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* CurbStompBattle: [[spoiler: Diana and Ronnie's fight was entirely one-sided. [[KickTheSonOfABitch And satisfying.]]]]
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* CurbStompBattle: [[spoiler: Diana and Ronnie's fight was entirely one-sided. [[KickTheSonOfABitch And satisfying.]]]]]]
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* GoodParents: Diana, who loves her son dearly and is able to mostly shield him from her line of work.
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* SmallNameBigEgo: Dollar Bill, of course. He thinks of himself as a successful businessman and purveyor of the world of exotic dancing, but in reality he's just a dimwitted and greedy deadbeat who owns a sleazy, crime-ridden strip joint and is hardly respected by anyone.
-->''I'm Dollar Bill! Chi-Town!''
-->''I'm Dollar Bill! Chi-Town!''
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Not to be confused with the short-lived 2011 Creator/{{NBC}} series ''Series/ThePlayboyClub''.
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* ConvenientlyEmptyBuilding: Apparently, [[spoiler:all of the employees and patrons of The Player's Club managed to exit the building after St. Louis shot up the place and Brooklyn firebombed it only moments later.]]
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* ForeheadOfDoom: Downplayed by Tricks, who at one point upon passing by Diana insults her by calling her a "bigheaded ho".
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* DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnFemale: Ebony [[spoiler:throws Diamond's past rape at the hands of Ronnie back in her face by implying that she was a slut and a hypocrite for trying to call her out for her behavior. This ends up being disturbing on multiple levels in addition to the act itself because this was Ronnie telling her [[UnreliableNarrator narrative]] to Ebony (who took it as a fact), she herself ended up raped later on in the film by Ronnie's ''brother'', and that Diamond was assaulted while so intoxicated that she was rendered unconscious and for money.]]
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* JiveTurkey: Almost all black characters use slang, but Dollar Bill is that even compared to them.
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* JiveTurkey: Almost all black characters use slang, but Dollar Bill MoneySlap: When Diana is that even compared getting fitted for her graduation cap and gown, some other students begin to them.gossip about her over her profession which culminates in a random student derisively bringing this up and mockingly tossing dollar bills into her face, which causes her to storm off.
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* AssholeVictim: Dollar Bill. [[spoiler: after Ronnie, Trix and Junior get carried away by the police, St. Louis and his goons invade the club, blow it up and kidnap Bill, presumably to kill him. They may be mobsters, but we're clearly not supposed to feel sorry for Dollar Bill]].
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* AssholeVictim: Dollar Bill. [[spoiler: after After Ronnie, Trix and Junior get carried away by the police, St. Louis and his goons invade the club, blow it up and kidnap Bill, presumably to kill him. They may be mobsters, but we're clearly not supposed to feel sorry for Dollar Bill]].
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* ThoseTwoGuys: Reggie and Clyde. They could also be considered yhe EvilDuo, seeing as they [[spoiler: work for Saint Louis]] and [[spoiler: left Ebony to get raped by Junior]].
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* ThoseTwoGuys: Reggie and Clyde. They could also be considered yhe the EvilDuo, seeing as they [[spoiler: work for Saint Louis]] and [[spoiler: left Ebony to get raped by Junior]].
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* FemaleGroinInvincibility: During Diana and Ronnie's epic fight, the former kicks the latter in the groin area, only for her to no sell it and bark back "Ain't no balls there, bitch!" She then shrieks back "Coulda fooled me!" and resumes the fight.
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The plot surrounds about a woman named Diana who starts working as a dancer in a rough strip club and tries to overcome the difficulties of this new life while finishing her education.
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The plot surrounds is about a woman named Diana Armstrong who starts working as a dancer in a rough strip club and tries to overcome the difficulties of this new life while finishing her education.
