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Godwin Muzari Showbiz Mirror
The surge of strip-tease that has been swirling through the local showbiz terrain like a whirlwind since a couple of years ago, sweeping a considerable number of predominantly male followers and aspiring female dancers, could be more than night life ecstasy.While many arts critics view it as an international form of entertainment slowly creeping into our highly preservative cultural blanket as a sign of infiltrating global trends in most aspects of modern life, practitioners on top of this wave might have a different feeling.
It takes a certain level of madness for anyone, male or female, to strip in public. But the love for money always sends people mad, which is why some ladies of the night would stand on the streets half-naked.
Taking the art at a partially formal level where one is nationally known by name and face as a stripper is way too high a level that needs more guts.
They have been doing it in many other countries and this form of art is financially rewarding more than other genres that need more creativity and talent. Internationally, it is a source of much and easy money, so we slowly adopted and accepted it.
Although our type of this entertainment form here has been ‘dignified’ as a dance style and reportedly performed strictly under the confines of the principles from the Censorship Board, some scenes at the shows are disgusting.
Male patrons have been stripped completely naked, while some dancers (strippers) have gone as far as inserting empty bottles into their private parts to attract patrons.
That is indeed night life ecstasy.
A lot has been said, a lot has been done and a lot has been seen in this madness.
Now, the focus on strippers has taken an interesting shift from the bar to the church.
The dancers are said to be jostling to join Prophet Walter Magaya’s Prophetic Healing Deliverance Ministries church.
The reported wave comes after one of the dancers Beverly “Bev” Sibanda joined the church and was told to stop performing in pubs and promised business capital.
Bev’s case is understandable if claims that she went to the church on her own are true.
In that case, Bev would be someone who was going to church to get deliverance (probably tired of the bottles) and deliverance came in a way she would did not expect and she embraced it.
She agreed to quit dancing.
My problem is with other dancers that are said to have called Magaya’s office asking to be considered in the same way as Bev.
While it would sound blasphemous to measure anyone’s faith, the fact is that these dancers do not enjoy what they are doing – mainly because they are exposing themselves to moral scrutiny and abuse for paltry returns. A lot happens behind the scenes at shows featuring these dancers.
Most of them appear wild and wayward, but the few that I have spoken to argue they were forced into this trade because of their situations.
The tricky part is that their explanations are similar.
They hinge on being orphaned, abused and impregnated.
They always paint a pathetic picture of their backgrounds to convince anyone that they failed to get any other form of income and resorted to displaying their normally covered parts for their bodies for a few dollars.
The impression is they are so desperate and could do anything for money.
Even Zoey Sifelani has reportedly indicated she is willing to quit dancing for Magaya’s church if she gets a package similar to Bev’s promised business capital.
Magaya said he is determined to ensure the “strippers” repent and start something moral because “strip tease is becoming popular in the country, which is worrisome to the church.”
Have all those dancers offering to repent seen the light in deliverance through Bev or are prepared to do anything for money?
Online Reporter