Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Dutch Treat?

Here's a look at Friday's male erotic massage demonstration held inside the window of the Blue Store, an "adult" shop on 8th Avenue in Chelsea. My source tells me that the “Dutch Window” was shut down by the police an hour and a half into the fun (talk about stamina!) and the team behind the display, Manworks.com, are crying foul. Apparently, one cop car drove by without stopping so it seemed the show would be able to continue without interruption. Twenty minutes later, however, another officer approached the window and demanded the demonstration be shut down immediately. When Manwork.com's director Daniel Lee asked why, the policeman claimed a permit was needed because the display caused "sidewalk obstruction." (The officer could not cite the exact law the window was violating.) Lee argued there was no nudity, no simulated sex, nothing lewd (so why this is "erotic," guys?). He asked the officer if Macy’s needed a permit for their Christmas windows when tourists jammed up 34th Street but the officer was having none of it. He demanded Lee shut the window down and then drove off. Lee obliged but was left wondering whether the window would have been shut down if it had been a woman-on-man pairing ...

3 comments:

Writer said...

That's upsetting for three reasons: 1) That it was shut down for bogus reasons. 2) That it wasn't actually erotic. And 3) that you weren't one of the participants.

Anonymous said...

This is completely fascinating. Hmph. I can't believe no one has commented yet! That store is hideous but I suppose it's legal. Tacky though.

Anonymous said...

I bet if it had been two women, the cops would NOT have shut it down. Perhaps it is tacky but again that would be in the eye of the beholder. Certainly tacky isn't against the law, because if it was, New Jersey would have been shut down years agao.