Stripping is art, people!
September 7, 2012 - Right in the middle of the legislative war on beauty and values, a strip club in NY have taken it upon themselves to have stripping recognized as the art it is. They went to court demanding tax-exemptions, since what they are offering is, after all, art. Their argument is that most of their performers are tap and ballet dancers, and they have a cultural anthropologist on their side to back up their claim.
We agree that stripping can be an art, as we've discussed many times, but more importantly it's sad that beautiful women who dance nude actually have to fight a legal battle to affirm that what they do is artful. If you have been to any strip club you probably know that not every performer can perform an interesting strip tease, and those that do elevate the mere taking off of clothes to something more inspiring and entertaining, as any good artist does. And perhaps if the nude female form were respected more, the strip club themselves would class up their acts and put on truly engaging and beautiful shows.
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