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Ken
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TOPLESS
Creator: Ken
A screenplay by Ken Droz. (Based on the book, “TOPLESS PROPHET: The True Story of America’s Most Successful Gentleman’s Club Entrepreneur” by Alan Markovitz)Alan Markovitz was a rebellious suburban Detroit teen with an uncertainfuture, driving his father Max crazy, while also battling Max’s Holocaust survivor’sshadow. After exposure to his neighbor’s topless club, Alan (with Max’s help) soonbuys his own club, committed to elevating the bar of what is an often unsavorygenre. As Alan expands with groundbreaking upscale new establishments, heencounters numerous crazy events including multiple murder attempts, amarauding biker gang, a mayoral sit-down, 1st Amendment court battles, the birthof the lap dance and probably most challenging, the scrutiny of his austere father.While not a lurid tale, it is a rare behind-the-scenes look at an iconic, yetnotorious world, but also the remarkable true story of an unlikely Jewish kid whosetenacity and ingenuity helps him transform an industry. And at its core…a fathersonlove story.