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Jul. 5th, 2012 01:36 pmOverheard in a record shop last week (yes - they still have those), between two straight male employees:
E1: So are you going to see "Magic Mike" tonight?
E2: *mild glare* (not so much heard as seen)
E1: Hey, I was just asking ...
Fear not, straighties: It's safe to go see "Magic Mike" even without a woman in your company, without too many people thinking you're gay. In other words, there is a plot and no visible cock. But let's face it, most of you who are reading this, who are thinking of going, will not be doing so for the plot, so I won't do a spoiler cut. Also, there is nothing you will see in this movie that will surprise you, if you've paid any attention to the trailers, anyway.
Mike is a busy guy, around 30 years old, who has a couple of jobs in addition to stripping at night to save money for his true passion: Developing his own homemade furniture business. Everything is toward that, as well as planning for his own future - including the deal he has with the nightclub's owner, Dallas (Matthew McConaughey, truly at last in the Johnny Depp/Jack Sparrow, Robert Downey Jr./Tony Stark role of his life), for a 10 percent share of equity in the new, larger, fancier nightclub Dallas is planning to open in a bigger city, in exchange for Mike bringing in business and helping keep the books for this club.
He meets a 19-year-old college dropout drifter at his construction job, Adam, who he takes to referring to as "The Kid" when Adam shows up near the nightclub one night and asks Mike to do him a favor - well, Mike makes him promise one in return, which culminates in Adam ending up onstage to replace a sick dancer later that night. Adam is a hit, not only with the ladies but also with Dallas, who always has his avaricious eye out for new, young talent that will bring in the ladies. It's a tale of making friends, getting into trouble (sometimes deadly), and balancing easy money against the desire for a more settled lifestyle as one ages - or not. It's a better movie than I was expecting; my only complaint, if I have one, is there was nothing in there about gay men going to male revues to see the strippers. I know they do it - are there separate revues for gay men than for women, or are men just barred from being in the audience of certain ones? I'd actually like to know.
Channing Tatum may be turning himself into one of my newer favorite young actors. I saw him in the "21 Jump Street" movie where he was fucking hilarious, and in this one he's still got that sort-of dumb comedy thing going on, but it's coupled with scenes where he exhibits more serious emotions well, too. Plus, he put on a dress for Jimmy Fallon.
E1: So are you going to see "Magic Mike" tonight?
E2: *mild glare* (not so much heard as seen)
E1: Hey, I was just asking ...
Fear not, straighties: It's safe to go see "Magic Mike" even without a woman in your company, without too many people thinking you're gay. In other words, there is a plot and no visible cock. But let's face it, most of you who are reading this, who are thinking of going, will not be doing so for the plot, so I won't do a spoiler cut. Also, there is nothing you will see in this movie that will surprise you, if you've paid any attention to the trailers, anyway.
Mike is a busy guy, around 30 years old, who has a couple of jobs in addition to stripping at night to save money for his true passion: Developing his own homemade furniture business. Everything is toward that, as well as planning for his own future - including the deal he has with the nightclub's owner, Dallas (Matthew McConaughey, truly at last in the Johnny Depp/Jack Sparrow, Robert Downey Jr./Tony Stark role of his life), for a 10 percent share of equity in the new, larger, fancier nightclub Dallas is planning to open in a bigger city, in exchange for Mike bringing in business and helping keep the books for this club.
He meets a 19-year-old college dropout drifter at his construction job, Adam, who he takes to referring to as "The Kid" when Adam shows up near the nightclub one night and asks Mike to do him a favor - well, Mike makes him promise one in return, which culminates in Adam ending up onstage to replace a sick dancer later that night. Adam is a hit, not only with the ladies but also with Dallas, who always has his avaricious eye out for new, young talent that will bring in the ladies. It's a tale of making friends, getting into trouble (sometimes deadly), and balancing easy money against the desire for a more settled lifestyle as one ages - or not. It's a better movie than I was expecting; my only complaint, if I have one, is there was nothing in there about gay men going to male revues to see the strippers. I know they do it - are there separate revues for gay men than for women, or are men just barred from being in the audience of certain ones? I'd actually like to know.
Channing Tatum may be turning himself into one of my newer favorite young actors. I saw him in the "21 Jump Street" movie where he was fucking hilarious, and in this one he's still got that sort-of dumb comedy thing going on, but it's coupled with scenes where he exhibits more serious emotions well, too. Plus, he put on a dress for Jimmy Fallon.
