Hamburg, Iowa, USA [did not make that up], Aug 1, 2008: a judge ruled nude dancing at a bar is an "art form" protected by a specific exception to the "public indecent exposure law." How kewl is that? Now the patrons at strip clubs are actually art critics, & the naked dancers are "performance artistes." Even more importantly, the ruling was about a case in which a young woman, a customer (patron of the arts), became caught up in the moment, jumped on stage, & presented an extemporaneous expression of her own creation by stripping to the buff.
Some commenters observed that the fact she is the county sheriff's niece may have had some bearing on this case of baring all. It was also noted that, at the time of the free-form expression of dance, the young lady was a minor child, by state law.
Apparently, no one indicated whether the bare babe was bushy, bald-beaver, Brazilian, or Sphinx. Good reporters are so rare nowadays.
