thanks for mentioning the piano teacher, rifke. i just found out that it is indeed a michael haneke film that i dont know yet. i'm definitely going to see it, that is, if my mother allows me to.
the first time i went to a place like that was after watching a tomas cruise film, i think it was a sequel to mission impossible. i had been watching it with someone i once knew quite well and we both felt completely de-spirited after the movie, flat and insubstantial like a dough that had been sent through an electric noodle roller. i was told that this is exactly what hollywood wants you to feel.
this person was convinced that the only way to heal ourselves from this feeling of vapidity was to look at human flesh, so he recommended a strip club, and as i am always open to see new places and acquire experience, i agreed to join him. i didnt feel awkward there but noticed that there were mostly younger business men or bankers having a beer. this made me feel a bit estranged. well, what else can i say, but that i fell asleep after ten minutes or so and i woke up to one of the ladies on the stage wagging her behind or breasts in my face. i was later told by my company that it is indeed considered to be extremely impolite not to watch closely and give signs of approval to the ladies at regular intervals. i'm just tellin you, so that you know that there are certain rules which need to be adhered to. it's a very sensitive environment, even worse than in a disco, and if just one person does not behave according to expectations, the whole house of cards collapses immediately.