Taboo goes to MoBay

Sadeke Brooks, Staff Reporter

Montego Bay will be getting additional entertainment with the opening of two new nightspots, Taboo: The Ultimate Adult Playground and Vanity.

Speaking with THE STAR on Tuesday, the proprietor, Shemara Todd, said she saw the demand for another Taboo based on the number of Montego Bay patrons that visited Taboo in New Kingston.

“My patrons demanded it,” she said.

Todd said the new gentlemen’s club will open at Fairview Shopping Centre in Montego Bay on Friday. She said the opening night will be hosted by singer Ishawna, while DJ Nicco will play the music. She said there will also be guest exotic dancers, Royalty Mason and Destruction.

When the club opens on Friday, Todd boasted that patrons will be treated to an international experience.

“It is four times the size of the one in Kingston, 100 per cent international. There will be 20-foot poles like you see in Vegas, just a 100 per cent first-world experience. The decor is top of the line. It is something that everybody will have to come out and see,” she said, adding that international showgirls will also make appearances.

Todd noted that expectations are high.

“They (patrons in Montego Bay) are just waiting for it, literally. We are also opening a regular disco called Vanity. MoBay has a whole lot to look forward to. We have a lot of tourists coming into this part so it is only fair that we show them the females in Jamaica,” she said.

“I only hire local girls that are talented. Most of the girls are literal gymnasts, they are true performers. It is not a go-go club, it is Taboo the Ultimate Adult Playground.”

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Taboo goes to MoBay

Taboo goes to MoBay

Sadeke Brooks, Staff Reporter

Montego Bay will be getting additional entertainment with the opening of two new nightspots, Taboo: The Ultimate Adult Playground and Vanity.

Speaking with THE STAR on Tuesday, the proprietor, Shemara Todd, said she saw the demand for another Taboo based on the number of Montego Bay patrons that visited Taboo in New Kingston.

“My patrons demanded it,” she said.

Todd said the new gentlemen’s club will open at Fairview Shopping Centre in Montego Bay on Friday. She said the opening night will be hosted by singer Ishawna, while DJ Nicco will play the music. She said there will also be guest exotic dancers, Royalty Mason and Destruction.

When the club opens on Friday, Todd boasted that patrons will be treated to an international experience.

“It is four times the size of the one in Kingston, 100 per cent international. There will be 20-foot poles like you see in Vegas, just a 100 per cent first-world experience. The decor is top of the line. It is something that everybody will have to come out and see,” she said, adding that international showgirls will also make appearances.

Todd noted that expectations are high.

“They (patrons in Montego Bay) are just waiting for it, literally. We are also opening a regular disco called Vanity. MoBay has a whole lot to look forward to. We have a lot of tourists coming into this part so it is only fair that we show them the females in Jamaica,” she said.

“I only hire local girls that are talented. Most of the girls are literal gymnasts, they are true performers. It is not a go-go club, it is Taboo the Ultimate Adult Playground.”

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Taboo goes to MoBay

Tommy Lee warns Alkaline - Urges deejay to be careful of taboo lyrics

CURTIS CAMPBELL, STAR Writer

Dancehall artiste Tommy Lee Sparta has urged controversial deejay Alkaline to be careful of the messages that he is sending to minors especially as it relates to taboo sexual practices. This he did in a new single called ‘Nah Bad’.

Tommy Lee who received his fair share of criticism courtesy of iconic dancehall artiste Bounty Killer for using the moniker ‘Uncle Demon’ in his lyrics, is now the one seeking to straighten out another aspiring dancehall act.

According to the deejay, who told the audience at Sting that he has had a change of heart since his near fatal accident, Alkaline’s practice of encouraging taboo sexual practices can be more harmful to children than using the fictitious moniker ‘Uncle Demon’.

“Mi just a correct him, mi nah dis him. Mi a mek him know sey him fi fix up him argument. If mi wah dis him; mi wi dis him, mi nuh fraid fi duh dat. Mi just feel like di youth dem nuffi a hear dem thing deh … . A nuh nothing if yu sey yu a Uncle Demon, that is just a made-up character. But when yu a guh sey gyal fi lick out bottom a nastiness dat, and that is physical. How yu wudda feel fi see a likkle pickney a duh dat? Mi just a correct him … . I never said I didn’t want to be corrected when Bounty speak against Uncle Demon, because a di right thing him did a sey. It was the disrespect that came with his opinion that got me upset,” Tommy Lee Sparta said.

According to the deejay who has songs featured in internationally renowned video game Grand Theft Auto, he does not want the children to be led in the wrong path where sexuality is concerned. Tommy Lee Sparta was making reference to Alkaline’s single Touch You, in which he endorsed anal stimulation using the tongue.

“Mi just return from tour and mi life comfortable mi nuh haffi a stress out myself. Mi just a sey certain action weh mek di pickney dem think sey it right – mi just sit back and a watch the business from wah day and mi decide fi fix it. Mi nuh care bout nuh man feelings,” Tommy Lee Sparta said.

The deejay is getting strong attention for his recent UIM Records-produced singles Whine Up and Dream, which have received over 300,000 views on YouTube.

Alkaline’s publicist Kereen Beckford told The STAR that they are not aware of Tommy Lee’s song and are therefore unable to give a comment.

Curtis.campbell@gleanerjm.com

( l – r ) Alkaline, Tommy Lee Sparta – File photos

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Taboo tackles a touchy subject

Entertainment

Richard JohnsonFriday, July 19, 2013

Playwright and actor Keiran King has set his sights on creating standout productions in local theatre. His latest effort, Taboo, falls along those lines.As its title suggests, the production is based on a touchy subject.It opens with William, played by King, and his wife Sabrina (Lisa Williams) paying their weekly dinner visit to his sister Gina (Yendi Phillipps) and her husband John (Rodney Campbell).William and Sabrina have clearly hit a rut in their marriage and the relationship is icy.In contrast, John and Gina seem happy — she’s the Duke Street attorney, he’s the successful accountant and they have two children. But after a few drinks and a game of strip me, the facade begins to crack.Director Eugene Williams addresses Taboo’s sensitive subject matter in the programme’s foreword.“I think this play also wants to unsettle formulaic and conservative sensibilities as it invites you to lay vicariously through the characters into socially and morally forbidden domains.”Many are interested in the stage debut of former beauty queen now television presenter Phillipps who does well. The role of Gina is not terribly complex and for a newbie, she does it justice. Williams’ character is a bit more complex. Hopefully, she will mellow into the role.Acting aside, Taboo is visually appealing. The set is minimalist compared to King’s other works (Last Call and Mr & Mrs Blacke) but the monochromatic blocking certainly pulls the eye into the performance space.Taboo has its moments. There are great one-liners which break the ice of the drama. However, the script is left wanting at the end of one hour, 20 minutes, leaving patrons asking, “Is that it?”Taboo has the desired effect of continuing discussion about the subject matter. For that and more, it earns a passing grade.The cast of Keiran King’s Taboo, now playing at the Phillip Sherlock Centre at the University of the West Indies. (PHOTOS: GARFIELD ROBINSON)

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