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Peeling Off
Revealing doc about male stripper, Max McLure. Max earns his living performing strip-o-grams, working freelance either through his own company, Maxgrams, or through a 'gram agency'.
Documentary 1990 12 mins
Overview
Revealing doc about male stripper, Max McLure. Max earns his living performing strip-o-grams, working freelance either through his own company, Maxgrams, or through a 'gram agency'. The film pre-dates the point when male stripping entered Britain's cultural mainstream via The Full Monty.
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