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The dancers may rotate their wrists or splay their fingers, but they don\u2019t stick out too many parts of themselves at one time, and they generally don\u2019t travel around the stage much. They are often dressed in some combination of panties and garters and sheer silks; and even in the live shows, not to speak of the films, they offer you crotch shots galore. Not that they\u2019re planning to do much with their crotches. Most of them would as soon knife you as go out with you. The sex is not sexual but satirical. 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