{"id":3029,"date":"2014-11-05T00:17:12","date_gmt":"2014-11-05T00:17:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lbpost.com\/articles\/life\/federal-bar-dismisses-male-revue-s-residency-on-grounds-of-being-too-risque-founder-alleges-sexism\/"},"modified":"2014-11-05T00:17:12","modified_gmt":"2014-11-05T00:17:12","slug":"federal-bar-dismisses-male-revue-s-residency-on-grounds-of-being-too-risque-founder-alleges-sexism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/hi-lo\/federal-bar-dismisses-male-revue-s-residency-on-grounds-of-being-too-risque-founder-alleges-sexism","title":{"rendered":"Federal Bar Dismisses Male Revue’s Residency on Grounds of Being ‘Too Risqu\u00e9’; Founder Alleges Sexism"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

When the LaLas appeared for the first time on the Federal Bar Underground stage, they were met with whoops and hollers, cheers and applause as their incredibly sexy show was welcomed with an offer from Fed Bar to use the space for a residency. As they should have; it was fiery, sultry, entertaining, and downright awesome<\/a>.<\/p>\n

And by no means was it for the children or even the slightly prudish. Case in point, this picture<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"ScreenThe Magnificent 7, a dancing troupe of seven gym-ed out men who performed last month, was the testosterone-driven response to the LaLas; a sexy, pseudo-strip show sans the pornographic seediness of a Spearmint Rhino show with sausage.<\/p>\n

Founded by Richard Jimenez in April of 2013, Mag 7 was created as a response to the 25 years that Jimenez himself had been performing in Vegas and Los Angeles. This isn\u2019t just a screen-to-real life version of Magic Mike<\/em> (though the men have the bodies and dance moves to take on such a comparison easily). Jimenez has a no drink\/no drug policy. All the dancers have day jobs. And like the LaLas, the intention is nothing short of bringing sexy back\u2014at least according to Jimenez.<\/p>\n

But apparently men swinging their junk in skimpy chonies while grooving to dance choreography did not sit well with the Fed Bar. Unlike The LaLas, who were happily welcomed back to the venue for continuing engagements, Mag 7 received a succinct note just seven days before they were set appear on November 8 at the Fed Bar. Sent from the Fed Bar\u2019s Event Sales Director, Nicole Castaneda, it read:<\/p>\n

\u201cI actually just got out of a meeting with our Director and after hearing the show recap from our GM, he felt the show was a little too risqu\u00e9. That being said, I unfortunately will not be able to move forward with future bookings.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"unnamed\"Shortly after, the North Hollywood Fed Bar, the restaurant\/bar’s flagship location, responded with a similar denial in regard to booking the troupe for 2015 performances after speaking with Long Beach management.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don’t understand\u2014it\u2019s a typical male revue with choreography, lap dances and kiss\u2019n\u2019tip at the end,\u201d Jimenez said. \u201cThe crowd loved it\u2026 Long Beach of all places\u2014too risqu\u00e9? It’s total bullshit. You can have a burlesque show but not a male revue.\u201d<\/p>\n

While Jimenez hints at an indirect form of sexism (and surely critics can light a fire with the idea that women can be gawked at but men cannot), there is one thing for certain; women and gay men throughout Long Beach are lamenting (though that’s just my opinion).<\/p>\n

The Federal Bar did not return a request for comment on this story.<\/p>\n

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