Ellen von Unwerth at Crazy Horse Paris | Tank Mag | NSFW

The last time I was at the Crazy Horse in Paris, I was smoking the fifth cigarette in my life (hate ciggies) and pretending to be bisexual -- arms and more around another Victoria's Secret executive -- which drove the mostly-male audience crazy.

Guys (and women, too) love the girl on girl thing. If you'll forgive me for saying so, men are so easily manipulated, sexually-speaking.

Putting women in the CEO office is an entirely different matter. In that case, the guys sober up fast.

Crazy Horse director Ali Mahdavi talks up the girls and the CH's cabaret heritage in his Tank Magazine Interviews, filled with fab photos by Ellen von Unwerth.

Mahdavi has it right when he says that you can't imagine the Crazy Horse without being there. I disagree that all goes quiet, when the erotic-art provocation of the dances settles into our minds.

Truly I was mesmerized, then stun-gunned with the artistry -- but the German men kept hooting and hollering, even in the most sublime moments.

One important point for American visitors. France is not big on fake, silicone bosoms, so you might be disappointed. En France, it's all about les fesses.

Ali Mahdavi discusses cabaret with Marjane Satrapi and channels the spirit of Eric von Stroheim for Ellen von Unwerth, at Crazy Horse Paris for Tank Magazine. Read on.