Any vegan restaurant makes my stomach happy….but a vegan strip club?? I support the idea of any facility serving vegan food and this idea may open up the world of vegan-ness to new people, but the following news story puts my vegan-self against my feminist-self. The reporter’s enjoyment of the story on Casa Diablo is over the top. Additionally, I am critical of the cliche camera-through-the-legs shot and filming the female dancers from below or aimed at their backs, even while the women are being interviewed. One of the dancers is vegetarian, but the reporter dismisses her words and only gives serious time to the owner who says ridiculous and sexist quotes such as “The only meat we have is up on the stage” and “We put the meat on the pole not on your plate.”
The video is from KPTV in Portland.
One the one hand, as a “news” story, it’s pretty bad. On the other hand, if this had appeared on The Daily Show, it would be one of the best segments ever. The Daily Show segment style is all OVER this piece - from the “view between the legs” to the reporter losing his train of thought in the middle of his interview.
Ultimately, the issue is whether our news is entertainment or whether it is news. While I thought this bit was funny, it wasn’t a bit, it was a news story that aired. But, then again, I thought it was infinitely better than most of the fluff pieces you normally see.
I said “fluff”.
Are you implying that the panties tossed at the reporter was not in keeping with high journalistic standards?