She ’s under 5 ft marvellous – 4'3 " to be exact – and she ’s the terpsichorean you see at clubs when they have sign like " MIDGET STRIPPER NIGHT!“Viva La Muerte the Pint Size Pepperis her stage name and , like any performer performing under the guise of being a one - dimensional act , Pint Size Pepper is right smart more than a stereotype . She ’s outrageously self - cognizant and preposterously good at what she does . We ask her to enjoin us about the sprightliness and and day - to - twenty-four hours of a humble stripper . This is what she order .
First off, how did you become a dancer?
Mostly by way of the burlesque scene and partly by way of a many - geezerhood - long desire to be a stripper . Back in college , I got scuff to an amateur night at a local strip guild in the most classic scenario you could imagine of two get around college girl trying to earn some supernumerary money . At first , I was told – and thought – we were going towatchdudes strip … so I grabbed my wallet . Then it turn into my friend wanting to go todothe amateur night and I ’d just tag along . Then it turned into me feverishly practice to a song in my dorm room while rifle through what little sexy clothing I had to cobble together an turnout .
That was the first metre I ever set base in a strip society , and would be the most exposure I ’d have to that particular domain for a few more year . In 2007 , I was introduced to parody . I found myself at a variety show one dark at a theatre in the city to storm an old admirer I saw in the batting order . The show had several burlesque act in it and I fell in love with what I see . I had trouble getting hire as a sign dancer in a club , [ and ] did n’t yet know [ feature terpsichore ] was even a thing and still wanted to strip and dance . Burlesque had all of that , plus any kind of little girl could do it . I determine a super - tall girl , a very sonsy miss , and really no kind of women I thought I would see on degree in a show like that .
People look one matter , which is in all likelihood that I ’m just going to not do too much . Then they get a full , well - thought - out show with stage dancing , airscrew , and all the trimmings .
Viva La Muerte the Pint Size Pepper (edited)
I go up to the manufacturer that night after that show , and two month afterward find myself performing in my first burlesque show . I did parody consistently from 2007 on , and always with the desire for more . I never forgot about the strip lodge , but have a go at it it probably was n’t a world I could really break into because I ’m dissimilar . In 2011 , I was introduced to feature dancing by a admirer who had been in the business herself and was now in burlesque like me . She hooked me up with my first lance / agent and I was thrilled because featuring to me was , and still is , the best of both earth .
The rush of a strip nine where I can do all my burlesque act and more . I have have for almost five old age now in nightclub and have since retired from the traditional burlesque scene to focus solely on my clubhouse display .
What’s your customer base like?
It ’s not always ordered . I would say my gang that really gets into my show , and the people who buy lap dances , are younger people in their twenty , both gentleman’s gentleman and adult female and then older cradle / biker twosome .
I do seem to have very distaff - heavy audience and fans as well , which is really fun for me . I think the women find it indue and they relish the show aspect of it with the heavy costuming . The homo and older crowd like the hard - alloy and classic rock shtick I normally have going on , and [ they ’re ] also are the ones with the fantasies about footling women . The girls want to talk about your show and costume and the bozo need to peach about your music selection and how they want to get it on " someone like you . "
What are the reactions from the audience usually like when they see you come out?
Surprise … decidedly surprise . And I do n’t think it ’s all necessarily like ' Holy shit a midget ' so much as it ’s also often ' Whoa , I did n’t opine she was buy the farm to come out with a full costume and mundane . ' People gestate one affair , which is credibly that I ’m just pass away to not do too much and then they get a full , well - recall - out show with choreography , prop , and all the trimmings .
Do you ever feel exploited?
Almost never , and I think that has a lot to do with the standard I set for myself very early on on when I entered the club industriousness as a feature article dancer . Within a year of beginning , I signed myself up for a big contest where I was up against girls who had been doing this for years – including the top characteristic in the industry at the sentence . I just dove powerful in , put myself next to the secure , and did my show the way they did .
I will never take a reservation when I get it on they just want me to be the nominal midget , like dressing up as a leprechaun .
I ’ve always held myself to the same standard as all the other features . So I conceive found early on that I was to be taken as seriously as the rest and that I was n’t riding only on being short in turn lead hoi polloi to overwork me much less than I ever think . I seldom sense exploited . I know that , yes , Idoget book because of my stature , but I use that chance to give people the unexpected when it comes to that .
Viva La Muerte the Pint Sized Pepper
There was a time a engagement tried to exploit my size , secern me on the earpiece before the engagement about all these plan they had for my show with people carrying me , want me to act a little - girl part . I told them I had several of my own full shows , some of which had win awards , and they just did not care . So I declined the booking . And that ’s generally my insurance policy . I will never take a booking when I lie with they just require me to be the token dwarf , like dressing up as a leprechaun .
If I ca n’t show the full mountain range of my talent and find like I ’m setting myself up to be disrespected , I just do n’t do it .
What does your average night look like?
If we are compare me to , say , an average - size feature , I remember our nights can be surprisingly the same . I make a similar amount of money , get a similar amount of lap dance and merchandise sales . Very rarely do I feel like I make a meaning amount of money over what any other feature showgirl might make .
Do you enjoy what you do?
perfectly ! It satisfies a lot of dissimilar parts of me and is far more empowering than it is exploitative for me . It ’s an sales outlet from working a 9 - to-5 24-hour interval job for the last 10 geezerhood . It ’s also an outlet for my sex , and I consider myself to be a highly sexual soul , so this is a level-headed and fun way to get that out . I also have always want to be an entertainer or dancer of some kind , and this does that in a very nerveless manner . You get to hold what kind of show you do while also traveling the country to places you may not have otherwise move . I also love being on the go – so the travel is majuscule .
Let’s talk about the exploitation of little people in America
This has been a hot subject for me of late . I ’ve been speaking a lot about how I feel like picayune people are still one of the most marginalized groups of people out there . It still , to me , seems like it ’s very OK to make fun of little citizenry or midgets . Very rarely , if ever , do you see someone stomach up for little people when the " M " word gets thrown around , or a crude unretentive joke gets made , or when the great unwashed plain call us creepy .
I once had a grown char run from me when inaugurate to me at a show .
Why is it so OK to rip on forgetful people , but it would n’t be OK if it were make fun of race , sex , gender , or disability ? I intend we are so dehumanized to a floor that people do n’t intend we see or hear these abuse and are somehow invisible to it all .
This dehumanisation demonstrate itself in a lot of unlike room . It can be someone asking something as apparently devoid to them as ' How do you tug ? ' or ' Is your boyfriend short like you ? ' to attend grown adults saying they are creeped out by midgets , or straight person - up leaving rooms if a little person enters . Yes , this has really happened .
I have had people will or not enter a elbow room I ’m in because they ’re afraid of me . I once had a grownup fair sex run from me when inaugurate to me at a show . I later asked her why , and she said it was because she had reckon the filmLeprechaunas a kidskin . It ’s so irrational and lightheaded . Would they fear someone , say , 6 in shorter than them ? Probably not . So why are they afraid of us ?
Do you find the roles that little people get in film/TV/clubs empowering?
[ They ’re ] largely exploitatory , for sure , with very few exception . I thought it was coolheaded when a show likeLittle People , Big Worldcame around and showed the daytime - to - day life of little people and really normalized our experience in an crucial way . We have jobs , families , and homes just like anyone else . Then you have most other thing that are n’t quite as tolerant , where we are the butt of some joke and marginalize to a stereotype such as being creepy-crawly , intoxicated , wild , or OK to literally throw out or pick up .
Would you recommend exotic dancing to other little people?
Yes and no . You do have to have a thick skin . Do n’t do it if you ca n’t take the fact that people will leer at you , be given from you , say you have weird foot , treat you like a fetish , lean on your head for a photo . Do it if you really want to execute and entertain .
I would love to see more little entertainers on the scenery who take pride in creating a show and not just furthering the stereotype we so often see in the media . We can all rise above that and collectively elevate ourselves as a well-thought-of mathematical group of entertainers and not just being the token nanus at a party .
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