Posted on 12/28/2006 7:09:49 AM PST by Cagey
BIRMINGHAM, ALA. — The strippers at Sammy's have a few tools of the trade: Thongs, garter belts stuffed with $1 bills, 6-inch heels — and now, spray-on bikinis.
Under a settlement between 18 adult nightclubs and the Alabama attorney general's office, dancers are spritzing their buttocks and breasts with flesh-colored latex to comply with the state's anti-nudity law, one of the nation's most restrictive.
The Alabama law that regulates exotic dancers states that any skin that would normally be covered by a modest bikini must be swathed in an opaque covering. But the law doesn't specify what kind of material must be used, so, in the legal sense, a nylon swimsuit and spray-on latex are virtually the same.
Club operators figured out that a combination of thongs and latex spray — most commonly used as theatrical makeup — would meet the law's restrictions if dancers used the rubber to cover themselves in just the right places.
The state, which already was defending against a lawsuit filed by strip clubs challenging the law, says it reluctantly went along with the clubs rather than having a federal judge follow through on his threat to throw out the entire statue as unconstitutional.
"The choice we were faced with was some covering or no covering," said Keith Miller, the chief deputy attorney general.
And, you want to be my latex salesman?
Pics???!!!
HERE'S TO ALL SINGLE MOMS WORKING THROUGH COLLEGE!!
I want to apply the masking...
What a stupid law.
Add it to the list. It includes 99% of all of them.
IBTP
Vandelay Industries, to the rescue!
I was thinking more along the lines of latex sprayer.
Or finger-painting?
Alabama's next step will be to require an alternative to latex for those with allergies...
she is covered.
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