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Tango, one of the subjects of K. Sanneh's exposé on exotic male dancers, "The Roof Is on Fire," stopped by NerveCenter Chat to tell the story of stripping for Cameo Productions at the New Savoy in the Bronx in his own words.
wlion: Are you naked right now?
tango: I'm naked under my clothes! But I'm not wearing drawers.
lisa_carver: Tango, do you shake it for the ladies, the men or whoever witnesses?
tango: I don't dance for men — not that there's anything wrong with that — I myself just shake it for women.
hylas: Michael or Prince, who wins?
tango: Man, tough question! I would probably say Prince, but Janet Jackson saw my picture and spoke positively about me on the radio, so on behalf of Janet, I'll say Michael.
hylas: Do you fear not being loved long term for the right reasons?
tango: I'm still searching for love, yeah. If anybody knows Janet's phone number, please let me know!
jessica: Do you think that female and male dancing styles are different? Because they are playing to different audiences?
tango: Yes, I think female strippers have to do a lot more than dancing now. It's gotten to the point where they can't just dance, they have to do stunts like stick a bottle in their ass or whatever. But I wouldn't have a snake crawl out of my ass; I will not do that!
vegasgirl: Does dancing ever get boring? Do you ever want to yawn while you're shaking it?
tango: No, no. You can be tired and you don't want to do it, but as soon as you put your outfit on, you are ready to go.
sahar: Do the boyfriends of women who come to see you ever threaten you?
tango: No, but I was down South one day, and this guy came up to me and asked me to freak his woman. I thought he was just looking for an excuse to hit me in the back of the head, but I guess he just wanted to see me freak her.
sahar: Did you?
tango: Sure, I freaked her.
vegasgirl: Have you ever been tempted to start a relationship with a woman who you danced for?
tango: Yeah, in fact, just two months ago. She was the prettiest woman I'd ever seen. I was butt naked and she was butt naked and I just wanted to do it.
hylas: Tango, sounds like my job.
tango: But I try to keep it professional.
nerve: Did you?
tango: Keep it professional? I kept it professional. But I went home and jerked off to the thought of her!
little_a: You stop at dancing, right? Would you be reprimanded if you screwed inside the circuit?
tango: I wouldn't be reprimanded — you just try to keep it on the low.
theminx: What do you do, table dance or lap dance for women? Women don't have penises, so how do they feel anything?
tango: Lap dance, yeah. It makes more sense for us: we have it and they can feel it.
peapod600: Doesn't mean we can't look, Theminx!
vegasgirl: Tango, do you think you will be dancing for a living until you're old and gray?
tango: As a fellow dancer once said, "As long as my dick keeps getting hard, I'll dance."
little_a: You make a good living, don't you? Do you consider it hard work on the whole?
tango: Little, it's not hard work, but it gets to you after a while, mentally; like an average job, you just don't want to do it anymore. You get so used to the fast money. You've got to save, though, otherwise, by the time you're old and gray, you're just a lonely, old and gray broke man.
little_a: Do you see yourself getting out of it at a specific point?
tango: Yeah, because there's nothing scarier than an old man stripping.
jessica: Do the women get to see everything on you? Or is there a g-string thing?
tango: There's a g-string, but then I take it off, and there's nothing but me!
rufybaby: Do you worry that tying the stocking around the base of your dick may injure it over the long haul? I mean, does it get numb? Does it feel weird for a while after?
tango: Yeah, it does. That's the main reason why after the show you don't want to have sex; you just want to go in a corner and lay down.
jessica: That's such an irony — like women getting boob jobs and then not being able to feel their nipples.
little_a: Do you do any role-playing onstage? If so, what do you think of that stuff?
tango: I don't really role-play, I just feel what's being played in the music. I like to bring a woman on stage and try to romance her.
rufybaby: Considered Viagra?
tango: Don't need it right now. I'd be a mess on Viagra!
hylas: Tango, how do other men who aren't dancers treat you? Do you have good male friends? Are they envious, supportive, sympathetic?
tango: At first my friends laugh, but once they see what happens with the women, they ask if they can be down. They want to join!
asmichas: Do white women attend? Better stated: Is there a dominant audience?
tango: Because of the area, there are mostly Latin and black women, but a lot of white women come now too.
asmichas: Do you have a preference?
tango: I have no preference. Come one, come all. I like the rainbow.
megaversecity: Have you experienced racial bigotry in clubs because you would strip for white women?
tango: No, not at all.
peapod600: Has being a dancer ever interfered with your personal relationships? Romantic? Or family?
tango: Yeah, that's why I'm a single man now. It's hard, because she has to be understanding and know that it's just a job and it's hard to find a woman like that. Because if she sees you on stage with your clothes off, on top of another woman, she's bound to get jealous. So she has to be secure.
sahar: Do women ever fight for you in the club?
tango: Yes! Well, not fight, but they like to say, "He's mine!" or, "The dick is mine, back up, the dick is mine!" They get tattoos of my name on their titties. It's crazy!
sahar: But that dick is yours!
peapod600: Wow! Do you think girls are more aggressive in strip clubs than men are?
tango: I think that women will go the extra mile. They'll grab and fingernail you. They get so excited, and they like you so much, they don't know their own strength and they don't know how sensitive a dick can be when it's tied up!
little_a: Wow — is that allowed?
sahar: It's funny like that. Men can't touch women in strip clubs, women are still objects to be looked at, but in male strip clubs, the level of contact is much less restricted.
asmichas: Do you think that as the "entertainer" you have control, or does the woman holding the money have control of what you do?
tango: The women always have control. If they don't like you, they can let you know, and your ass will be off the stage with your head down!
asmichas: Is that true for female strippers? Do the men always hold control?
tango: I think female strippers have a lot of control. Their security is much better. All they have to do is put their hand up and the guys are kicked out. We have security there, but it doesn't really work that well!
asmichas: What do you think is the main difference between female and male strippers?
tango: I think female strippers dance sexy, and I think the male strippers perform. I think it's more rough on the female strippers, though, because of the thought of all these guys hounding you. Men can handle that better.
englishrose: Are the women actually aroused, or just having a laugh?
tango: Rose, some have a laugh, but some really get aroused . . . really, really, really aroused.
rufybaby: I heard one male stripper interviewed on TV say he felt a woman come while he was grinding her. Do you buy it?
tango: Yes, because I've seen it.
rufybaby: Seen it or felt it?
tango: I've felt it!
sahar: Do you think men who see female strippers respect the women?
tango: In my opinion, probably not.
peapod600: What's the weirdest thing any customer has ever asked you to do?
tango: One woman asked me to marry her daughter. And she was serious!
sahar: You were given a human being as a gift? You must get a lot of gifts.
tango: Yeah, the first time I ever participated in a strip show, a lady I met bought me a stereo.
sahar: Do people recognize you in the streets sometimes?
tango: Almost all the time. I try to put a hat on.
sahar: Try pants, too.
sahar: Do you prefer drunk women or sober women? I mean, to dance for?
tango: Sahar, great question! Drunk as shit! It makes your dick look much bigger! "He has seventeen inches!"
asmichas: So, the inevitable question: How big is your dick? To sober eyes, that is.
tango: If you have a cable TV remote control, take that and add two inches.
sahar: The kind with VCR functions on it?!
nerve: But I have a two-inch remote!
tango: Throw that away!
hylas: Sounds like the size of a lamp.
cyntata: Anything you like to simulate? Oral sex, fucking, anal sex?
tango: Cyntata, oral sex. It shows the woman that I'm into pleasuring her.
asmichas: What did you expect during your first show?
tango: I expected not to like it.
nerve: What did you get?
tango: I got a career.
hylas: What's freaky, in your opinion?
tango: Hylas, hardly anything seems freaky to me anymore.
sahar: Who, in your opinion, has the sexiest ass?
tango: Jennifer Lopez.
asmichas: Where do you see yourself thirty years from now?
tango: In thirty years? Rich with a nice wife, two dogs, twelve kids and a babysitter!
peapod600: How old are you, Mr. Tango?
tango: I never tell! Old enough to smoke and not choke, although I don't smoke . . . I smoke ass!
Read K. Sanneh's "The Roof Is on Fire."
Check out the NerveCenter Gallery by Matthew Salacuse and
Michael Schmelling to see just how down and
dirty to these dancing kings get.
Meet Flava the dancer, Cameo the promoter, and Matthew the photographer in a live NerveCenter Chat on Tuesday, Oct 10 at 5PM EST in the Guest Room.
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