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Diversions
Discovering the sexual side of
Lincoln isn't easy. The sleazy under
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Dave DentzDaily Nebraskan
conceals itself well beneath the
roomy sweatshirt of downtown-redevelopment
projects.
But it exists, it can be found.
It all began at "The Night Before'
where a time became a place. A bar
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tonics il no. And women danced.
Two trespassers observed and
recorded:
"93.6 percent of the men here
have mustaches."
"And beards. They all look about
40 and wear plaid shirts."
"The waitresses here are wearing
leather G-strings and T-shirts that
say, "PARTY NAKED."
"She (the dancer) is wearing one
black glove."
. "Half the fun is watching everyone
watch. Lots of heads shaking back
and forth like 'Oh, that would be
nice. "
"Someone's put a dollar into her
pants, or whatever you call it G
string." Jokes flash on the board like
the one in the union that provides
soap-opera updates behind the
go-go dancer: "HOW ARE COWPIES
AND OLDER WOMEN ALIKE? THE
OLDER THEY ARE. THE EASIER
THEY ARE TO PICK UP."
The women get on stage one by
one and dance two songs with shirts
and one without. They're not old.
Not even close. They're not ugly
either. They have long legs and
almost no body fat.
"This really bothers me a lot. I
feel like I'm watching a rodeo. I'm
so embarrassed for them."
"It doesn't bother me at all. I
don't know why. I don't think there's
much obscene about sexuality."
"No, but she's just a sex object in
this context; turning on a bunch of
old coots."
Some coots speak to the dancer:
"Hey, y'wanna go to a party later?"
She (dressed in leg warmers, a G
string and a "PARTY NAKED" shirt)
says, "Is everybody going to be
naked?"
The coots yell.
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The jvd elettrume HUM flashes
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Through a speaker, Huey Lewis
sings. "We've had our ins and nuts.
That's the wav it's supposed to be,"
Is it?
"The debate toniuiit is this are
women being degraded and treated
like pieces of trash? Contrary to
what we thought, there's no semen
on the floor here, it's rather nice.
Carpeting, rather clean. Your normal
bar with a platform and dancers.''
"This dancer, who is the best of
all of them, was just swinging by the
bar, on stage, like a monkey. One
man said, 'Holy Christ!' "
"Another guy said, 'Baby I love
you,' and I dojt't think he was
sincere about that."
"Almost every time people clap
for a dancer, it's almost always
initiated by a woman. About 23
people are here three women
(not counting the dancers). With
dates."
"That (clapping) shows that the
women watching think it's degrad
ing." "Why do they think its degrading
if they're here?"
"They're not coming here for
enjoyment, they're communist in
surgents or contra rebels."
"This is actually rather tame. I
think they're proud of their bodies. I
saw a show once that said some do
like it and treat it as a show-biz
type of thing, as a talent they have."
"I wonder if any of the. dancers
have ever broken their ankles falling
off their shoes?"
"There's something surprisingly
human about it alL like the- inter
action between the dancers and the
people. It's almost warm." . v;
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We leave. Destination: ''Girls,
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"fl is is wnat 1 expecicd. The
ashtray is filled on -mr table. It's
dark."
"Inn : ho women still aren't ugly."
A .sign reads "Dancers. 1 !::() a.m.
to 1 a. in."
"'Shey must not have trouble
getting i hem."
Hold on . . . This chick has
tattoos on her breast." These chicks
exit the stage through a small,
black door. Rather symbolic, don't
you think?"
Neon lips reflect kisses through a
mirrored wail.
"These girls ride motorcycles, or
on the back of them."
A row of mugs hangs behind the
bar. A vase of fake roses sits in front
of a long-haired beer-drinker.
"This is much more steaming,
more animalistic."
The music blares "Oh baby, I love
you, baby."
Who loves whose baby?
What is love in this place?
"She has crosses in her ears.
She's gone to the ceiling at the edge
of the stage and swung out so she
kind of straddled this guy's head. I
think that's rather acrobatic."
Men yell "yee, hah." Others ignore
it, engrossed in a game of eight-ball.
"I wonder if this causes their
breasts to prematurely sag?"
A portable heater lights up orange
ZZZZs near the exit door.
"It gets to be very boring. Tits,
tits, tits, gyrations, gyrations, gyra
tions." "Tits, gyrations, tits. Flesh, flesh,
flesh. Gyrations, gyrations."
We kept searching. But the night
before passed, leaving us in the
confused light of the morning after.
Somehow, unfulfilled,
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