Bruno

Discussion (7) ¬

1. 
   Kona

   September 10, 2016 at 12:09 pm | #

   I can’t watch. I like Bruno too much.
2. 
   Pete Rogan

   September 10, 2016 at 10:17 pm | #

   Very effective staging here. Walking upstairs is a powerful visual metaphor for confronting life, or its antagonists, or simply making a transition. Bruno here is aware she’s doing all three, plus trying not to kill herself on unfamiliar heels. I admire the economy of image and message here. Profound and doesn’t appear that way (to the casual eye) at all. –Oh, and funny.
3. 
   ronald

   September 11, 2016 at 10:16 am | #

   Some people consider ridiculous outfits to be justifiable in and of themselves…

   I’m not sure if this thought has ever occurred to me before, but it’s [re-]occurred now: Do strippers make more money than performers who are nude from start to finish? Less? About as much?
4. 
   Christopher

   September 11, 2016 at 10:39 am | #

   @Ronald, what kind of jobs are you thinking about? Like, art models at colleges? Either way, the answer is probably the same I guess: stripping is largely tip based, like waitressing, but probably usually outpays. But income for the night depends on the venue, the area, whether you do lap dances, have devoted regulars, if it happens to be a busy night, etc.
5. 
   ronald

   September 12, 2016 at 3:00 am | #

   I dunno, I just presumed that some “gentlemen’s” venues have nude dancers instead of strippers. I mean, when you think about it, when performers start out with clothes on, they’re reducing the percentage of time during which the patrons can view nude female flesh. I’d imagine the “start naked, stay naked” approach has its devotees. The contemplation I’m putting into typing this message is really the most thought I’ve ever given the subject, though. ;-)
6. 
   Pete Rogan

   September 12, 2016 at 10:11 pm | #

   Nude shows lack the appeal of disclosure. The late Stanley Baldwin famously compared the writer’s task to that of the stripper. The objective is to reveal a little more, then a little more… but never quite all, or that would evaporate all other possibilities and leave the reader, as the viewer, unsatisfied and bored.

   It’s not the appeal of naked flesh but the possibility of it being revealed that gives the ecdysiast (wonderful nonsense word invented by H.L. Mencken to describe these artists) her power over simply nude players. But I find it interesting, ronald, that you find the goal to be nudity, not the stripping, which is a curious if common misconception. Engaged in the art of disclosure myself (through texts) I have spent a great deal of time contemplating disclosure, teasing, partial truths, misdirection, and erroneous deductions such as yours. Thank you for reminding me my study is not yet complete.
7. 
   ronald

   September 13, 2016 at 5:43 am | #

   (is anyone likely to still be reading this thread from (as of now) three days ago? who knows?)

   Well, as I’ve mentioned at an earlier strip, I’ve never been to any of these places — that’s not like a point of pride OSLT, I just don’t happen to have ever gone to one — but images of scantily clad women are thrown at us in advertisements, TV shows, and so on, they’re readily available. Images of NUDE women, significantly less so.

   Except on porn sites, of course, and I do my best to avoid porn sites. This too is not any kind of moral stand factor, but I long ago learned that, aside from the fact that so many of them center around images that I don’t in fact find erotic, all of the sudden there are images hurling themselves at you (sometimes images that you would’ve paid to NOT see) and it can take actual minutes to make everything disappear and you’re more susceptible to viruses than from the average site and, well, seriously, WHO NEEDS THE GRIEF?

   Plus IIRC almost all of them have black backgrounds and IMHO that is so depressing…

   Years ago, when I had yet to get on the internet, I’d often hear the “moral demogogues” ranting about internet porn. To the extent that I gave the matter any thought, it was like, “Well, c’mon, it’s just nude photos, how bad can it be?” When I mentioned this years after the fact, even my mother had to laugh at that level of naivete.

   Besides, most women apparently harbor nothing but contempt for men who look at porn sites, so staying away from them is win/win. ;-)