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RIP legendary stripper Carol Doda:
http://sfist.com/2015/11/13/carol_doda_feminism.php
Quote:
"[Carol] wasn't just a dancer that would show her breasts," he said, his 62-year-old face lighting up like a boy's as we discussed his friend of four decades. "We're losing more than just the woman who started the topless thing. She was a comedian, she was a dancer, she was a showperson, and she was a fun person."
Near the end of her life, when she had gone completely deaf, Carol "had a guy that would write things down for her, and everything else. And somehow she would take over the conversation. She could pitch and catch with the best of us, meaning that if you joked with her, she would joke back with you."
One of Doda's jokes concerns her infamous 1964 "debut." A cocktail waitress and somewhat-clad go-go dancer, Doda descended on a hanging piano to perform an impromptu topless number at the Condor. Even in liberal San Francisco, the act of "indecency" was unheard of and technically illegal. But Doda cared not a whit, writing that "The owner and I ended up in the slammer... [and] I was back slamming on stage in two shakes of a stripper’s tail."
"[Carol] wasn't just a dancer that would show her breasts," he said, his 62-year-old face lighting up like a boy's as we discussed his friend of four decades. "We're losing more than just the woman who started the topless thing. She was a comedian, she was a dancer, she was a showperson, and she was a fun person."
Near the end of her life, when she had gone completely deaf, Carol "had a guy that would write things down for her, and everything else. And somehow she would take over the conversation. She could pitch and catch with the best of us, meaning that if you joked with her, she would joke back with you."
One of Doda's jokes concerns her infamous 1964 "debut." A cocktail waitress and somewhat-clad go-go dancer, Doda descended on a hanging piano to perform an impromptu topless number at the Condor. Even in liberal San Francisco, the act of "indecency" was unheard of and technically illegal. But Doda cared not a whit, writing that "The owner and I ended up in the slammer... [and] I was back slamming on stage in two shakes of a stripper’s tail."
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