When Erica Langley approached the female management of Seattle's Lusty Lady she was told that to photograph the peep show dancers she would have to become one. Through photos and texts that are both candid and affectionate, humanizing and humorous, readers see behind the impenetrable armor of naked dancers, documented by one of their own. Complete with extensive interviews which allow the people to speak for themselves, Langley's work juxtaposes stage personas with real people, showing the love, humor and boredom behind the scenes, and the humanity behind the stigma and shame. 180 photos.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
insiders view of a pay-booth strip club worker,
By A Customer
This review is from: The Lusty Lady (Paperback)
"the lusty lady" offers an interesting insight to the ongoings of daily life and relationships that form between coworkers at the lusty lady club. the photos are of good quality and erotic. the only downside to the book is that erika langley, both author and dancer, didn't reveal enough. you get the feeling that she knows the people too well and holds back information about her true feelings pertaining to her work and others working with her. the book offers a great overview of life at the lusty lady and how her life has changed but goes only skin deep to reveal them to the reader.......
14 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
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Enlightening perspective and wonderful photographs.,
By A Customer
This review is from: The Lusty Lady (Paperback)
As an ex-Lusty, I admit to having a bias while reading Langley's book. Through it, I re-lived the lusty sorority which took me through college and beyond, with a "wow, that's just what it was like," on every page. So I loved it because it was true to life. Take a look at this book if, as my fellow reviewers state, you want insight into the world of peep show life or a sense of how women can bond on a unique, intense level. The photos alone say it all. Unreachable female perfection isn't the point of the Lusty; instead, the attraction of the theatre is the psychological connection between customer and performer and between performers themselves. Langley's tour captures that perspective while vulnerably revealing her own lovely (and difficult) experience.
13 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Tells it how it is....,
By Kate Bacon (katebacon@hotmail.com) (London, UK) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Lusty Lady (Paperback)
Brilliant, but I may be biased being an ex-Lusty! Erika Langley captures life at the Lusty Lady in Seattle perfectly. The pictures are beautiful, humourous and above all tell the story of the real women behind the peep show image. Langley's own diary entries and perfomer interviews give depth to the images...leave your preconceptions behind and find out what it's really like to be a "Lusty Lady".
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