Strippers help tease back New Orleans nightlife

[420inTN]

Nice to see things getting back to normal :sarcasm:

Wed Sep 21, 2005 3:14 PM ET

By Matt Daily

NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - In a sign that things may be returning to normal in New Orleans, strip shows are back in the city's famous French Quarter.

Erotic dancers and strippers are entertaining crowds of police, firefighters and military personnel instead of the usual audiences of drunken conventioneers and tourists in Bourbon Street's Deja Vu club, which reopened this week.

It's the first strip joint to resume business, three weeks after Hurricane Katrina struck in the worst natural disaster ever to hit the United States.

"It's nice to get back to work, and all these men need some entertainment," Dawn Beasley, 27, a dancer at the club, said on Tuesday night. "They haven't seen anybody but their buddies for two weeks."

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[Carolab]

1. What? You mean they weren't evacuated for health reasons?

Isn't there a real risk to them being there?

Dripping with
:sarcasm:

[jayctravis]

2. I've heard some restaurants in areas were basically untouched.

And there's probably a lot of stressed people.

There were strippers before the hurricane, and there probably will be after. A return of normalcy for these people is nice.

I hope they stay safe, it's a very rough profession which for many ends in unhappiness.

[Carolab]

3. I don't blame the girls for making a buck.

But the rescue workers act like they are having a freaking party down there. It's like the f'ing Green Zone.

[Wizard777]

8. All work and no play makes Jack a Homicidal Maniac.

The American creed. Work hard all day and party hard all night. It's what makes America great.

[freeplessinseattle]

9. ya gotta let off steam at some point.

and the girls are only charging a buck for a lap dance, and the entry fee is waived. after seeing so much sorrow and unspeakable sights I don't begrudge them escaping with a little fun and femininity.

[Sydnie]

4. Could this have something to do with Rep. Poe's speech this morning?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x4836818

Could the first responders have gotten some fema debit cards for "emergency lap dances"? :rofl:

[Fescue4u]

5. If you don't support the arts

They wont always be there

[TlalocW]

6. But I thought God purged New Orleans of all sin!

How could these girls be back in town?

TlalocW

[BringEmOn]

7. Jenna boosting morale