It's a pattern that's "nothing new" in the history of Denver's gay bars, he adds, noting that the more attention that's paid to the situation, the longer it will take for the dancers to return to their cheeky selves. "Vice will get off of it in six weeks," says the man at D&D, and the T-bars will be snapped snugly back in place sans the bothersome briefs. That is, until the law looks the other way. It gives the illusion of a more revealing show, he says, while remaining in the good graces of the law. Though he refused to give his name, the man says D&D dancers now wear the flesh-colored briefs under their thongs - T-bars, as they're known in the male-stripper industry - during their weekly Saturday performances at the Brig. "It helps show the definition of the body," explains a man who answered the phone at D&D Entertainment, the agency that supplies dancers for the Brig on South Broadway and other bars in Denver. So what's the fun of wearing the superfluous butt floss at all? The result is that some beefcakes are wearing nothing less than flesh-toned, wide-back briefs underneath their trademark thongs. Denver police have warned bar owners that their go-go boys had better fill in their cracks or face the consequences.
If it seems like a buck doesn't buy as much of a booty-shaking good time as it used to during stripper night at your favorite local gay bar, you're right.