1. Diana, age 18

Time at Lexx: Month and a half

I like my job because: I love to dance and would do it even I didn’t get paid.

Generalizations about men who go to strip clubs: Intelligent and cultured.

Been to Graf Orloff: Not yet.

2. Lena, age 20

Time at Lexx: 3 weeks

Likes stripping: When everyone stares at me and cheers me, I feel like a genie.

Some men make me uncomfortable: No, I can strip in front of anyone.

Actress I admire most: Demi Moore in Striptease.

3. Katya, age 20

Time at Lexx: 2 weeks.

Sex is: Sex [long pause...] is when two people love each other. I’m still young and inexperienced. I can’t really answer that.

Would strip to the hymn of the Soviet Union: If I had the right costume and the proper image, I could do it.

The Star Spangled Banner: It would be more difficult to find the right costume.

4. Lena, age 18

Time at Lexx: 3 weeks

Got this job by: Coming in off the street and asking for it.

Strangest experience at work: Men ask me about my problems. Why would rich men care about a simple Moscow girl?

Have pole at home to practice on: No, I have to practice without one.

5. Irena, age 27

Time at Lexx: 2 days; it’s my first Moscow strip club, before that I worked in Japan and Italy.

Japanese men acted like: I was a status symbol. They would show me off and point me out to their friends because I was European.

Italian men acted like: I was a prostitute.

Russian men act like: I don’t know yet, as I don’t have any experience. But it seems like they’re always complaining about life.

6. Nikol, age 18

Time at Lexx: 1 month

Is that kind of girl: No, life is just like that.

Are men intimidated by dating strippers: Real men aren’t intimidated by anything.

Stupidest fantasy clients ask for: When man sees a naked girl, they all become idiots.

Likes stripping: No, I’m too smart.