Life as a Truck-Stop Stripper
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- Опубліковано 12 чер 2024
- Everyone knows what charming places strip clubs can be, but perhaps there is no club so charming as one in Moriarty, New Mexico-a truck stop with taxidermy and the bras of former employees on the walls, a few poles, a shitload of black light, and plenty of titties. Never mind that The Ultimate Strip Club List website describes it as the place "where strippers go to die."
Natalia Leite and Alexandra Roxo go Gonzo as they pose as strippers and experience something that can be best described as a Marina Abramovic performance crossed with a bizarro episode of Wife Swap directed by David Lynch's daughters, set in the type of place where a one eyed guy who shot himself in the head dispenses meditation advice to two naked women.
00:00 Introduction
02:50 Going Undercover as Strippers
11:16 Meeting Daisy
14:30 Meeting Mocha
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Not sure if I was watching a documentary, a lana del rey video or a cheap ass horror movie
lana del rey video lmao
i love vice documentaries but not this one.
Lol omg that is too funny!!!
Sepp Heinzl 😂😂☠
sure*
this should be renamed: bored white girls play pretend
Ignorant white girls...don't forget ignorant...
Completely agree, unfortunately. :/
Bored white girls need to get bitch slapped
exactly
Thanks for putting into words what I couldn't, this is such poverty porn, touristy bullshit.
These girls took Lana Del Rey’s ride video to heart
literally!!! lol
Lmao FR!!!! 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 I was thinking the same thing!! Dead AF 💀💀💀💀
Yesssss ikr 😂😂😂
HAAAAAA
I worked at a truck stop strip club for around 6 years. I actually REALLY REALLY REALLY liked it. The one I worked at was a little different to the one in this video. Where I worked they didn't serve alcohol, because it was considered a truck stop, and they didn't want to serve alcohol to people who's job is literally to drive for long hours. At first I thought I would never make any money in that place, but it turned out to be an advantage, at least for the girls. Since there was no alcohol there were no drunk, belligerent guys. If someone tried to enter the club drunk the bouncer wouldn't let them in. 95% of the guys that came in were really respectful and nice. I had a lot of regular customers that turned out to be some of the best people I have ever met, and still talk to today (12yrs later, and we really are just FRIENDS). 99% of the girls I worked with were so amazingly sweet and kind. Nobody "stepped on each other's toes" (tried to "steal regulars"). I am still friends with several girls I worked with. That wasn't the first or last strip club I worked in. I've worked in some bad places in some bad cities. Dangerous places with dangerous staff/girls-strippers/patrons. One night one of the girls I was working with got shot, she's now paralyzed. I've seen girls overdose and die in front of me, the other girls and staff (owner/bouncers/patrons). The staff just said "we'll let's clean everything up and get rid of the patrons we think are holding drugs before we call the police". The truck stop strip club was literally one of the nicest/best jobs I've ever had. The staff/girls were amazing, the patrons were wonderful, and not to mention the money was good. On a bad day (which didn't happen very often) I would walk away with $200 for a 6hr shift. $33 an hour wasn't too bad, especially for like 12yrs ago. Most week days were $300-$600 days. Weekends were $600-$1,200 days. And since I was there for around 6yrs and had regular customers, I built up good relationships with them and had my phone bill paid for, car insurance paid for, etc. I also liked it because it was a smaller place and there would only be 5-9 girls working per shift (we were open 24hrs). It was much easier to make money like that since the place was so small. It would have been impossible to make any money if there were 20-30 girls a shift like there were in some places I worked. I could never do what I used to do (I'm too old, medication has made me gain a lot of weight/I'm not pretty enough anymore, and I'm disabled now), but I will never regret working at that truck stop strip club, and I still to this day cherish the people I have in my life because of that place.
thank you for sharing!
@@rubydoo222 thank you for taking the time to read my long comment 🥰🥰
@@i_bleed_makeup1187 that sounds like a really nice deal, especially if you enjoyed it so much! Thank you for sharing!
im ngl that sounds pretty dope. glad u had a generally great experience!
Your story's actually genuinely interesting. They should've made a documentary about you!
I have a big issue with this documentary. It just feels like a couple of New York hipsters making a film with no real understanding of the people who's jobs they are undertaking for a week -- people who, unlike the directors, may enjoy it or even have no choice in the matter. This should be about the women doing it for a living; instead, the directors have made a movie about how brave they are to have undertaken such a daring feat. Many scenes are very clearly sensationalized, and some are completely faked. The directors seem to actively undermine what they'd set out to do; the obviously scripted "chase sequence" at the end of the video makes this rather apparent. The result is insensitive, condescending and downright exploitative of the women who actually do this for a living. This is shameful.
Agreed! This is one of the dumbest, most contrived, supposed documentaries that I have ever seen. The Walmart and Tumbleweed kicking scenes were pretentiously pointless, as well.
spoons that was exactly my feeling. Total ignorance. I get the feeling though they try to act like it's some big look into the lifestyle and see this video as a very back handed way to showcase their "superiority" to those in that situation. I felt the video was very expoitative! Just a couple spoiled children who have never experienced anything near what others experience on a daily! They shed no light on anything. I feel like they just really wanted to try it and the video was there justification in their mind that removes all the negativities of guilt and shame and public scrutiny. They can still continue their lives as if they are "good girls" who care about these people's plights! Sad thing is I just wasted my valuable time feeding them with a visit and writing an opinion! Which encourages them to make more garbage!
On a side note. I have been pole dancing for a year at home. I was looking through videos for ideas when I came on this. While I only dance/ exercise in the privacy of my home and my husband is my only spectator. From my research into pole fitness: Woman who take up pole dance classes feel stronger, have better bodies and body image and actually feel empowered and are actually supported my other women instead of competing and tearing each other down. It is a very rewarding and difficult sport. Many women who pole dance in clubs are not always being exploited they are taking advantage of a situation as old as time.
I completely agree.
"I'm coming over there to get you! I'm really angry about what you said!"
The 40 year old woman that they talked to is absolutely gorgeous, she has beautiful eyes and seems to be such a kind soul.
trust me that lady is crazy. Kill you in your sleep crazy.
Yep, the kinda girl that'll suck your soul out for a dollar😂
I wonder who she is
The dude with one eye might be a serial killer
Are you 12?
Daisy is alot like a 40 something year old stripper I know. She too loves her job because of the people and actually takes time to get to know a bit about them instead of only asking about things that will make her money. Because of that she is the most popular one in her club and makes the most by far despite some other girls being half her age.
What does she ask?
yeah because daisy gives favors and you know it
Was there not a strip club in New York you could have ignored the women in?
Tawny Strausbaugh Facts!! Arrogant “journalists”..... 🤦🏻♀️
Lmao
..um..you actually need some class to strip in New York smh
Lmfaooooo
A NY STRIPCLUB?!?!?! are you mad, they were trying to make a documentary not get themselves beaten to death
**Casually changes in middle of walmart**
Worked at Wal-Mart in my teens. It happens.
I thought I was the only one that was suprised by that
Unfortunately these producers ( for lack of a better term) had and have no business suggesting these woman do this because they choose to be strippers... Feeding nothing but a stereotype sadly
Yeah, that was ridiculous.
It's Walmart shit like that happens all the time
It started strong and ended up with a dark simple life vibe with a lot of acting and more about them then the struggles these dangers face.
I'm sorry ladies, this brought back a lot for me. I've been clean for 4 years. Most of my best friends and even my mother were working gals. I cooked dope or did anything else I could to survive but that doesn't mean I made it out Scott free. I give working girls alot of respect.
I'm glad I'm not the only one that noticed this was a fabricated mess.
the fake ass chase scene at the end was ridiculous, the guy was clearly wearing a mic, no way being that far away from him as well as running away would you be able to hear him that clearly!!
This was the beginning of their downfall, but they're doing better lately
what kinda strip club lets you just film everyone in there
Of course it's fabricated HS, done to get attention, likes and money, wasn't that the point?
Yeah also the part where they go like to cry at the start it's so fucking fake, like why would you cry when you have yourself made the decision to do this 😂
Changing pants in the middle of Walmart and no one bats an eye, That’s accurate as crap.
Glenn Smith ‘that was, like, so edgy’...
That was probably the highlight of the year for the security guy+every other male worker. It is Walmart in far bumble fk.
People Of Walmart.....😂🤣
right .
I feel like you’ve never been to Walmart outside of a city
“Let’s go voluntarily make ourselves victims and have it be too much for us even though it’s a choice to us and not the he actual strippers we won’t interview”
Lol
I’m sure they would’ve interviewed more girls if they had agreed to be on camera. I would find it very surprising to see a line of strippers raising their hands to be shown on a stranger’s documentary. This is a dangerous line of work. And not something you don’t typically want exposure for, unless you find a way to make a feature dancing career out of it. They were lucky to find the couple that were as open as they were.
you have to admit the cinematography was amazing. They know how to frame a shot
You shouldn't have put yourselves in the story, just tell other people's stories.
Princess C 5 minutes in and clearly everything is about them.
It's just a different form of story telling. There are different documentaries for what you want
these VICE girls should've just invest in Bitcoin, stocks, and real estate. It does not taking a genius. But i guess that is too much out these girls comfort zone. Maybe these girls just love the DARK SIDE no matter how crappy it is. Wonder if VICE paid them a good chuck of money to go out to these shitty truck stop clubs.
Sorry. This along with the great cinematography was way more interesting. It's hardly about the subject matter but the characters.
yeah but then they wouldn't get as much attention
This is disappointing. Women in these industries are already marginalised, it would have been so much more powerful to hear them tell their own stories, rather than distorted through the lens of the filmmaker's biased opinion of their livelihood. The title shouldn't be "life as a truck stop stripper", it should be "what happens when two city girls pretend to be truck stop strippers for a week and can't really handle it". Respect to all the women actually making it work in tough industries like this one.
Thank you!
Agreed!
I respect the hardened prostitutes way more than these girls. They provide a needed service.
Well said.
+WeeItsNookies ever tried it?
Gotta give you props ladies, the fact that you actually committed to experiencing the fullness of others puts you in a category most never achieve. You’re braver than most. Was a very interesting video.
The first time I ever set foot in a place like this was when I went to apply.
It is absolutely foreign territory. Everything in most movie and music videos is completely off base. I went home absolutely shell shocked the first night. It is far harder on you mentally than it is physically... and it's extremely hard physically!
First job interview in a place like that, they had us name every type and brand of alcohol. Was very weird, vegas.
@@youpoops Well I mean it was a bar. Lol
@@Badfishtooo it was a strip club and when i say every type of alcohol i mean it.
Former dancer of 13 yrs and everything these 2 greenies went threw with custys and other dancers is exactly what happens everyday in every strip club no matter how "upscale" or trashy the place looks. We cope with it by growing THICK skin. We all go home and cry at some point in our first weeks, its usually the freedom that money will give us, that keeps us going. My first weekend (2 night shifts Friday and Saturday) I bought home 5k. That was 3 mths after 9/11. What that ment for me was getting out of my foster home, first car and first apartment all right then. That alone was enough to keep me dancing. It also enabled me to focus on getting help from my messed up childhood. (Which is a common theme among dancers)
Good for you, I have no clue what you went through but it must have been tough.
Hope your doing well 🙃
Respect to you. We all do what we do to survive. Kudos to all survivors.
Good for you!! Thanks for sharing your story babe💜💜💜
What dat booty do???
@@zektre2059 obviously get paid by douchebags like you, to just look at it......
Everyone is missing how scary this truly is. She was barefoot in a Wal-Mart.
She was knocking on death's doors
Lol
Lol welcome to Edgewood New Mexico
I think you forgot she changed in the middle of the fucking aisle too
Gross!
“Do you like to floss while you suck?” Made me literally put my food down. I could not get myself to eat again after seeing this
I highly doubt he did any shaving himself. 😂
YUP - Once the dude's started talking I wanted someone to save them.
Hair pie has more advantages then one thinks .
It's actually hilarious that they went shopping at Wal-Mart for stripper clothes lol
I need to go to
Wal-mart !
@@Kat.Evangeline what kind of clothes are you looking for there?
I demand a do over for this doc. Next time real stories.
Agreed!
Yes!
tf makes you think you can demand anything from vice?
@@lolaaaaaaaaaaaa clearly the sarcasm in my original post flew right over your head.
@@antoinettekminor yeah my bad 😅
These girl tried too hard in editing. Instead of focusing on the story, they added pointless scenes of kicking rocks and dancing in walmart in slow mo. They seemed more focused on the look of the documentary then the content. I also felt that this topic was stupid. Why did they pick the most out of nowhere town and the most out of nowhere club to dance at, and then complain that you can't make any money. They should of gone to a real stripclub in vegas or LA and shown the plight of being one of the girls at a busy stripclub. Not just a slow middle of nowhere club. Thats not the "real" woman. Just a small selected amount that no one can relate to
More interested in themselves and their hotness.
Shinok.ps.24
They are film-makers, making an editorial on their perception of this particular social condition. Why go to a Vegas or Louisiana ;LA, Los Angeles is L.A.? That is like saying a film about the Grand Canyon should be shot in Hawaii because not all craters are as dry and in the middle of no where. And your reference to real women is not only offensive but severely out of touch and inaccurate. For however populated cities like Miami, New York City, Las Vegas, Atlanta, and Austin may be; the presence of strip clubs per capita is highest is in rural industrial, or suburban areas. And to your surprise although earnings at the top tier clubs that you would have preffered have been documented to show a real woman's plight are grossly higher than that of their lower tier counterparts; the individual performers' income is equally dependent on their profit after that of pay out to management, food and beverage, security, and talent management. In a higher grossing establishment every party's fee is higher essentially rendering the remaining yields comparable once again to their counterpart. Please be more selective and careful with your words next time, they are your opinions; those of which you are entirely free to make but out of respect for the intelligence amassed by those reading, please think before so.
mmo8bcn8 This was my opinion. One which I am entirely free to make. Your is too. It is quite rude to question my intelligence. All the things you said are true and I see your point. All I am saying Is that the filmmakers did not capture the essence of what it's like to be a truck stop stripper. Instead, they focused more so on themselves and tried too hard to be artsy. Furthermore, no one can really relate to or knows about truck stop strippers , so when the filmmakers fail to capture what it's like and educate you, you feel as though you wasted your time. I feel as though I learned nothing by watching this expect that the filmmakers had a hard time being strippers. Not really a shocker. Anyone would if put into the situation they put themselves into
I liked the slow mo. It helps convey the feeling of going through such an experience. The experience does often feel like you're in slow mo and dancing in parking lots. It's a crazy experience.
As someone who was previously in the industry, I must say you didn't get paid merely enough for ANY of the things that you were doing. I understand that it was a documentary, but you were getting paid to dance, all the while could have been getting paid for some of those conversations. Also I am glad that you two made it out safety. Hope you got what you wanted from making this film.
Well done, the cinematography, editing and mood pulled this together so well. Keep this up, please 🙏
I love vice but this doc missed the mark. Doesn’t get real enough about the actual workers experience. Feels more like a slightly offensive mockery by two un relatable girls that get to play pretend for a week. They complain about how badly it sucks, and how their poor little knees are bruised and their hands are dirty, then they go back to living their nice New York life. Doc seemed way more about them than the actual women that live this reality 👎🏽
👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
ErryandJax You’re right. Off the mark for Vice.
It was there experience as normal girls not coming from a poor environment and they state clearly ‘I don’t know how these girls do it’. It’s good they made this doco to get some reality out of it for people wanting to get into this profession. I think they are very brave to put themselves in different womens positions to get an experience on what it is like.
ErryandJax they literally spent time with a whole stripper. What more do you want ? Have these women do this for 10 years and then make a documentary?
ErryandJax I AGREE
So, instead of talking to and engaging with actual strippers there who have real life experiences, they figured out how to centralize themselves and make this about them and their 1 week pretend trial? Sometimes Vice gets it, other times it's this *exits
Yeah that’s true. I like the doc but your right
I think it's important that they did this. Especially nowadays with girls FLOODING social media(tiktok!) about how EASY it is to do s€x work. So many young girls talk about leaving school to become strippers/make an OF/whatever. And this shows how your average girl can't just go there and make 10k a night with "no touching" Or not doing any actual s€x work.
💯 This comments needs to be in the description 😂
I’m glad I wasn’t the only one thinking this
They did talk to (at least, I'm still watching) the one older, well-adjusted stripper. And now she is talking to one of the other strippers after washing their hands in the bathroom... and now a more in depth interview and shopping with her. Did anyone here agreeing with OP's comment actually WATCH the whole video?
Also, maybe most of them just don't want to be interviewed on camera by these two random girls from out of town who are taking money out of their hands.
watching this 10 years later gives me so much nostalgia for some reason.
Same I used to be obsessed with this when I was younger LOL
Wow that was a tough assignment you girls got yourselves into. That took balls of steel. Well done, much respect!
Let me sum this one up for ya
Red head goes out to stripper hole in the middle of nowhere trying to feel used
Ends up feeling used, cries for "Someone that love her" to hold her. Ultimately we learn that the "artsy" girls from New York have no fucking idea what they're doing
The End
She didn't want to feel "used" they are poor and need money douche bag. leave them alone.
Hey Douchebag? They said at the start they're doing just fine. Shut the fuck up "DJ Kitten" lmao. But nice whiteknighting +10
Couldn't of said it better myself.
+Flyboy Guru Simps are gunna simp,
Wow, 2 Broke Girls took a dark turn this season.
Sam Nickelson well played my nigga well played
Sam Nickelson this is what 2 broke girls looks like in real life.
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Been there! It’s a rough way to make a living seriously it’s no joke! Haters and people that judge don’t understand the position some moms are willing to put themselves in to take care of the children they bring into the world when they find themselves alone and with little choice, that was a temporary thing but the judgment on myself was probably more harsh then what some others had on me. I still have all of my children with me thou and they are all grown and great. I still have my special needs daughter at home 😊 she is 30 now so I would do it again if I needed to.
I don't judge. My aunt is a widow with 6 children, she used to do prostitution, I don't know for how long time she did it because her husband died in 2022. I noticed that she used to do prostitution Everytime I used to go there for Holidays. All her children ( my cousins) are grown and 4 of them are married with College degree. I don't judge Never. Because we don't know what makes people end up in that situation.
Cheers
i have way more respect for someone who at least tries instead of just the abortion route off the rip. Props to you. Hold your head high knowing you did what you had to do in order to better your life and your childs life!
@@bGXeNo1 thank you so much.
Respect to a real one!
The privilege of these two women is astounding.
I like what this documentary is striving to do and the message behind it but it fails hard. The biggest problem being the film makers themselves. They came in with a pretty ignorant sense of what this is going to be like. Making jokes, laughing around then flat out crying the first night. It was also VERY over dramatized with the unnecessary closeups and what not. I'd rather hear it from an actual stripper who goes through this every day. This documentary seemed like a mockery of actual real women.
What do you think stripping should be like?
THIS! Thank you!
stupid fucking hipster bitches
I think they failed to show what actual strippers go through, but they did a good job of showing the overall atmosphere and what it's like (as first timers and whatnot)
Bad Actresses
It would've been a lot more interesting to film the experiences of actual sex workers. Not some NY girls on a business trip being paid by Vice. Preferably someone who is in this line of work in order to make a living. They don't need anyone to sympathize and explain how hard their jobs are.
harvardlsd I feel it's insulting to women who have no other options and they seems to be making a mockery of this. This is some people's reality, BE RESPECTFUL!
Well said
powerful, one of the most intense and real videos I have watched of yours.
Wow this really was a Great documentary. I think actually doing it hands-on and having the experience made it more authentic. I’m sure a lot of girls that actually do this every day didn’t really want to have their business plastered out there but you living it first hand gave us the experience we needed to know. Thank you for not sugarcoating it and keeping it raw
Yeah but I urge you to watch a second time and notice how a lot of these seemingly scary situations appear to be fabricated for dramatic effect. Like the guy asking them to film a porno and then chasing them on their way back to the motel. That seemed so poorly acted and stilted and false. Also there were a few scenes with music and camera work to make it look more dramatic or like the girls were crying when if you look closer they were actually laughing. I really love this video and came back to watch it again after all these years and couldn’t help but notice these things. And I was disappointed. I thought this was supposed to be journalism not exaggerated scenarios that were fabricated to prove a point.
Except for the fact that after a week they’re going back to their nice apartment in New York. Hardly feels authentic if you know you’re getting out of it.
"We'll start tonight" footage of multiple days before they actually start working
Footage of multiple days before they started working still doesn't mean they didn't start on the night they said they would be starting. It just means they did some filming before they agreed to start working.
love your hair!
Is someone confused about what editing is...
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right LOL
Honestly, 2 middle class girls spending a week doing a job that other girls and women Do just to survive. I don't think they even really touch on the issues associated with being a truck stop stripper. I don't think I can sit through this!
That was the point. They know they are privileged and cannot truly manage what the real truck stop strippers do to survive. The point was that they can only touch on the actual issues. The deeper point of this was to attempt to put yourself in the shoes of others, for the purpose of attempting not necessarily succeeding at it fully. The latter would be patronising, like these rich girls coming to strip and actually succeeding at it would be equal to them being better at living the life of a truck stop stripper. It's a matter of empathy and trying to see the truckers and the strippers as complex humans, instead of just junkies or other lowlifes as lots of people think of them as. It's not about trying to be as good at it or better, it's not even about whether these reporter's could do it or not. Them trying is just the device used to show a glimpse into the lives of those women who remain outside the minds of the majority.
I've met so many strippers that say that they do it because they love it and find it empowering and the other half always say they hate it I'm just confused I guess
slizzybeans xo Both of those groups are describing their own experiences. Women end up in this profession for very different reasons. Neither is wrong, but the truth is often complicated.
No one is forcing them to be strippers if they wanna be sluts for a living let them, or get an education like the rest of us
THANK YOU. They were so entitled the entire time and it's like... people do this to survive. To feed their families. You two bitches have an apartment in New York, suck it up and get over yourselves.
“A walk in the wild side” by Two Brooklyn hipsters. This was a great video where the girls learned a thing or two. That’s what made the video special and beautiful. We have enough stripper documentaries thank you. That Vietnam guy with no eye I found terrifying.
God, me too. I had to look away.
12:40 this dancer is so wise and intelligent. She truly could do anything with her life I’m sure. And sadly growing up with nothing or going through a hard time makes it hard to earn enough money to survive and go to school. It’s heartbreaking.
the vietnam vet with supposed 112 confirmed kills is the creepiest dude i have ever seen
Like for real he needs to be a villain in a Blumhouse horror movie
Seriously & talking about the pressure points and touching you without touching you it’s so freaking creepy
weirdly enough i’ve encountered guys that talk exactly like him probably 100 times in my life and im only 19. there’s a scary amount of creepy men in this world
@@sophiatheisen565 carry a taser and pepper spray, or a gun. Working as a waiter, I’ve seen many creeps approach my coworkers and some have even been stalked. Trust your gut, because it’s usually right
Michael Peeshaun i keep a taser and pepper spray on my keys at all times!! thank you!
Would have been nice to actually hear stories from the girls working there. Instead we get to watch two little rich girls play pretend and not even care to get the perspective of the real women doing this? But we get an interview with the truck driver of course. This is definitely vice quality
Andrea Fay Howerton spot on analysis of this hipster bs
Andrea Fay Howerton vice has covered some stories quite in depth, maybe based on the poverty of this profession would be a good guess at the half ass reporting, vice normally goes in.
The african war one was pretty good quality though, and was raising awareness about it too.
Andrea Fay Howerton __ Um. They Actually did interview the girls!!! Your not paying attention obviously! Hello
it had some nice interviews. still better than anything any other media company is putting out....
I really enjoyed the beetle giving the other beetle a piggy back ride @ 14:10
Absolutely outstanding journalism.
Literally two city girls slumming it for kicks. How is this journalism? Seems more like self gratification.
And here you are commenting.. lol
@@smhsadley how does that detract from her point?
Agreed
that's exactly what it is
It's VICE, what do you expect?
I want the 1 star review guy to do this hahaha
Lol
Thank you for the warning. Didn't even reached 2 mins on the video.
Problem is, it's got a 4.5 star average 😅
taji would bommbbb this!
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this might be the best response ever!!!!!!
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I’d have run far, far, away, when that dude said “I don’t like to floss while I’m eating.” 😳😢
Hi elle
Love how this woz put together.
You girl have balls. Respect.
Instead of focusing on the lives of the people they are documenting, as most great vice programming does, it became a self indulgent art house film showcasing two hipsters. They missed an opportunity to delve into the world. In it's place was, "oh my god, look at us, edgy and raw. We chose to be strippers at a truck stop." I stopped halfway through. The title should have been, "Look at us, we're cool."
+Adam G. Simon my feelings exactly I don't want to see them pretend to be dancers I want to hear about the lives of real people.
+Lucy Furr however what benefits do we gain from them experiencing it? Those who do this everyday already experience it. The only benefit is if people somehow related to these girls more because they aren't actually dancers. if so that's unfortunate.
Pulp -Common people/ captures this perfectly.
Agreed agreed. Went back and watched the rest, and am even more pissed off. This gave us nothing. "I am going to show you the horrors of stripping by being a striiper. Look at me!" It avoided the horror of it by focusing the attention on two subjects who get to go back to their posh flat in New York when its over. Its walking a tightrope with safety wires, a net and assistants helping you. It did a huge disservice to the women working, slaving and battling away in that world. The story didnt even transition into telling their story, which it should have. It was, "oh my god look how hard this is for us." No real danger, we can leave at any time and ultimately will, never mind the women stuck here, they are just an after thought. That perv tried to lick my boob. I am traumatized, now film me walking slow motion through the dessert. It cheapens and lessens the truly horrific stories of the women there who have no way out. Repulsive. Self indulgent.
I think there are two ways of looking at this. I think the idea, in general, is pretty good, but there are two ways of going about it that were meshed in a way that leaves the viewer a bit confused. Perhaps the title is more misleading than anything else. If it was titled "trying out as a stripper for a week" then people would probably be less disappointed with it. The other spin on this, which I think has a far richer content, would have been if it followed the life of "Daisy" and let her lead the look into the world she lives and the girls she works with. It's an opportunity missed in one way, but the video still serves a purpose many commenters are somewhat harshly dismissing.
that beetle carrying the other beetle on it's back is a mood
They were actually a female and male bug
I dug that scene.
They were mating :/
They were making babies lol
How have I never seen this!?!? Very entertaining!!👍
I love these interviews with the women in this industry or any job under the sex industry umbrella, so people can see that these are real women like themselves, real people like themselves. Down to the earth, intelligent, wholesome. Young adults making a living for themselves.
Me: Why is my package so late
*Truck driver hitting on some strippers
😂👍🏻
Lmao
Hey he's cheating on his fat ass wife that doesn't work let him get some trim once in awhile
His package came early.
🤣🤣🤣
the main idea of the story is kind of interesting just poorly executed and too much b-roll and a lot of it seems fake.
Nick H It’s no secret that Vice hires actors, it’s basically fake documentary stuff
I was about to mention how stayed this seems
*staged
Nick H yeah and at 24:40 I was thinking that this is about 50 percent fake
Nick H Idk, I know for a fact as a mega fan of Bam M Margera, his VICE docu was 100% authentic.... And I really didn't get that fake vibe from the like 4 others I've binge watched lol... But ya never know!!
p. s - sorry I'm a little technically naive, I hear other you tubers always say they're doing "B Roll Footage or shots"... What is that????
Lol 😂 again sorry.... My tech skills are def. Lacking now a days 😝
I love how the documentary explores the dangers and mistreatment of this field of work, and yet this comment section is focused on tearing these two women down for experiencing a new job through their perspective. Which is actually explained in the opening, so it’s not like y’all didn’t know what you were about to watch.
That guy at the end was crazy.
Some bullshit about him being a Marine.
I'm sure they had good intentions, but it ended up be appallingly insulting to the very women they should be documenting. Borderline re-appropriation. They keep saying "I can't imagine how they do it?" and yet...they never try to find out, as if their own personal perspective trumps the experiences of the women.
$49 is because they had a camera crew following them… most girls make a lot more, and of course they claim there’s nothing “illegal” allowed but irl it’s all for sale…
I get what you're saying and yes I think they should have focused more on the women living the life. But I think the point was they were trying to experience it themselves.
1) they did interview two of the women. How do you know they other women just didn’t want to be documented? 2) There are many documentaries that interview strippers. These girls showed the perspective of average women who end up in the business. It documents how their mentality changed from “I bet I could handle a week” to “how does any woman do this everyday… for their whole lives.” They brought to life the mentality that many people have of strippers- if you don’t like it just leave. Clearly when you’re making about $20 a day … it’s not that easy to make ends meet and save money. The fact the film makers went in ignorant and showed how their mentality changed is exactly what the documentary was trying to accomplish. That women go in ignorant, realize how bad it is, and then can’t escape… similar to that one woman who packed up with her dogs and left home only to find herself stuck in the middle of nowhere. It starts to wear on you emotionally very quickly. The fresh perspective they have is unique compared to women who have been desensitized over the years. I think it’s a fantastic mini-documentary.
Ignorant
As a former stripper. I think you're missing the point. That's actually giving us props
Daisy is the real star here
This was very well filmed and whomever had a hand in the cinematography has an eye. The ladies in it are really perfect for this right down to the colors they wear...and how they act in their Wal mart scene . I did , however, feel badly for the ladies who live that life there for more than a few days, and my heart goes out to them . ❤️
This is one of their best short docs
am i the only one who got a lil pissed as her not in a dressing room trying on them shorts and walking through walmart barefoot smfh trifling
Aaliyah Davis keep your man in line
It was so disrespectful also that purple cheetah print is ugly
Samantha Brown yeah your man would clap those butt cheeks why youre jelly
My boyfriend would be a stripper while I'm jelly? I don't understand what you're saying
Samantha Brown the girls butt cheeks...the girls in the video what all the comments here are about ...geez you're one dingy bitch bet he will cheat
Honestly, speaking as a REAL cross-country (USA) exotic dancer for the last 7 years, this documentary was disappointing for one reason: these girls aren't "real" strippers. They're posing as strippers. They're fucking tourists. The description even says so. They may as well be actors. A week of footage of two girls playing/goofing around at one club and the other half of the time going around gossiping with the local townsfolk (ex. When they're getting their hair done) is not enough time to paint a realistic picture of what "life as a truck stop stripper" is like. They even refused to give lap dances. LOL. That's why ya ended up with $26 at the end of the night, honey.
Why couldn't VICE go into the club and interview the actual veteran dancers, or at least, the girls who have been there at least a year legitimately working? Those would be the REAL "Truck Stop Strippers".
Btw, I've never worked at a club this small, I'm just sayin'... let sex workers tell their own story.
that would have been more
interesting_and it would have
showed what it was really
like to work in
_a sleazy strip club in the
middle of nowhere for truckers
_that looks like a place where
serial killers would go
And she made $26_HAHA_
Haha at these new york cunts had to show their tits to some dirty truckers.
This is true, I find it fucking retarded when they say "LIFE AS" in videos like this, and then they have Random People grown up elsewhere, come somewhere and spend a week there and talk like it's been their whole existence.. smh this video was stupid. Could've been better
If they made the film about the people already working in that industry then the documentary wouldn't have been focused on the filmmakers who were in front of the camera. ;)
34yo man here.. The men in that club the first night should be ashamed of the way they acted towards these women.
the blind dude is so scary
Did she change in the middle of walmart?
Yes
Shit like that happens at Walmart lmao
but was offended by guys starring at her in strip club.
That's fucking Walmart for ya
Sybil Blackmon Id hit it. In Walmart. Trailer Trash wannabe shit actresses/journalists
Bartender: What are you two doing in the middle of podunk, middle-of-nowhere
These girls: Feeding our egos.
top fucking lol
newfound respect for mr chad, top lel.
top lel
Every time I need an ego boost, I go and man the nearest glory hole.
lol
This seems like an odd sort of social media performance more than a documentary. There's so much vital context that surrounds these women working these jobs, but the focus was on a couple of new Yorkers doing this as a performance for their actual job
What started as a very promising documentary turned quickly into one of the most disappointing. I was expecting the focus to be on the real women that work these type of jobs, and not on the 'filmmakers' playing adventure dress-up. But not everything was bad, I will remember this for three things; Daisy (the beautiful older stripper with a heart of gold), the guy with one eye and his devilish story and the two girls playing filmmaker.
Just curious(I didn't really like this either): Do you feel that your criticism is of the style of the documentary (gonzo) or the fact that you think it was a poor attempt at gonzo?
@@pchwang I can't answer for the other person but for me, it was definitely the poor attempt at gonzo.
I think your take is the one that falls flat actually. There are many documentaries that interview strippers. These girls showed the perspective of average women who end up in the business. It documents how their mentality changed from “I bet I could handle a week” to “how does any woman do this everyday… for their whole lives.” They brought to life the mentality that many people have of strippers- if you don’t like it just leave. Clearly when you’re making about $20 a day … it’s not that easy to make ends meet and save money. The fact the film makers went in ignorant and showed how their mentality changed is exactly what the documentary was trying to accomplish. That women go in ignorant, realize how bad it is, and then can’t escape… similar to that one woman who packed up with her dogs and left home only to find herself stuck in the middle of nowhere. It starts to wear on you emotionally very quickly. The fresh perspective they have is unique compared to women who have been desensitized over the years. I think it’s a fantastic mini-documentary.
Ignorant
Come on bro i liked it
In the 8 years I've been dancing I've seen far too many sheltered, entitled little girls like these ones come and go. They come along thinking it's just going to be like a big party and then melt down over the most petty shit. They never last long.
Sarah Quill Preachh!
(5 years dancing (using my husbands profile))
Mmm the boob lick melt down was a bit sad. But I suppose they are young and never done anything like this. And as u said, they are from a different world. Some people's expectations are too high because they have never encountered anything else before. In sayi nm g that, I think this film helps to humanise the girls for people. Hopefully it will take away some of the bullshit stigma about the women in these professions.
Sarah Quill I
I was a DJ for strip bars for many years, the best way I can explain earning your living in a strip bar is like this. In your early 20s, you see it as a beautiful party, people smiling, people having fun and being beautiful. But as you get older you see it for what it really is, it's the day after the party. People aren't happy, they are pretending. People aren't having fun, they are covering up their pain with smiles. So you start to see the hang over, no longer seeing the happy buzz. It's depressing
you act like being a stripper and selling your body is something to be proud of.
This was great to . I'm having a vice marathon today!
Her black hair is to die for! God I want to know her hair products
*They get to quit and walk away without a backward glance. They won't have to worry about their next meal or a roof over their heads. If that uppity chick would of really mouthed off to that guy, she would of been dancing for new teeth. This was all controlled, and done for the advertisement. They didn't show the girls who had been doing it for years, and what the wear and tear on their bodies, as well as their spirit, and had been beaten down to no self-esteem, to literally put the true meaning of, I have no Fs left to give, into perspective. This place is, the place strippers go to die, or just disappear without a trace. Who's gonna miss them?!*
Hopefully it'll wake up the privileged to what it's really like for the ladies that do have to put up with that or are forced to work there.... And know they have it way harder then these 2 ladies do...
They also didn't really do shit. The redhead gave one lap dance and the "incident" looked stage with how he played it up to the camera and given it was same guy they chilled with earlier in the afternoon.
They could just walk away from the creeps and not have to entertain them.
They walked out of there with $40 between the two... not nearly enough for 1 of them to survive. The girls who actually make a living doing that have to put up with all the shit they walked away from ... before they walked away and fucked off back to their studio apartments in NYC.
The only thing they did was fulfill their stage stripper fantasy... without any of the ugly shit that the rest of the women have to deal with daily.
@@emfisher8168 They did nothing to "destigmatize" the profession. The shit they showed is exactly why people look down on it... who would choose to do that for a living? It's awful. Only people with no self esteem and/or no skills would go that route...
There are many ways to make money so don't pretend like that's the only choice they have )_).
they didnt do a line of blow before there shift rookie mistake
how do u know?
misaki hardcore drugs are a mistake in itself
Perfect comment
or during lol
I'll smoke a fat bowl of dope then get her goin===0🔥💨
This is such a solid documentary!
This is honestly my favorite Vice documentary of all !
It’s objectively the worst vice doc of all time.
The way the men look at you, makes you "uncomfortable?" What do you think guys are going to do, at strip bar, read a book? WTF
this comment killed me
DainTheDarkness Of course it did, look at what I'm commenting on. LOL
women want society to cater to their insecurities
Amen
dee jay But the reality is that society caters to mens insecurities and their fragile egos.
the (most likely) stolen valor guy saying he had 112 confirmed and then proceeding into a monologue straight from a serial killer film was the best part
a quick google shows that 103 confirmed kills was the highest number in the vietnam war.
@@raistlinmajere4659 that we know of but nah dudes def loco
Lol this was the first comment I saw after typing "no one's talking about the serial killer?"
Jesus that was a creepy guy, and definitely lying about Vietnam.
yea not a doubt....
Hahahhhha ha
I can already tell this is gonna be good
Vice always a great video 💪😎
This irritated me, two privileged girls seeing how the other half lives with some annoying camera shots...
"privileged" ??!
Where the fuck do you think you are, Tumblr !!?
That's pretty much what journalism is and documentary film making is...
agree
They were hardly privileged girls.
Two narcissist's owe me 27 minutes and 24 seconds of my life back.
true
Sounds like Im glad I dove into the comments section 1st before I wasted my time also.
The irony
@@sleeplessaquarius i wish i did too🤡
Ha ha ha thank you, this comment made that time wasted a lot more bearable...
This is an amazing segment. 👏
The lady they talked to is really intelligent especially emotionally intelligent…. I hope good things for her!
did i just watch blair witch truck stop stripper edition?
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i was a dancer for 12 yrs... the parts the lady with the hat was talking about does go on.. its definitely NOT a sorority sister situation AT ALL .. competition is high, cut throat.. and stealing is rampant ..
i had a couple nights i sat in the stall in the changing room in tears.. luckily for me i'm 5'11'' without heels and 6'4" in heels.. i didn't really get fucked with by the girls cuz i could handle myself.. but i always felt bad for the girls working their asses off and their boyfriends were sitting upstairs in the room watching tv.. only to come down every hour or so and take all her money and spend it on booze and ''his boys'' while he played big shot on her dime...
lotta leeches in the game..
marley chloe I would rather aquire a skill and do that then let people use my genitals for money.
marley chloe - Just curious, but how did you start and why did you retire? I grew up in a small town and live in the middle of nowhere and have always been interested in peoples life stories. Yours seems a little more unique than most.
And don't mind this plebian jackass who is judging you. Ones life choices are no ones business but their own.
i started with a girlfriend of mine who worked out of town for a few months.. then i met my ex husband.. so i stopped for a few years..
fast forward a few more years, i'm a single mom and need to make ends meet..
i was working 2 waitressing jobs and my kid was being raised by the polish lady down the street.. i was lucky, she was a good lady who treated my son like gold.. but i wanted to raise my son..
on friday.. there was too many waitresses on and we drew straws to see who went home.. i got sent home..
so i went to the club that afternoon and in four hours made my two week paycheck..
i was like.. 'wtf am i killing myself working 50+ hrs a week for min wage + shitty tips.. up and out the door at 6:30 am to be at work for 7am and work till 4.. home at 5 .. fall in bed exhausted with my boy at 8 over and over again..
after i walked out with $400+ for a 4hr freelance shift i called the restaurant and quit..
i worked 4 days a week/ 4 hrs a day.. took mon and tues off to be with my son before he started jk ... we would go to the childrens museum, swimming, do arts and crafts and i got to actually Raise my son..
dancing allowed me to take off the days he had apple picking, or a christmas concert.. it allowed me to work when i wanted,., and stay home when i wanted..
if my kid was sick, i didnt have to call in sick..
i retired when i turned 40.. .
my son was getting older and i didnt want his friends to see me in the club .
he's old enough now to not want a dancer for a mom..
i do alternative modeling now which pays quite well..
i also kept a journal all those years so im hoping to maybe write a book one day...
def got some horror stories... but also some pretty good ones... like the week i made $1100 A DAY!! and took my son out for new Air Jordans with $100 bills..:D
he started crying in the store cuz ''all my moneys gone now'' cuz i gave him $100 bill to buy new shoes.. i was like ''dont cry lil man.. mommys got LOTS MORE and i opened my wallet to 2" of hundreds..
the guy selling the shoes to us eyes bugged the hell out... it was one of the best moments ever..
i recommend dancing to any girl that can handle it... the $ is phenomenal, the freedom is unbeatable and it boosts self confidence
marley - Jesus. You've done some living. You know I am such a klutz I would probably break my ankle the first night and be out of commision for a few weeks. Plus, I really don't have the body for it (I don't think anyway). I've got the boobs and the ass (not sure about measurements, but DD, hips "curvy" I guess) but I am short (body likened to Kim K. and I hate Kim K! some say Im curvy, I say chubby) When I was younger, I was a long distance runner, and the curves were a lot more hard, better look, even on my short frame. Lol. If you manage to get that book written, I would definately be interested in reading it. One more inquiry, did you work out regularly while dancing, or was the dancing enough? Or, are you one of those fortunate souls blessed with the body of a Goddess no matter what you put in it? Thank you for your time in responding.
oh hell no girl!! i was pudgy after giving birth.. i had a belly... i was about 20lbs over weight when i started dancing... but doing shows and the pole the weight just started to fall off... wearing high heels and bending over all the time made me more flexible! i danced for almost 10 yrs and i looked better when i stopped then when i started... dont worry about what you look like AT ALL .. Guys want to made to feel good, complimented, made to laugh and appreciated... ive seen some homely ass girls clean TF up some nights and ive seen some absolute 10+'s not make more than $50 all night... it's all in your attitude...
i have the gift of gab and can basically talk to anyone about anything..
so i had customers that looked forward to seeing me everyweek because i used to make them laugh for one,. and made the stresses of the week go away just from some good conversation and a naked girl sitting on their lap..
i NEVER did extras in the club but i know girls that did... i was always too scared to get caught and plus it just sounded gross.. i know girls that did extras and STILL didnt make as much as i did..
one year i made $92K working 25hrs a week :D
Great story. I wonder where Daisy is now and how she's doing.
Why are the comments so hard on these girls? They are obviously out of their comfort zone, i wouldn't have the balls to do this!
I wonder if the real strippers find this insulting. This what they do to survive.
GirlYouAlreadyKnow well they have a choice to do it they don't have too
GirlYouAlreadyKnow well they have a choice to do it they don't have too
Yes it is insulting
GirlYouAlreadyKnow it doesn’t insult me... it’s a choice like any other job and i love my job! i think most girls say “oh i’m about to quit my actual job and just become a stripper” like it’s an easy way out but it’s really not. it’s hard work. it takes thick skin.
GirlYouAlreadyKnow we do
the most common profession of a serial killer is a truck driver...
My dad's a truck driver
Nathan Haire Then you better sleep with one eye open when he is home. (Assuming you live with him?)
Barbara W
One eye had 126 confirmed kills.
Holy shit
Of all the serial killers known in modern history I can't think of one who was a truck driver. John Wayne Gacy, Ted Bundy, Jeffery Dahmer, etc. Being a truck driver doesn't really fit the profile of a serial killer.
This was the best comedy Vice ever produced.
Thank You for this interesting and informative video Vice!
Goodness!! These girls are absolutely BEAUTIFUL!!
I am less than 6 minutes into video, and I am already completely sucked in!
👍🤍🔞💋
"I dont know how those girls deal with that everyday"
🤔isn't that what you're there for? To ask? To document?
For someone who worked different jobs in NY why complain for bruises? Just means you never worked.
I said the same thing lol they are idiots
This should be called pretending to be a stripper while not actually stripping
Yolanda Cervantes something you probably do
That was an amazing video! Could have been a movie ! Thank you
I truly hope that these women find a better way. Hurts me to the core what they have to go through just to survive.
C'mon VICE you can do better than this fake poorly executed thing..
U r pretty
VICE is so desperate for views. Its a a fake documentary. Hired guns and hired actors. What if VICE staged most of this documentary. Especially this scene 25:01 some parts are genuine, but the darker dangerous scenes are all staged. Click bait. Vice is hoping for UA-cam to monetize the hell outta this fake drama.
Robotfighter 👏👏👏👏
@Jeg Hunckel "121 confirmed kills"... Sorry Jar-head, never heard of you at the MCRD. Nor my years reading about hero's like Carlos Hathcock. He does look like an old version of a once auburn headed Marine vet I saw in a documentary that talked about sending 16 or so bodies down a river that a couple of squads of VC I think it was were crossing. He said every time he pulled the trigger after he had the guys boxed in from his rear to front fire he sent another body down the river... Was before he blew the front part of his head off, naturally. Could of been the guy... Nope, that was Charles "Chuck" Mawhinney USMC. Sixteen head shots in 30 seconds with an M14 at night with a Starlight scope. 103 confirmed kills. Definitely not this character. Not saying the guys full of shit but shooting yourself and knowing that you were found exactly at 7 hours and 39 minutes later? Suuuuure you were pal. Anyway.
lol who cares its entertainment