Here He Goes Again

This, apparently, is the future of Vegas. “Sin City,” as countless headline writers have noted, “is back.” Up and down the Strip, the skyline is dominated by huge, multistory video billboards featuring images of what would have passed for soft porn a generation ago. In my hotel, the MGM Grand, every elevator features a large sign for their nude revue, “La Femme.” Small children, old ladies, junior-high-school soccer teams: Everyone sees the same butt—with just enough frilly thong to keep it legal—right over the floor-indicator.

It’s a carnival of female flesh, year-round. Over 1,000 naked women perform in public on any given evening. Harrah’s offers “Skintight,” starring Vanna Lace—whose election as “Miss Nude World” was not, presumably, a reward for reading to the blind. A nightclub called “Skin” is scheduled to open in May; it will feature women shaking their groove thing on platforms while mermaids swim nude in a giant fish tank.

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Jay Nordlinger

Jay Nordlinger was a senior editor of National Review and a book fellow at National Review Institute.

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This, apparently, is the future of Vegas. “Sin City,” as countless headline writers have noted, “is back.” Up and down the Strip, the skyline is dominated by huge, multistory video billboards featuring images of what would have passed for soft porn a generation ago. In my hotel, the MGM Grand, every elevator features a large sign for their nude revue, “La Femme.” Small children, old ladies, junior-high-school soccer teams: Everyone sees the same butt—with just enough frilly thong to keep it legal—right over the floor-indicator.

It’s a carnival of female flesh, year-round. Over 1,000 naked women perform in public on any given evening. Harrah’s offers “Skintight,” starring Vanna Lace—whose election as “Miss Nude World” was not, presumably, a reward for reading to the blind. A nightclub called “Skin” is scheduled to open in May; it will feature women shaking their groove thing on platforms while mermaids swim nude in a giant fish tank.