Talk:Chippendales

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Improvement needed

The article needs substantial editing: there are spelling mistakes, ambiguous pronouns ("... Banerjee enlisted ex-con Ray Colon. He wanted ..."), etc.

The article consists mostly of sentences that are short and choppy ("The man was an FBI informant."), or wordy, flowery and sentimental ("An ever devoted family man, Banerjee took his own life by hanging himself in his cell during the early morning hours ..."). In short, it reads like a popular true crime paperback.

No references are mentioned, either.

Chippendiddys

What about a brief paragraph concerning the 1995 spin-off boy-troupe in Great Britain, called the Chippendiddys? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.145.90.130 (talk) 05:40, 11 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Banerjee article

I think this Banerjee person should get his own entry, for the Chippendales article is more about him than the dancers themselves.

Origin of the name

Hope someone knows where the name came from. Was it from a town, or is there any connection with the furniture-maker? 217.166.94.1

Alledgely it comes from the Chippendale-style furniture present at the original club though this may very well be apocryphal. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.181.55.239 (talk) 13:24, 2 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Chippendales article

I think this article is fine under Chippendales, but if it is under Chippendale dancers, then the article should be about the current/past dancers, not the origins of Chippendales.

I moved this back to Chippendales, but what a mess this article is. It reads more like a tabloid story. Stuff not related to the club should be in the individual biographies. Let's make the article about what it says it is. DJ Clayworth (talk) 15:06, 13 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for taking the initiative. What was the address of the original club? Sincerely, GeorgeLouis (talk) 15:30, 13 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, this article has ONLY biographical details about the owners. Nothing about the club itself, OR the dancers, except in the very first sentence. ("Chippendales is a nightclub best known for its erotic male dancing.") -- megA (talk) 11:55, 18 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

How does one go about "Distancing the company from its somewhat risqué past", when it remains a strip act? It will always be porography, not merely risque. If they keep their clothes on it may be toned down to the level where it could be called only risque!

Removing Cleanup tag

I did a heavy copy-edit on this article and brought it up to WP standards, so I removed the Cleanup tag. I had to excise a lot of detail and would be glad to have it back if it were cogent and to the point. This still need in-line sources, and the article really should not have been kept around so long without them. Sincerely, GeorgeLouis (talk) 02:37, 29 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Article needs rewritten

This article has so many problems, it would be better to completely rewrite it. The article does not explain the basic concept of The Chippendales, instead focusing solely on the early history of the act. There are too few sources. I would like to give this article a fresh start by replacing the content with a translation of the better German Wikipedia article.- Gilliam (talk) 04:47, 12 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Could you develop your proposed article in userspace, so we can see the two side by side? Thanks! -Anirvan (talk) 03:11, 18 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Poorly written articles occur when the author tries to circumvent pertinent information, such as the exact location of the first Chippendale club and a fleshing out of the history and its general embracing by mainstream American culture. The problem with this article stems from the writer having difficulty admitting the United States isn't the world's most oppressive conservative evil empire, after all. You have to read between the lines to understand why this article is so lifeless. --MarioSmario (talk) 21:28, 27 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]