (laughing)
830
00:38:51,637 --> 00:38:55,439
But I was raised in Bolivia
and then I came here,
831
00:38:55,474 --> 00:38:58,608
I came back to the
states, to Miami,
832
00:38:58,644 --> 00:39:01,878
when I was 19 years
old, with 500 dollars.
833
00:39:04,550 --> 00:39:07,617
So 500 dollars and it was
pretty much a struggle,
834
00:39:07,653 --> 00:39:10,987
so I got into male dancing,
and I walked up to Matt,
835
00:39:11,023 --> 00:39:13,990
he was a DJ, so I just
walked up to his booth,
836
00:39:14,026 --> 00:39:17,627
and I asked him,
can I work for you?
837
00:39:17,663 --> 00:39:19,296
(mumbles)
838
00:39:19,331 --> 00:39:21,665
He said, come on Sunday night,
839
00:39:21,700 --> 00:39:23,400
cause Sunday nights
are the nights
840
00:39:24,837 --> 00:39:27,204
that are not the busiest,
so he can take a look at me,
841
00:39:27,239 --> 00:39:29,306
and that's it, so I went there,
842
00:39:29,341 --> 00:39:31,041
and that's how
everything started.
843
00:39:33,011 --> 00:39:37,047
And then, one day, I came
with my face beaten up.
844
00:39:37,082 --> 00:39:39,883
He said, what happened, and I
845
00:39:39,918 --> 00:39:41,685
kinda wanted to
hide it from him.
846
00:39:41,720 --> 00:39:43,253
I was in a bad relationship.
847
00:39:43,288 --> 00:39:44,454
- Abusive relationship.
848
00:39:44,490 --> 00:39:46,823
- He helped me
also get out of it.
849
00:39:46,859 --> 00:39:50,193
When I first met Matt,
I had a black eye,
850
00:39:52,331 --> 00:39:57,334
and I ended up in jail, and
because of domestic violence.
851
00:39:58,704 --> 00:40:01,338
The dancers, my coworkers,
and my friends there
852
00:40:01,373 --> 00:40:03,440
were really helping
me out going through
853
00:40:03,475 --> 00:40:05,142
that whole situation.
854
00:40:08,814 --> 00:40:12,616
Matt is the most
interesting person I
855
00:40:12,651 --> 00:40:15,585
(talking over each other)
856
00:40:15,621 --> 00:40:17,220
The most unique
person I've ever met.
857
00:40:17,256 --> 00:40:18,722
- I really care about
my dancers a lot.
858
00:40:18,757 --> 00:40:20,624
I want them to come
here, I want this
859
00:40:20,659 --> 00:40:22,259
to be a stepping
stone in their life.
860
00:40:22,294 --> 00:40:25,028
I want them to work
here six months, a year,
861
00:40:25,063 --> 00:40:27,330
make several thousand dollars,
862
00:40:27,366 --> 00:40:28,999
put it in savings, go
after their dreams,
863
00:40:29,034 --> 00:40:30,700
do something they wanna do.
864
00:40:30,736 --> 00:40:32,736
A lot of my guys are
competitors in body building,
865
00:40:32,771 --> 00:40:34,538
so we sit there and
from my DJ booth
866
00:40:34,573 --> 00:40:36,640
we'll look at each other
and flex, and they'll flex,
867
00:40:36,675 --> 00:40:38,508
and we have a good time.
868
00:40:38,544 --> 00:40:39,843
(mumbling)
869
00:40:39,878 --> 00:40:42,179
I competed 11 times,
I won five shows.
870
00:40:42,214 --> 00:40:44,214
I went from being a chubby kid,
871
00:40:44,249 --> 00:40:48,418
I got bullied in high school,
I got bullied in junior high,
872
00:40:48,454 --> 00:40:49,686
I remember going
home and crying a lot
873
00:40:49,721 --> 00:40:50,987
and I didn't wanna go to school.
874
00:40:51,023 --> 00:40:52,956
I wanna do one more
body building show.
875
00:40:52,991 --> 00:40:54,224
This will be my twelfth show,
876
00:40:54,259 --> 00:40:56,293
one more show before I
open up the Dallas club,
877
00:40:56,328 --> 00:40:57,828
cause once I have
two night clubs,
878
00:40:57,863 --> 00:40:59,629
I won't have any time on my
hands to do anything else.
879
00:40:59,665 --> 00:41:01,765
I've already got lots of
staff that work for me,
880
00:41:01,800 --> 00:41:03,767
since I worked for Swinging
Richards for so long,
881
00:41:03,802 --> 00:41:05,001
and this, I'm in the industry,
882
00:41:05,037 --> 00:41:06,303
and I know a lot of
people, I'm ready
883
00:41:06,338 --> 00:41:08,171
to open there and
have staff to fill it.
884
00:41:08,207 --> 00:41:10,106
Everyone has a story,
everyone's tryin'
885
00:41:10,142 --> 00:41:12,209
to be bigger and
better, you know?
886
00:41:12,244 --> 00:41:15,378
- My name is Luis
Felipe (mumbles)
887
00:41:15,414 --> 00:41:20,417
I was 17 when I first
jumped on a pole.
888
00:41:21,587 --> 00:41:23,386
I suffered a lot when
I was a little kid,
889
00:41:23,422 --> 00:41:25,489
not like suffer
suffer, you know?
890
00:41:25,524 --> 00:41:27,657
But I received a
lot of bullying,
891
00:41:29,728 --> 00:41:32,395
and all these you
see, it wasn't here.
892
00:41:32,431 --> 00:41:35,699
(thumping dance music)
893
00:41:43,475 --> 00:41:47,143
♪ Feelin' out a fantasy ♪
894
00:41:47,179 --> 00:41:49,079
- My face was full of pimples,
895
00:41:49,114 --> 00:41:54,084
so I was never told
that I was beautiful.
896
00:41:54,853 --> 00:41:57,420
(energetic dance music)
897
00:42:06,498 --> 00:42:09,432
I came from Columbia
when I was 16 years old.
898
00:42:13,205 --> 00:42:17,240
On my hat it says LF and
it's my name, Luis Felipe.
899
00:42:18,877 --> 00:42:20,777
You gotta be original
in this life,
900
00:42:20,812 --> 00:42:25,682
it's too many copies, everybody
wants to do the same shit.
901
00:42:28,587 --> 00:42:29,953
Something different.
902
00:42:31,423 --> 00:42:34,691
(thumping dance music)
903
00:42:41,500 --> 00:42:42,799
- The best thing
about working here
904
00:42:42,834 --> 00:42:45,068
is easy money.
905
00:42:45,103 --> 00:42:48,538
- You can clock off with a very
very decent amount of money.
906
00:42:48,574 --> 00:42:50,440
Sometimes what people make
in a whole entire night,
907
00:42:50,475 --> 00:42:52,509
on a regular nine to five job,
908
00:42:52,544 --> 00:42:55,445
a low income night
would probably be
909
00:42:55,480 --> 00:42:59,282
like a bad bad day
working 250 dollars, 200.
910
00:43:01,753 --> 00:43:04,688
I know for a lot of people
it might sound a lot,
911
00:43:04,723 --> 00:43:07,791
but for us, as
dancers, we know that
912
00:43:07,826 --> 00:43:09,960
that could be a very slow night.
913
00:43:12,631 --> 00:43:15,231
Now when it comes to
a very good night,
914
00:43:15,267 --> 00:43:20,270
you can earn from 800 to
13 hundred dollars a night,
915
00:43:21,440 --> 00:43:23,440
the dancers, we all
call it the ocean,
916
00:43:23,475 --> 00:43:24,975
you never know
what's gonna happen.
917
00:43:25,010 --> 00:43:28,178
You never know when is the
biggest wave gonna happen.
918
00:43:28,213 --> 00:43:31,881
(muffled announcer talking)
919
00:43:33,585 --> 00:43:35,785
- I made 16 hundred
dollars in one night.
920
00:43:35,821 --> 00:43:40,523
♪ Feeling on a fantasy ♪
921
00:43:40,559 --> 00:43:42,425
♪ Really slows you down ♪
922
00:43:42,461 --> 00:43:45,395
(mumbling)
923
00:43:45,430 --> 00:43:47,297
- This is what happens
when you work at Johnsons,
924
00:43:47,332 --> 00:43:49,099
you make money honey.
925
00:43:50,636 --> 00:43:53,370
♪ Though your body's
kind of licorice ♪
926
00:43:53,405 --> 00:43:57,674
♪ Cookie cutter
steals the show ♪
927
00:43:57,709 --> 00:43:59,976
- One night, there's
plenty more to go.
928
00:44:01,213 --> 00:44:02,412
My name's Omar Manseur.
929
00:44:02,447 --> 00:44:05,248
(talking over each other)
930
00:44:05,283 --> 00:44:07,384
I worked at Johnsons
bar in Fort Lauderdale,
931
00:44:07,419 --> 00:44:08,718
I'm a bar tender over there.
932
00:44:08,754 --> 00:44:11,388
I've known Matt for
about seven years,
933
00:44:11,423 --> 00:44:13,657
and I was supposed to work
for him seven years ago,
934
00:44:13,692 --> 00:44:16,860
but now I'm finally,
I'm a part of his team,
935
00:44:16,895 --> 00:44:18,695
and I couldn't be happier.
936
00:44:18,730 --> 00:44:22,132
I've worked in other night
clubs similar to Johnsons,
937
00:44:22,167 --> 00:44:25,368
but Johnsons is by
far the cleanest,
938
00:44:25,404 --> 00:44:30,407
most well ran gay strip club
in the whole of South Florida.
939
00:44:31,610 --> 00:44:33,143
- Lot of the dancers
live in South Beach,
940
00:44:33,178 --> 00:44:35,111
and South Beach
to Wilton Manors,
941
00:44:35,147 --> 00:44:36,880
depending on what time you come,
942
00:44:36,915 --> 00:44:39,616
takes an hour and 10, and
hour and 15 minutes to drive.
943
00:44:39,651 --> 00:44:42,485
It's only 30 miles away, but
with traffic and everything,
944
00:44:42,521 --> 00:44:44,688
you're looking over an
hour drive to get to work,
945
00:44:44,723 --> 00:44:46,556
over an hour drive to get home,
946
00:44:46,591 --> 00:44:49,459
to come to a small little club
in Wilton Manors, Florida.
947
00:44:51,730 --> 00:44:55,265
(traffic noises)
948
00:44:55,300 --> 00:44:56,800
So the boys do pretty good.
949
00:44:56,835 --> 00:45:00,403
A lot of the boys said they
average five to 700 a night.
950
00:45:00,439 --> 00:45:04,274
I've had dancers say they
made a thousand in there,
951
00:45:04,309 --> 00:45:05,675
and then sometimes
you have your nights
952
00:45:05,711 --> 00:45:07,510
where dancer didn't try as hard,
953
00:45:07,546 --> 00:45:09,012
and he said, Matt, I only
made a hundred dollars.
954
00:45:09,047 --> 00:45:11,414
I have sent, probably, I dunno,
955
00:45:11,450 --> 00:45:13,383
150 a week of my own
money to my boys.
956
00:45:13,418 --> 00:45:15,819
If I see them up
there doin' bad,
957
00:45:15,854 --> 00:45:17,287
(mumbling)
958
00:45:17,322 --> 00:45:19,322
I give 20, 30 bucks
to a customer,
959
00:45:19,357 --> 00:45:21,291
saying, hey, will you go
tip that dancer for me?
960
00:45:21,326 --> 00:45:23,359
I don't want them to
know it's comin' from me,
961
00:45:23,395 --> 00:45:25,662
cause I don't want them
feelin' it's pity dollars.
962
00:45:25,697 --> 00:45:28,698
But I don't want them
to have a bad night.
963
00:45:28,734 --> 00:45:30,900
- He's a nice dude
I have to say.
964
00:45:30,936 --> 00:45:33,603
I have to say that
the first night
965
00:45:33,638 --> 00:45:35,338
that I started working
here, one of the dancers,
966
00:45:35,373 --> 00:45:39,275
that I think that had been
dancing for him for a long time,
967
00:45:39,311 --> 00:45:41,778
he told me, you
don't know him yet,
968
00:45:41,813 --> 00:45:43,713
but when you get to know him,
969
00:45:43,749 --> 00:45:46,983
he could be maybe the best boss
that you're gonna work for.
970
00:45:47,018 --> 00:45:48,518
- I met Matt at
Swinging Richards
971
00:45:48,553 --> 00:45:50,487
and I did a contest.
972
00:45:52,758 --> 00:45:55,125
I got second place
out of nine dancers,
973
00:45:55,160 --> 00:45:56,559
but he let me work, you know?
974
00:45:56,595 --> 00:45:58,061
- It's hard being a stripper.
975
00:45:58,096 --> 00:46:01,765
Whoever thinks that stripping
is easy, it's not, at all.
976
00:46:01,800 --> 00:46:02,565
(laughing)
977
00:46:02,601 --> 00:46:03,433
Ever.
978
00:46:04,369 --> 00:46:07,737
♪ Feel your soul ♪
979
00:46:07,773 --> 00:46:11,207
♪ Turn to salt ♪
980
00:46:11,243 --> 00:46:15,645
♪ How much more until
you give it up ♪
981
00:46:17,048 --> 00:46:18,581
- If stripping was easy,
everybody would be doing it,
982
00:46:18,617 --> 00:46:21,651
but it's not, it takes
a huge emotional toll.
983
00:46:23,054 --> 00:46:27,490
I am a native to Florida,
I was born in Crow Springs.
984
00:46:28,593 --> 00:46:31,628
My history at
Johnsons consist of,
985
00:46:31,663 --> 00:46:35,031
being pretty much dead broke,
986
00:46:35,066 --> 00:46:37,367
walking in there as a dancer,
987
00:46:37,402 --> 00:46:39,435
cause I was living
with my grandparents.
988
00:46:39,471 --> 00:46:40,904
One reason I'm
working at Johnsons
989
00:46:40,939 --> 00:46:44,607
is because Johnsons really
does pay for school.
990
00:46:44,643 --> 00:46:46,509
I'm currently
studying cosmetology,
991
00:46:47,612 --> 00:46:50,747
and I'm actually
finished with school,
992
00:46:50,782 --> 00:46:54,150
I did my 12 hundred
hours, however,
993
00:46:54,186 --> 00:46:57,387
now I need to take my
cosmetology state board exam,
994
00:46:57,422 --> 00:46:59,255
and that's a pretty big test.
995
00:46:59,291 --> 00:47:00,924
Believe it or not,
I'm really shy.
996
00:47:00,959 --> 00:47:03,193
I'm like really really shy.
997
00:47:03,228 --> 00:47:06,563
And people wouldn't think
that I could talk a lot,
998
00:47:06,598 --> 00:47:09,799
and I'm very
expressive on stage,
999
00:47:09,835 --> 00:47:13,570
but I started not making
money as a dancer,
1000
00:47:14,673 --> 00:47:16,840
and if you're not making
money as a dancer,
1001
00:47:16,875 --> 00:47:18,374
you're not paying your bills,
1002
00:47:18,410 --> 00:47:22,412
so he put me on
board to be a server.
1003
00:47:22,447 --> 00:47:26,883
What I learned about stripping
from a waiter's perspective,
1004
00:47:29,020 --> 00:47:32,455
that's when I learned
it's an art, a seduction.
1005
00:47:33,458 --> 00:47:36,593
I see the way the men move.
1006
00:47:36,628 --> 00:47:38,494
I see how they talk to people.
1007
00:47:38,530 --> 00:47:42,232
I see how they touch people.
1008
00:47:42,267 --> 00:47:45,401
So that gave me a
really good upper hand,
1009
00:47:45,437 --> 00:47:47,403
because I'm really
socially awkward.
1010
00:47:47,439 --> 00:47:49,539
I'm not dancing to look good,
1011
00:47:49,574 --> 00:47:51,808
if it looks good,
that's just a plus.
1012
00:47:51,843 --> 00:47:54,377
A lot of people told me before,
1013
00:47:54,412 --> 00:47:58,548
that you can tell that you're
just having fun up there,
1014
00:47:58,583 --> 00:48:00,750
you're having a blast
on the pole, and I am.
1015
00:48:00,785 --> 00:48:03,653
And I think that's important,
you need to have fun.
1016
00:48:03,688 --> 00:48:05,889
You can't be too
serious dancing,
1017
00:48:05,924 --> 00:48:07,223
cause then you look weird.
1018
00:48:07,259 --> 00:48:09,459
Night life really does
take a toll on you,
1019
00:48:09,494 --> 00:48:14,163
mentally, physically,
emotionally,
1020
00:48:14,199 --> 00:48:17,200
it throws your mood off
sometimes, your sleep schedule.
1021
00:48:17,235 --> 00:48:21,304
Sometimes it can even really
interfere with your daily life.
1022
00:48:22,774 --> 00:48:24,774
Cause I know some
people that don't
1023
00:48:24,809 --> 00:48:26,042
even wake up until 5 o'clock,
1024
00:48:26,077 --> 00:48:28,411
where your whole
day's basically gone.
1025
00:48:28,446 --> 00:48:31,414
Cause I don't even go to
sleep till six sometimes.
1026
00:48:31,449 --> 00:48:36,452
And I'm off and home at
4:30, that's night life.
1027
00:48:37,155 --> 00:48:38,621
It takes a toll on you.
1028
00:48:38,657 --> 00:48:41,491
People don't realize how
hard it actually is to do,
1029
00:48:41,526 --> 00:48:46,195
to go up to someone in your
underwear and seduce them.
1030
00:48:46,231 --> 00:48:48,731
It really is a really
high pressure job,
1031
00:48:48,767 --> 00:48:52,835
and then dealing with
just people touching you.
1032
00:48:52,871 --> 00:48:57,874
So when I do a VIP, I'm
dancing, lookin' all sexy,
1033
00:48:59,044 --> 00:49:03,179
and then they start
tryin' to grab things
1034
00:49:03,214 --> 00:49:05,315
that they shouldn't be grabbin',
1035
00:49:06,484 --> 00:49:08,251
holes that should
not be touched.
1036
00:49:09,688 --> 00:49:13,957
What people seem to forget is
that we're selling a fantasy.
1037
00:49:13,992 --> 00:49:18,995
It's hard, the drunk people,
the cigarette breath,
1038
00:49:20,732 --> 00:49:25,034
the dick breath, I'm acting
like I like you touching me.
1039
00:49:25,070 --> 00:49:29,572
I'm acting like I care
about your dirty golf balls
1040
00:49:29,607 --> 00:49:31,474
that you clean one by one.
1041
00:49:33,511 --> 00:49:35,578
I'm acting like I
know you're not,
1042
00:49:38,016 --> 00:49:39,916
you're a little beyond tipsy.
1043
00:49:39,951 --> 00:49:42,151
I'm acting like I
don't know that,
1044
00:49:42,187 --> 00:49:47,023
but it's a fantasy, I'm
putting on a fantasy,
1045
00:49:47,058 --> 00:49:50,193
even as a server you have
to put on the fantasy.
1046
00:49:50,228 --> 00:49:51,661
I let them touch my butt.
1047
00:49:51,696 --> 00:49:56,599
If I get a boner, cause I'm
young and I get a boner,
1048
00:49:57,769 --> 00:49:59,002
I'm like, hey look
what you made me do.
1049
00:49:59,037 --> 00:50:01,004
And I just kinda rub it
and I'm like, thanks.
1050
00:50:01,039 --> 00:50:05,041
It's an art, seductions
an art, for sure.
1051
00:50:05,076 --> 00:50:10,079
I have learned to be confident
from working at Johnsons.
1052
00:50:13,084 --> 00:50:15,418
- So what I do, is
as my boys come in,
1053
00:50:15,453 --> 00:50:17,220
I write 'em down on
a sheet of paper,
1054
00:50:17,255 --> 00:50:18,821
and if they're a good dancer.
1055
00:50:18,857 --> 00:50:21,157
I'll put a good dancer here,
if it's another good dancer,
1056
00:50:21,192 --> 00:50:22,792
I'll space em out down here,
1057
00:50:22,827 --> 00:50:23,960
another good dancer,
I'll space em out.
1058
00:50:23,995 --> 00:50:25,261
I space all my good dancers out,
1059
00:50:25,296 --> 00:50:26,729
and then I fill em
in with the boys
1060
00:50:26,765 --> 00:50:28,531
that don't know how to dance.
1061
00:50:28,566 --> 00:50:30,933
So that way, every rotation,
you at least got one dancer
1062
00:50:30,969 --> 00:50:33,036
that's on stage, that can dance.
1063
00:50:33,071 --> 00:50:35,038
That keeps it entertaining.
1064
00:50:35,073 --> 00:50:36,406
So then what I'll
do is, I'll go down,
1065
00:50:36,441 --> 00:50:37,940
it's like three dancers, three
1066
00:50:37,976 --> 00:50:38,908
and the fourth one on the side,
1067
00:50:38,943 --> 00:50:40,576
and I write side next to them,
1068
00:50:40,612 --> 00:50:42,678
then I write three
more, ah, side.
1069
00:50:42,714 --> 00:50:44,580
And then as you roll around,
the one's that have been side
1070
00:50:44,616 --> 00:50:45,815
don't go back over there again.
1071
00:50:45,850 --> 00:50:48,251
(mumbling)
1072
00:50:48,286 --> 00:50:49,752
75% of the dancers, they
end up being on side stage.
1073
00:50:49,788 --> 00:50:52,555
I try to explain to them,
if you're on side stage,
1074
00:50:52,590 --> 00:50:54,724
try a little bit,
dance a little bit,
1075
00:50:54,759 --> 00:50:57,994
but they feel like
that's hell over there.
1076
00:50:58,029 --> 00:50:59,295
There's 60 people in that room.
1077
00:50:59,330 --> 00:51:01,531
You got the whole
stage to yourself,
1078
00:51:01,566 --> 00:51:03,032
the whole room to yourself.
1079
00:51:03,068 --> 00:51:07,303
- It's about personality,
it's a show that I make.
1080
00:51:07,338 --> 00:51:11,340
And people love that, they love
seeing someone on the pole,
1081
00:51:12,844 --> 00:51:15,878
swingin', right,
swinging doesn't work.
1082
00:51:16,815 --> 00:51:20,149
(energetic dance music)
1083
00:51:26,491 --> 00:51:28,991
- So usually the
range of dancers,
1084
00:51:29,027 --> 00:51:31,527
the number of dancers
that go on stage together,
1085
00:51:31,563 --> 00:51:36,566
are two to four,
sometimes singles if
you're a great dancer.
1086
00:51:38,002 --> 00:51:40,236
There's side stage where one
dancer goes and dances there.
1087
00:51:40,271 --> 00:51:42,004
- I try to keep one
on the side stage
1088
00:51:42,040 --> 00:51:44,006
and three to four
on the main stage.
1089
00:51:44,042 --> 00:51:45,775
They dance for a
three song rotation.
1090
00:51:45,810 --> 00:51:47,443
I want them to
take it off slowly,
1091
00:51:47,479 --> 00:51:49,579
make it enticing,
tease a little bit,
1092
00:51:49,614 --> 00:51:52,682
look in the customers'
eyes, make it about them.
1093
00:51:52,717 --> 00:51:54,684
- The stage is like a
cover of the magazine,
1094
00:51:54,719 --> 00:51:56,152
that's what I like to call it,
1095
00:51:56,187 --> 00:52:00,089
the cover of the magazine where
everybody knows who you are.
1096
00:52:00,125 --> 00:52:02,258
So you can publicize yourself,
1097
00:52:02,293 --> 00:52:04,727
and you have to do the
best to publicize yourself,
1098
00:52:04,762 --> 00:52:07,663
so when you get off stage,
you can keep making money.
1099
00:52:07,699 --> 00:52:09,732
- So when I'm going
to call for dancers,
1100
00:52:09,767 --> 00:52:11,934
I'll give them a
one song notice,
1101
00:52:11,970 --> 00:52:15,071
as I'm going into the third
song of the set that's on stage,
1102
00:52:15,106 --> 00:52:16,539
I'll give them a
one song notice.
1103
00:52:16,574 --> 00:52:19,909
I'll say, third and final
song for Jason, Brian,
1104
00:52:19,944 --> 00:52:22,745
Alexander, and so and
so, coming up next,
1105
00:52:22,780 --> 00:52:24,413
and I'll say it
three or four times,
1106
00:52:24,449 --> 00:52:26,182
cause some of them
can't seem to hear,
1107
00:52:26,217 --> 00:52:27,783
especially in the smoking
section back there.
1108
00:52:27,819 --> 00:52:29,919
A dancer's back there.
1109
00:52:29,954 --> 00:52:31,521
So they get that one song notice
1110
00:52:31,556 --> 00:52:32,822
that gives them
three or four minutes
1111
00:52:32,857 --> 00:52:34,190
wherever they are
to go get ready,
1112
00:52:34,225 --> 00:52:36,025
put some clothes
on, cause I hate
1113
00:52:36,060 --> 00:52:37,994
when they got on stage
in just their underwear.
1114
00:52:38,029 --> 00:52:41,097
(muffled announcing)
1115
00:52:44,102 --> 00:52:45,935
- Alexander on stage.
1116
00:52:45,970 --> 00:52:49,172
(laughing) (mumbling)
1117
00:52:49,207 --> 00:52:51,607
- Looking for Alexander.
1118
00:52:51,643 --> 00:52:55,111
(talking over each other)
1119
00:52:58,683 --> 00:53:01,717
(muffled announcing)
1120
00:53:04,189 --> 00:53:06,756
(upbeat music)
1121
00:53:18,002 --> 00:53:19,402
Then everybody
comes in and says,
1122
00:53:19,437 --> 00:53:21,571
did you ever DJ in
Atlanta, and I'll say yes,
1123
00:53:21,606 --> 00:53:22,838
I've DJed at Swinging Richards.
1124
00:53:22,874 --> 00:53:24,607
They go, oh that's where
I've heard you before.
1125
00:53:24,642 --> 00:53:27,743
(muffled announcing)
1126
00:53:39,991 --> 00:53:41,624
- [Mikey] I worked
at Swinging Richards
1127
00:53:41,659 --> 00:53:43,626
for the majority of
my time in dancing,
1128
00:53:43,661 --> 00:53:48,264
almost seven, eight years
now, and it's been great.
1129
00:53:48,299 --> 00:53:52,201
♪ I don't bite I
got the time baby ♪
1130
00:53:52,237 --> 00:53:54,737
- It is great dancing, it's fun.
1131
00:53:54,772 --> 00:53:57,540
You make great money and
you have fun while doing it.
1132
00:53:57,575 --> 00:54:01,110
Believe it or not, dancing
can bring you six figures
1133
00:54:01,145 --> 00:54:04,547
and very easily, so why not?
1134
00:54:04,582 --> 00:54:08,417
You can do this at
night, have a career,
1135
00:54:08,453 --> 00:54:12,421
or a day job during the day,
and it's just great living.
1136
00:54:12,457 --> 00:54:13,556
And it's fun.
1137
00:54:13,591 --> 00:54:15,224
I've known Matt for many years.
1138
00:54:15,260 --> 00:54:18,060
Clubs have treated me well,
1139
00:54:18,096 --> 00:54:20,229
and I don't think I would stop
1140
00:54:20,265 --> 00:54:22,131
until they don't
want me no more.
1141
00:54:22,166 --> 00:54:24,734
- I have a scheduling
system for my dancers here,
1142
00:54:24,769 --> 00:54:26,369
they pick the times
they wanna work,
1143
00:54:26,404 --> 00:54:30,873
the days they wanna work, and
if a dancer misses a shift,
1144
00:54:30,908 --> 00:54:31,874
and they don't call or text me,
1145
00:54:31,909 --> 00:54:33,342
they lose a Friday shift.
1146
00:54:33,378 --> 00:54:36,512
- The rules of our
job is to be on time.
1147
00:54:36,547 --> 00:54:38,247
It's like any job in the world.
1148
00:54:38,283 --> 00:54:39,649
You have to be there on time,
1149
00:54:39,684 --> 00:54:43,019
you have to be
disciplined about it.
1150
00:54:43,054 --> 00:54:45,288
You can't just
arrive at any time,
1151
00:54:45,323 --> 00:54:47,690
you can't just be
drunk at work either.
1152
00:54:47,725 --> 00:54:50,660
You have to maintain
a certain discipline.
1153
00:54:50,695 --> 00:54:52,528
- I tell the dancers, this
is the schedule you made.
1154
00:54:52,563 --> 00:54:54,230
The dancers choose what
days they wanna work.
1155
00:54:54,265 --> 00:54:56,299
They choose what times
they wanna come in.
1156
00:54:56,334 --> 00:54:59,001
If a dancer is going
to miss that day,
1157
00:54:59,037 --> 00:55:00,336
they have to call
or text me and say,
1158
00:55:00,371 --> 00:55:02,104
hey I'm missing this day.
1159
00:55:02,140 --> 00:55:03,539
It's not hard, it's easy.
1160
00:55:03,574 --> 00:55:05,508
That lets me know what
dancers are coming.
1161
00:55:05,543 --> 00:55:08,377
If they don't come
and they don't call,
1162
00:55:08,413 --> 00:55:10,946
and they do a no call no show,
1163
00:55:10,982 --> 00:55:13,182
then they lose
their Friday shift,
1164
00:55:13,217 --> 00:55:15,484
cause it's easier just
to take away their shift,
1165
00:55:15,520 --> 00:55:17,320
fill it with another
dancer that wants to work
1166
00:55:17,355 --> 00:55:21,190
that couldn't get on, and
now the dancer's gotta think,
1167
00:55:21,225 --> 00:55:23,826
shit, how much money could
I have made on Friday?
1168
00:55:25,496 --> 00:55:26,829
You could have made a
thousand dollars on Friday,
1169
00:55:26,864 --> 00:55:28,831
you'll never know,
but I guarantee
1170
00:55:28,866 --> 00:55:30,866
they never ya they never
no call no show again.
1171
00:55:30,902 --> 00:55:33,703
If a dancer was
going to come to work
1172
00:55:33,738 --> 00:55:35,805
with a better attitude, knowing
1173
00:55:35,840 --> 00:55:38,040
there's only gonna
be this many boys.
1174
00:55:38,076 --> 00:55:40,343
Where at Swinging
Richards or Boardwalk,
1175
00:55:40,378 --> 00:55:42,345
or some of the other places,
they run as many dancers
1176
00:55:42,380 --> 00:55:44,413
as they possibly
can, and what happens
1177
00:55:44,449 --> 00:55:46,582
when you have so many dancers
in such a small space,
1178
00:55:46,617 --> 00:55:49,185
they turn into hustlers,
where you have dancers
1179
00:55:49,220 --> 00:55:51,821
breathing down your neck,
constantly massaging you,
1180
00:55:51,856 --> 00:55:53,255
wanting money for
every little thing,
1181
00:55:53,291 --> 00:55:55,825
because they've got
to, to make the money.
1182
00:55:55,860 --> 00:55:57,093
So now when you
come into my club,
1183
00:55:57,128 --> 00:55:58,561
you know you've got
six or seven twinks,
1184
00:55:58,596 --> 00:56:01,597
six or seven middle boys,
six or seven big boys,
1185
00:56:01,632 --> 00:56:03,199
and it's a little
bit of everything.
1186
00:56:03,234 --> 00:56:06,402
It's a nice variety, and the
boys don't have to hustle
1187
00:56:06,437 --> 00:56:07,803
to make money because there's
1188
00:56:07,839 --> 00:56:09,805
only a couple that
look like them.
1189
00:56:09,841 --> 00:56:11,540
So I have 20 boys
on the weekdays,
1190
00:56:11,576 --> 00:56:13,442
and then 30 on the weekends.
1191
00:56:13,478 --> 00:56:16,912
- There's talent in
stripping, it's an art.
1192
00:56:16,948 --> 00:56:18,781
It's the art of seduction.
1193
00:56:18,816 --> 00:56:20,282
- It's art, ya know?
1194
00:56:20,318 --> 00:56:22,885
Between working out, dancing,
1195
00:56:22,920 --> 00:56:26,889
it's all about your
body, and personality.
1196
00:56:26,924 --> 00:56:28,591
- Whether you're small,
medium, or large,
1197
00:56:28,626 --> 00:56:29,792
you better be top-toned.
1198
00:56:29,827 --> 00:56:32,328
And when my boys
get a little chubby,
1199
00:56:32,363 --> 00:56:34,397
I'll grab the fat on
them and let them know.
1200
00:56:34,432 --> 00:56:36,399
(mumbles)
1201
00:56:36,434 --> 00:56:37,733
It's time to hit the cardio,
1202
00:56:37,769 --> 00:56:40,736
cause nobody comes to
see a fat stripper.
1203
00:56:40,772 --> 00:56:43,072
Average is everywhere
else, I don't sell average,
1204
00:56:43,107 --> 00:56:45,741
I sell above.
1205
00:56:45,777 --> 00:56:48,177
- Do you see these kid's diets?
1206
00:56:48,212 --> 00:56:52,047
Do you see the stress that
they put on themselves?
1207
00:56:52,083 --> 00:56:55,317
To look that good, all the time,
1208
00:56:55,353 --> 00:56:58,053
it takes a huge toll
on your mental health.
1209
00:56:58,089 --> 00:57:00,389
- I try to maintain my
physique as best as possible.
1210
00:57:00,425 --> 00:57:02,725
I hit the gym every single day,
1211
00:57:02,760 --> 00:57:04,560
that's part of being
able to work here.
1212
00:57:04,595 --> 00:57:06,762
You have to be in good shape.
1213
00:57:06,798 --> 00:57:10,399
The stage is part
of my daily routine,
1214
00:57:10,435 --> 00:57:13,836
you burn a lot of calories
doing six sets a night.
1215
00:57:13,871 --> 00:57:16,605
- I normally work out six times,
1216
00:57:16,641 --> 00:57:18,574
six to five times per week.
1217
00:57:18,609 --> 00:57:23,612
I used to hate Matt, because
the first time I came here,
1218
00:57:24,482 --> 00:57:25,614
I wanted to start working here,
1219
00:57:25,650 --> 00:57:27,983
and he was outside,
I didn't know
1220
00:57:28,019 --> 00:57:30,319
if he was the
owner, the manager,
1221
00:57:30,354 --> 00:57:33,889
or whatever he was,
but he was outside,
1222
00:57:33,925 --> 00:57:37,860
and I asked him, hey,
do you know the owner
1223
00:57:37,895 --> 00:57:40,763
or the manager, I don't
remember what he told me,
1224
00:57:40,798 --> 00:57:43,098
but I told him that I wanted
to start working here.
1225
00:57:43,134 --> 00:57:48,137
And he told me that you need
to lose a little bit of weight.
1226
00:57:50,641 --> 00:57:52,741
Come back when you lose
a little bit of weight.
1227
00:57:52,777 --> 00:57:56,011
And I was like oh, nice,
this dude just called me fat.
1228
00:57:56,047 --> 00:57:58,581
♪ Boy can you give
me can you give me ♪
1229
00:57:58,616 --> 00:58:00,349
♪ can you give me yourself ♪
1230
00:58:00,384 --> 00:58:04,787
♪ Boy can you give
me what I want ♪
1231
00:58:04,822 --> 00:58:07,656
♪ Boy can you give
me can you give me ♪
1232
00:58:07,692 --> 00:58:09,358
♪ Can you give me yourself ♪
1233
00:58:09,393 --> 00:58:12,228
♪ Boy can you give
me what I want ♪
1234
00:58:12,263 --> 00:58:13,963
- When I get a new
dancer, I tell them,
1235
00:58:13,998 --> 00:58:15,097
(mumbling)
1236
00:58:15,132 --> 00:58:17,733
Hey, I've never danced before,
1237
00:58:19,370 --> 00:58:21,871
this is my first time, cause
customers eat that shit up.
1238
00:58:21,906 --> 00:58:23,939
They love hearing
that someone's fresh.
1239
00:58:23,975 --> 00:58:26,709
And maybe I can take
advantage of him,
1240
00:58:26,744 --> 00:58:28,410
but as long as the
dancer's got in his head,
1241
00:58:28,446 --> 00:58:30,679
this are my boundaries,
this is what I'm gonna do,
1242
00:58:30,715 --> 00:58:32,781
I'm not gonna cross that
line, you're good to go.
1243
00:58:32,817 --> 00:58:35,484
- Yeah, and this is his
first night dancin'.
1244
00:58:35,520 --> 00:58:37,753
(mumbling)
1245
00:58:40,725 --> 00:58:43,492
- You don't wanna act mean
on him, or nothin' like that,
1246
00:58:43,528 --> 00:58:46,061
but at the same time,
you gotta be like,
1247
00:58:46,097 --> 00:58:47,796
you gotta set boundaries too,
1248
00:58:47,832 --> 00:58:49,298
otherwise then people
think you soft,
1249
00:58:49,333 --> 00:58:50,799
they gonna try you.
1250
00:58:50,835 --> 00:58:53,369
♪ Boy can you give
me can you give me ♪
1251
00:58:53,404 --> 00:58:55,104
♪ Can you give me yourself ♪
1252
00:58:55,139 --> 00:58:57,973
♪ Boy can you give
me what I want ♪
1253
00:58:58,009 --> 00:58:59,708
♪ Dirty dirty dirty ♪
1254
00:58:59,744 --> 00:59:02,344
- This is my first time dancing.
1255
00:59:02,380 --> 00:59:06,348
Usually I do porn, escorting.
1256
00:59:06,384 --> 00:59:08,851
I love being naked
and having fun,
1257
00:59:08,886 --> 00:59:13,889
so sex work is my industry,
so I have fun with it.
1258
00:59:14,992 --> 00:59:16,258
It's my first night here.
1259
00:59:17,428 --> 00:59:21,030
♪ Tonight will be a relief ♪
1260
00:59:23,200 --> 00:59:26,268
- I have a singlet
on, which I know
1261
00:59:26,304 --> 00:59:29,338
you have to have jockstraps
shoved up your butt,
1262
00:59:29,373 --> 00:59:31,574
but I think it's
still different.
1263
00:59:33,844 --> 00:59:35,077
(mumbling)
1264
00:59:35,112 --> 00:59:37,713
I've always been like a
socially awkward person.
1265
00:59:37,748 --> 00:59:41,250
I have social anxiety and
being around large crowds,
1266
00:59:41,285 --> 00:59:44,687
but I can shift into
a different mindset
1267
00:59:44,722 --> 00:59:46,722
when I'm in
situations like this.
1268
00:59:46,757 --> 00:59:49,592
- My porn persona is
a different person
1269
00:59:49,627 --> 00:59:53,095
than who I am in
day to day life.
1270
00:59:53,130 --> 00:59:56,365
If I go on set I get
into a character,
1271
00:59:57,535 --> 00:59:59,702
and if I'm here, it's
the same character.
1272
00:59:59,737 --> 01:00:03,472
♪ Tonight I learn to be free ♪
1273
01:00:05,042 --> 01:00:08,811
(muffled announcer speaking)
1274
01:00:12,216 --> 01:00:14,316
- My first night dancing
at Johnsons last night,
1275
01:00:14,352 --> 01:00:15,351
it was a lot of fun.
1276
01:00:17,021 --> 01:00:19,321
There was a lot of
hot male dancers,
1277
01:00:19,357 --> 01:00:22,992
I was their first hairy
dancer they've had in a while.
1278
01:00:23,027 --> 01:00:25,561
♪ Give me that now yeah ♪
1279
01:00:25,596 --> 01:00:27,162
- Because I'm already cursed as
1280
01:00:27,198 --> 01:00:28,397
a little white boy
with no rhythm,
1281
01:00:28,432 --> 01:00:32,534
so dancin' to the songs
was a little awkward.
1282
01:00:32,570 --> 01:00:36,839
Early in the night the main
stage is kinda closed off,
1283
01:00:36,874 --> 01:00:40,843
so there's just a little
bitty one person pole
1284
01:00:40,878 --> 01:00:43,946
that you kinda cycle through
till the crowd gets bigger.
1285
01:00:43,981 --> 01:00:45,147
When you're on the main stage,
1286
01:00:45,182 --> 01:00:47,182
there's two or
three other dancers,
1287
01:00:47,218 --> 01:00:50,319
so it's not like
all eyes are on you,
1288
01:00:50,354 --> 01:00:52,454
it's a little easier to work at.
1289
01:00:52,490 --> 01:00:54,323
You have some company on stage.
1290
01:00:54,358 --> 01:00:58,260
♪ Givin' up givin'
up givin' up ♪
1291
01:00:58,295 --> 01:01:01,964
♪ Givin' up givin'
up givin' up ♪
1292
01:01:01,999 --> 01:01:03,799
♪ Givin' up givin' up ♪
1293
01:01:03,834 --> 01:01:06,835
- We're at my apartment
and about to do
1294
01:01:06,871 --> 01:01:11,507
a just for fans video shoot
with another porn actor,
1295
01:01:11,542 --> 01:01:13,308
who lives here in
Fort Lauderdale.
1296
01:01:13,344 --> 01:01:17,813
His name is Hunter Scott,
and he's like a big bear guy.
1297
01:01:17,848 --> 01:01:19,782
- Dude this is so nice.
1298
01:01:19,817 --> 01:01:21,717
- I had a friend
who used to escort
1299
01:01:21,752 --> 01:01:23,419
and he's like it's a lot of fun,
1300
01:01:23,454 --> 01:01:26,655
it's not weird people,
you'll make a lot of money,
1301
01:01:26,691 --> 01:01:29,091
so I was like, sure,
why not, I'll try it.
1302
01:01:29,126 --> 01:01:33,529
And then the money
just kept rollin' in,
1303
01:01:33,564 --> 01:01:37,566
and I actually kind of started
enjoying myself doin' it.
1304
01:01:37,601 --> 01:01:42,604
You'd be surprised, escorting
is maybe about 40% sex.
1305
01:01:44,408 --> 01:01:48,644
A lot of times there's
actually no physical contact.
1306
01:01:48,679 --> 01:01:51,380
Sometimes people
just want company.
1307
01:01:51,415 --> 01:01:55,884
That kinda opened up
into the porn industry.
1308
01:01:55,920 --> 01:01:56,852
- Sean and I have
been talkin' about
1309
01:01:56,887 --> 01:01:58,887
workin' together for a while,
1310
01:01:58,923 --> 01:02:02,257
and this is kind
of like a warm-up,
1311
01:02:02,293 --> 01:02:04,860
because we're gonna do this.
1312
01:02:04,895 --> 01:02:07,096
It's a little more amateur-ish,
1313
01:02:07,131 --> 01:02:11,867
and a little more laid back
than doing a full studio scene.
1314
01:02:11,902 --> 01:02:16,505
It's all about body
positivity and really hot sex.
1315
01:02:18,242 --> 01:02:19,842
So it's a little awkward when
we go to the health department
1316
01:02:19,877 --> 01:02:21,376
to be tested and they're like,
1317
01:02:21,412 --> 01:02:23,445
how many partners have you
had in the last 12 months?
1318
01:02:23,481 --> 01:02:26,815
I'm sitting there having
to count on my fingers.
1319
01:02:26,851 --> 01:02:27,783
- I just say a lot.
1320
01:02:29,920 --> 01:02:32,488
- More than 20, oh
okay, you're high risk.
1321
01:02:36,193 --> 01:02:37,493
You work tonight?
1322
01:02:37,528 --> 01:02:38,827
- No, not dancin' tonight.
1323
01:02:39,964 --> 01:02:41,530
- So you're off the
rest of the day?
1324
01:02:41,565 --> 01:02:43,332
- I have a client tonight, but.
1325
01:02:43,367 --> 01:02:48,370
- Oo, gosh, I haven't had
a client in three weeks.
1326
01:02:52,376 --> 01:02:55,310
Wilton is the island
of misfit toys,
1327
01:02:55,346 --> 01:02:57,980
It's like the
Venice of the south,
1328
01:02:58,015 --> 01:02:59,515
and there's a lot of waterways,
1329
01:02:59,550 --> 01:03:03,218
it definitely lends to a
very tropical atmosphere.
1330
01:03:03,254 --> 01:03:05,187
When you're down here you
feel like you're on vacation,
1331
01:03:05,222 --> 01:03:06,488
but there's been a
ton of development
1332
01:03:06,524 --> 01:03:08,390
in the last 50 years.
1333
01:03:08,425 --> 01:03:11,994
You look at pictures from Fort
Lauderdale Beach and Wilton
1334
01:03:12,029 --> 01:03:16,131
from the 60s, it's
much more sparse,
1335
01:03:16,167 --> 01:03:19,368
we were not dearly as dense,
we're not nearly as gay.
1336
01:03:19,403 --> 01:03:21,804
- So Wilton Manors is
considered an island.
1337
01:03:21,839 --> 01:03:24,573
It's got these canals
that go all the way
1338
01:03:24,608 --> 01:03:27,976
around the island and it
links in to the inner coastal.
1339
01:03:28,012 --> 01:03:31,847
This waterway will take
you directly to the ocean.
1340
01:03:31,882 --> 01:03:33,148
It's a long ass trip, but it'll
1341
01:03:33,184 --> 01:03:34,750
take you directly to the ocean.
1342
01:03:38,155 --> 01:03:39,888
- We are just north
of Fort Lauderdale.
1343
01:03:39,924 --> 01:03:41,890
I'm Gary Resnick, I
have the privilege
1344
01:03:41,926 --> 01:03:44,827
of being the mayor of the city
of Wilton Manors, Florida.
1345
01:03:44,862 --> 01:03:46,929
I've been the
mayor for 10 years,
1346
01:03:46,964 --> 01:03:49,965
and I've been on the city
commissions since 1998,
1347
01:03:50,000 --> 01:03:52,968
which apparently make
me the longest serving,
1348
01:03:53,003 --> 01:03:55,003
openly gay elected
official in the state.
1349
01:03:55,039 --> 01:03:56,905
We're actually known
as the island city,
1350
01:03:56,941 --> 01:03:59,474
because we are surrounded
by the North Fork
1351
01:03:59,510 --> 01:04:01,009
in the Middle River.
1352
01:04:01,045 --> 01:04:03,011
Our waterways are actually
a recreational resource,
1353
01:04:03,047 --> 01:04:04,713
we got a lot of
people that boat,
1354
01:04:04,748 --> 01:04:06,782
that kayak, that paddle board,
1355
01:04:06,817 --> 01:04:08,483
whatever around our waterways.
1356
01:04:08,519 --> 01:04:12,421
And we have the distinct
honor, according to the census,
1357
01:04:12,456 --> 01:04:16,225
of being the second highest gay
1358
01:04:16,260 --> 01:04:19,828
and lesbian city in
the country per capita.
1359
01:04:19,864 --> 01:04:21,129
It's a really
wonderful community,
1360
01:04:21,165 --> 01:04:23,932
we have great
neighborhoods, an incredibly
1361
01:04:23,968 --> 01:04:27,903
thriving downtown
area, Wilton Drive,
1362
01:04:27,938 --> 01:04:30,639
if you come in on a Friday
or Saturday, it's packed.
1363
01:04:30,674 --> 01:04:32,140
And it's a variety of things.
1364
01:04:32,176 --> 01:04:35,310
There's dance bars, there's
sitting around drinking bars,
1365
01:04:35,346 --> 01:04:38,213
there's video bars,
there's some bars
1366
01:04:38,249 --> 01:04:39,581
where you can have a
great conversation,
1367
01:04:39,617 --> 01:04:41,450
there's some bars
that are super loud
1368
01:04:41,485 --> 01:04:43,252
where you can't hear
each other at all.
1369
01:04:43,287 --> 01:04:45,654
There's bars for athletes,
there's piano bars.
1370
01:04:45,689 --> 01:04:50,192
There's the real variety
of everything that you want
1371
01:04:50,227 --> 01:04:51,894
in an entertainment area.
1372
01:04:51,929 --> 01:04:54,463
We were actually
ranked the best city
1373
01:04:54,498 --> 01:04:56,899
in Florida for walkability.
1374
01:04:56,934 --> 01:04:59,601
Wilton Manors has had
incredible achievements.
1375
01:04:59,637 --> 01:05:01,136
Very proud of what
we've accomplished,
1376
01:05:01,171 --> 01:05:03,538
especially in the 10 years
since I've been mayor.
1377
01:05:04,742 --> 01:05:07,342
When I first was
elected in 1998,
1378
01:05:07,378 --> 01:05:08,877
one of the first things we did
1379
01:05:08,913 --> 01:05:11,613
was create domestic partner
benefits for our employees.
1380
01:05:11,649 --> 01:05:14,349
We were one of the first
cities in Florida to do that.
1381
01:05:15,419 --> 01:05:17,786
We're two square
miles, so we're small.
1382
01:05:17,821 --> 01:05:21,023
Matt came to me, he also
was living in the city,
1383
01:05:21,058 --> 01:05:24,693
and he wanted to give
back to the community,
1384
01:05:24,728 --> 01:05:26,295
so he was looking for a charity
1385
01:05:26,330 --> 01:05:28,830
or some organization
that he could give to.
1386
01:05:28,866 --> 01:05:30,432
- I made a promise
when I open my own club
1387
01:05:30,467 --> 01:05:32,167
that when I have
my own business,
1388
01:05:32,202 --> 01:05:33,435
I'd give back to the community.
1389
01:05:33,470 --> 01:05:35,637
- So he came in
and decided to make
1390
01:05:35,673 --> 01:05:37,673
a five thousand
dollar contribution
1391
01:05:37,708 --> 01:05:40,976
to Wilton Manors to support
our after school program.
1392
01:05:41,011 --> 01:05:44,913
And he had a mock up
of a large check made,
1393
01:05:44,949 --> 01:05:47,249
cause he was gonna do this
at a city commission meeting,
1394
01:05:47,284 --> 01:05:49,518
and the check said
Johnsons, and so,
1395
01:05:49,553 --> 01:05:52,254
some city officials
were a little leery
1396
01:05:52,289 --> 01:05:55,691
about accepting a
contribution from Johnsons,
1397
01:05:55,726 --> 01:05:57,326
because of the type
of entertainment
1398
01:05:57,361 --> 01:05:58,660
that they have in the bar.
1399
01:06:00,064 --> 01:06:01,997
- (mumbles) that five
thousand dollar donation.
1400
01:06:02,032 --> 01:06:04,166
- [Voice On Phone] I think
there's a misunderstanding.
1401
01:06:04,201 --> 01:06:06,935
This donation is actually
from an individual
1402
01:06:06,971 --> 01:06:09,905
who is a resident of the
city of Wilton Manors.
1403
01:06:09,940 --> 01:06:12,941
It happens to be the manager
of a business in the city,
1404
01:06:12,977 --> 01:06:14,810
but it is not from the business.
1405
01:06:14,845 --> 01:06:15,811
- [Female Speaker] The check was
1406
01:06:15,846 --> 01:06:19,748
received from James Colunga.
1407
01:06:19,783 --> 01:06:23,151
- Excellent, and it
was not from Johnsons.
1408
01:06:23,187 --> 01:06:24,653
- [Female Speaker] Correct.
1409
01:06:24,688 --> 01:06:29,524
- It'll be unfortunate to
deny this gracious offer
1410
01:06:30,661 --> 01:06:32,494
to assist the children
of Wilton Manors.
1411
01:06:32,529 --> 01:06:35,998
I also believe that when you're
making your decision tonight
1412
01:06:36,033 --> 01:06:40,235
to actually weight in
on what Johnsons is.
1413
01:06:40,270 --> 01:06:43,338
It is a business on the Drive.
1414
01:06:43,374 --> 01:06:46,041
They actually breathalyze
their own staff
1415
01:06:46,076 --> 01:06:47,242
before they're allowed to leave
1416
01:06:47,277 --> 01:06:49,444
to ensure that their staff don't
1417
01:06:49,480 --> 01:06:51,780
become a danger
to the community.
1418
01:06:51,815 --> 01:06:53,915
Other bars of this
nature don't do that.
1419
01:06:53,951 --> 01:06:55,317
Other bars of this
nature have actually
1420
01:06:55,352 --> 01:06:57,452
had accidents on Wilton Drive.
1421
01:06:57,488 --> 01:06:59,087
I hope that you will
vote responsibly,
1422
01:06:59,123 --> 01:07:02,024
and that you vote in favor
of accepting the check.
1423
01:07:02,059 --> 01:07:04,793
May name's Laymon Rupe,
I live in Wilton Manors,
1424
01:07:04,828 --> 01:07:08,730
and Johnsons on the Drive is
a preferred location for me,
1425
01:07:08,766 --> 01:07:10,532
because it's a
clean establishment,
1426
01:07:10,567 --> 01:07:13,135
smoke free, the
owners are friendly,
1427
01:07:13,170 --> 01:07:14,536
and the people that work there
1428
01:07:14,571 --> 01:07:17,973
make me feel like I'm
welcome every time I show up.
1429
01:07:21,145 --> 01:07:24,112
It's a draw to the
Drive, it brings people
1430
01:07:24,148 --> 01:07:26,081
that normally wouldn't
be on the Drive.
1431
01:07:27,684 --> 01:07:30,118
The donation was based on
the fact that they are,
1432
01:07:30,154 --> 01:07:32,587
and want to be a good
actor in the community,
1433
01:07:32,623 --> 01:07:37,225
and that's important to kind
of let that be recognized.
1434
01:07:37,261 --> 01:07:39,428
- So Matt's donated
money to the community
1435
01:07:39,463 --> 01:07:41,963
and to the after school program,
1436
01:07:41,999 --> 01:07:44,232
which is the first
time we've ever seen
1437
01:07:44,268 --> 01:07:46,401
a club on the Drive do
something like that.
1438
01:07:46,437 --> 01:07:49,604
- They said the parents, which
I think is total bullshit,
1439
01:07:49,640 --> 01:07:51,540
the parents said
that they didn't want
1440
01:07:51,575 --> 01:07:52,841
the money coming
from a strip club.
1441
01:07:52,876 --> 01:07:55,110
I said, technically,
we're not a strip club.
1442
01:07:55,145 --> 01:07:58,413
We're a go-go bar just like
every other bar on this drive,
1443
01:07:58,449 --> 01:08:00,515
we have go-go dancers,
where the other bars,
1444
01:08:00,551 --> 01:08:02,451
the go-go dancers are
a side attraction,
1445
01:08:02,486 --> 01:08:03,852
they're the main
attraction in our bar.
1446
01:08:03,887 --> 01:08:06,555
- We accepted the five
thousand dollar contribution.
1447
01:08:06,590 --> 01:08:09,157
We're very grateful for
that type of support.
1448
01:08:09,193 --> 01:08:10,926
I think that's the
largest contribution
1449
01:08:10,961 --> 01:08:13,995
we've received from
a business owner
1450
01:08:14,031 --> 01:08:16,631
for the benefit of our
after school program.
1451
01:08:16,667 --> 01:08:18,200
So it sets the bar,
which is great.
1452
01:08:18,235 --> 01:08:20,001
- The sense of community
here on Wilton Drive,
1453
01:08:20,037 --> 01:08:22,137
from the business
owners is challenging.
1454
01:08:22,172 --> 01:08:24,606
- I got told that
I wouldn't open,
1455
01:08:24,641 --> 01:08:26,675
cause they don't want that
type of environment here.
1456
01:08:26,710 --> 01:08:28,210
- A couple of our
competitors have been calling
1457
01:08:28,245 --> 01:08:31,980
on different issues that
they said we're violating,
1458
01:08:32,015 --> 01:08:33,849
whether it's the way
we order our liquor,
1459
01:08:33,884 --> 01:08:35,951
or the way we park our
cars, all this stuff,
1460
01:08:35,986 --> 01:08:38,153
so we're constantly
having people come
1461
01:08:38,188 --> 01:08:39,254
and check in on us to make sure
1462
01:08:39,289 --> 01:08:40,489
we're doing
everything correctly.
1463
01:08:40,524 --> 01:08:41,990
So last week we had the
state of Florida here
1464
01:08:42,025 --> 01:08:44,526
checkin' all of our liquor,
everything was good.
1465
01:08:44,561 --> 01:08:46,862
Florida state police here,
checkin' our VIP rooms,
1466
01:08:46,897 --> 01:08:48,130
everything was good.
1467
01:08:48,165 --> 01:08:50,732
Latest thing is, now,
city of Wilton Manors
1468
01:08:50,767 --> 01:08:54,636
has said we can no longer park
on this mulched area here.
1469
01:08:54,671 --> 01:08:58,573
They said that only
churches and non profits
1470
01:08:58,609 --> 01:09:00,609
can actually park on
grass in their area.
1471
01:09:00,644 --> 01:09:02,477
People do worship here,
but it's not classified
1472
01:09:02,513 --> 01:09:03,979
as a church, unfortunately.
1473
01:09:04,014 --> 01:09:05,413
And we do make a
tiny little profit,
1474
01:09:05,449 --> 01:09:06,915
so we're non profit either.
1475
01:09:06,950 --> 01:09:08,250
We've been using it for the
year that we've been open
1476
01:09:08,285 --> 01:09:11,419
and now because someone,
our competition,
1477
01:09:11,455 --> 01:09:13,522
the way they say is
Mister Anonymous,
1478
01:09:13,557 --> 01:09:15,023
called and complained about it,
1479
01:09:15,058 --> 01:09:16,825
and said it's against code,
and when they pulled the code,
1480
01:09:16,860 --> 01:09:18,193
and were like, well
technically it's against code,
1481
01:09:18,228 --> 01:09:20,262
(mumbling)
1482
01:09:20,297 --> 01:09:22,864
- So they want me to plant
bushes all through here,
1483
01:09:22,900 --> 01:09:26,034
all the way here to
meet these other bushes,
1484
01:09:26,069 --> 01:09:27,435
and leave this as green space.
1485
01:09:27,471 --> 01:09:32,474
(mumbling) (talking
over each other)
1486
01:09:33,343 --> 01:09:36,077
- There's a lot of judgements,
1487
01:09:36,113 --> 01:09:38,113
even though everyone
watches porn,
1488
01:09:38,148 --> 01:09:40,615
even though everyone
comes out to strip clubs
1489
01:09:40,651 --> 01:09:43,218
and they kind of think of
you as a lesser person.
1490
01:09:43,253 --> 01:09:45,053
- Everyone always has
that general consensus,
1491
01:09:45,088 --> 01:09:47,689
that strippers are trashy.
1492
01:09:47,724 --> 01:09:50,192
♪ Dirty dirty dirty ♪
1493
01:09:50,227 --> 01:09:53,929
(muffled announcer speaking)
1494
01:09:53,964 --> 01:09:55,664
- It's really frowned
upon in society,
1495
01:09:55,699 --> 01:09:57,332
if you say you're a stripper,
1496
01:09:57,367 --> 01:09:59,334
you're deemed as
a slut, that's it.
1497
01:09:59,369 --> 01:10:02,204
- Oh I'm very public
about it, I don't care.
1498
01:10:02,239 --> 01:10:04,873
I don't tell my family
just because of,
1499
01:10:04,908 --> 01:10:08,410
it's unnecessary,
but if I'm out there
1500
01:10:08,445 --> 01:10:10,345
with someone I
don't really know,
1501
01:10:10,380 --> 01:10:12,180
I will tell them,
oh what do you do?
1502
01:10:12,216 --> 01:10:15,984
I'm a stripper, if you like
it or not, that's your choice.
1503
01:10:16,019 --> 01:10:18,453
- I have been around as a
stripper for a very long time.
1504
01:10:18,488 --> 01:10:20,956
I see a lot of abuse
of drugs and liquor.
1505
01:10:20,991 --> 01:10:24,326
I'm not innocent,
I've done a lot of,
1506
01:10:24,361 --> 01:10:27,062
I mean my first four or five
years of being a dancer,
1507
01:10:27,097 --> 01:10:29,297
I saw a lot of it
because I was doing it.
1508
01:10:29,333 --> 01:10:31,833
- Some dancers tend to spiral
down in this environment.
1509
01:10:31,868 --> 01:10:34,069
You're working nights now,
I've been working nights
1510
01:10:34,104 --> 01:10:35,303
for 23 years of my life.
1511
01:10:35,339 --> 01:10:36,538
I don't go home and
I don't go to bed
1512
01:10:36,573 --> 01:10:37,806
till four in the morning.
1513
01:10:39,876 --> 01:10:43,411
- So I was working at
Johnsons, everything was fine.
1514
01:10:43,447 --> 01:10:47,882
A client informs Matt
that I was in the back
1515
01:10:47,918 --> 01:10:52,887
crying about a dancer
there, and I lost my temper.
1516
01:10:54,091 --> 01:10:57,292
It was bad, and I
miss them so much,
1517
01:10:57,327 --> 01:10:58,460
cause they're like family.
1518
01:10:59,663 --> 01:11:03,865
- You have to sometimes
be able to step back
1519
01:11:03,900 --> 01:11:08,536
and look at yourself, and
see why you're doing this.
1520
01:11:08,572 --> 01:11:11,039
Some dancers, when
they do start dancing,
1521
01:11:11,074 --> 01:11:15,510
and they are given
this new stripper name,
1522
01:11:15,545 --> 01:11:17,445
or dancer name,
this new identity,
1523
01:11:17,481 --> 01:11:21,349
some of them do lose themselves
in that name actually.
1524
01:11:21,385 --> 01:11:23,852
And in fact, they'll
forget, some of them
1525
01:11:23,887 --> 01:11:25,487
will literally actually forget
1526
01:11:25,522 --> 01:11:26,888
about who they used to be.
1527
01:11:28,525 --> 01:11:31,626
- That stripper
life will eat you,
1528
01:11:31,662 --> 01:11:35,363
chew, swallow, shit
you out, step on you,
1529
01:11:35,399 --> 01:11:37,265
eat you again, and
spit you back out.
1530
01:11:38,835 --> 01:11:40,702
And you know what
you're wanting?
1531
01:11:41,571 --> 01:11:43,071
More.
1532
01:11:43,106 --> 01:11:45,774
- I just really hope I can
get my life back together.
1533
01:11:46,977 --> 01:11:48,810
I really hope I can
mend my relationships
1534
01:11:48,845 --> 01:11:52,247
back at Johnsons, I don't
even have to work there again.
1535
01:11:52,282 --> 01:11:53,748
It's just they're
such amazing people,
1536
01:11:53,784 --> 01:11:56,151
why would you not want
that energy in your life?
1537
01:11:57,587 --> 01:12:00,188
After about three months,
if you're really in it,
1538
01:12:01,158 --> 01:12:06,027
you just kind of
forget yourself.
1539
01:12:07,497 --> 01:12:09,631
And that's something that
strippers never talk about.
1540
01:12:09,666 --> 01:12:11,800
They always talk about
the money and the fame,
1541
01:12:11,835 --> 01:12:13,535
and the fortune and
(mumbles) and the this,
1542
01:12:13,570 --> 01:12:16,638
and they don't talk about, oh,
1543
01:12:18,008 --> 01:12:20,241
who was I before I walked
through those doors?
1544
01:12:20,277 --> 01:12:22,610
Because how can
people talk about it,
1545
01:12:22,646 --> 01:12:24,212
if they're all lost?
1546
01:12:25,115 --> 01:12:26,381
What are they gonna find?
1547
01:12:27,517 --> 01:12:29,384
You're blinded,
you can't see life.
1548
01:12:30,921 --> 01:12:32,787
You're blinded by all
the lights in your face,
1549
01:12:32,823 --> 01:12:37,826
and all that money, the
potential in dancing,
1550
01:12:39,162 --> 01:12:42,063
really is limited,
gravity's against everyone.
1551
01:12:42,099 --> 01:12:46,401
Stripping is a hard
job and it's very,
1552
01:12:46,436 --> 01:12:49,170
physically, mentally,
spiritually challenging,
1553
01:12:49,206 --> 01:12:51,973
but don't be a stripper,
because it's hard to get out of.
1554
01:12:52,008 --> 01:12:55,643
Losing this job and losing the
opportunity that was given,
1555
01:12:55,679 --> 01:12:57,612
that made me say
goodbye to Javi,
1556
01:12:59,816 --> 01:13:04,119
and made me rediscover
who Eddie was,
1557
01:13:04,154 --> 01:13:06,221
made me rediscover
where I came from
1558
01:13:06,256 --> 01:13:08,456
and why I wanted that
job in the first place.
1559
01:13:08,492 --> 01:13:11,326
What was my purpose
in getting this job?
1560
01:13:12,396 --> 01:13:15,029
And it's to pay for school.
1561
01:13:15,065 --> 01:13:16,631
- It's a hard life, you know?
1562
01:13:16,666 --> 01:13:18,166
You're livin' the night life,
1563
01:13:18,201 --> 01:13:19,434
you're not goin' to bed till
four or five in the morning,
1564
01:13:19,469 --> 01:13:20,668
you're sleeping till
noon, you wake up,
1565
01:13:20,704 --> 01:13:22,537
your day is gone,
next thing you know,
1566
01:13:22,572 --> 01:13:23,705
it's time to get
back to work again.
1567
01:13:23,740 --> 01:13:26,875
- No matter how hard it gets,
1568
01:13:28,111 --> 01:13:29,411
no matter how tough it is,
1569
01:13:30,380 --> 01:13:31,980
there's always a bigger dick.
1570
01:13:32,015 --> 01:13:34,249
(laughing)
1571
01:13:38,655 --> 01:13:42,824
My life now, after
I left Johnsons,
1572
01:13:44,494 --> 01:13:46,361
is great, I'm a cosmologist,
1573
01:13:46,396 --> 01:13:50,632
I work at a salon, I'm glad
that my life is better,
1574
01:13:50,667 --> 01:13:55,670
mentally, physically, job-wise,
I'm so grateful for that.
1575
01:13:57,941 --> 01:14:00,942
And I'm especially
grateful for Matt.
1576
01:14:00,977 --> 01:14:04,279
- I do my best, I wanna
see the best for them.
1577
01:14:04,314 --> 01:14:06,915
(thumping dance music)
1578
01:14:06,950 --> 01:14:08,149
I have had boys over the years
1579
01:14:08,185 --> 01:14:10,151
that get into the
drugs and stuff.
1580
01:14:10,187 --> 01:14:12,120
And I'll pull 'em aside
and I'll tell them,
1581
01:14:12,155 --> 01:14:14,055
it's not the right, trust me,
1582
01:14:14,090 --> 01:14:15,356
I've been there,
I've done the drugs,
1583
01:14:15,392 --> 01:14:17,559
I've done my share of
all sorts of things,
1584
01:14:17,594 --> 01:14:21,696
but I'm speaking from a
42 year-old's perspective.
1585
01:14:21,731 --> 01:14:22,964
I'm more like a
father, and I try
1586
01:14:22,999 --> 01:14:24,532
to treat them like
they're all my kids.
1587
01:14:24,568 --> 01:14:26,067
I wanna see the best for them.
1588
01:14:29,339 --> 01:14:31,506
I do want the best for them.
1589
01:14:31,541 --> 01:14:36,544
Sometimes they don't listen,
sometimes I suspend them,
1590
01:14:37,414 --> 01:14:38,313
or I'll have to get rid of em.
1591
01:14:40,617 --> 01:14:42,450
And they just keep
following that bad road
1592
01:14:42,486 --> 01:14:43,785
and I've had my share of dancers
1593
01:14:43,820 --> 01:14:45,019
that have overdosed and stuff,
1594
01:14:45,055 --> 01:14:46,621
that have stopped
working for me.
1595
01:14:46,656 --> 01:14:49,557
I couldn't help them,
and I couldn't fix em.
1596
01:14:49,593 --> 01:14:50,925
You go to bed every
night thinking,
1597
01:14:50,961 --> 01:14:52,794
could I have done
something else for them?
1598
01:14:52,829 --> 01:14:55,663
♪ Nothin's gonna change nothin's
gonna change till you try ♪
1599
01:14:55,699 --> 01:14:56,898
- All of our boys are family.
1600
01:14:56,933 --> 01:14:59,734
Some of them will hang
out when we're not here.
1601
01:14:59,769 --> 01:15:01,302
A lot of them we're
really good friends with.
1602
01:15:01,338 --> 01:15:04,105
If they need something, if
they need a couple days off,
1603
01:15:04,140 --> 01:15:05,406
they just talk to
Matt, and it's like,
1604
01:15:05,442 --> 01:15:06,641
I'm goin' through
some stuff right now,
1605
01:15:06,676 --> 01:15:08,142
I need to take a
couple weeks off,
1606
01:15:08,178 --> 01:15:09,644
alright dude, no problem,
come back when you're ready.
1607
01:15:09,679 --> 01:15:11,279
It's really just a
family environment,
1608
01:15:11,314 --> 01:15:13,982
same with our staff,
us and all of our staff
1609
01:15:14,017 --> 01:15:16,117
will go out and do escape
rooms, or go bowling,
1610
01:15:16,152 --> 01:15:17,652
or somethin' like that.
1611
01:15:17,687 --> 01:15:19,153
Not because we have to go
out and do team building,
1612
01:15:19,189 --> 01:15:20,588
but it's cause we all
wanna hang out together,
1613
01:15:20,624 --> 01:15:21,823
we like it, we have fun.
1614
01:15:21,858 --> 01:15:23,992
- To my bar tenders,
my doors, my waiters,
1615
01:15:24,027 --> 01:15:27,228
everyone gets along, everyone
fixes the problem together,
1616
01:15:27,264 --> 01:15:29,831
it's awesome, I couldn't
ask for a better staff.
1617
01:15:29,866 --> 01:15:33,434
My boys, all my dancers
are nice, they're sweet.
1618
01:15:33,470 --> 01:15:36,271
They're polite, they all say
they enjoy coming to work.
1619
01:15:36,306 --> 01:15:38,740
And I think that's
very important.
1620
01:15:38,775 --> 01:15:41,376
There's so many
people, (mumbles)
1621
01:15:42,546 --> 01:15:44,112
Just get a job, don't
worry about what it is.
1622
01:15:44,147 --> 01:15:46,214
You could be in a cubical
the rest of your life,
1623
01:15:46,249 --> 01:15:47,682
but you'll have a retirement.
1624
01:15:49,319 --> 01:15:50,785
I'm sorry, that's
no way to live.
1625
01:15:52,188 --> 01:15:53,888
I came out to my dad
when I was 20 years old
1626
01:15:53,924 --> 01:15:54,889
and he disowned me.
1627
01:15:57,394 --> 01:16:00,595
And that was the
hardest part of my life.
1628
01:16:02,232 --> 01:16:04,799
He told me I was no longer
a part of his family,
1629
01:16:04,834 --> 01:16:07,335
and I no longer had brothers
and sisters anymore.
1630
01:16:11,875 --> 01:16:16,144
It was hard, cause I was
in a big city by myself,
1631
01:16:16,179 --> 01:16:19,547
I was a male dancer, and now
I just lost half my family.
1632
01:16:19,583 --> 01:16:20,782
So when I moved to LA (mumbles)
1633
01:16:20,817 --> 01:16:21,883
I started working
at 20 years old,
1634
01:16:21,918 --> 01:16:24,419
then I started stripping
at 20 years old,
1635
01:16:24,454 --> 01:16:26,321
and then at 27 years
old I met (mumbles)
1636
01:16:26,356 --> 01:16:28,556
hey I wanna do a
body building show.
1637
01:16:28,592 --> 01:16:30,858
Well the kind of shape
I was used to being in
1638
01:16:30,894 --> 01:16:32,093
for good shape, and
the kind of shape
1639
01:16:32,128 --> 01:16:33,595
you have to be in for
a body building show
1640
01:16:33,630 --> 01:16:35,363
are two totally
different things.
1641
01:16:35,398 --> 01:16:37,398
I haven't competed
in four years,
1642
01:16:37,434 --> 01:16:39,300
but I figure it gave me focus.
1643
01:16:39,336 --> 01:16:41,469
I'm looking forward to
opening a Dallas club,
1644
01:16:41,504 --> 01:16:44,305
but the same time, I
didn't wanna regret
1645
01:16:44,341 --> 01:16:46,307
never doing another
body building show.
1646
01:16:46,343 --> 01:16:49,143
I compete today,
I've been dieting
1647
01:16:49,179 --> 01:16:50,778
for the last 15 weeks.
1648
01:16:51,915 --> 01:16:53,448
I haven't competed
in four years,
1649
01:16:53,483 --> 01:16:56,884
and I decided, before I
open up another Johnsons,
1650
01:16:56,920 --> 01:16:59,520
maybe I ought to
do one more show,
1651
01:16:59,556 --> 01:17:00,722
because once you got two
night clubs opened up,
1652
01:17:00,757 --> 01:17:02,657
it's gonna be pretty
much impossible
1653
01:17:02,692 --> 01:17:05,493
tryin' to do a
body builder show.
1654
01:17:05,528 --> 01:17:07,528
So I figure I get one
more under my belt.
1655
01:17:07,564 --> 01:17:09,998
This'll be my twelfth show.
1656
01:17:10,033 --> 01:17:12,500
I went down and got one
spray coat yesterday,
1657
01:17:14,104 --> 01:17:15,637
but they seem to
think everyone's got
the same size dick,
1658
01:17:15,672 --> 01:17:18,239
cause they give you
and infant sock.
1659
01:17:18,274 --> 01:17:19,474
And I'm sorry, the
infant sock's either
1660
01:17:19,509 --> 01:17:21,175
gonna be fitting
the top of my dick,
1661
01:17:21,211 --> 01:17:23,277
or the bottom of my dick.
1662
01:17:24,881 --> 01:17:26,114
I'm putting a sock on my dick
1663
01:17:26,149 --> 01:17:28,616
so I can get tanned
by this nice woman.
1664
01:17:28,652 --> 01:17:32,153
(talking over each other)
1665
01:17:35,792 --> 01:17:37,759
I'm a pro at this, I
can make everything fit.
1666
01:17:37,794 --> 01:17:39,060
When you've been on
juice as long as I have,
1667
01:17:39,095 --> 01:17:40,695
you're balls will fit anywhere.
1668
01:17:40,730 --> 01:17:41,929
- Separate your
legs nice and wide,
1669
01:17:41,965 --> 01:17:43,931
both feet pointed to the front.
1670
01:17:43,967 --> 01:17:46,601
- When you get on stage,
there's so many stage lights,
1671
01:17:46,636 --> 01:17:47,969
you can't be white,
it'll wash you out,
1672
01:17:48,004 --> 01:17:49,704
so no matter how tan you are,
1673
01:17:49,739 --> 01:17:51,105
I mean even black guys, Latinos,
1674
01:17:51,141 --> 01:17:52,473
Have to get color on them.
1675
01:17:52,509 --> 01:17:54,642
In the regular
light we look black,
1676
01:17:54,678 --> 01:17:57,378
you get on lights and you'll
see it washes you out.
1677
01:17:57,414 --> 01:17:59,914
Start with the normal
color, one coat last night,
1678
01:17:59,949 --> 01:18:01,616
you wake up this
morning, you rinse off,
1679
01:18:01,651 --> 01:18:03,584
a lot of it stays
attached to your body.
1680
01:18:03,620 --> 01:18:05,219
Then you come out here
and they do two more coats
1681
01:18:05,255 --> 01:18:06,821
on you in the morning
time, roll it out,
1682
01:18:06,856 --> 01:18:08,322
make sure it's set.
1683
01:18:08,358 --> 01:18:10,825
Then when you're backstage,
they put oil on your body
1684
01:18:10,860 --> 01:18:12,994
to make sure the contures
and everything looks great,
1685
01:18:13,029 --> 01:18:15,029
So on the stage (mumbles)
1686
01:18:15,065 --> 01:18:16,898
Chris, come see my sock.
1687
01:18:16,933 --> 01:18:18,866
Come see my pretty sock.
1688
01:18:18,902 --> 01:18:19,801
- [Chris] I'm not
fallin' for that again.
1689
01:18:19,836 --> 01:18:21,302
- No come here, Chris come here.
1690
01:18:21,337 --> 01:18:22,570
- [Chris] No.
1691
01:18:22,605 --> 01:18:25,339
- Chris, come here, Chris.
1692
01:18:26,242 --> 01:18:27,341
Come here, please?
1693
01:18:27,377 --> 01:18:30,078
(muffled speaking)
1694
01:18:30,113 --> 01:18:31,212
- Go where?
1695
01:18:31,247 --> 01:18:31,879
- [Chris] I gotta
go to the club.
1696
01:18:31,915 --> 01:18:32,714
- Why?
1697
01:18:32,749 --> 01:18:34,849
(Chris mumbling)
1698
01:18:34,884 --> 01:18:37,118
(mumbling)
1699
01:18:40,657 --> 01:18:42,190
- [Chris] We'll talk tomorrow.
1700
01:18:42,225 --> 01:18:45,193
- No, no no no no,
no you can't do that.
1701
01:18:47,130 --> 01:18:49,864
(thumping music)
1702
01:18:52,268 --> 01:18:54,469
We know I already won one
class, so I can do national.
1703
01:18:54,504 --> 01:18:56,404
Not that I would do nationals,
1704
01:18:56,439 --> 01:18:57,705
but I'm just saying
it's possible.
1705
01:18:57,741 --> 01:18:59,474
So I did my
competition yesterday,
1706
01:18:59,509 --> 01:19:01,743
I got a first, a
second, a third,
1707
01:19:01,778 --> 01:19:05,446
I'm happy, there's no greater
feeling than winning something
1708
01:19:05,482 --> 01:19:07,615
I won with this bar,
I've got amazing staff,
1709
01:19:07,650 --> 01:19:10,017
amazing dancers, I'm
gonna do the same thing
1710
01:19:10,053 --> 01:19:11,452
with my body building.
1711
01:19:11,488 --> 01:19:13,621
I went in there
to win and I did.
1712
01:19:13,656 --> 01:19:14,989
I don't wanna be average.
1713
01:19:16,326 --> 01:19:18,392
I was a fat kid, I got
beat up in high school
1714
01:19:18,428 --> 01:19:20,394
and picked on in
junior high and stuff.
1715
01:19:20,430 --> 01:19:21,529
I don't wanna be that guy.
1716
01:19:21,564 --> 01:19:23,865
I didn't get anything
put in my lap.
1717
01:19:23,900 --> 01:19:25,133
And it took me five months
1718
01:19:25,168 --> 01:19:26,434
to get my business
license for this.
1719
01:19:26,469 --> 01:19:28,503
They fought back, they
didn't want it here.
1720
01:19:28,538 --> 01:19:30,271
I've had undercover in my bar.
1721
01:19:30,306 --> 01:19:32,707
I've had Broward
County sheriffs,
1722
01:19:32,742 --> 01:19:34,175
I've had under
cover Wilton Manors.
1723
01:19:34,210 --> 01:19:35,443
I've had everyone, you know?
1724
01:19:35,478 --> 01:19:37,779
And as long as you run
a clean establishment
1725
01:19:39,215 --> 01:19:40,715
I want my boys to go home and
respect themselves at night.
1726
01:19:40,750 --> 01:19:42,049
I don't want them to
know they went in there
1727
01:19:42,085 --> 01:19:43,785
and had to sell their
dick for a dollar
1728
01:19:43,820 --> 01:19:45,286
to make a buck to pay a bill.
1729
01:19:45,321 --> 01:19:47,755
I run great dancers, they're
respectful, they're nice.
1730
01:19:47,791 --> 01:19:49,624
My clientele's nice,
the music's nice.
1731
01:19:49,659 --> 01:19:50,525
The club's clean.
1732
01:19:52,128 --> 01:19:53,828
I wanna keep my life that way.
1733
01:19:53,863 --> 01:19:56,631
So I can expand and do
bigger and better things.
1734
01:19:56,666 --> 01:19:58,366
Help people along the way.
1735
01:19:58,401 --> 01:19:59,901
I wanna change lives.
1736
01:19:59,936 --> 01:20:01,936
And this is the only thing
I've ever done in my life,
1737
01:20:01,971 --> 01:20:04,438
so this is the only way
I know how to do it.
1738
01:20:04,474 --> 01:20:07,441
- For Matt to finally
be able to execute this,
1739
01:20:08,778 --> 01:20:12,213
I think he pinches
himself on a daily basis.
1740
01:20:12,248 --> 01:20:15,082
He's always been like I'm
gonna have my own bar someday,
1741
01:20:15,118 --> 01:20:18,186
and when I have my own bar,
I'm gonna do things right.
1742
01:20:18,221 --> 01:20:20,454
I'm gonna make money of course,
1743
01:20:20,490 --> 01:20:21,656
because that's
what you wanna do,
1744
01:20:21,691 --> 01:20:23,391
but I'm gonna treat
my staff right,
1745
01:20:23,426 --> 01:20:25,159
I'm gonna treat
my dancers right,
1746
01:20:25,195 --> 01:20:27,929
because he knows this would
be nothing without our boys.
1747
01:20:27,964 --> 01:20:30,431
- Dancing is a gift,
male stripping actually
1748
01:20:30,466 --> 01:20:32,800
gives an incredible confidence.
1749
01:20:32,836 --> 01:20:36,637
- It's all about
learning, new experiences.
1750
01:20:36,673 --> 01:20:40,274
- I think that I've learned
a lot about human behavior.
1751
01:20:40,310 --> 01:20:43,744
- Stripping's a journey
of self discovery.
1752
01:20:43,780 --> 01:20:47,215
You know, maybe that's why
they call it stripping.
1753
01:20:47,250 --> 01:20:49,283
Maybe it's not even
cause of the clothes.
1754
01:20:50,486 --> 01:20:53,988
Maybe you're stripping
yourself layer by layer.
1755
01:20:54,023 --> 01:20:55,957
(laughing)
1756
01:20:55,992 --> 01:20:58,526
- Stripping is not a job
that's gonna last forever.
1757
01:20:58,561 --> 01:21:02,163
You're gonna get old,
everybody is going
1758
01:21:02,198 --> 01:21:03,331
to the same direction.
1759
01:21:04,534 --> 01:21:07,001
Right now the key is
just to save money.
1760
01:21:07,036 --> 01:21:11,038
Save money and maybe
open up a business.
1761
01:21:11,074 --> 01:21:12,540
That's what I'm tryin' to do.
1762
01:21:12,575 --> 01:21:14,642
- I like what I
do, I like knowing
1763
01:21:14,677 --> 01:21:17,979
that I'm a boss that
takes care of my staff.
1764
01:21:18,014 --> 01:21:19,680
I'm a boss that takes
care of my dancers.
1765
01:21:19,716 --> 01:21:21,415
I'm a boss that
watches over them.
1766
01:21:21,451 --> 01:21:22,817
And there need to
be more like me.
1767
01:21:22,852 --> 01:21:24,352
So if I can open another club
1768
01:21:24,387 --> 01:21:27,755
where I know I'm going to
have another 60 or 75 boys
1769
01:21:27,790 --> 01:21:29,690
that I can steer in
the right direction,
1770
01:21:29,726 --> 01:21:32,560
have them use this as just
a little stop in their life,
1771
01:21:32,595 --> 01:21:34,462
where they can make some
money and follow their goals,
1772
01:21:34,497 --> 01:21:37,331
follow what they wanna
do, I'm all for it.
1773
01:21:37,367 --> 01:21:38,866
I get to do something
I enjoy to do,
1774
01:21:38,902 --> 01:21:40,268
I get to help others out,
1775
01:21:40,303 --> 01:21:41,903
I get to give back to
the community in full.
1776
01:21:41,938 --> 01:21:43,304
What could be better than that?
1777
01:21:43,339 --> 01:21:46,340
I had a dream and I chased it,
1778
01:21:46,376 --> 01:21:48,309
I went after it, and
even after my dad,
1779
01:21:48,344 --> 01:21:51,379
even after everyone said you
need to start focusing on stuff
1780
01:21:51,414 --> 01:21:53,247
you need to start doing this.
1781
01:21:53,283 --> 01:21:54,715
I didn't give up on it.
1782
01:21:54,751 --> 01:21:56,050
My dad came around, he
ended up getting a divorce.
1783
01:21:56,085 --> 01:21:57,618
It was my stepmom
that said I couldn't
1784
01:21:57,654 --> 01:21:58,986
be part of the family anymore.
1785
01:21:59,022 --> 01:22:01,022
He loves my partner,
we go and visit.
1786
01:22:01,057 --> 01:22:03,958
He sends Chris, my partner,
a Christmas present,
1787
01:22:03,993 --> 01:22:05,459
a birthday present.
1788
01:22:05,495 --> 01:22:07,261
If you want it bad enough,
and you work hard enough
1789
01:22:07,297 --> 01:22:09,096
you will get your dreams.
1790
01:22:09,132 --> 01:22:11,432
It's my baby, this is Johnsons.
1791
01:22:11,467 --> 01:22:15,303
(energetic triumphant music)
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