A_AT0 strip_NN1 club_NN1 is_VBZ built_VVN on_PRP the_AT0 fault_NN1 line_NN1 between_PRP artifice_NN1 and_CJC authenticity_NN1 ._SENT The_AT0 dancers_NN2 are_VBB real_AJ0 ._SENT Their_DPS names_NN2 are_VBB likely_AJ0 not_XX0 ._SENT The_AT0 customers_NN2 are_VBB real_AJ0 ,_PUN too_AV0 ,_PUN as_CJS are_VBB their_DPS desires_NN2 and_CJC ,_PUN especially_AV0 ,_PUN their_DPS money_NN1 ._SENT What_DTQ about_PRP the_AT0 sense_NN1 of_PRF intimacy_NN1 that_CJT a_AT0 customer_NN1 carries_VVZ back_AVP out_AVP through_PRP the_AT0 beaded_AJ0 curtain_NN1 after_PRP a_AT0 private_AJ0 dance_NN1 —_PUN is_VBZ that_DT0 real_AJ0 ?_SENT If_CJS it_PNP is_VBZ ,_PUN then_AV0 why_AVQ does_VDZ he_PNP insist_VVI on_PRP asking_VVG for_PRP the_AT0 dancer_NN1 's_POS real_AJ0 name_NN1 ,_PUN or_CJC on_PRP prying_VVG into_PRP her_DPS personal_AJ0 life_NN1 ?_SENT What_DTQ could_VM0 she_PNP reveal_VVI to_TO0 prove_VVI that_CJT she_PNP 's_VBZ real_AJ0 enough_AV0 ,_PUN or_CJC even_AV0 too_AV0 real_AJ0 ,_PUN to_TO0 satisfy_VVI his_DPS fantasy_NN1 ?_SENT 
The_AT0 photographer_NN1 Chris_NP0 Buck_NP0 hoped_VVD to_TO0 untangle_VVI some_DT0 of_PRF these_DT0 contradictions_NN2 when_CJS he_PNP began_VVD his_DPS project_NN1 "_PUQ Gentlemen_NN2 's_POS Club_NN1 ,_PUN "_PUQ in_PRP 2014._CRD For_PRP the_AT0 series_NN0 ,_PUN he_PNP sought_VVD out_AVP not_XX0 strip-club_AJ0 dancers_NN2 themselves_PNX but_CJC their_DPS romantic_AJ0 partners_NN2 ,_PUN who_PNQ know_VVB the_AT0 passions_NN2 and_CJC paradoxes_NN2 of_PRF the_AT0 work_NN1 acutely_AV0 ._SENT "_PUQ I_PNP did_VDD n't_XX0 understand_VVI how_AVQ someone_PNI could_VM0 be_VBI comfortable_AJ0 dating_VVG someone_PNI who_PNQ is_VBZ sexual_AJ0 and_CJC sometimes_AV0 intimate_AJ0 with_PRP other_AJ0 people_NN0 for_PRP a_AT0 living_NN1 ,_PUN "_PUQ Buck_NP0 said_VVD ._SENT Over_PRP the_AT0 course_NN1 of_PRF six_CRD years_NN2 ,_PUN he_PNP photographed_VVD forty_CRD people_NN0 who_PNQ 've_VHB built_VVN their_DPS lives_NN2 with_PRP strippers_NN2 ._SENT Sometimes_AV0 he_PNP met_VVD them_PNP alone_AV0 ,_PUN while_CJS other_AJ0 times_NN2 the_AT0 dancers_NN2 posed_VVN for_PRP him_PNP ,_PUN too_AV0 ._SENT A_AT0 new_AJ0 book_NN1 collects_VVZ the_AT0 portraits_NN2 alongside_PRP extensive_AJ0 ,_PUN sometimes_AV0 probing_VVG interviews_NN2 with_PRP his_DPS subjects_NN2 about_PRP the_AT0 boundary_NN1 between_PRP life_NN1 and_CJC labor_NN1 ._SENT Tinted_VVN with_PRP jealousy_NN1 ,_PUN empathy_NN1 ,_PUN humor_NN1 ,_PUN and_CJC occasional_AJ0 heartbreak_NN1 ,_PUN their_DPS stories_NN2 bring_VVB depth_NN1 and_CJC warmth_NN1 to_PRP a_AT0 misunderstood_AJ0 profession_NN1 ._SENT 
Buck_NN0 ,_PUN an_AT0 accomplished_AJ0 portraitist_NN1 known_VVN for_PRP his_DPS work_NN1 with_PRP celebrities_NN2 and_CJC politicians_NN2 ,_PUN including_PRP four_CRD U.S._NP0 Presidents_NN2 ,_PUN elicits_VVZ blinding_AJ0 candor_NN1 from_PRP his_DPS subjects_NN2 ._SENT (_PUL "_PUQ I_PNP photographed_VVD George_NP0 McGovern_NP0 in_PRP a_AT0 Speedo_NN1 —_PUN you_PNP 'd_VM0 be_VBI shocked_AJ0 what_DTQ people_NN0 would_VM0 do_VDI for_PRP a_AT0 photograph_NN1 ,_PUN if_CJS you_PNP ask_VVB the_AT0 right_AJ0 way_NN1 ,_PUN "_PUQ he_PNP told_VVD me_PNP ._SENT )_PUR His_DPS portraits_NN2 in_PRP "_PUQ Gentlemen_NN2 's_POS Club_NN1 "_PUQ embody_VVB the_AT0 clashing_AJ0 realities_NN2 of_PRF the_AT0 strip_NN1 club_NN1 :_PUN posed_VVN but_CJC never_AV0 unnatural_AJ0 ,_PUN the_AT0 pictures_NN2 are_VBB ,_PUN by_PRP turns_NN2 ,_PUN playful_AJ0 ,_PUN tender_AJ0 ,_PUN brazen_AJ0 ,_PUN and_CJC inscrutable_AJ0 ._SENT One_CRD man_NN1 ,_PUN Jerrod_NP0 —_PUN all_DT0 of_PRF the_AT0 subjects_NN2 are_VBB referred_VVN to_PRP only_AV0 by_PRP their_DPS first_ORD names_NN2 —_PUN reclines_VVZ on_PRP a_AT0 bed_NN1 wearing_VVG a_AT0 leopard-print_AJ0 shirt_NN1 that_DT0 's_VBZ open_AJ0 down_AVP to_PRP his_DPS sternum_NN1 ._SENT His_DPS girlfriend_NN1 's_POS name_NN1 ,_PUN Gabriella_NP0 ,_PUN is_VBZ tattooed_VVN over_PRP his_DPS heart_NN1 ,_PUN and_CJC he_PNP 's_VBZ gazing_VVG almost_AV0 seductively_AV0 into_PRP the_AT0 camera_NN1 ._SENT He_PNP says_VVZ that_CJT he_PNP understands_VVZ the_AT0 pleasure_NN1 she_PNP might_VM0 derive_VVI from_PRP her_DPS work_NN1 ._SENT "_PUQ I_PNP do_VDB n't_XX0 exactly_AV0 have_VHI a_AT0 muscular_AJ0 physique_NN1 ,_PUN and_CJC sometimes_AV0 some_DT0 of_PRF her_DPS customers_NN2 at_PRP the_AT0 club_NN1 do_VDB ,_PUN "_PUQ he_PNP says_VVZ ._SENT "_PUQ And_CJC let_VVB 's_POS say_VVB she_PNP has_VHZ her_DPS moment_NN1 with_PRP them_PNP as_CJS she_PNP works_VVZ ._SENT I_PNP think_VVB it_PNP 's_VBZ O.K._AJ0 to_TO0 gain_VVI that_CJT personal_AJ0 satisfaction_NN1 without_PRP crossing_VVG those_DT0 boundaries_NN2 ._SENT "_PUQ He_PNP always_AV0 makes_VVZ sure_AJ0 ,_PUN he_PNP says_VVZ ,_PUN that_CJT there_EX0 's_VBZ something_PNI for_PRP Gabriella_NP0 to_TO0 eat_VVI when_CJS she_PNP gets_VVZ home_AV0 ._SENT Karley_NP0 ,_PUN from_PRP New_NP0 Orleans_NP0 ,_PUN holds_VVZ her_DPS partner_NN1 ,_PUN Emma_NP0 ,_PUN on_PRP piggyback_NN1 during_PRP a_AT0 downpour_NN1 ,_PUN her_DPS feet_NN2 submerged_VVN in_PRP water_NN1 ,_PUN as_CJS Emma_NP0 sticks_VVZ her_DPS tongue_NN1 out_AVP to_TO0 catch_VVI the_AT0 rain_NN1 ._SENT Karley_NP0 says_VVZ that_CJT she_PNP lived_VVD under_PRP a_AT0 bridge_NN1 as_PRP a_AT0 teen-ager_NN1 and_CJC rode_VVD across_PRP the_AT0 country_NN1 on_PRP freight_NN1 trains_NN2 ._SENT She_PNP reveres_VVZ Emma_NP0 's_POS broadmindedness_NN1 and_CJC attributes_VVZ it_PNP ,_PUN in_PRP part_NN1 ,_PUN to_PRP her_DPS profession_NN1 ._SENT "_PUQ It_PNP 's_VBZ definitely_AV0 helped_VVN her_DPS self-esteem_NN1 a_AT0 lot_NN1 ,_PUN "_PUQ Karley_NP0 says_VVZ ,_PUN "_PUQ because_CJS people_NN0 are_VBB literally_AV0 paying_VVG hundreds_CRD of_PRF thousands_CRD of_PRF dollars_NN2 just_AV0 to_TO0 look_VVI at_PRP her_DPS butt_NN1 ._SENT "_PUQ 
Others_NN2 have_VHB a_AT0 less_AV0 nurturing_AJ0 attitude_NN1 ._SENT "_PUQ I_PNP like_VVB them_PNP just_AV0 a_AT0 little_AJ0 bit_NN1 crazy_AJ0 ,_PUN you_PNP know_VVB ?_SENT "_PUQ Anthony_NP0 ,_PUN from_PRP St._NP0 Petersburg_NP0 ,_PUN Florida_NP0 ,_PUN says_VVZ ,_PUN of_PRF his_DPS predilection_NN1 for_PRP dancers_NN2 ._SENT "_PUQ It_PNP 's_VBZ like_PRP adding_VVG the_AT0 right_AJ0 amount_NN1 of_PRF paprika_NN1 or_CJC spice_NN1 to_PRP something_PNI ._SENT "_PUQ Buck_NN0 photographs_NN2 Anthony_NP0 bent_VVD over_AVP the_AT0 open_AJ0 hatch_NN1 of_PRF his_DPS Fiat_NN1 ,_PUN his_DPS jean_NN1 shorts_NN2 sliding_VVG down_AVP to_TO0 expose_VVI his_DPS butt_NN1 crack_NN1 ._SENT Then_AV0 there_EX0 's_VBZ Vincent_NP0 ,_PUN who_PNQ requests_VVZ a_AT0 bottle_NN1 of_PRF whiskey_NN1 before_PRP the_AT0 shoot_NN1 ._SENT Under_PRP the_AT0 Brooklyn_NP0 Bridge_NN1 ,_PUN he_PNP stands_VVZ drunk_AJ0 and_CJC shirtless_AJ0 on_PRP a_AT0 mossy_AJ0 outcropping_NN1 ,_PUN hat_NN1 in_PRP hand_NN1 ,_PUN leaning_VVG forward_AV0 to_TO0 offer_VVI a_AT0 fist_NN1 bump_NN1 ._SENT The_AT0 interview_NN1 soon_AV0 brings_VVZ him_PNP to_PRP tears_NN2 ._SENT "_PUQ You_PNP wanna_NN1 know_VVB how_AVQ a_AT0 stripper_NN1 's_POS boyfriend_NN1 lives_NN2 ?_SENT "_PUQ he_PNP says_VVZ ._SENT "_PUQ A_AT0 stripper_NN1 's_POS boyfriend_NN1 sits_VVZ in_PRP the_AT0 house_NN1 ,_PUN picking_VVG up_AVP pennies_NN2 ,_PUN drinking_VVG beers_NN2 ,_PUN crying_VVG for_PRP somebody_PNI to_TO0 help_VVI them_PNP ._SENT "_PUQ 
In_PRP Buck_NN0 's_POS photos_NN2 ,_PUN many_DT0 of_PRF the_AT0 partners_NN2 of_PRF dancers_NN2 are_VBB shown_VVN topless_AJ0 or_CJC nude_AJ0 ._SENT "_PUQ As_CJS a_AT0 straight_AJ0 man_NN1 ,_PUN I_PNP find_VVB male_AJ0 nudes_NN2 quite_AV0 powerful_AJ0 and_CJC vulnerable_AJ0 ,_PUN because_CJS ,_PUN most_DT0 men_NN2 ,_PUN they_PNP like_VVB to_TO0 be_VBI nude_AJ0 in_PRP a_AT0 sexual_AJ0 context_NN1 ,_PUN but_CJC outside_AV0 of_PRF that_DT0 they_PNP do_VDB n't_XX0 like_VVI it_PNP at_PRP all_DT0 ,_PUN "_PUQ Buck_NP0 said_VVD ._SENT He_PNP shoots_VVZ a_AT0 man_NN1 named_VVN Brennan_NP0 standing_VVG shirtless_AJ0 in_PRP the_AT0 bathroom_NN1 ,_PUN his_DPS hair_NN1 delicately_AV0 combed_VVD ,_PUN his_DPS brow_NN1 knit_VVD in_PRP anxiety_NN1 and_CJC vague_AJ0 concern_NN1 ._SENT A_AT0 scar_NN1 runs_VVZ across_PRP his_DPS abdomen_NN1 ,_PUN and_CJC he_PNP wedges_VVZ a_AT0 hand_NN1 into_PRP his_DPS pocket_NN1 as_AV0 if_CJS to_PRP will_NN1 himself_PNX into_PRP insouciance_NN1 ._SENT Once_CJS a_AT0 stripper_NN1 himself_PNX ,_PUN Brennan_NP0 recalls_VVZ giving_VVG lap_NN1 dances_NN2 to_PRP widows_NN2 ,_PUN some_DT0 in_PRP their_DPS seventies_CRD ,_PUN who_PNQ only_AV0 wanted_VVD his_DPS conversation_NN1 ._SENT "_PUQ I_PNP got_VVD to_TO0 see_VVI the_AT0 sadness_NN1 in_PRP the_AT0 world_NN1 ,_PUN "_PUQ he_PNP says_VVZ ._SENT "_PUQ I_PNP felt_VVD like_PRP I_PNP was_VBD actually_AV0 contributing_VVG ,_PUN doing_VDG a_AT0 service_NN1 as_PRP a_AT0 companion_NN1 ,_PUN but_CJC not_XX0 in_PRP a_AT0 sexual_AJ0 way_NN1 ._SENT "_PUQ Blaine_NP0 ,_PUN a_AT0 dancer_NN1 and_CJC hunter_NN1 from_PRP Portland_NP0 ,_PUN Oregon_NP0 ,_PUN appears_VVZ on_PRP his_DPS roof_NN1 in_PRP only_AV0 his_DPS underwear_NN1 ,_PUN holding_VVG a_AT0 rifle_NN1 and_CJC sitting_VVG in_PRP a_AT0 deep_AJ0 squat_NN1 —_PUN perhaps_AV0 one_CRD of_PRF the_AT0 few_DT0 positions_NN2 common_AJ0 to_PRP both_DT0 strippers_NN2 and_CJC sportsmen_NN2 ._SENT Another_DT0 man_NN1 ,_PUN Tim_NP0 ,_PUN stands_VVZ naked_AJ0 near_PRP the_AT0 edge_NN1 of_PRF a_AT0 well-mowed_AJ0 field_NN1 ,_PUN a_AT0 cat_NN1 nuzzling_VVG his_DPS ankle_NN1 ._SENT He_PNP was_VBD with_PRP his_DPS girlfriend_NN1 ,_PUN Sarah_NP0 ,_PUN when_CJS she_PNP first_ORD set_VVD foot_NN1 in_PRP a_AT0 strip_NN1 club_NN1 ._SENT He_PNP watched_VVD her_DPS light_NN1 up_AVP "_PUQ like_PRP a_AT0 kid_NN1 in_PRP Disneyland_NP0 ._SENT "_PUQ Soon_AV0 she_PNP was_VBD working_VVG there_AV0 ._SENT 
The_AT0 interviews_NN2 begin_VVB to_TO0 blur_VVI together_AV0 —_PUN pairs_NN2 of_PRF Brians_NP0 and_CJC Davids_NP0 and_CJC Aarons_NP0 run_VVB into_PRP a_AT0 plaintive_AJ0 ,_PUN cautiously_AV0 optimistic_AJ0 chorus_NN1 ._SENT Outbursts_NN2 of_PRF jealousy_NN1 are_VBB endemic_AJ0 ,_PUN especially_AV0 among_PRP bouncers_NN2 who_PNQ date_VVB dancers_NN2 and_CJC must_VM0 watch_VVI them_PNP perform_VVI night_NN1 after_PRP night_NN1 ._SENT "_PUQ Your_DPS job_NN1 is_VBZ to_TO0 make_VVI sure_AJ0 nothing_PNI bad_AJ0 happens_VVZ ,_PUN but_CJC you_PNP ca_VM0 n't_XX0 look_VVI ,_PUN "_PUQ one_CRD man_NN1 says_VVZ ._SENT Others_NN2 are_VBB riddled_VVN with_PRP fears_NN2 about_PRP money_NN1 ._SENT If_CJS customers_NN2 must_VM0 pay_VVI for_PRP the_AT0 same_DT0 affection_NN1 the_AT0 dancers_NN2 '_POS partners_NN2 get_VVB for_PRP free_AJ0 ,_PUN how_AVQ can_VM0 the_AT0 partners_NN2 compete_VVB ?_SENT 
When_CJS the_AT0 dancers_NN2 themselves_PNX speak_VVB ,_PUN they_PNP 're_VBB eagle-eyed_AJ0 about_PRP the_AT0 emotional_AJ0 labor_NN1 their_DPS jobs_NN2 require_VVB them_PNP to_TO0 perform_VVI ._SENT "_PUQ You_PNP notice_VVB how_AVQ everyone_PNI likes_VVZ boobs_NN2 ,_PUN even_AV0 gay_AJ0 men_NN2 ,_PUN "_PUQ one_CRD of_PRF them_PNP says_VVZ ._SENT "_PUQ It_PNP 's_VBZ a_AT0 maternal_AJ0 thing_NN1 ,_PUN and_CJC I_PNP think_VVB men_NN2 can_VM0 open_VVI up_AVP more_AV0 to_PRP a_AT0 topless_AJ0 woman_NN1 either_AV0 because_CJS of_PRF the_AT0 openness_NN1 or_CJC just_AV0 because_CJS they_PNP feel_VVB nurtured_VVN and_CJC cared_VVN for_PRP ._SENT "_PUQ But_CJC the_AT0 compassion_NN1 only_AV0 goes_VVZ one_CRD way_NN1 ,_PUN she_PNP notes_VVZ ._SENT "_PUQ The_AT0 second_ORD you_PNP start_VVB telling_VVG them_PNP about_PRP your_DPS real_AJ0 problems_NN2 ,_PUN they_PNP do_VDB n't_XX0 want_VVI to_TO0 get_VVI near_PRP it_PNP ._SENT You_PNP ca_VM0 n't_XX0 be_VBI the_AT0 well_NN1 of_PRF sympathy_NN1 anymore_AV0 if_CJS they_PNP have_VHB to_TO0 feel_VVI bad_AJ0 for_PRP you_PNP ._SENT "_PUQ Another_DT0 dancer_NN1 adds_VVZ ,_PUN "_PUQ I_PNP used_VVD to_TO0 volunteer_VVI at_PRP a_AT0 suicide_NN1 intervention_NN1 hotline_NN1 when_CJS I_PNP was_VBD in_PRP college_NN1 ,_PUN and_CJC it_PNP reminds_VVZ me_PNP of_PRF taking_VVG those_DT0 calls_NN2 ._SENT You_PNP are_VBB in_PRP this_DT0 really_AV0 emotionally_AV0 charged_VVN space_NN1 with_PRP a_AT0 total_AJ0 stranger_NN1 ._SENT There_EX0 are_VBB moments_NN2 of_PRF real-life_AJ0 connection_NN1 ,_PUN however_AVQ fleeting_AJ0 they_PNP are_VBB ._SENT "_PUQ The_AT0 work_NN1 is_VBZ performative_AJ0 ,_PUN the_AT0 customers_NN2 often_AV0 boorish_AJ0 ;_PUN after_PRP a_AT0 gruelling_AJ0 night_NN1 ,_PUN the_AT0 dancers_NN2 trust_VVB their_DPS partners_NN2 to_TO0 help_VVI them_PNP return_VVI to_PRP themselves_PNX ._SENT As_CJS one_PNI puts_VVZ it_PNP ,_PUN "_PUQ I_PNP can_VM0 say_VVI ,_PUN '_PUQ This_DT0 happened_VVD to_PRP me_PNP at_PRP work_NN1 today_AV0 ,_PUN '_PUQ and_CJC he_PNP 'll_VM0 just_AV0 say_VVI ,_PUN '_PUQ I_PNP 'm_VBB really_AV0 sorry_AJ0 ._SENT That_DT0 's_VBZ super_AJ0 shitty_NN1 ._SENT Do_VDB you_PNP want_VVI me_PNP to_TO0 hold_VVI you_PNP for_PRP a_AT0 little_AJ0 while_NN1 ?_SENT '_PUQ "_PUQ 
I_PNP asked_VVD Buck_NN0 whether_CJS he_PNP felt_VVD closer_AV0 to_PRP understanding_VVG the_AT0 ties_NN2 that_CJT bind_VVB strippers_NN2 and_CJC their_DPS partners_NN2 ,_PUN after_PRP so_AV0 many_DT0 years_NN2 spent_VVD photographing_VVG them_PNP ._SENT "_PUQ Absolutely_AV0 not_XX0 ,_PUN "_PUQ he_PNP said_VVD ._SENT "_PUQ It_PNP 's_VBZ not_XX0 like_AV0 at_PRP the_AT0 end_NN1 of_PRF the_AT0 book_NN1 I_PNP have_VHB the_AT0 answer_NN1 ._SENT "_PUQ "_PUQ Gentlemen_NN2 's_POS Club_NN1 ,_PUN "_PUQ in_PRP one_CRD sense_NN1 ,_PUN functions_NN2 as_PRP a_AT0 form_NN1 of_PRF advocacy_NN1 for_PRP sex_NN1 workers_NN2 ,_PUN exploring_VVG their_DPS lives_NN2 honestly_AV0 and_CJC without_PRP varnish_NN1 ._SENT But_CJC Buck_NP0 insisted_VVD that_CJT his_DPS project_NN1 was_VBD driven_VVN only_AV0 by_PRP his_DPS curiosity_NN1 ,_PUN which_DTQ remains_VVZ piqued_AJ0 ._SENT His_DPS subjects_NN2 '_POS motives_NN2 and_CJC private_AJ0 yearnings_NN2 ,_PUN as_CJS with_PRP any_DT0 in_PRP love_NN1 ,_PUN are_VBB hidden_VVN behind_PRP life_NN1 's_POS beaded_AJ0 curtain_NN1 ._SENT 
