# Is there a worse strip tease than Salma Hayek in From Dusk til Dawn? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 2, 2010, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-worse-strip-tease-than-salma-hayek-in-from-dusk-til-dawn/527363 "2010-02-02T11:58:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![singular1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba9def/32.png) [@singular1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/singular1)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2010, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-worse-strip-tease-than-salma-hayek-in-from-dusk-til-dawn/527363/1 "2010-02-02T11:58:56Z")
From Dusk til has been playing on cable lately, and mr. singular and I are always amazed that the sexy Salma does such a [half-assed strip tease dance](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYxxgvA8rlM). I mean, the writhing around with the snake is nice but then she doesn’t _do_ anything. In a bar as rough as the one they’ve portrayed in this movie, there would be louts bellowing “Show us your tits” etc., etc, and expecting her to behave the way the other dancers do. And yet, at the conclusion of her listless “dance”, the entire bar bursts into ecstatic applause. What are we missing here? ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2010, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-worse-strip-tease-than-salma-hayek-in-from-dusk-til-dawn/527363/2 "2010-02-02T12:06:10Z")
Not as bad as Jessica Alba in Sin City. Worst example of gratuitous non nudity ever. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Excellent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f19dbf/32.png) [@Mr.Excellent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Excellent)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2010, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-worse-strip-tease-than-salma-hayek-in-from-dusk-til-dawn/527363/3 "2010-02-02T12:30:35Z")
Dude. It’s Salma Hayak. You’ll watch the no-nudity strip-tease, and _like_ it! /grumbles that in his day, all they had were grainy black-and-white photographs of Susan B. Anthony. ---
**Author:** ![pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2010, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-worse-strip-tease-than-salma-hayek-in-from-dusk-til-dawn/527363/4 "2010-02-02T12:48:29Z")
about as exciting as watching Friedrich [Hayek](http://www.econlib.org/library/Enc/bios/Hayek.html) strip to his scivvies. ---
**Author:** ![Ichini\_Sanshigo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/d9b06d/32.png) [@Ichini\_Sanshigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ichini_Sanshigo)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2010, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-worse-strip-tease-than-salma-hayek-in-from-dusk-til-dawn/527363/5 "2010-02-02T13:28:37Z")
I’m sure there’s a trope for this. Maybe. But I’ve seen it mentioned in other movie reviews how when there’s a big name actress in a strip club scene, the whole affair ends up completely ridiculous and unrealistic, because there’s no way she’s doing a _real_ strip. ---
**Author:** ![Theodore\_Striker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@Theodore\_Striker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Theodore_Striker)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2010, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-worse-strip-tease-than-salma-hayek-in-from-dusk-til-dawn/527363/6 "2010-02-02T13:34:47Z")
Had not seen it until now, and that was one of the most un-sexy things I have seen. When you can tell it is choreographed, it takes all the fun out of it. ---
**Author:** ![chrisk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@chrisk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chrisk)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2010, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-worse-strip-tease-than-salma-hayek-in-from-dusk-til-dawn/527363/7 "2010-02-02T13:38:54Z")
> [@Ichini\_Sanshigo](#): > > I’m sure there’s a trope for this. Maybe. But I’ve seen it mentioned in other movie reviews how when there’s a big name actress in a strip club scene, the whole affair ends up completely ridiculous and unrealistic, because there’s no way she’s doing a _real_ strip. The closest entry I can find quickly at TV tropes appears to be [Bikini Bar](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BikiniBar) Jessica Alba in ‘Sin City’ is referenced, but not SH/DtD - yet. ---
**Author:** ![singular1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba9def/32.png) [@singular1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/singular1)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2010, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-worse-strip-tease-than-salma-hayek-in-from-dusk-til-dawn/527363/8 "2010-02-02T13:44:35Z")
> [@Mr.Excellent](#): > > Dude. It’s Salma Hayak. You’ll watch the no-nudity strip-tease, and _like_ it! Dude. I’m not a dude. But I can still appreciate a good strip tease. This ain’t it. ---
**Author:** ![kittenblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ba8739/32.png) [@kittenblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kittenblue)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2010, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-worse-strip-tease-than-salma-hayek-in-from-dusk-til-dawn/527363/9 "2010-02-02T13:51:00Z")
I t doesn’t look like it can be classified as a strip-tease at all, unless you consider removing a snake and a feathered headress as stripping. Shouldn’t a strip-tease start with more clothes? ---
**Author:** ![enomaj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/59ef9b/32.png) [@enomaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enomaj)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2010, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-worse-strip-tease-than-salma-hayek-in-from-dusk-til-dawn/527363/10 "2010-02-02T13:56:46Z")
> [@kittenblue](#): > > I t doesn’t look like it can be classified as a strip-tease at all, unless you consider removing a snake and a feathered headress as stripping. Shouldn’t a strip-tease start with more clothes? It doesn’t have to start with more clothes but it SHOULD end with partial nudity. And the ass doesn’t count since most strippers wear thongs. ---
**Author:** ![Starving\_Artist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2010, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-worse-strip-tease-than-salma-hayek-in-from-dusk-til-dawn/527363/11 "2010-02-02T14:03:27Z")
> [@singular1](#): > > From Dusk til has been playing on cable lately, and mr. singular and I are always amazed that the sexy Salma does such a [half-assed strip tease dance](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYxxgvA8rlM). I mean, the writhing around with the snake is nice but then she doesn’t _do_ anything. In a bar as rough as the one they’ve portrayed in this movie, there would be louts bellowing “Show us your tits” etc., etc, and expecting her to behave the way the other dancers do. And yet, at the conclusion of her listless “dance”, the entire bar bursts into ecstatic applause. What are we missing here? The audience behavior was a respect/fear/mesmerization thing, in my opinion. Hayek’s character was not your standard, run-of-the-mill stripper. Her name was Satanico Pandemonium, for cryin’ out loud. She was a vampire princess! And she wore a _python_! How much more badass do you want? I wouldn’t have been yelling _“Show us your tits!”_ either. Besides, she was plenty mesmerizing as it was. Until today I’ve never heard anyone speak of that scene with anything less than awestruck lust. ---
**Author:** ![Bartman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/779978/32.png) [@Bartman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bartman)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2010, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-worse-strip-tease-than-salma-hayek-in-from-dusk-til-dawn/527363/12 "2010-02-02T14:41:56Z")
> [@singular1](#): > > Dude. I’m not a dude. But I can still appreciate a good strip tease. This ain’t it. Agreed. Selma in DtD and Jessica Alba in Sin City, both left me feeling… meh. Compare this to Natalie Portman in Closer, for a scene which is actually charged with sexual energy. While the audience doesn’t see much more than Selma showed us, Clive Owen sure got a nice view. And the whole thing felt far more real. ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2010, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-worse-strip-tease-than-salma-hayek-in-from-dusk-til-dawn/527363/13 "2010-02-02T14:50:58Z")
> [@Starving\_Artist](#): > > Besides, she was plenty mesmerizing as it was. Until today I’ve never heard anyone speak of that scene with anything less than awestruck lust. Hell yeah. I’m an old lady and I’ve always thought it was **very** sexy. But I’ve never thought of it as a strip tease. She was supposed to show more than those incredible legs? Not needed. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2010, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-worse-strip-tease-than-salma-hayek-in-from-dusk-til-dawn/527363/14 "2010-02-02T14:58:47Z")
The really disappointing part was the Salma didn’t get her kit off in a movie until **Frida** , where she played a unibrowed gargoyle. Terminally non-sexy. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2010, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-worse-strip-tease-than-salma-hayek-in-from-dusk-til-dawn/527363/15 "2010-02-02T15:17:02Z")
Man, that was some boring stuff. The snake had better moves, and sticking her foot in Tarantino’s mouth (after walking across a stage and a table with beer, food, tobacco ash and drool on it) was just gross, as was spitting beer into his mouth. I shut it off before the end. ---
**Author:** ![joemama24\_98](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ce7236/32.png) [@joemama24\_98](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joemama24_98)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2010, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-worse-strip-tease-than-salma-hayek-in-from-dusk-til-dawn/527363/16 "2010-02-02T15:41:15Z")
I love the soundtrack though - “In the Dark” by Tito and the Tarantula is a great song for that kind of thing. I remember the scene fondly, only b/c it freaked me out - I thought I was just watching some odd Quentin T movie up until that point, and had no idea vampires were involved until she transformed into one. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2010, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-worse-strip-tease-than-salma-hayek-in-from-dusk-til-dawn/527363/17 "2010-02-02T15:58:49Z")
I reckon Lindsay Lohan’s lazy/stoned non-striptease at the beginning of **I Know Who Killed Me** gives Salma’s a run for the money. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2010, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-worse-strip-tease-than-salma-hayek-in-from-dusk-til-dawn/527363/18 "2010-02-02T16:02:54Z")
> [@](#): > > The really disappointing part was the Salma didn’t get her kit off in a movie until Frida, where she played a unibrowed gargoyle. Terminally non-sexy. No, Hayek had already done nude scenes before making _From Dusk til Dawn_ - she was nude in _Desperado_ the year before. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2010, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-worse-strip-tease-than-salma-hayek-in-from-dusk-til-dawn/527363/19 "2010-02-02T16:06:45Z")
Other examples of non-nude stripping by the lead actress would be Jennifer Beals in _Flashdance_, Rosario Dawson in _Rent_, and Lindsay Lohan in _I Know Who Killed Me_. Lindsay Lohan, for God’s sake. She take her clothes off on public streets. ---
**Author:** ![Starving\_Artist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2010, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-worse-strip-tease-than-salma-hayek-in-from-dusk-til-dawn/527363/20 "2010-02-02T16:10:21Z")
> [@joemama24\_98](#): > > I love the soundtrack though… Yeah, there’s a lot of great talent at work on that album, most of it previously unheard of. Apart from the two score pieces I love every song, and even after thirteen years or so I still find myself listening to it several times a month (on repeat, no less :D). Absolutely one of my favorite albums. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-worse-strip-tease-than-salma-hayek-in-from-dusk-til-dawn/527363.md?page=2)