Editing Striptease (section)

====1980s–1990s====
In addition to lesser-known videos such as ''A Night at the Revuebar'' (1983), the 1980s also featured mainstream films involving stripping. These included ''[[Flashdance]]'' (1983), which told the story of blue-collar worker Alexandra (Alex) Owens ([[Jennifer Beals]]), who works as an exotic dancer in a [[Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]] bar at night and at a steel mill as a welder during the day. Stripping also was part of "genre" films, such as horror thriller ''[[Fear City]]'' (1984), by [[Abel Ferrara]], about a mass-murderer who terrorizes dancers working at a seedy strip club in [[Times Square]], [[New York City]]. The erotic drama ''[[9½ Weeks]]'' (1986) depicted [[Kim Basinger]] stripping to the tune of "You Can Leave Your Hat On" by [[Joe Cocker]]. ''[[Stripped to Kill]]'' (1987) was an [[exploitation film]] from [[Roger Corman]] about a lady cop who poses as a stripper to catch a murderer; which was followed by a sequel of the same name. ''[[Ladykillers (TV movie)|Ladykillers]]'' (1988), was a 'whodunnit' murder mystery involving the murders of male strippers by an unknown female assailant. ''[[Blaze (1989 film)|Blaze]]'' (1989) features [[Lolita Davidovitch]] as notorious stripper [[Blaze Starr]]. Starr herself appears in the film in a cameo role.

''Massive Attack : Eleven Promos. "Be Thankful For What You've Got"'' (1992), directed by Baillie Walsh, includes one dance routine by Ritzy Sparkle at the Raymond Revuebar Theatre. ''[[Exotica (film)|Exotica]]'' (1994), directed by [[Atom Egoyan]], is set in a Canadian lap-dance club, and portrays a man's ([[Bruce Greenwood]]) obsession with a [[student|schoolgirl]] stripper named Christina ([[Mia Kirshner]]). ''[[Showgirls]]'' (1995) was directed by [[Paul Verhoeven]] and starred [[Elizabeth Berkley]] and [[Gina Gershon]]. ''[[Striptease (film)|Striptease]]'' (1996), was an adaptation of the novel starring [[Demi Moore]].'' [[Barb Wire (1996 film)|Barb Wire]]'' (1996), starred [[Pamela Anderson]] (of ''[[Baywatch]]'' fame), who performs a wet striptease. ''[[The Full Monty]]'' (1997) is a story of British ex-steel workers who form a Chippendales-style dance revue and decide to strip naked to make an extra buck. It featured songs including an updated version of [[David Rose (musician)|David Rose]]'s big hit [[The Stripper]] and [[Tom Jones (singer)|Tom Jones]]'s version of "You Can Leave Your Hat On". ''[[The Players Club]]'' (1998) starred [[LisaRaye]] as a girl who becomes a stripper to earn enough money to enter college and study journalism.