I saw a doc a few years ago about Mandrake the Magician who was born in New Westminster/Vancouver.
Part of the doc was devoted to how Vaudville changed into the striptease club scene in the fifties.
They interviewed a couple of the old school strip tease dancers because in his later years Mandrake did the strip tease circuit.
Those old dolls were amazing and at the time of the doc were still working.
Gotta love those gals!!!!!!
A lot of talent came out of those old burlesque houses. That's where Bob Fosse got his start.
But as I said, what you have now is something different. It's very cold and all about money. Strip joints in NYC are very big among a certain type of Wall Streeter.