- OTHER MEDIA
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- Yeah, so, where's the stripping?
- by Molly Rhodes
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- Halfway through the first act of this collection of one-acts about
the inner workings of the world of strippers, I began wondering what, I
bet, most of the dozen or so apparently single men in the audience were
wondering: Where's the stripping? Was it that writer, director, and sometime
actor Rey Carolino wanted to get to the true heart of what it means to
be a stripper without the distraction of a pert nipple? Was it that his
bevy of actresses, after reading the thinly developed scripts and getting
a taste of Rey's lackluster direction, saw no career benefits in throwing
off their micro minis and lycra tops? It's not that you need full frontal
jiggle to make something sexy, but without it — or anything else especially
provocative — Strip World! is only one man's two-hour ode to the strippers
he has contemplated for years, instead of the erotic, fun romp it reaches
for and never grasps. — Molly Rhodes
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