money at you to, you know, give me a little service outside of here. it takes a serious person to turn down that faucet once it s full blast. you ve got to draw a line in the sand and just say, you know, no. but antonia s told me that she s crossed her own line several times. having sex for money wasn t something that i thought i would do, and then i did it a couple times when i was in a dark place in my life. how did you feel when you did? i felt empty. and kind of sad. and i realized from that experience that, you know what, i can t handle it. i just emotionally can t handle it. do you like stripping? sometimes. yeah. but i ve liked it for a really long time. and i m ready to like something else. i ve quit about ten times, and i always go back. and is it just the money that draws you back? it isn t just about the money, but it is the money.
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right now. yeah. a lot of people here for a good time. she s been a traveling stripper for over 19 years. i ve danced in san francisco, hawaii, vegas. the job is that you travel when you need money and then you leave. we re transient by nature. antonia takes regular trips to a place where money flows, the big easy. a big convention town, new orleans hosts 9 million people every year. some come for work, while others are here for the party. new orleans is the most exciting city in the united states. when i land here, i feel like i m home. it s going to be all about pink and black tonight. before antonia heads to the club, she invites me to join her in a ritual. so what is this place? it s a candle shop.
they all come up and say hi. i ask them how they re doing, and it s kind of like, remember the old show cheers ? yeah. when norm would walk in and everybody s say hey, norm. you re norm. i m norm. and what do you get out of it? excitement. it s a fantasy, obviously, that all these girls are beautiful, and i m old. and they re talking to me. antonia s in hot demand tonight, spending much of her time in the private lap dance rooms at the top of the stairs. we ve been trying to follow antonia around, but she s been disappearing into rooms, but that s the draw here, to try to get guys into rooms because that s where the money is made. an hour in a private room can bring in $550. while a portion goes to the club, the dancers get to keep the majority of the money.
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