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Swinging Richards,
it's really like

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a neighborhood hangout.

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It's that familiar.

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It's like family.

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My name's Matt Colunga,

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I'm 32 years old, I've
been here 12 years

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at Swinging Richards.

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I started dancing when
I was 20 years old

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and I said I was only
gonna do it for six months

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and I danced for two
and a half years.

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Then I started bartending,
I started waiting tables,

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started DJ-ing and just
moved into the management.

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I found managing the
club just kind of boring,

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so I have to DJ and
manage on top of it

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to keep me occupied.

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Here the songs have got to be
four and a half minutes long.

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They can't be any more because
a table dance is too long

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if it goes over four
and a half minutes,

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so you've got to cut a
portion of the song out

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and mix it with another
portion of the song

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while you're talking on the mic,

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while you're taking care
of customer problems.

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Which does keep me busy.

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Up to a thousand, it's
not like we're asking

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for 20s, 100s.

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Sitting there staring at him

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is not going to get
him naked any faster

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and is only going to make
for a boring fucking show.

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Ladies, we got a line
waiting for a little wage

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and boys cannot pay their
bill with their pussies.

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We've got a great list of boys,

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almost 70 dancers from
all around the world.

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Yeah, my name is Matthew.

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I'm Ukrainian and American,
my mom's American.

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So it's a fun little mix
to be here in America.

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Swinging Richards
been a part of my life

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because this makes my life
a little more interesting.

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I meet thousands of people
from around the world.

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I think Richards is a
one of a kind place.

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It's a fantasy on Earth.

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It's not a fantasy in your mind

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that you're not gonna
be able to create,

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you can actually
create it in here

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for just a little entry fee
and a little bit of music,

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next thing you know, you walk
out of here with a smile.

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We're a one of a kind
club in the country.

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I mean, our only competition
really is Montreal.

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We're a totally nude
strip club, VIP rooms,

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table dances, and full bar.

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Oh yeah, that's good!

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Let's give it up for Roman.

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My name is Sean.

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I work at Swinging Richards
in Atlanta, Georgia.

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Strippers are definitely
their own person.

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It's whatever floats your boat,

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it's all an individuality thing.

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There's really no standard way

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to strip.

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Me, personally, man,

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I don't really look
at myself as that guy.

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You know, I hold down a
normal life, normal job.

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I'm a single father, you
know, this is how I bring in

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extra income for my leisure.

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It's a job where
we dance, we perform,

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and we're paid for it in tips.

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I have been tipped as much as
a hundred dollar bill on stage

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and I've been tipped
dollars as well.

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When I come into the club
to work for the evening,

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there's a house fee.

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The house fee is $35.

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At the end of the
evening, we tip the DJ out

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ten percent of whatever
tips we've made

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throughout the evening and then

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the person at the door
gets a flat six dollar rate

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for the evening for
working the door

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from every dancer.

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Uh, when we do table dances,

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table dances last for five
minutes a piece on the floor

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the table dances cost $10
and in the VIP lounge,

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the table dances cost $20
and then beyond the lounge

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in the private VIP
rooms, there are...

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The costs start at
$140 for 15 minutes

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where $40 goes to the house

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and $100 goes to the dancer.

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For a half hour, $65
goes to the house

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and $200 goes to the dancer

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and upwards of $75 goes
to the house for an hour

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and $400 to the dancer.

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It takes a dollar bill

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first walk to the big stage,
slide it in their armband.

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They're more than happy to
take their clothes off for you.

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Once a stripper,
always a stripper

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in a lot of people's books, man.

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My ex-wife is a
stripper and she is just

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the epitome of a stripper.

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She is out for money,

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whatever you can get,
she needs a rich guy.

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That's why we ain't together

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because I'm not
rich enough for her.

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What's up, guys?

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I uh, just rolled into work,

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it's almost eight o'clock.

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Grabbing all my
junk out of my car.

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Oh, I need armbands

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or else I can't work.

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The city of Atlanta has
these really stupid rules.

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Lots of them.

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One of them is our garter
can't be on the legs,

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it has to be on the arms.

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Too close to the
private areas, I guess.

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They come in here and fine
the club a thousand dollars

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for every improper
tip to the garter.

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At one point in time
we had a situation

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that required a little
attention, legally,

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and they tried to
use that as the basis

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to pull the liquor
license for the club,

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which would really
hamper our business.

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Another crazy night.

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Lookin' forward to it.

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See you inside.

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What's up?

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What's up, superstar?

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Mr. Charlie!

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Hi, my name's Justin Winchell.

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I used to manage Tiffany's,

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which is our sister
club down the street,

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which is a female strip club.

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And started working
at Swinging Richards

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and was intermittently
a GM here.

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But this is definitely
its own show.

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There's a lot going
on here that's uh...

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You know, there's really
nothing else like it.

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I've seen a lot of things and
I've done a lot of things,

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all around the world and
all around the United States

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and there is no other place
like Swinging Richards.

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It's definitely an
item of its own.

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Hey there, my
name's Billy Sandberg.

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I've been working here
at Swinging Richards,

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I guess since November of 2007.

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We're definitely a
showplace, you may say

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and come here on any given night

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and you will see
some crazy things

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that you will not
see anywhere else.

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We pack 'em in and we make sure

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that everybody has a good time

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and are cocktailed
and that you can see,

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um, what we like to call
"the helicopter" a lot.

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Every dancer that works there
is unique in their own way

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and they all have
their own story

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and they all have...

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They all have their reasons
as for why they're there.

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I love being a father.

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He's changed my life, you know.

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When I first started
working here a long time ago

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is when I first had him

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and the fatherhood hadn't
set in yet, you know.

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He was like nine months old,

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parents and everybody's
helping take care of him,

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you know, I'm up here,
you know or working.

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I had a full-time job then, too

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and I was working this
and utilizing this

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for the weekends.

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But once she fell off
the map, I realized

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somebody's gotta step
up and take care of him.

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My family can't do it.

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I wouldn't, I'm too
egotistical of a man

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to have somebody else
raise my kid, you know.

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I'm the guy who's like, I
don't wanna ask for help

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until it's fucking
right at the very end

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and I'm about to fuck
everything up, you know.

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Money shouldn't be an
issue to a five year old

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and nowadays how
fucking mean kids are

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and how they pick on you.

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You know, if you're not
wearing designer shit

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at age seven, you're
getting ragged on.

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Times have changed big time.

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I just want to make sure
that I provide for him

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the best I can, you know?

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And in order to
do that right now,

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I gotta take off my
clothes for money.

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Well, what do you
want, my stage name?

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Pierce.

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I dance by Pierce,
my name's Michael.

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I've been here for 15 months.

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I was born in the States,

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I grew up in South America

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and then my dad passed
away and I moved here.

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I moved, like, probably
nine times before I was 10.

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My personality was never
developed in a single locality,

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so I ended up a
mutt of cultures.

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You know, I got dual culture,

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but then I got to experience
different living areas

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and you know, I didn't
grow up with a dad,

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so it was difficult
for me as a child.

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I was in the Marine
Corps for eight years,

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honorably discharged.

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Went to Iraq and Afghanistan.

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About to finish my
degree in biology,

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biochemistry focus, pre-med.

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It fills a purpose
for me, you know?

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Trying to go to med
school is not cheap.

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This provides a pretty
comfortable living

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and you get a lot
of fun out of it.

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You can do well easily,

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make more than a thousand
dollars in a night.

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This is one of those
things that's always been

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kinda taboo.

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People think all
dancers are dumbasses,

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we're all just sexual
objects or pieces of meat.

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I don't like that at all.

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I consider myself intelligent.

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I'm driven, I've got
desires and goals

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and plans and this
is a good bridge,

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but I don't want while I'm
here to make it more than that.

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I want it to be
something representative

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of how I feel for people.

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My name's Alex Meyer,
Troy is my stage name.

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I moved up to Atlanta.

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My girlfriend's a dancer.

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She said, "Hey, you got a hot
body, you should go dance."

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so I did so.

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I currently go to Macon
State at Warner Robins

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and I'm doing it for
business and finance,

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trying to further my education.

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This is a good place
to get extra cash,

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give you the money
to support yourself

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while you're going to school.

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All right, you
go make money, bitches!

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Yeah, no, you
gotta do it like this.

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Hey, you gotta...

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Oh, okay.

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Well, let me start over.

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Yeah, you gotta.

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Let's go make money, bitches!

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Let's go make money, bitches!

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Hell yeah!

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Woo-hoo!

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I do it 'cause
it makes good money

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and it fills a void.

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Whatever that void may be.

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This is my little
baby, Zeus, right here,

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that I like to drift.

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It's like dragging,
but basically sideways.

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Life's too boring if
you sit in one place.

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You only live once, so,

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you know, why not?

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It's a big question.

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Why not do certain things,
why not go sideways,

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and why not have a blast?

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That's why I work here

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and that's why I
drive my baby, Zeus.

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That's why I like to
take my clothes off,

254
00:16:03,062 --> 00:16:05,604
so it all makes for a fun life

255
00:16:05,606 --> 00:16:08,399
and I enjoy it every day.

256
00:16:20,622 --> 00:16:22,163
It's not what you
would think, you know?

257
00:16:22,165 --> 00:16:25,040
I had the typical
Chippendale idea in my head

258
00:16:25,042 --> 00:16:26,166
and it's not like that.

259
00:16:26,168 --> 00:16:27,043
It's not g-strings, you know,

260
00:16:27,045 --> 00:16:28,711
it's just a whole
bunch of cool guys

261
00:16:28,713 --> 00:16:32,300
really just kind of getting
down, just making money.

262
00:16:49,149 --> 00:16:52,109
I was actually recommended
to come work here

263
00:16:52,111 --> 00:16:55,279
by another female
stripper that works

264
00:16:55,281 --> 00:16:57,823
at a club in Atlanta.

265
00:16:57,825 --> 00:17:01,160
She had been
telling me to do it,

266
00:17:01,162 --> 00:17:02,035
her and all her
girlfriends were strippers,

267
00:17:02,037 --> 00:17:04,246
they were buddies
of mine that grew up

268
00:17:04,248 --> 00:17:07,332
and turned stripper.

269
00:17:07,334 --> 00:17:09,126
I was hesitant to do it,

270
00:17:09,128 --> 00:17:12,171
'cause I'm not a big, muscular
man or nothin' like that.

271
00:17:12,173 --> 00:17:16,344
You know, I don't have this
giant wang on me or nothin'.

272
00:17:16,636 --> 00:17:18,761
But when I came up here and
interviewed and everything,

273
00:17:18,763 --> 00:17:19,803
which was weird as hell.

274
00:17:19,805 --> 00:17:22,723
The interview is literally
you drop your pants

275
00:17:22,725 --> 00:17:25,184
and you're either hired
or fired at that moment.

276
00:17:25,186 --> 00:17:27,228
It's kinda weird.

277
00:17:27,230 --> 00:17:29,856
Been on a lot of interviews,
never another one like that.

278
00:17:29,858 --> 00:17:33,443
We have what we
call our "yard dick."

279
00:17:33,445 --> 00:17:35,360
So when people
come in here to ask

280
00:17:35,362 --> 00:17:37,821
if we need any dancers
hired or anything,

281
00:17:37,823 --> 00:17:40,325
we tell them to
drop it immediately.

282
00:17:40,327 --> 00:17:43,328
And as you can see, as it
goes down through the line,

283
00:17:43,330 --> 00:17:45,370
my favorite is number
eleven, which is "mule cock."

284
00:17:45,372 --> 00:17:49,500
This is definitely a high
priority on the hiring list.

285
00:17:49,502 --> 00:17:51,418
This is my board, this is
where the dancers sign in.

286
00:17:51,420 --> 00:17:53,503
We used to write
their names down,

287
00:17:53,505 --> 00:17:54,755
but then the
dancer's constantly,

288
00:17:54,757 --> 00:17:56,174
"When am I going up,
when am I going up?"

289
00:17:56,176 --> 00:17:57,258
not that they don't do it now.

290
00:17:57,260 --> 00:17:58,717
I mean, it's old-fashioned,

291
00:17:58,719 --> 00:18:00,219
we keep track of it
with a little clip here

292
00:18:00,221 --> 00:18:01,803
of who's going up next.

293
00:18:01,805 --> 00:18:04,514
We use Velcro because when
you're up in the DJ booth

294
00:18:04,516 --> 00:18:05,724
and your back's turned,

295
00:18:05,726 --> 00:18:07,894
the dancers like to
switch their name

296
00:18:07,896 --> 00:18:08,935
and this kinda helps me.

297
00:18:08,937 --> 00:18:11,438
I hear that sound of them
switching their name.

298
00:18:11,440 --> 00:18:13,566
A lot of dancers don't like
going out with other dancers,

299
00:18:13,568 --> 00:18:15,859
you know, "They got bigger
dicks, they're bigger than me.

300
00:18:15,861 --> 00:18:18,570
"They look like my type, they
make more money than me."

301
00:18:18,572 --> 00:18:19,780
So if they switch their name,

302
00:18:19,782 --> 00:18:21,281
then all of a sudden
somebody else is upset,

303
00:18:21,283 --> 00:18:22,783
then this person's upset.

304
00:18:22,785 --> 00:18:24,409
So that was Knight switching
his name over there.

305
00:18:24,411 --> 00:18:26,244
Knight likes to fluff
himself in the back,

306
00:18:26,246 --> 00:18:28,665
get his dick as big as
possible without being hard,

307
00:18:28,667 --> 00:18:30,415
because it'd be illegal.

308
00:18:30,417 --> 00:18:32,251
But now most of the dancers
don't wanna go up with him

309
00:18:32,253 --> 00:18:34,796
on stage because, I mean
honestly, it's like...

310
00:18:34,798 --> 00:18:36,257
This hangin' down

311
00:18:37,425 --> 00:18:38,924
and you watch, here in
the next ten minutes

312
00:18:38,926 --> 00:18:40,760
somebody's gonna bitch they
have to go on stage with him.

313
00:18:40,762 --> 00:18:41,886
Woo!

314
00:18:41,888 --> 00:18:42,845
Woo!

315
00:18:42,847 --> 00:18:44,224
- Okay.
- Hold on.

316
00:18:45,600 --> 00:18:46,264
All right, I'm gonna
have to talk to this bitch.

317
00:18:47,226 --> 00:18:48,600
It is a giant kinder care.

318
00:18:51,188 --> 00:18:53,231
It's stuck on your titty!

319
00:18:53,233 --> 00:18:54,147
I dropped the ball.

320
00:18:54,149 --> 00:18:55,148
Shut up!

321
00:18:55,150 --> 00:18:55,899
Oh!

322
00:18:55,901 --> 00:18:58,152
You drop the ball every time.

323
00:18:58,154 --> 00:19:00,445
Only in your court.

324
00:19:00,447 --> 00:19:01,905
It's like running
a female strip club

325
00:19:01,907 --> 00:19:04,867
and I hate to say it, the
guys are a lot of times worse

326
00:19:04,869 --> 00:19:06,202
than running the girls.

327
00:19:24,430 --> 00:19:25,637
It's a gay environment,

328
00:19:25,639 --> 00:19:27,264
but you do get
women coming here.

329
00:19:27,266 --> 00:19:29,224
Some of your dancers are gay,
some of them are straight.

330
00:19:29,226 --> 00:19:31,184
The straight ones, you know,

331
00:19:31,186 --> 00:19:32,311
if they're having a bad night

332
00:19:32,313 --> 00:19:33,521
tend to go towards the women.

333
00:19:33,523 --> 00:19:35,356
So we get more women in here.

334
00:19:35,358 --> 00:19:36,773
So then it's my job to
make fun of the women

335
00:19:36,775 --> 00:19:39,193
on the microphone,
which I enjoy doing.

336
00:19:39,195 --> 00:19:41,320
The three fat girls
at the end of the stage

337
00:19:41,322 --> 00:19:43,322
not tipping the dancers, ladies,

338
00:19:43,324 --> 00:19:44,031
come on, if there's
three of you,

339
00:19:44,033 --> 00:19:45,199
you can't afford a dollar bill,

340
00:19:45,201 --> 00:19:48,536
what the fuck are you here for?

341
00:20:06,305 --> 00:20:08,263
There is no five dollar
foot long special

342
00:20:08,265 --> 00:20:10,225
here at Swinging Richards.

343
00:20:11,852 --> 00:20:13,019
We charge by the inch!

344
00:20:13,021 --> 00:20:15,312
What do I love most about
coming to Swinging Richards?

345
00:20:15,314 --> 00:20:18,982
I think the fact that
you can have a good time

346
00:20:18,984 --> 00:20:20,654
and not feel judged,

347
00:20:21,862 --> 00:20:25,949
whether you're a male or
female, gay or straight,

348
00:20:27,327 --> 00:20:28,826
it's just nice to come
to a place like this

349
00:20:28,828 --> 00:20:31,578
'cause you don't have to be
necessarily this or that.

350
00:20:31,580 --> 00:20:34,790
Whether I dance
for a man, a woman,

351
00:20:34,792 --> 00:20:36,459
it makes no difference at all.

352
00:20:36,461 --> 00:20:39,339
I am an entertainer to the soul,

353
00:20:41,715 --> 00:20:44,384
to the core of who I am.

354
00:20:44,386 --> 00:20:47,386
As a musician, when I
perform for an audience,

355
00:20:47,388 --> 00:20:49,472
it doesn't matter
whether there are

356
00:20:49,474 --> 00:20:51,723
men or women in the audience,

357
00:20:51,725 --> 00:20:53,393
it doesn't matter whether
there are men or women

358
00:20:53,395 --> 00:20:56,436
watching me take my clothes off.

359
00:20:56,438 --> 00:20:58,233
Certainly, it's no crime

360
00:20:59,317 --> 00:21:01,736
to be attracted to naked men.

361
00:21:14,331 --> 00:21:15,373
You have the most
interesting people

362
00:21:15,375 --> 00:21:17,709
that come through the door,

363
00:21:17,711 --> 00:21:21,881
to the most famous people that
have come through the door.

364
00:21:22,590 --> 00:21:23,548
It's a cool job.

365
00:21:23,550 --> 00:21:24,799
You get a lot of networking.

366
00:21:24,801 --> 00:21:27,969
You meet all sorts of
different individuals.

367
00:21:27,971 --> 00:21:31,763
You got your trust fund
babies to sugar mamas

368
00:21:31,765 --> 00:21:34,599
to sugar daddies from
every walk of life.

369
00:21:34,601 --> 00:21:37,436
Like I was telling you earlier,
you get some crazy people.

370
00:21:37,438 --> 00:21:40,857
For that reason I tend to
avoid the wrong type of person

371
00:21:40,859 --> 00:21:43,401
here, 'cause you can
find plenty of them.

372
00:21:43,403 --> 00:21:44,985
You run into so many
fucking characters in here,

373
00:21:44,987 --> 00:21:46,904
you don't know who's
real or who's fake.

374
00:21:46,906 --> 00:21:48,697
Hoo-whee, some of the shit
people say in your ear

375
00:21:48,699 --> 00:21:50,116
is fucking just...

376
00:21:50,118 --> 00:21:51,619
It's hard to bear.

377
00:21:55,497 --> 00:21:57,999
You know, I've had some
customers come up to me

378
00:21:58,001 --> 00:22:01,336
and say some pretty
explicit things.

379
00:22:01,338 --> 00:22:03,463
You find yourself reminding
the customers quite often

380
00:22:03,465 --> 00:22:05,798
that, you know, there
are still boundaries.

381
00:22:05,800 --> 00:22:09,969
There are still boundaries,
this is still a place of work.

382
00:22:09,971 --> 00:22:12,512
It is a place of fantasy,

383
00:22:12,514 --> 00:22:14,934
but the fantasy does
have guidelines.

384
00:22:15,974 --> 00:22:16,475
It's a hit or miss
type of thing, you know?

385
00:22:16,477 --> 00:22:19,479
It's either who lucks out
or who hustles the most.

386
00:22:19,481 --> 00:22:21,813
I'm not a hustler, so
I kind of gotta wait

387
00:22:21,815 --> 00:22:24,776
for somebody to just pick
me and give me some money.

388
00:22:26,946 --> 00:22:29,364
There are going
to be customers

389
00:22:29,366 --> 00:22:32,032
that are going to try and

390
00:22:32,034 --> 00:22:34,495
create a fantasy situation,

391
00:22:35,746 --> 00:22:39,165
they're going to say things
that are sometimes shocking.

392
00:22:39,167 --> 00:22:42,126
And you know, you have to
learn that it's just role play.

393
00:22:59,061 --> 00:23:00,728
On the floor of Swinging
Richards, of course,

394
00:23:00,730 --> 00:23:03,606
we have a lot of rules in
place to keep things in order.

395
00:23:03,608 --> 00:23:05,482
Of course in an
environment like this,

396
00:23:05,484 --> 00:23:08,485
where you have alcohol and
you have the appearance

397
00:23:08,487 --> 00:23:12,197
of sex being sold, and
so many other things,

398
00:23:12,199 --> 00:23:13,657
you know, nudity and...

399
00:23:13,659 --> 00:23:15,576
You know, we got
all the candy here.

400
00:23:15,578 --> 00:23:17,995
But there are so many things
and so many opportunities

401
00:23:17,997 --> 00:23:19,789
for things to get out of control

402
00:23:19,791 --> 00:23:21,581
that we like to
preemptively, I guess,

403
00:23:21,583 --> 00:23:24,501
smack 'em over the
head and get 'em right

404
00:23:24,503 --> 00:23:26,503
before they go wrong.

405
00:23:26,505 --> 00:23:29,589
In that we have
security guards in place

406
00:23:29,591 --> 00:23:31,509
that monitor the floor,
as well as myself

407
00:23:31,511 --> 00:23:34,428
and other managers
that patrol the floor,

408
00:23:34,430 --> 00:23:38,392
make sure customers aren't
touching the dancers.

409
00:23:39,561 --> 00:23:40,768
Just basically
monitoring things,

410
00:23:40,770 --> 00:23:43,186
looking for drug use,
excessive drinking,

411
00:23:43,188 --> 00:23:44,563
that sort of thing.

412
00:23:44,565 --> 00:23:46,482
Because those are
essentially the things

413
00:23:46,484 --> 00:23:48,526
that tend to ignite
most of the fires

414
00:23:48,528 --> 00:23:52,699
that possibly could happen
in an average night here.

415
00:23:54,242 --> 00:23:56,451
There's a lot of
responsibility that goes along

416
00:23:56,453 --> 00:23:58,580
with being an erotic dancer.

417
00:23:59,997 --> 00:24:01,748
You know, you're not
allowed to touch us,

418
00:24:01,750 --> 00:24:05,126
we're up here, we're on
stage and we're nude.

419
00:24:05,128 --> 00:24:07,462
We run a pretty tight
ship in monitoring the floor

420
00:24:07,464 --> 00:24:10,964
at all times and we definitely
hold dancer meetings

421
00:24:10,966 --> 00:24:13,216
where we address certain issues

422
00:24:13,218 --> 00:24:16,136
and time pertinent issues
with the dancers themselves.

423
00:24:16,138 --> 00:24:19,934
Going over rules such as how
they're supposed to interact

424
00:24:20,974 --> 00:24:23,853
with customers, what's
appropriate, what's not.

425
00:24:23,855 --> 00:24:27,482
You have to be able to
control your environment.

426
00:24:27,484 --> 00:24:29,608
You gotta take it
with a grain of salt.

427
00:24:29,610 --> 00:24:31,610
It doesn't mean
anything it's just fun.

428
00:24:31,612 --> 00:24:33,154
It's just people coming in to...

429
00:24:33,156 --> 00:24:34,405
It's fantasy.

430
00:24:34,407 --> 00:24:38,953
It's just fantasy camp, it's
not anything other than that.

431
00:24:39,788 --> 00:24:41,623
And along with creating that,

432
00:24:42,791 --> 00:24:45,625
you just have a
lot of fun flirting

433
00:24:45,627 --> 00:24:47,626
and getting to know people.

434
00:24:47,628 --> 00:24:49,796
Then once you break
down those barriers

435
00:24:49,798 --> 00:24:51,297
and you get to know them,

436
00:24:51,299 --> 00:24:52,924
then it becomes real.

437
00:24:52,926 --> 00:24:56,636
Then they're not even
saying explicit things

438
00:24:56,638 --> 00:24:57,845
to you anymore.

439
00:24:57,847 --> 00:24:59,638
They start talking
about their life

440
00:24:59,640 --> 00:25:01,808
and their kids and their wives

441
00:25:01,810 --> 00:25:03,643
and wives coming in
their with their husbands

442
00:25:03,645 --> 00:25:05,560
and they're talking
about each other

443
00:25:05,562 --> 00:25:07,938
and they open up to you
about their interaction

444
00:25:07,940 --> 00:25:08,940
with one another.

445
00:25:08,942 --> 00:25:10,148
And they kind of share with you

446
00:25:10,150 --> 00:25:13,319
and they kind of
vent to one another

447
00:25:13,321 --> 00:25:15,613
but with a third person there.

448
00:25:15,615 --> 00:25:17,617
Almost like a therapist.

449
00:25:19,660 --> 00:25:22,244
You fulfill a certain
void to some people,

450
00:25:22,246 --> 00:25:25,289
you create some great
platonic relationships.

451
00:25:25,291 --> 00:25:26,874
Sometimes you run into
some relationships

452
00:25:26,876 --> 00:25:28,626
that might end up
being not so platonic,

453
00:25:28,628 --> 00:25:30,627
so you have to be careful
and pick and choose.

454
00:25:30,629 --> 00:25:32,629
Some of the experiences
that we go through up here

455
00:25:32,631 --> 00:25:34,967
are pretty wild, definitely.

456
00:25:36,343 --> 00:25:38,845
It's actually pretty
cool, though, man, really.

457
00:25:38,847 --> 00:25:40,847
All said and done.

458
00:25:40,849 --> 00:25:44,852
Working at Swinging
Richards has been so great

459
00:25:46,562 --> 00:25:48,523
because it's allowed me

460
00:25:50,692 --> 00:25:52,569
to become aware of myself

461
00:25:53,861 --> 00:25:57,532
and in doing so, it's
allowed me to learn

462
00:25:58,574 --> 00:26:00,992
how to approach
complete strangers

463
00:26:00,994 --> 00:26:03,578
and still maintain
a level of comfort

464
00:26:03,580 --> 00:26:07,205
between two people that
have never met before.

465
00:26:07,207 --> 00:26:11,545
Here you create a fulfillment
of fantasy, enjoyment.

466
00:26:12,755 --> 00:26:16,551
You get to be the reason
behind a smile for somebody.

467
00:26:37,321 --> 00:26:39,113
Essentially your older
crew's gonna basically

468
00:26:39,115 --> 00:26:40,280
know how to act

469
00:26:40,282 --> 00:26:42,241
and they essentially,
some of them,

470
00:26:42,243 --> 00:26:43,784
teach the other
dancers, you know,

471
00:26:43,786 --> 00:26:46,078
how to get money in certain ways

472
00:26:46,080 --> 00:26:48,707
that are wholesome or kosher.

473
00:26:49,833 --> 00:26:51,709
So you don't step
outside the rules.

474
00:26:51,711 --> 00:26:53,043
You know, I think
when somebody decides

475
00:26:53,045 --> 00:26:55,754
to start dancing or make
that decision in their life,

476
00:26:55,756 --> 00:26:57,674
they can go about
it A: the wrong way

477
00:26:57,676 --> 00:26:59,343
or B: the right way.

478
00:27:01,388 --> 00:27:02,761
You use this shit?

479
00:27:02,763 --> 00:27:03,805
You know, when I
first worked here, man,

480
00:27:03,807 --> 00:27:05,807
it was really intimidating,
I'll give you that.

481
00:27:05,809 --> 00:27:08,725
It was hard to work here
and get in the groove.

482
00:27:08,727 --> 00:27:11,061
Everybody kind of filled my head

483
00:27:11,063 --> 00:27:12,896
with a lot of different stuff,

484
00:27:12,898 --> 00:27:14,315
but I found my own
way and learned how to

485
00:27:14,317 --> 00:27:16,651
make my own money
and do my own thing

486
00:27:16,653 --> 00:27:20,821
and go off on my own
adventure while working here.

487
00:27:20,823 --> 00:27:23,659
Dylan on
backstage up next.

488
00:27:29,040 --> 00:27:30,415
I'll have dancers
come and approach me

489
00:27:30,417 --> 00:27:31,790
in the locker room
and they'll say,

490
00:27:31,792 --> 00:27:34,292
"Hey, I had this
guy and he did this

491
00:27:34,294 --> 00:27:37,879
and he put his hands
on me this way,

492
00:27:37,881 --> 00:27:39,173
in a certain way and he held me

493
00:27:39,175 --> 00:27:40,758
and I couldn't get
away from him."

494
00:27:40,760 --> 00:27:42,801
And I'm like, "Well,
this is how you deal

495
00:27:42,803 --> 00:27:44,721
with that situation."

496
00:27:44,723 --> 00:27:47,934
And for every situation
there's a different way to...

497
00:27:48,974 --> 00:27:49,267
There's a different possibility.

498
00:27:49,269 --> 00:27:50,893
It's not the only way.

499
00:27:50,895 --> 00:27:52,729
They learn something
about themselves.

500
00:27:52,731 --> 00:27:55,315
Like, oh, okay, I can
take this situation

501
00:27:55,317 --> 00:27:58,653
and control it and
still be respectful

502
00:27:59,821 --> 00:28:02,155
and still allow the
customer to have a good time

503
00:28:02,157 --> 00:28:04,781
and in the process have
a good time myself.

504
00:28:04,783 --> 00:28:06,992
It takes a person
with tact, intelligence,

505
00:28:06,994 --> 00:28:09,078
and a good personality, I think,

506
00:28:09,080 --> 00:28:11,330
is kind of what
lays the foundation.

507
00:28:11,332 --> 00:28:13,081
You know, you gotta have
the meat, of course,

508
00:28:13,083 --> 00:28:15,335
and the looks, but you know,

509
00:28:15,337 --> 00:28:17,962
to really be a good entertainer,

510
00:28:17,964 --> 00:28:20,380
you really need to
know what you're doing

511
00:28:20,382 --> 00:28:22,258
when you're interacting
with your customers,

512
00:28:22,260 --> 00:28:24,176
where do you draw the
line to make your money?

513
00:28:24,178 --> 00:28:28,097
There are just etiquettes
in socializing with customers

514
00:28:28,099 --> 00:28:31,352
and respecting when
another entertainer

515
00:28:33,062 --> 00:28:36,983
is engaged with certain
members of the audience

516
00:28:38,400 --> 00:28:39,817
and it's all about timing,

517
00:28:39,819 --> 00:28:43,029
it's all about when
you approach a customer

518
00:28:43,031 --> 00:28:44,780
or how you approach a customer

519
00:28:44,782 --> 00:28:47,367
and how you respect the
bounds of certain dancers

520
00:28:47,369 --> 00:28:49,913
and recognizing exactly what...

521
00:28:52,873 --> 00:28:55,042
How another entertainer is

522
00:28:58,838 --> 00:29:02,926
setting up their approach
to members of the audience

523
00:29:04,051 --> 00:29:05,842
to engage them and
to interact with them

524
00:29:05,844 --> 00:29:08,428
and to do table dances

525
00:29:08,430 --> 00:29:12,811
and to create opportunities
to go into the VIP rooms.

526
00:29:13,477 --> 00:29:14,601
My name is David Ohmann.

527
00:29:14,603 --> 00:29:16,896
I'm the assistant manager
here at Swinging Richards.

528
00:29:16,898 --> 00:29:20,316
A little bit about our
entertainers at Swinging Richards

529
00:29:20,318 --> 00:29:23,235
and the other adult entertainers
in the city of Atlanta,

530
00:29:23,237 --> 00:29:24,904
they are all
subcontract employees.

531
00:29:24,906 --> 00:29:27,155
They don't receive a
paycheck from the house,

532
00:29:27,157 --> 00:29:28,491
they actually pay to work here.

533
00:29:28,493 --> 00:29:30,242
Dancers don't get
written paychecks.

534
00:29:30,244 --> 00:29:31,911
We actually pay the
club to work there.

535
00:29:31,913 --> 00:29:34,038
We're more like hairstylists,

536
00:29:34,040 --> 00:29:36,790
where we rent a booth, you know?

537
00:29:36,792 --> 00:29:38,459
But we rent the whole floor.

538
00:29:38,461 --> 00:29:39,501
We pay them every night to work.

539
00:29:39,503 --> 00:29:41,921
The city is who permits us

540
00:29:41,923 --> 00:29:45,090
with an adult entertainment
permit is what it's called.

541
00:29:45,092 --> 00:29:48,051
To take your clothes
off, basically.

542
00:29:48,053 --> 00:29:49,470
They know that we
ain't gonna pay taxes

543
00:29:49,472 --> 00:29:51,222
on the amount of
money that we make.

544
00:29:51,224 --> 00:29:52,848
Half those dancers up
there, like a good one,

545
00:29:52,850 --> 00:29:55,809
probably makes a minimum
of 70,000 dollars a year.

546
00:30:24,340 --> 00:30:25,589
Different people
come into this job

547
00:30:25,591 --> 00:30:27,008
for different reasons.

548
00:30:27,010 --> 00:30:29,594
Sometimes they just
need money for school,

549
00:30:29,596 --> 00:30:32,972
sometimes they're
exploring their sexuality.

550
00:30:32,974 --> 00:30:34,934
Oh, yeah, I sleep
with mostly women,

551
00:30:35,974 --> 00:30:38,895
but hey, who's not curious
about both sex, you know?

552
00:30:38,897 --> 00:30:41,981
That's what makes
life interesting.

553
00:30:41,983 --> 00:30:43,899
We're like a big
dysfunctional family.

554
00:30:43,901 --> 00:30:44,817
It's weird.

555
00:30:44,819 --> 00:30:47,444
You know, I mean,
you got gay brothers

556
00:30:47,446 --> 00:30:50,114
and straight brothers
that say they're straight,

557
00:30:50,116 --> 00:30:52,492
but they're really
gay in my book.

558
00:30:52,494 --> 00:30:53,992
And it's like, well, whatever.

559
00:30:53,994 --> 00:30:54,993
You know, whatever
floats your boat.

560
00:30:54,995 --> 00:30:56,495
You can do whatever
the fuck you want to.

561
00:30:56,497 --> 00:30:59,456
You know, I don't judge people.

562
00:30:59,458 --> 00:31:02,335
My name is Dallas,
I am a performer,

563
00:31:02,337 --> 00:31:03,586
I use the word performer,

564
00:31:03,588 --> 00:31:05,879
and a dancer here at
Swinging Richards.

565
00:31:05,881 --> 00:31:08,049
My sexuality is one
that I keep to myself.

566
00:31:08,051 --> 00:31:10,425
I mean, I don't want everybody
knowing my sexuality,

567
00:31:10,427 --> 00:31:13,471
'cause hey, I like to make
everybody think I'm open.

568
00:31:13,473 --> 00:31:15,556
Whether I'm gay or
whether I'm straight,

569
00:31:15,558 --> 00:31:16,683
it doesn't matter.

570
00:31:16,685 --> 00:31:19,184
When I come into this club,
I'm here for a purpose.

571
00:31:19,186 --> 00:31:21,521
I'm here, to put
it in a nutshell,

572
00:31:21,523 --> 00:31:24,022
to be very blunt about it,
'cause that's the person I am,

573
00:31:24,024 --> 00:31:25,985
I'm here to make money.

574
00:31:28,237 --> 00:31:29,988
I'm not a good
hustler, you know?

575
00:31:29,990 --> 00:31:31,947
There are some guys here that
have got a good mouthpiece.

576
00:31:31,949 --> 00:31:32,991
They can make a lotta
money just because

577
00:31:32,993 --> 00:31:34,908
they can talk.

578
00:31:34,910 --> 00:31:37,369
It's like they can
talk a wallet open.

579
00:31:37,371 --> 00:31:39,705
And when you talk a wallet
open, out pours the money.

580
00:31:39,707 --> 00:31:40,915
That's not me.

581
00:31:40,917 --> 00:31:42,040
I make my money by personality.

582
00:31:42,042 --> 00:31:46,087
So, you know, I build a
social intimacy with people.

583
00:31:46,089 --> 00:31:47,963
I'm very big on respect

584
00:31:47,965 --> 00:31:49,924
and the reason I'm not
very good at hustling

585
00:31:49,926 --> 00:31:51,216
is 'cause I can't
belittle someone

586
00:31:51,218 --> 00:31:52,719
and treat them
like a dollar bill

587
00:31:52,721 --> 00:31:56,558
because I don't wanna be
treated like a piece of meat.

588
00:32:02,062 --> 00:32:03,146
Every stripper's a hustler.

589
00:32:03,148 --> 00:32:05,481
They're out for money,
they're out for something.

590
00:32:05,483 --> 00:32:07,942
Back in the day, you'd
make $1700 in a night

591
00:32:07,944 --> 00:32:09,027
without trying.

592
00:32:09,029 --> 00:32:10,319
Now you make $150.

593
00:32:10,321 --> 00:32:12,155
To me it's not worth it.

594
00:32:12,157 --> 00:32:14,115
These guys, that's
all they see is $150

595
00:32:14,117 --> 00:32:16,033
and it's like, "Oh,
sure that's good money."

596
00:32:16,035 --> 00:32:17,492
I'm like, fuck it,
you're out of your mind.

597
00:32:17,494 --> 00:32:18,994
You know, it's not good money,
not for what you're doing.

598
00:32:18,996 --> 00:32:21,330
You're taking your
clothes off for money.

599
00:32:25,253 --> 00:32:26,626
It's a very unique job.

600
00:32:26,628 --> 00:32:30,673
It's got its pros, it
definitely has its cons.

601
00:32:30,675 --> 00:32:35,055
The relationship I'm in
right now, met a new girl,

602
00:32:35,972 --> 00:32:38,973
she's probably the best
girl I've ever met,

603
00:32:38,975 --> 00:32:41,099
relationship-wise, you know.

604
00:32:41,101 --> 00:32:45,105
She's genuine, really,
really, really good person

605
00:32:46,273 --> 00:32:48,273
and this right here
is a big conflict.

606
00:32:48,275 --> 00:32:52,446
So I mean, I'm stuck right
now between the decision of

607
00:32:53,657 --> 00:32:56,616
making it with her,
having something,

608
00:32:56,618 --> 00:32:58,160
fulfilling my life,

609
00:32:59,244 --> 00:33:02,122
or temporary
fulfillment by money.

610
00:33:12,634 --> 00:33:15,009
This place desensitizes
you towards sex.

611
00:33:15,011 --> 00:33:18,221
So like, it ruins your
sex life in a sense,

612
00:33:18,223 --> 00:33:21,307
because you think of
people differently.

613
00:33:21,309 --> 00:33:22,558
That's like all they
want of you, you know?

614
00:33:22,560 --> 00:33:24,309
My girlfriend comes
up and she wants me

615
00:33:24,311 --> 00:33:25,728
and we roll around in the bed,

616
00:33:25,730 --> 00:33:28,647
which any typical guy'd
be fuckin' just...

617
00:33:28,649 --> 00:33:30,357
Excited, ready to
go all the time

618
00:33:30,359 --> 00:33:32,652
and it's like, she's like,
"Why aren't you hard?"

619
00:33:32,654 --> 00:33:35,363
I'm like, well, shit
this is nothin' to me.

620
00:33:35,365 --> 00:33:39,032
I rub up on people
like this all the time.

621
00:33:39,034 --> 00:33:41,327
It doesn't arouse
me like it should

622
00:33:41,329 --> 00:33:43,078
and that sucks.

623
00:33:43,080 --> 00:33:45,455
That sucks big time, you know?

624
00:33:45,457 --> 00:33:47,791
Now, I mean, don't get me
wrong, I can, you know...

625
00:33:47,793 --> 00:33:48,751
I can still perform,

626
00:33:48,753 --> 00:33:51,753
but the defamation of
your character here

627
00:33:51,755 --> 00:33:54,048
is just horrible.

628
00:33:54,050 --> 00:33:56,091
Letting people fuckin'
look at you like that

629
00:33:56,093 --> 00:33:59,136
and talk to you the
way they do, man.

630
00:33:59,138 --> 00:34:02,350
I mean, that's really
what does it for me.

631
00:34:04,561 --> 00:34:07,228
It's not for the weak-minded.

632
00:34:07,230 --> 00:34:10,105
It's good if you use
this as a bridge.

633
00:34:10,107 --> 00:34:12,190
Some of these guys don't really,

634
00:34:12,192 --> 00:34:14,235
so I feel for them.

635
00:34:14,237 --> 00:34:17,070
It's a delicate
balance, you know.

636
00:34:17,072 --> 00:34:19,866
You could let it go too
far, it could consume you.

637
00:34:19,868 --> 00:34:21,074
Just like recently, you know,

638
00:34:21,076 --> 00:34:22,284
one of our dancers passed away.

639
00:34:23,621 --> 00:34:26,246
Pretty much a drug overdose

640
00:34:26,248 --> 00:34:28,541
and at the same time
just abuse of alcohol

641
00:34:28,543 --> 00:34:30,208
and things like that

642
00:34:30,210 --> 00:34:32,170
and you know, this environment
can really consume you.

643
00:34:32,172 --> 00:34:33,755
We are a close
knit family here,

644
00:34:33,757 --> 00:34:36,134
as strange as that sounds.

645
00:34:38,094 --> 00:34:42,098
One of our family members,
whose name is Dustin,

646
00:34:43,183 --> 00:34:45,141
he passed away this week.

647
00:34:45,143 --> 00:34:48,101
He had been with us for
several years off and on.

648
00:34:48,103 --> 00:34:49,145
Dustin's thing.

649
00:34:49,147 --> 00:34:49,770
Yeah, I want to.

650
00:34:49,772 --> 00:34:51,230
What time does it start?

651
00:34:51,232 --> 00:34:52,357
Uh, it's five
o'clock in Noonan.

652
00:34:52,359 --> 00:34:54,192
Five o'clock in Noonan?

653
00:34:54,194 --> 00:34:55,442
Is he gonna let us...

654
00:34:55,444 --> 00:34:59,322
Is he gonna waiver our
late fee, late shit?

655
00:34:59,324 --> 00:35:03,244
Unfortunately, Dustin
lost his life this week.

656
00:35:04,411 --> 00:35:06,746
It's been very
hard for all of us.

657
00:35:06,748 --> 00:35:08,246
Once again, you
guys, we're here to honor

658
00:35:08,248 --> 00:35:10,791
a great friend of ours,
he died this week.

659
00:35:10,793 --> 00:35:13,418
We love him a lot,
we miss him a lot.

660
00:35:13,420 --> 00:35:15,170
He was a great person.

661
00:35:15,172 --> 00:35:17,297
It's a shame he's departed.

662
00:35:17,299 --> 00:35:18,507
We're always gonna remember him.

663
00:35:18,509 --> 00:35:20,175
Those of you who knew
him and loved him,

664
00:35:20,177 --> 00:35:22,221
you know who this is about.

665
00:35:23,181 --> 00:35:25,264
The bonds that are formed here

666
00:35:25,266 --> 00:35:29,104
go way beyond tipping
dollars in the armbands.

667
00:35:30,230 --> 00:35:31,228
We'll miss him a lot.

668
00:35:31,230 --> 00:35:34,315
Today was a day where
we had one of our own,

669
00:35:34,317 --> 00:35:36,233
a very good friend
to most of us,

670
00:35:36,235 --> 00:35:37,777
'cause all of us
are really close,

671
00:35:37,779 --> 00:35:39,529
he died this week.

672
00:35:39,531 --> 00:35:40,862
His name was Dustin.

673
00:35:40,864 --> 00:35:42,322
Great guy, we loved him.

674
00:35:42,324 --> 00:35:44,199
Today was his memorial service.

675
00:35:44,201 --> 00:35:47,286
We basically said our goodbyes.

676
00:35:47,288 --> 00:35:48,746
It was a hard day for all of us,

677
00:35:48,748 --> 00:35:52,458
but we all realize that
death is a part of life

678
00:35:52,460 --> 00:35:54,418
and instead of trying
to mourn his death,

679
00:35:54,420 --> 00:35:55,837
we all try to
celebrate his life.

680
00:35:55,839 --> 00:35:57,963
This one's
for you, Dustin.

681
00:35:57,965 --> 00:35:58,922
They love you.

682
00:35:58,924 --> 00:36:03,219
They love the bar, they
love their friends.

683
00:36:03,221 --> 00:36:06,514
All right, guys, give
it up for Dustin!

684
00:36:06,516 --> 00:36:09,808
We love that man,
we miss him a lot.

685
00:36:09,810 --> 00:36:10,851
Every day, I come up here,

686
00:36:10,853 --> 00:36:13,186
I try to be a fantasy
for my patrons, you know,

687
00:36:13,188 --> 00:36:15,815
my buddies and my boys.

688
00:36:15,817 --> 00:36:17,567
Then we get there and it's
a lot more respectful.

689
00:36:17,569 --> 00:36:20,235
I'm always the hype
one, always happy.

690
00:36:20,237 --> 00:36:22,322
I'm excited, I always
want to run around,

691
00:36:22,324 --> 00:36:23,155
I'm the one doing backflips

692
00:36:23,157 --> 00:36:24,699
and the one jumpin'
off the wall.

693
00:36:24,701 --> 00:36:26,826
I'm the one just
making shit happen.

694
00:36:26,828 --> 00:36:28,494
Get there I gotta be calm.

695
00:36:28,496 --> 00:36:31,246
You know, I gotta slow
down, pay my respects

696
00:36:31,248 --> 00:36:33,834
to a man who I respected a lot.

697
00:36:42,259 --> 00:36:44,384
With the dancers, they
unite and they come together

698
00:36:44,386 --> 00:36:48,348
and they talk about their
lives with one another.

699
00:36:48,350 --> 00:36:49,806
It's like family.

700
00:36:49,808 --> 00:36:53,353
You're in the locker room at
the beginning of the night

701
00:36:53,355 --> 00:36:57,317
every single evening and you
know, guys are walking in

702
00:36:58,692 --> 00:37:01,360
and they're taking showers
and they're shaving

703
00:37:01,362 --> 00:37:02,195
and they're getting
ready for the evening

704
00:37:02,197 --> 00:37:04,404
and they're talking
about their day.

705
00:37:04,406 --> 00:37:06,574
And you just end up
engaging in conversation,

706
00:37:06,576 --> 00:37:07,824
getting to know one another.

707
00:37:07,826 --> 00:37:10,369
So just by being
around one another

708
00:37:10,371 --> 00:37:14,542
you get to talk and learn
about who the other guys are.

709
00:37:15,710 --> 00:37:17,376
It's almost like being
on a baseball team

710
00:37:17,378 --> 00:37:20,797
or a football team
or basketball team

711
00:37:20,799 --> 00:37:22,382
and you're in the
locker room and then...

712
00:37:22,384 --> 00:37:25,719
You know, some guys
coming off the floor

713
00:37:26,888 --> 00:37:28,721
and then some more guys go out

714
00:37:28,723 --> 00:37:31,391
and you're all
going out to play.

715
00:37:31,393 --> 00:37:33,601
You're all on the court.

716
00:37:33,603 --> 00:37:36,895
You all go back out on the
field at one point or another.

717
00:37:36,897 --> 00:37:38,271
And I think you
get that back there

718
00:37:38,273 --> 00:37:40,944
in a room full of 40 or 50 guys,

719
00:37:42,319 --> 00:37:46,240
you get so much compassion
and so much sharing

720
00:37:47,324 --> 00:37:49,243
and in those moments, you bond.

721
00:37:51,078 --> 00:37:53,538
You gain that camaraderie
and that brotherhood.

722
00:37:53,540 --> 00:37:57,710
And I guess it can be really
therapeutic in that sense.

723
00:37:59,295 --> 00:38:00,460
It becomes difficult
outside of here, you know?

724
00:38:00,462 --> 00:38:04,047
When I'm personally out
based upon the crowd I'm in

725
00:38:04,049 --> 00:38:07,300
and the atmosphere
that I'm at...

726
00:38:07,302 --> 00:38:10,429
I mean it depends on if I'm
telling people what I really do.

727
00:38:10,431 --> 00:38:12,974
And I don't like that idea
in the back of my head.

728
00:38:12,976 --> 00:38:16,896
I like to be comfortable
with expressing myself

729
00:38:18,355 --> 00:38:20,940
and telling people
what I got going on.

730
00:38:20,942 --> 00:38:21,940
You know, I don't hide
nothin' from nobody,

731
00:38:21,942 --> 00:38:23,442
I got nothing to hide.

732
00:38:23,444 --> 00:38:24,610
My kid knows I work at night.

733
00:38:24,612 --> 00:38:27,070
He thinks I work security.

734
00:38:27,072 --> 00:38:30,616
He's five years old and I
don't like lying to him.

735
00:38:30,618 --> 00:38:32,451
I mean, it ain't none
of his business, really,

736
00:38:32,453 --> 00:38:35,371
right now he's five,
but, you know...

737
00:38:35,373 --> 00:38:39,293
I mean, I remember shit
from when I was five.

738
00:38:40,127 --> 00:38:41,668
I don't wanna, I don't know,

739
00:38:41,670 --> 00:38:44,547
it's just not right to
lie to people like that.

740
00:38:44,549 --> 00:38:45,757
I don't know.

741
00:38:45,759 --> 00:38:47,467
I mean, my mom knows,
but I mean, shit.

742
00:38:47,469 --> 00:38:49,427
I mean, you can't
just tell everyone.

743
00:38:49,429 --> 00:38:50,636
Like, "Hey, what do you do?"

744
00:38:50,638 --> 00:38:53,514
Yeah, I tell them
I work at a bar.

745
00:38:53,516 --> 00:38:54,891
You know, until I get a feel
for how they're gonna think

746
00:38:54,893 --> 00:38:56,683
of what I do, I don't
want them to be like,

747
00:38:56,685 --> 00:38:59,395
"Oh, my god, you're
a male stripper!"

748
00:39:07,154 --> 00:39:08,987
Most people may feel a
little out of place, you know?

749
00:39:08,989 --> 00:39:09,822
They may not...

750
00:39:09,824 --> 00:39:11,074
Me, I don't.

751
00:39:11,076 --> 00:39:12,366
When I come in here,
I'm the same person

752
00:39:12,368 --> 00:39:13,659
as when I'm outside of here.

753
00:39:13,661 --> 00:39:15,453
I'm me, I'm Dallas.

754
00:39:15,455 --> 00:39:17,038
I do what I do, I am who I am.

755
00:39:17,040 --> 00:39:18,498
If you don't like it,
you don't like it.

756
00:39:18,500 --> 00:39:21,793
If you love me, hey, you
got a reason to love me.

757
00:39:31,929 --> 00:39:33,512
It's defaming to my character

758
00:39:33,514 --> 00:39:35,514
and that's where it hurts me,

759
00:39:35,516 --> 00:39:37,558
is the fact that
if I tell somebody,

760
00:39:37,560 --> 00:39:39,059
"Well, what do you do if
you're working at night

761
00:39:39,061 --> 00:39:40,936
and you got a day
job, what do you do?"

762
00:39:40,938 --> 00:39:43,105
"Uh, well, I'm in the
entertainment industry."

763
00:39:43,107 --> 00:39:45,525
And they look at me
like I'm full of shit

764
00:39:45,527 --> 00:39:47,527
or they look at me like,

765
00:39:47,529 --> 00:39:48,987
"What kinda entertainment
industry are you talkin'"

766
00:39:48,989 --> 00:39:52,197
They want a little bit
more detailed description

767
00:39:52,199 --> 00:39:54,909
of what I'm doing and
then I usually lie

768
00:39:54,911 --> 00:39:57,078
and say I work
security at a club.

769
00:39:57,080 --> 00:39:58,538
And you know, I'm not a liar,

770
00:39:58,540 --> 00:40:00,415
so as soon as it
happens, they're like,

771
00:40:00,417 --> 00:40:01,958
"Oh, he's full of shit."

772
00:40:01,960 --> 00:40:05,712
Well now their imagination
is just roaming

773
00:40:05,714 --> 00:40:07,630
and there's so many
other worse possibilities

774
00:40:07,632 --> 00:40:09,047
than being a male dancer.

775
00:40:30,612 --> 00:40:32,739
My parents know that I dance,

776
00:40:32,741 --> 00:40:35,826
that I pursue a
career as a musician.

777
00:40:36,703 --> 00:40:39,454
They support me 100%.

778
00:40:39,456 --> 00:40:40,954
I'm not gonna give
you an opportunity

779
00:40:40,956 --> 00:40:42,998
to see me outside of here and
see a different side of me

780
00:40:43,000 --> 00:40:45,083
where you can judge
me in a different way.

781
00:40:45,085 --> 00:40:46,585
I stay who I am.

782
00:40:46,587 --> 00:40:48,503
You know, I'm a very
honest, a very blunt,

783
00:40:48,505 --> 00:40:49,922
a very forward person.

784
00:40:49,924 --> 00:40:51,840
I'm that way in and
out of this club.

785
00:40:51,842 --> 00:40:52,800
I am who I am.

786
00:40:52,802 --> 00:40:54,969
When I say something, I mean it.

787
00:40:54,971 --> 00:40:57,596
And that doesn't go for
just inside this club.

788
00:40:57,598 --> 00:41:00,183
I am not single, I do
have a significant other.

789
00:41:00,185 --> 00:41:01,768
That person knows
exactly what I do

790
00:41:01,770 --> 00:41:03,101
and is perfectly okay with it.

791
00:41:03,103 --> 00:41:04,728
And the rest of my
family knows what I do.

792
00:41:13,281 --> 00:41:16,491
People ask questions,
you get made fun of a lot.

793
00:41:16,493 --> 00:41:18,617
You know, especially
working at a gay strip club

794
00:41:18,619 --> 00:41:20,536
and being a straight guy.

795
00:41:20,538 --> 00:41:22,121
It's like, oh well, you
can't be that straight.

796
00:41:22,123 --> 00:41:23,915
And I'm like, well,
you know I mean...

797
00:41:23,917 --> 00:41:26,541
It's either straight or
gay with me, you know.

798
00:41:26,543 --> 00:41:29,295
I don't suck dick, I
don't get my dick sucked,

799
00:41:29,297 --> 00:41:31,800
and I don't have sex with men.

800
00:41:39,641 --> 00:41:43,811
It's like complicated.

801
00:41:52,821 --> 00:41:55,070
I'm just confused
as hell right now

802
00:41:55,072 --> 00:41:57,991
about the whole being
a stripper thing.

803
00:42:24,018 --> 00:42:27,811
I think it's time me and
the stripper life part ways.

804
00:42:46,750 --> 00:42:47,873
I don't want to make it sound

805
00:42:47,875 --> 00:42:50,668
like strippers are
bad and all that,

806
00:42:50,670 --> 00:42:52,210
but it's a different lifestyle.

807
00:42:52,212 --> 00:42:56,008
We got 36 hot
boys in the house.

808
00:42:56,884 --> 00:42:58,134
Now looking for...

809
00:42:58,136 --> 00:42:59,259
You know, one
day I'll look back

810
00:42:59,261 --> 00:43:01,721
and I'll say I did this,

811
00:43:01,723 --> 00:43:03,806
but still, it's like, who
the fuck you gonna tell?

812
00:43:03,808 --> 00:43:04,931
You know what I mean?

813
00:43:04,933 --> 00:43:06,183
They'll still defame you...

814
00:43:06,185 --> 00:43:07,851
Once a stripper,
always a stripper

815
00:43:07,853 --> 00:43:09,853
in a lot of people's books.

816
00:43:38,092 --> 00:43:39,300
One thing we do here
at Swinging Richards

817
00:43:39,302 --> 00:43:42,762
to ensure the safety of our
dancers at the end of the night

818
00:43:42,764 --> 00:43:46,264
is require them to take
an Intoxilyzer test

819
00:43:46,266 --> 00:43:47,891
to test their blood
alcohol level,

820
00:43:47,893 --> 00:43:49,768
make sure that they're
safe to get on the road

821
00:43:49,770 --> 00:43:50,647
and get home.

822
00:44:38,069 --> 00:44:39,485
My name is Steven Marchi

823
00:44:39,487 --> 00:44:42,154
and the mosquitos
are out tonight.

824
00:44:42,156 --> 00:44:45,282
And this right here,
this is a mock demo

825
00:44:45,284 --> 00:44:48,036
that I produced
in my own studio.

826
00:44:48,038 --> 00:44:51,288
This would be actually
the cover of my album.

827
00:44:51,290 --> 00:44:53,958
It's titled 'This Moment.'

828
00:44:57,839 --> 00:44:59,297
Atlanta has Swinging Richards

829
00:44:59,299 --> 00:45:02,842
and that's a great draw for me.

830
00:45:02,844 --> 00:45:06,179
It's just a very
warm, inviting city.

831
00:45:24,366 --> 00:45:25,447
And it's beautiful.

832
00:45:25,449 --> 00:45:28,451
The landscape is beautiful,
the city's beautiful.

833
00:45:33,917 --> 00:45:36,291
But Atlanta has a
great music scene.

834
00:45:36,293 --> 00:45:39,462
I've met a lot of amazing
musicians in this town.

835
00:45:39,464 --> 00:45:42,840
It's a really
peaceful place to be.

836
00:45:42,842 --> 00:45:45,845
It definitely feels
like home to me.

837
00:45:49,223 --> 00:45:51,056
I grew up in Atlanta, Georgia.

838
00:45:51,058 --> 00:45:53,476
So it's my day off from
the club and everything

839
00:45:53,478 --> 00:45:55,395
and I'm actually up
here at an exposition

840
00:45:55,397 --> 00:45:57,230
at the Cobb Galleria
outside of Atlanta

841
00:45:57,232 --> 00:45:58,855
for a fighting convention.

842
00:45:58,857 --> 00:46:01,192
Actually looking for a
different gym to go to

843
00:46:01,194 --> 00:46:05,279
to train in, further my training
in Muay Thai and jujitsu.

844
00:46:05,281 --> 00:46:07,782
While I was here, they have a
jujitsu tournament going on,

845
00:46:07,784 --> 00:46:08,907
which a lot of the guys at work,

846
00:46:08,909 --> 00:46:11,201
we train and all fight together.

847
00:46:11,203 --> 00:46:13,579
A lot of the dancers who
have done previous sports,

848
00:46:13,581 --> 00:46:15,206
such as wrestling
in high school,

849
00:46:15,208 --> 00:46:16,416
they left it behind them.

850
00:46:16,418 --> 00:46:18,458
Like myself, I was a
two-time state champion.

851
00:46:18,460 --> 00:46:20,920
Devon, he got fourth in state.

852
00:46:20,922 --> 00:46:23,797
Pierce won state,
Samson won state.

853
00:46:23,799 --> 00:46:27,050
A lot of people who, you
know, the high school events

854
00:46:27,052 --> 00:46:29,344
that stayed behind, now
we're training in more of,

855
00:46:29,346 --> 00:46:32,223
I guess an adult
sport for fighting

856
00:46:32,225 --> 00:46:33,933
or MMA, mixed martial arts,

857
00:46:33,935 --> 00:46:36,936
which is a combination of all
different types of fighting.

858
00:46:36,938 --> 00:46:38,563
There's not that many
fight gyms here in Atlanta,

859
00:46:38,565 --> 00:46:40,982
so with the slight
few that there are,

860
00:46:40,984 --> 00:46:42,525
we end up fighting
with each other

861
00:46:42,527 --> 00:46:43,860
and training with each other.

862
00:46:43,862 --> 00:46:46,570
Today I went
searching for a job,

863
00:46:46,572 --> 00:46:49,324
got my tie right here to
try to look all fancy.

864
00:46:49,326 --> 00:46:50,574
My kid just started
going back to school.

865
00:46:50,576 --> 00:46:52,951
I have him Monday to Friday,

866
00:46:52,953 --> 00:46:55,121
so working nights are
kinda out of the question,

867
00:46:55,123 --> 00:46:56,331
because it's really hard
to find a babysitter

868
00:46:56,333 --> 00:46:58,291
that'll hang out
from eight o'clock

869
00:46:58,293 --> 00:47:01,376
until three in the
morning and then go home.

870
00:47:01,378 --> 00:47:03,378
You know, 'cause I
don't want them there.

871
00:47:03,380 --> 00:47:04,549
They gotta go.

872
00:47:06,967 --> 00:47:08,842
I've been in and
out of this city,

873
00:47:08,844 --> 00:47:12,512
traveling with my
music and playing gigs

874
00:47:12,514 --> 00:47:16,895
and then back to Atlanta and
working at Swinging Richards.

875
00:47:17,561 --> 00:47:20,022
Obviously, I think it's great.

876
00:47:22,900 --> 00:47:23,983
People that have
gotten to know me

877
00:47:23,985 --> 00:47:26,360
and know that I've been
pursuing music as a career,

878
00:47:26,362 --> 00:47:29,404
they ask me, "How come
you're still here?"

879
00:47:29,406 --> 00:47:32,910
And the simple reason
is because I can be.

880
00:47:35,871 --> 00:47:37,831
What other job opportunity

881
00:47:39,958 --> 00:47:43,960
allows you to come
and go as you please?

882
00:47:43,962 --> 00:47:47,172
And just by simply saying,
hey, I need to take off

883
00:47:47,174 --> 00:47:48,965
for a month or I need to
take off for two months

884
00:47:48,967 --> 00:47:51,177
because I need to go
out and book shows,

885
00:47:51,179 --> 00:47:53,054
or because I have
a group of venues

886
00:47:53,056 --> 00:47:54,221
that I'm going to
be performing in,

887
00:47:54,223 --> 00:47:56,516
I have to travel across country.

888
00:47:56,518 --> 00:47:59,351
What other job
allows you to do that

889
00:47:59,353 --> 00:48:03,482
and then when you come back
into town you still have a job?

890
00:48:04,359 --> 00:48:08,196
It's such an amazing freedom

891
00:48:09,029 --> 00:48:13,033
that I've been able to
obtain working at Richards.

892
00:48:13,951 --> 00:48:15,035
I just can't...

893
00:48:17,080 --> 00:48:19,038
It's beyond gratitude.

894
00:48:24,420 --> 00:48:27,547
It's not where I
imagined myself being

895
00:48:27,549 --> 00:48:30,632
at 26 years old, you know,
with a five year old son.

896
00:48:30,634 --> 00:48:33,052
I kind of need something
a little bit more stable.

897
00:48:33,054 --> 00:48:34,219
The reason I'm dressed
like this today

898
00:48:34,221 --> 00:48:36,431
is 'cause I'm actually
out looking for

899
00:48:36,433 --> 00:48:38,433
a more of a corporate job.

900
00:48:38,435 --> 00:48:41,978
So this is where my career
got started right here.

901
00:48:41,980 --> 00:48:43,061
I used to manage this warehouse.

902
00:48:43,063 --> 00:48:45,148
This is my dad's retail division

903
00:48:45,150 --> 00:48:47,190
flooring and tile superstore.

904
00:48:47,192 --> 00:48:49,694
This is what I used to
do and stuff in here.

905
00:48:49,696 --> 00:48:52,529
I actually built all this shit.

906
00:48:52,531 --> 00:48:55,074
Everything you see in
here was built by me.

907
00:48:55,076 --> 00:48:56,116
All those carpets right there,

908
00:48:56,118 --> 00:48:57,076
I used to roll them up.

909
00:48:57,078 --> 00:48:58,578
It was a pain in the ass.

910
00:48:58,580 --> 00:49:00,496
When I first was
employed with Richards,

911
00:49:00,498 --> 00:49:01,956
I was 21 years old

912
00:49:01,958 --> 00:49:04,586
and my family had found out then

913
00:49:06,087 --> 00:49:09,924
and was not as shocked as I
was kinda hoping they'd be,

914
00:49:10,174 --> 00:49:10,591
really.

915
00:49:11,592 --> 00:49:14,217
The second go-around,
they weren't as happy.

916
00:49:14,219 --> 00:49:15,677
Just because of
where I came from,

917
00:49:15,679 --> 00:49:19,014
but it was more
understandable because,

918
00:49:19,016 --> 00:49:20,349
it's like, shit, you gotta
make money, you know?

919
00:49:20,351 --> 00:49:23,436
I mean you got a
mortgage and utilities

920
00:49:23,438 --> 00:49:25,103
and the fucking car payment.

921
00:49:25,105 --> 00:49:26,730
You know, got my son to
provide for and everything.

922
00:49:26,732 --> 00:49:27,984
So they knew...

923
00:49:29,610 --> 00:49:31,069
You know, it's like I
wasn't trying to make

924
00:49:31,071 --> 00:49:32,445
a career out of it for
the rest of my life,

925
00:49:32,447 --> 00:49:35,614
but at least it shows
that I'm willing to do

926
00:49:35,616 --> 00:49:36,782
what I gotta do right now.

927
00:49:36,784 --> 00:49:39,744
The club never impedes on
my life because it's a job.

928
00:49:39,746 --> 00:49:41,286
Just like when
people go to work,

929
00:49:41,288 --> 00:49:43,038
when they leave work,
they leave work at work.

930
00:49:43,040 --> 00:49:44,623
That's just how it is.

931
00:49:44,625 --> 00:49:46,541
Now, I may meet with
clients or whatever

932
00:49:46,543 --> 00:49:48,043
that I'll go have lunch
with or dinner with

933
00:49:48,045 --> 00:49:50,295
or stuff like that.

934
00:49:50,297 --> 00:49:51,297
But that's just,
it is what it is.

935
00:49:51,299 --> 00:49:53,007
It never impedes on my life.

936
00:50:08,065 --> 00:50:10,692
The freedom that I've achieved

937
00:50:10,694 --> 00:50:12,275
being a part of this industry

938
00:50:12,277 --> 00:50:15,991
and learning about the
community that I'm in,

939
00:50:17,324 --> 00:50:18,491
priceless.

940
00:50:18,493 --> 00:50:20,659
How amazing for me that I get to

941
00:50:20,661 --> 00:50:22,578
engage with an audience

942
00:50:22,580 --> 00:50:26,750
and be able to have that effect,
that impact in their life.

943
00:50:28,127 --> 00:50:31,503
That's, I mean, that's
a passion of mine

944
00:50:31,505 --> 00:50:35,134
and it just so happens
that it's attached

945
00:50:36,136 --> 00:50:38,261
with being an erotic dancer

946
00:50:38,263 --> 00:50:40,387
and it's attached to
being a singer songwriter

947
00:50:40,389 --> 00:50:42,098
and a musician.

948
00:50:42,100 --> 00:50:42,931
I think I would only have
the right to be afraid

949
00:50:42,933 --> 00:50:44,851
if I was ashamed
of what I was doing

950
00:50:44,853 --> 00:50:47,228
and I'm not ashamed
of what I do.

951
00:50:47,230 --> 00:50:51,190
That's why I'm not affected
by what people think

952
00:50:51,192 --> 00:50:53,400
of what I do as a dancer

953
00:50:53,402 --> 00:50:55,360
or what I do as a musician.

954
00:50:55,362 --> 00:50:59,533
As long as my efforts are to
make everyone else's life,

955
00:51:01,243 --> 00:51:03,536
you know, an enjoyable event

956
00:51:03,538 --> 00:51:06,204
and I share that with them,

957
00:51:06,206 --> 00:51:08,042
I'm gold in my book.

958
00:51:09,210 --> 00:51:10,335
Back when I was 21 years old

959
00:51:10,337 --> 00:51:13,214
and I'd first started stripping,

960
00:51:14,757 --> 00:51:17,717
one, the morale of the
club was different.

961
00:51:17,719 --> 00:51:20,302
The group of dancers
were so much different.

962
00:51:20,304 --> 00:51:21,637
It wasn't so...

963
00:51:21,639 --> 00:51:23,389
Everybody wasn't
so money hungry.

964
00:51:23,391 --> 00:51:24,641
It's different strokes
for different folks

965
00:51:24,643 --> 00:51:26,726
in a place like that, big time.

966
00:51:26,728 --> 00:51:27,893
Because you've got customers

967
00:51:27,895 --> 00:51:31,230
that like to be hustled,
knowing they're being hustled,

968
00:51:31,232 --> 00:51:32,607
and they're just okay with it.

969
00:51:32,609 --> 00:51:35,150
Then you got the people
who like the softer guy

970
00:51:35,152 --> 00:51:37,570
who's, you know, "Oh yeah,
it's not about the money,

971
00:51:37,572 --> 00:51:39,279
it's not about this."

972
00:51:39,281 --> 00:51:41,282
Even when everybody fuckin'
knows it's about the money.

973
00:51:43,744 --> 00:51:45,411
First time I was ever
dancing at Swinging Richards,

974
00:51:45,413 --> 00:51:46,746
I was fine.

975
00:51:46,748 --> 00:51:47,954
I've always been the
center of attention,

976
00:51:47,956 --> 00:51:50,248
I've always wanted to make sure
everybody was looking at me.

977
00:51:50,250 --> 00:51:52,376
It just made it easier.

978
00:51:52,378 --> 00:51:54,878
When I worked at
Richards the first time,

979
00:51:54,880 --> 00:51:58,299
I was pretty much willing
to do whatever it took

980
00:51:58,301 --> 00:52:00,259
to make that dollar right then.

981
00:52:00,261 --> 00:52:02,427
You know, that dollar
that's in your face,

982
00:52:02,429 --> 00:52:03,596
that you know you can get it,

983
00:52:03,598 --> 00:52:07,266
you know you're gonna
be a fuckin' idiot

984
00:52:07,268 --> 00:52:09,143
if you don't walk
away with this money.

985
00:52:09,145 --> 00:52:10,436
So whatever it takes
to get that money

986
00:52:10,438 --> 00:52:13,438
out of their pocket
and into your pocket,

987
00:52:13,440 --> 00:52:15,273
you're gonna do.

988
00:52:15,275 --> 00:52:17,777
Well, the second
go-round, I've learned

989
00:52:17,779 --> 00:52:19,737
that money is not
that important.

990
00:52:19,739 --> 00:52:21,614
The one thing that led me
back into Swinging Richards

991
00:52:21,616 --> 00:52:24,534
was the fact that
I had lost my job

992
00:52:24,536 --> 00:52:26,326
and we had...

993
00:52:26,328 --> 00:52:29,204
I mean, I didn't have any
source of income coming in.

994
00:52:29,206 --> 00:52:31,290
I was instilled with,
when I was making

995
00:52:31,292 --> 00:52:33,793
a couple of bad decisions
when my kid was first born,

996
00:52:33,795 --> 00:52:35,795
my father told me, he said,

997
00:52:35,797 --> 00:52:38,213
"When it's decision
making time," he said,

998
00:52:38,215 --> 00:52:40,717
"Just think about it
like what would your son

999
00:52:40,719 --> 00:52:41,925
want you to do?

1000
00:52:41,927 --> 00:52:44,262
If your son was right
there watching you

1001
00:52:44,264 --> 00:52:45,471
make these decisions,

1002
00:52:45,473 --> 00:52:48,683
how would you present
yourself to him?"

1003
00:52:48,685 --> 00:52:51,436
And you know, that has been
instilled in me ever since then.

1004
00:52:51,438 --> 00:52:52,728
I can't fuck up now,

1005
00:52:52,730 --> 00:52:55,355
because every time I
get in the position

1006
00:52:55,357 --> 00:52:57,733
to make a bad
decision, I'm thinking,

1007
00:52:57,735 --> 00:52:58,692
what's my son thinking?

1008
00:52:58,694 --> 00:53:00,737
What would he want me to do?

1009
00:53:00,739 --> 00:53:03,655
How would a genuine
kid like that

1010
00:53:03,657 --> 00:53:07,453
want his father to
respond in this situation?

1011
00:53:09,456 --> 00:53:12,415
And obviously my kid's
not gonna want me to do

1012
00:53:12,417 --> 00:53:14,708
half the shit that you
do in there for money.

1013
00:53:34,272 --> 00:53:35,020
It's what I do.

1014
00:53:35,022 --> 00:53:36,396
It's what I'm comfortable with.

1015
00:53:36,398 --> 00:53:37,648
It's who I am

1016
00:53:37,650 --> 00:53:39,775
and if somebody's going
to judge me for that,

1017
00:53:39,777 --> 00:53:41,944
let them judge me.

1018
00:53:41,946 --> 00:53:44,697
I mean, people are
going to judge you

1019
00:53:44,699 --> 00:53:47,202
every single day of your life.

1020
00:53:48,243 --> 00:53:50,328
But I'm just outspoken

1021
00:53:50,330 --> 00:53:53,331
and I tend to use this
philosophy that I don't care.

1022
00:53:53,333 --> 00:53:55,875
I do care, I just apply tact
where it needs to be applied

1023
00:53:55,877 --> 00:53:58,710
and sometimes it doesn't
need to be applied.

1024
00:53:58,712 --> 00:54:00,922
In many ways, this kind of
environment can be one of those

1025
00:54:00,924 --> 00:54:03,507
places where it doesn't
need to be applied at all.

1026
00:54:26,449 --> 00:54:28,659
I feel that I'm very, uh...

1027
00:54:30,328 --> 00:54:33,663
Very fortunate to be able
to work in an environment

1028
00:54:33,665 --> 00:54:36,040
that feels so natural to me.

1029
00:54:36,042 --> 00:54:38,750
You know, I enjoy
interacting with my audience.

1030
00:54:38,752 --> 00:54:41,295
I enjoy meeting new people.

1031
00:54:41,297 --> 00:54:44,426
I enjoy exposing
people to themselves

1032
00:54:45,592 --> 00:54:48,302
and helping them understand
and accept themselves.

1033
00:54:48,304 --> 00:54:50,929
That's why we're
here, on this Earth.

1034
00:54:50,931 --> 00:54:54,308
To grow internally, spiritually.

1035
00:54:54,310 --> 00:54:56,351
To learn about who we are

1036
00:54:56,353 --> 00:54:58,020
and what our abilities are

1037
00:54:58,022 --> 00:55:00,355
and what we're capable of.

1038
00:55:00,357 --> 00:55:04,319
And then turn around and
share that with others.

1039
00:55:04,321 --> 00:55:05,610
It's definitely
something, though,

1040
00:55:05,612 --> 00:55:08,405
that when I'm 40 I will
definitely look back

1041
00:55:08,407 --> 00:55:10,949
and be like, what
the fuck, you know?

1042
00:55:10,951 --> 00:55:14,871
I mean, I used to swing
on a fuckin' pole.

1043
00:55:14,873 --> 00:55:17,081
Not that much, but you know.

1044
00:55:17,083 --> 00:55:20,587
Definitely been on the
pole once or twice.

1045
00:55:23,130 --> 00:55:27,090
As the oldest employee
of Swinging Richards,

1046
00:55:27,092 --> 00:55:28,134
I have to stand my ground

1047
00:55:28,136 --> 00:55:32,474
and let the professionals
do what they do best.

1048
00:55:34,391 --> 00:55:36,935
So I'm extremely
old fashioned.

1049
00:55:40,982 --> 00:55:42,815
I do what I love
and I love what I do.

1050
00:55:42,817 --> 00:55:46,987
You can't live your life
unless you're doing that.

1051
00:55:50,407 --> 00:55:51,366
Can't do this forever.

1052
00:55:51,368 --> 00:55:53,328
Unless you're Steven.

1053
00:55:54,828 --> 00:55:57,454
'Cause he looks
good when he's 40.

1054
00:55:57,456 --> 00:55:58,915
I didn't say that on camera!

1055
00:55:58,917 --> 00:56:00,750
36... 32.

1056
00:56:00,752 --> 00:56:02,043
- 36.
- 27!

1057
00:56:02,045 --> 00:56:04,420
27 for the 19th time.

1058
00:56:04,422 --> 00:56:05,045
Anyway, um...

1059
00:56:05,047 --> 00:56:07,049
I'm kidding.

1060
00:56:09,511 --> 00:56:10,509
You know your heart.

1061
00:56:10,511 --> 00:56:13,846
If you know your mind
and you achieve to learn

1062
00:56:13,848 --> 00:56:15,931
and grow every day,

1063
00:56:15,933 --> 00:56:18,976
I don't think there's
anything that becomes

1064
00:56:18,978 --> 00:56:21,814
more empowering
in life than that.

1065
00:56:23,023 --> 00:56:23,984
Just, uh...

1066
00:56:25,567 --> 00:56:28,529
Just something that's
part of my life.

1067
00:56:33,409 --> 00:56:35,534
The old showbiz
phrase of always...

1068
00:56:35,536 --> 00:56:37,913
Always leave them wanting more.

1069
00:56:37,915 --> 00:56:38,996
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