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Or at least she said she wouldnt object to that happening?
I dont remember the details.
Women screamed, cameras flashed.
Reader, I wish I could tell you that bachelorette was me.
Instead, a strangers bachelorette is simply the most fun Ive ever had in Vegas.
We meet his character, gas-station manager Somen Banerjee, in 1979 as he inventories the mini-marts sandwich offerings.
(The Karachi-born Nanjiani plays an Indian immigrant to the U.S. Hes invented a loyalty-card scheme thats sent revenue skyrocketing.
Steve trades his canvas work jacket for a slim-fitting suit and wide tie.
As it turns out, Pauls showbiz connections are as fake as his Rolex.
But he does have some hustle.
He sees God in the rafters; he sees angels in the architecture.
Okay, really its a male stripper undressing on a suspended catwalk while the ABBA banger Gimme!
(A Man After Midnight) soars, but it restores Steves faith in his own destiny, II.
Ms. Stratten gets it.
(We all giggled when Steve said theyd found a hole in the marketplace, right?)
Steve and Paul recruit beefy dancers from Venice and customers from grocery-store parking lots.
On opening night, the line to get into Chippendales is around the block.
So what if the talent is a little raw and unpolished?
Women arent like men, Nick says sagely, increasingly a Yoda figure.
Yes, Nick is in; Pauls icky-horndog routine is out.
Instead of sharing in Dorothys success, Paul cheapens the moment: Youre going to fuck Peter Bogdanovich.
I wish this lady would!
At least things at the club are getting better by the night.
And theres a cowboy number, replete with hay bales and men humping their own ten-gallon hats.
This show must be about its death.
I was still thinking this when Steve leaves Paul an answering-machine message that Paul will never hear.
Hes dead and so is Dorothy, presumably by Pauls hand.
Theres a shotgun on the ground near where their bodies lay in the final seconds of the episode.
I am even beginning to fear that ripped Kumail Nanjiani will be keeping all his clothes on.
