Lap Dancing

My jaw almost dropped when I saw this film--The film actually delivered on what was implied in the title and more! Except for some fairly straight forward background material: Small town girl from Kansas, really Omaha, can't get arrested as an actress, so her friend gets her a job in a strip / lap dancing bar. Lo and behold, while in the club, about 25 - 33 percent of the time, a bunch of gorgeous, silicone enhanced girls are either lap dancing or stripping, mostly topless and in thongs, sometime nude!

This movie is billed as a "Flash Dance for the sensuous nineties". But not surprisingly, virtually no originality is shown in any of the dance / strip routines--although the level of staging and performance is surprisingly above par for a film at this apparent budget level.

It is more of a "Flesh Dance for the vacuous nineties".

I do look forward to seeing more from this production company, as they show a little bit more sophistication in editing out sex scenes to avoid the dreaded NC-17(R).

Lorissa McComas stars as Angie, an aspiring actress trying to make it in Hollywood. She just landed a screen test for her first movie, but it requires she strip down to nothing on camera, something she's never done before. Instead of waiting tables like many other aspiring actresses, she gets a job at a strip club so she can learn to be more comfortable with her clothes off in public. Two veteran strippers show her the ropes, the ups and the downs, and the reality of being in the business. There's plenty of naked women and a few sex scenes, including two with Angie in them, but this movie falls flat in many areas. It's not bad enough to call a failure, but it's not good enough to be put in the B-movie elite. Therefore, this is the first movie I give a normal C to.....no plus, no minus, just a C. Cinemax should be running this, give it a quick look during your normal channel surfing activities.

While the plot and production values are average for the genre, Lorissa McComas is not only breathtaking to watch (critical for this genre!), but shows that her acting ability is above-average as well with a truly heartfelt performance. Tane McClure gives a great performance as well, and shows off her talents as a truly gifted singer. All else being average, these two make it worth a watch.

One of the best stripper films I've ever seen with the charming Lorissa McComas showing off her well endowed self. Also a fine exotic dancer scene with Kim Dawson.

The film is somewhat marred by having the male lead as a blind guy, a dumb gimmick indeed. Does he get his kicks out of smelling the girls do their routines?

Mike Sedan, who does cameos in all his films, is Russ Meyer without all the pain, suffering, and death. He sets all his films in L.A. like John Waters sets them in Baltimore. Whatever...

Lap Dancing is a mighty tame movie to me, because I live in a city that has clubs more graphic than this one. Lorissa McComas (sexy woman, no talent, man made puppies) plays a Mid-West transplant who wants to be an actress. Frustrated by failed attempts at winning movie roles, her room mate (Tane McClure) tells her that she should check out the gentlemen's club that she works at for "inspiration". She works there for a week and discovers its seedy underbelly.

With all sorts of the usual tricks in the softcore genre, and a few new ones, Lap Dancing does a pretty good job of depicting the real world. From the opening credits of city life on a L.A. street, to a dancer prostituting herself, to another dancer who has an abusive boyfriend, it's no fairy tale like Striptease was. Sadly, the acting is awful and the script was written by someone who uses "politically correct prose". However, the dance numbers on the stage are pretty good and they use some neat original music for them. Yet another pointless nudie, but it has some value. Mike Sedan's "Insatiable Wives" and "Mischievious" are also highly recommended as well.