Hot and kinda bothered by 'Magic Mike'; plus Penn Badgley on bad boys

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🗓️ 10 February 2023

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Summary

The scintillating strip sensation is back! 'Magic Mike's Last Dance' hits theaters this weekend – and to celebrate, we're talking about male dancers in the media and in the clubs. Our host Brittany Luse sits down with sociologist Dr. Katy Pilcher, to talk about female desire and what it means that a whole family can enjoy a male strip revue together.

Then, Brittany talks to Penn Badgley, the star of Netflix's 'YOU.' He reflects on playing bad guys for the last 15 years, what a murderer can tell us about love and why all television is camp.

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0:00.0	Just a warning, we mentioned sex work and violence in this segment.
0:07.5	Hey y'all, you're listening to It's Been A Minute from NPR. I'm Brittany Luce.
0:11.9	And today we are talking about a franchise that's been getting audiences hot and bothered for
0:17.6	over a decade, all through the magic of Mike. Yep, I'm talking about Magic Mike.
0:34.0	This weekend, the third and final Magic Mike movie is hitting theaters and if you've somehow
0:39.9	never heard of Magic Mike, let me give you the lowdown. Chanting Tatum plays a very talented dancer
0:46.3	named Mike Lane. And he has a lot of raunchy fun with his band of sexy male strippers.
0:53.2	To celebrate Magic Mike's last dance, we're going to take a long hard look at how the media
0:58.4	portrays male strippers and what strip shows project onto the desires of straight women.
1:05.0	Joining me is Dr. Katie Piltcher, who teaches sociology at Ashton University in the UK.
1:11.2	What's something that you've seen in a strip club that's genuinely made you laugh?
1:15.4	Um, one of the managers asked me if I wanted to get on stage myself.
1:20.2	Dr. Piltcher studies male strippers both in media and in the field.
1:24.7	One of the staff members was missing that night and they wanted to do the Danny and Sandy sketch.
1:31.9	Oh, from Greece. Yeah, and I was a bit like, I'm not sure if this is really my job.
1:37.5	We miss. I said, no, performance averted. Yeah.
1:42.0	Now, Dr. Piltcher may have avoided the spotlight, but our little dance is just about to begin.
1:49.5	As Jada Pinkett Smith famously says, in Magic Mike XXL.
1:53.9	Is that broad time a show timing? You guys ready?
2:02.1	Dr. Piltcher, thank you so much for coming on. It's been a minute. It's great to talk to you.
2:05.5	Thanks for having me. So you've done a lot of research into this.
2:10.6	And it seems like things kind of kicked off and the way that we think about
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