Chippendale's men don't get naked, so I'm not sure the relevance of your question.

They force men to adopt an unnatural body position to make a living, and, yes, strip clubs for ladies probably serve wings. They don't let men in, so I couldn't tell you myself.

Just curious. Does anyone run these sort of discussions about Chippendale's? Or any male strip club?

Is that a question?

This might have been a good For Our Consideration several years ago, but between the clamoring for the sixties show on DVD, the Batman '66 line of comics, it's kinda "duh!" now.

No. Plus SNL helped elect him.

Definitely willing to try Bazaar, thanks. No interest in the Kennedy novel (it may be very good, I'm just not interested).

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The trouble with this argument is that you can just as easily make it about BDSM classics like The Story of O or Mr. Benson. To my knowledge there has never been a novel that realistically portrays BDSM relationships, and my guess is this is because nobody wants that, including people in the subculture (of whom I know…

I can't stand how the writers bend over backwards to find a way to incorporate a Trump article or five every day, but (for once) a Trump article on the AV Club is actually relevant to the world of entertainment.

Well put, but then I agree with you.

No, I haven't, but thanks for the recommendation. My experience of King is all the early stuff: Carrie, 'salem's Lot, The Shining, Night Shift, Christine. Tried to read the first book in the Dark Tower series, but got no where with it. Ditto the "complete" version of The Stand.

Personally, I think "show don't tell" is the most over-stated advice given in writing classes. It's perfectly okay, in my opinion to tell rather than or as well as show. But I was referring to his depiction of physical actions or places. His writing has probably gotten more bloated since I last read him, so maybe…

Well, since I haven't read King in forever and my experience is with books that came out prior to the 1990's, I feel a bit uncomfortable pushing my point too hard. But I'll say this. Thinking back, his characters are always what any adult reader would have experienced somewhere beforehand (which is probably why I…

Yeah, the dildo bike is super what I was referring to about his personality…

Once you've encountered Arnold Schwarzenegger's penis, all penises start to look inappropriate.

It's kinda off topic, forgive me, but I'm always baffled about contract negotiations in a fantasy. It seems to me, if you look at any kind of BDSM fantasy, you don't see negotiations because negotiations are what you do in reality in order to perform they fantasy. None of these works, Fifty Shades included, are about…

Whoa, Mr. Aggression. I'm not saying I agree with those responses. I'm saying that is the response that would meet these movies. You know it is. That you're quick to rush to lump me in with a type of person who would review those movies that way shows you know such people exist, and largely control the discourse.

No. I myself condemn Bertolucci for that, but that's not about the film as a film. They would condemn it as sexist, and offensively graphic, and celebrating male rage and all that. You know they would.

Last Tango would barely be released today, and most editorial sites, including this one, would excoriate it.