Wordy & Nerdy
Okey, this post is fueled by testosterone, mammalian glands, a shot of Jim Beam, and perhaps five beers. Cheap beers.
I like to think of myself as a feminist. That may seem odd since I post a lot of naked, some say "exploited," women here, but I feel that all people have the potential for equality. This said, I am at odds with myself. What is the conflict? Well...
I don't know what you call them; strippers, peelers, exotic dancers. Whatever. When they are good, I really like them.
Now I am not a guy who falls in love with strippers. I am completely aware of the financial transaction. I know that often the women dancing find their customers to be incredibly unappealing, even in my case, and I am the sexiest thing you ever saw (at this point, I will remind you of the first paragraph in this post).
Knowing that strippers often find their clients repulsive, I tend to over tip. $5 if they are on stage, and more than they charge for a private dance when I get one. Think of it as my personal economic stimulus plan.
What was I talking about?
Shit, I forget. This is drunk blogging in its purest form, and it is not even 6pm where I am. I'm not really a drunk, but I got off work early. Here is some gratuituos sex for all.
The eternally hot Danni Ashe
This one via Queer the Pitch. I don't think I'd want it in me, but it is certainly impressive :-)
I like to think of myself as a feminist. That may seem odd since I post a lot of naked, some say "exploited," women here, but I feel that all people have the potential for equality. This said, I am at odds with myself. What is the conflict? Well...
I don't know what you call them; strippers, peelers, exotic dancers. Whatever. When they are good, I really like them.
Now I am not a guy who falls in love with strippers. I am completely aware of the financial transaction. I know that often the women dancing find their customers to be incredibly unappealing, even in my case, and I am the sexiest thing you ever saw (at this point, I will remind you of the first paragraph in this post).
Knowing that strippers often find their clients repulsive, I tend to over tip. $5 if they are on stage, and more than they charge for a private dance when I get one. Think of it as my personal economic stimulus plan.
What was I talking about?
Shit, I forget. This is drunk blogging in its purest form, and it is not even 6pm where I am. I'm not really a drunk, but I got off work early. Here is some gratuituos sex for all.
The eternally hot Danni Ashe
This one via Queer the Pitch. I don't think I'd want it in me, but it is certainly impressive :-)
Blog Alert: Queer the Pitch
Okey, this will not be up everyone's alley, but I just came across Fabulastic's blog (hey, I'll make the jokes here!). It is called Queer the Pitch, and it is wild. The logo alone sold me, it is a kaleidescope of deviance and perversity (I say this with great love). T.K., I could see you having this logo framed in the apartment of erotic horror.
Why I think Pam Grier is so appealing.
What really separates Pam Grier from all the other women of her generation? The '70s had no shortage of buxom women who were willing to disrobe on film. She was not in big-budget movies. What exactly is her appeal? I imagine several things come into play, but boil down to one thing—she had no equal.
Today we have numerous female action stars and professional athletes. It was different for Pam's generation. In the commentary on the Coffy and Foxy Brown DVDs writer/director Jack Hill discusses how difficult casting and performing action scenes could be. Not only could he find few actresses who could match Grier physically, he could find few who could perform physically at all. Both Coffy and Foxy Brown had fight scenes that took some arrangement to pull off. In Coffy, Grier was to fight a woman named Harriet (Dea St. Lamont)—a massive woman who dwarfed Grier. Unfortunately she was not athletic enough to do a fight scene, so Hill made it a comedy scene by having Grier run away from her as she threw items and swore. In Foxy Brown, Claudia (Juanita Brown) finds herself in a lesbian bar, and Pam has to fight their way out. The idea for the lesbian bar came in part because they could use female stunt women for the fight scene without having to glam them up.
Grier's combination of physicality and sex appeal were only matched by Tura Satana, but where Satana hitched her wagon to Ted V. Mikkels, Grier found herself with Roger Corman and the blaxploitation movement. Grier also excelled at not just being a hard ass, but also capable of sensuality and comedy. Her smarts aided things as well, as Jack Hill mentions that many of the improvised weapons Coffy and Foxy use are from Grier's suggestions. Also, if it was just tits, ass, and beat-downs that we loved, we wouldn't enjoy her in Jackie Brown, Escape from LA, or Fort Apache the Bronx as much as we do.
Today we have numerous female action stars and professional athletes. It was different for Pam's generation. In the commentary on the Coffy and Foxy Brown DVDs writer/director Jack Hill discusses how difficult casting and performing action scenes could be. Not only could he find few actresses who could match Grier physically, he could find few who could perform physically at all. Both Coffy and Foxy Brown had fight scenes that took some arrangement to pull off. In Coffy, Grier was to fight a woman named Harriet (Dea St. Lamont)—a massive woman who dwarfed Grier. Unfortunately she was not athletic enough to do a fight scene, so Hill made it a comedy scene by having Grier run away from her as she threw items and swore. In Foxy Brown, Claudia (Juanita Brown) finds herself in a lesbian bar, and Pam has to fight their way out. The idea for the lesbian bar came in part because they could use female stunt women for the fight scene without having to glam them up.
Grier's combination of physicality and sex appeal were only matched by Tura Satana, but where Satana hitched her wagon to Ted V. Mikkels, Grier found herself with Roger Corman and the blaxploitation movement. Grier also excelled at not just being a hard ass, but also capable of sensuality and comedy. Her smarts aided things as well, as Jack Hill mentions that many of the improvised weapons Coffy and Foxy use are from Grier's suggestions. Also, if it was just tits, ass, and beat-downs that we loved, we wouldn't enjoy her in Jackie Brown, Escape from LA, or Fort Apache the Bronx as much as we do.
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