Donkey show

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[[File:Donkey-bar.jpg|thumb|300px|A bar in [[Boy's Town, Nuevo Laredo]], Mexico advertising a nightly "donkey's show"]]
A '''donkey show''' is a type of sexual performance most often associated with [[Tijuana, Mexico]], in which a woman engages in [[bestiality]] with a [[donkey]].<ref>{{cite news |author= |title=Foreign Affairs |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=W18EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA103 |quote='the donkey show,' which highlighted a Catherine the Great-style coupling| volume=45 |issue=6 |work=[[Los Angeles Magazine]] |date=June 1, 2000 |accessdate=2010-04-25 }}</ref><ref name=dawson>{{cite book |author=[[Jim Dawson]] |title=Who Cut the Cheese?: A Cultural History of the Fart |year=1999 |publisher= |quote=There was a time when guys would boast of having seen a girl-and-donkey show in Tijuana, Mexico.| url=http://books.google.com/books?id=RLSXmhudzOQC&pg=PA155 |isbn=1-58008-011-1 }}</ref>

Local taxi drivers offer tourists a ride to see a donkey show in the [[red light district]].<ref name=west>{{cite book |author= |title=New West |year=1981 |publisher= |quote=One of the drivers offered to drive me to a donkey show. In Tijuana's past the donkey show was always rumored to exist| url=http://books.google.com/books?id=CUIcAQAAIAAJ&q=donkey+show+mexico&dq=donkey+show+mexico&hl=en&ei=KIzUS4PNN8OAlAfoqPHsDA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CDgQ6AEwAA |isbn= }}</ref> The shows are difficult to verify and may be [[urban legends]], but anecdotal accounts are frequent.<ref>{{cite news |author= |title=Ethnic, sexual slurs pervade bar |url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=DP&p_theme=dp&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=10A9D60C5B674690&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |quote=Although donkey shows in Tijuana and other border towns are impossible to verify, the Internet is rife with anecdotal accounts of brothel bestiality. |work=[[Denver Post]] |date=June 8, 2005 |accessdate=2010-05-21 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author= |title=On the Borders |url=http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/110574124.html?dids=110574124:110574124&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Mar+17,+2002&author=&pub=Chicago+Tribune&desc=On+the+borders&pqatl=google |quote=I did ask Ricardo Lizarraga about Tijuana donkey shows. He laughed. I havent heard the donkey show rumor in years he said. It's like an urban legend|work=[[Chicago Tribune]] |date=March 17, 2002 |accessdate=2010-05-21 }}</ref> Author [[Jim Dawson]] writes: "No doubt there are clandestine clubs that have put these sordid floorshows on display, but if every man who claims he actually saw one is telling the truth, there must be a lot of bowlegged women hobbling around Tijuana."<ref name=dawson/>

The "donkey show" in Tijuana myth is deeply embedded in US popular culture, and it is occasionally given as a reason to visit Tijuana. From time to time one may come across naive tourists going up and down ''La Coahuila'' street, unsuccessfully trying to find the show.<ref name=alejandro>{{cite book |title= Nor-tec rifa!: electronic dance music from Tijuana to the world |series= Currents in Iberian and Latin American Music |chapter= Where's the Donkey Show, Mr. Mariachi? Reterritorialing TJ|author= Alejandro L. Madrid, Alejandro Luis Madrid-González |edition= illustrated |publisher= Oxford University Press US |year= 2008 |isbn= 9780195342628 |pages= 16, 115, 145, 217 (footnote 2), 220 (footnote 41) |url= http://books.google.es/books?id=Q2W6uYsvqroC }}</ref>

More recently the term has been used to describe a situation that has become a "complete mess".<ref>{{cite book|author=[[Jonathon Green]] |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=5GpLcC4a5fAC&pg=PA428&dq=%22donkey+show%22+sex&ei=sqfzS6XUEZXakQSzncnZBw&cd=2#v=onepage&q=%22donkey%20show%22%20sex&f=false |title=Cassell's dictionary of slang |accessdate=2010-05-21 |year=2005 |publisher=[[Sterling Publishing Company]] }}</ref>

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*''[[Losin' It]]'' is a 1983 comedy film starring [[Tom Cruise]], [[Shelley Long]], [[Jackie Earle Haley]], and [[John Stockwell (actor)|John Stockwell]]. Set in 1965, four rowdy teenage guys travel to Tijuana,<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.nytimes.com/1983/04/08/movies/losin-it.html | work=[[New York Times]] | author=[[Janet Maslin]] | title=Losin' It | date=1983-04-08}}</ref> Mexico to see a "Donkey Show"<ref>{{cite book | last1 = Bender | first1 = Steven | title = Greasers and gringos: Latinos, law, and the American imagination | publisher = NYU Press | year = 2003 | pages = 67,117 | url = http://books.google.com/books?id=anv9M7ZIwnsC&lpg=PA67&dq=%22Losin'%20It%22%20donkey&pg=PA67#v=onepage&q=%22Losin'%20It%22%20donkey&f=false | accessdate = 2011-04-23 | isbn = 978-0-8147-9887-4}}</ref> and to lose their virginity.
*A fictional account appeared in the 1984 film ''[[Bachelor Party (1984 film)|Bachelor Party]]'' with [[Tom Hanks]]. It had a [[Methaqualone|quaalude]]-popping,<ref>{{cite news | first = Richard | last = Freedman | title = 'Bachelor Party' Is Just A Bit Better Than Par For Summer Entertainment | date = 1984-07-06 | url = http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ezwsAAAAIBAJ&sjid=cM4EAAAAIBAJ&pg=5518,1905976&dq=bachelor-party+donkey+tom-hanks&hl=en | work = Spartanburg Herald-Journal | pages = D3 | accessdate = 2010-05-27}}</ref> [[cocaine]]-snorting [[donkey]] at the bachelor party ready to perform a donkey show, who dies of a drug overdose.<ref>{{cite video |people= |title=Bachelor Party |url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086927/ |medium=DVD |publisher= |location= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |accessdate= |time= |id= |date=1984 |oclc= |quote= |ref= }}</ref>
*In the 2005 book ''[[The Godfather Returns]]'' written by [[Mark Winegardner]]. In the story [[Fredo Corleone]]'s wife Deanna Dunn insists they attend one. The passage reads: "on a whim, they'd headed to Mexico. When they'd gotten there, Deanna Dunn, insisted on going to see a donkey show. ... who thought that watching a donkey fuck a teenage Indian girl was a hoot."<ref>{{cite book |author=[[Mark Winegardner]] |title=The Godfather Returns |year=2005 |publisher= |quote=Last night, they'd taken their wives and gone out on the town, such as it was. On a whim, they'd headed to Mexico. When they'd gotten there, Deanna Dunn insisted on going to see a donkey show. Charlotte, at least as of this morning|page=252 | url=http://books.google.com/books?id=oxnEQ29L2LgC&pg=PA252&dq#v=onepage&q&f=false |isbn= }}</ref>
*In the 2005 film ''[[The 40-Year-Old Virgin]]'', [[Seth Rogen]]'s character describes attending a donkey show in Tijuana.{{cn|date=February 2013}}
*In a 2006 episode of ''[[Two and a Half Men]]'' entitled "Always a Bridesmaid, Never a Burro",<ref>{{cite video |people= |date= |title=Always a Bridesmaid, Never a Burro |url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0793280/|accessdate=2012-01-29}}</ref> the lead characters describe attending a donkey show.
*In a 2006 episode of the "[[The OC]]", [[Julie Cooper]] ([[Melinda Clarke]]) makes reference to [[Seth Cohen]] ([[Adam Brody]]) not being the type to attend a donkey show.
*In the 2006 film ''[[Clerks II]]'', the character [[Randal Graves]] sets up a surprise going away party for his friend [[Dante Hicks]] by hiring "Kinky Kelly and the Sexy Stud", a donkey show which turns out to be homoerotic in nature.<ref>{{cite video |people= |title=Clerks II |url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0424345/ |medium=DVD |publisher= |location= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |accessdate= |time= |id= |date=2006|oclc= |quote= |ref= }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author= |title=When A Critic Walks Out Of A Movie. Siegel Blasted For Noisy Clerks II Departure |url=http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/courant/access/1081126681.html?dids=1081126681:1081126681&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jul+21,+2006&author=JESSE+LEAVENWORTH;+Courant+Staff+Writer&pub=Hartford+Courant&desc=WHEN+A+CRITIC+WALKS+OUT+OF+A+MOVIE+;+SIEGEL+BLASTED+FOR+NOISY+`CLERKS+II'+DEPARTURE&pqatl=google |work=[[Hartford Courant]] |date=July 21, 2006 |accessdate=2010-05-21 | first=Jesse | last=Leavenworth}}</ref>
*In the 2007 movie ''[[The Heartbreak Kid (2007 film)|The Heartbreak Kid]]'', Ben Stiller and Michelle Monaghan are tricked in to a small theater with false advertising for “traditional Mexican dances”, but instead find a donkey show.
*In a 2008 episode of ''[[House (TV series)|House]]'' entitled "[[It's a Wonderful Lie (House)|It's a Wonderful Lie]]", [[Gregory House|Dr. Gregory House]] treats a clinic patient for contagious [[ecthyma]] which he believes she contracted while performing in a donkey show. She then invites him to come watch the show. House goes to see the patient's show where he sees her playing the Virgin Mary in a nativity play and appears to be sitting on a real mule.
*In an episode of ''[[Strangers With Candy]]'', Jerri Blank ([[Amy Sedaris]]) makes reference to participating in a donkey show in Tijuana. She says she used to use homemade drugs for their numbing effects during the show.
*In the episode ''[[My Fallen Idol]]'' of the American comedy-drama television series ''[[Scrubs (TV series)|Scrubs]]'' the [[Chief of Medicine]] [[Dr. Kelso]] asks the protagonist [[John Dorian]] and his friend [[Chris Turk]] whether or not they have seen a real donkey show, further describing the show as "really very tastefully done," adding "I understand one of the women who entertains the donkey used to be on a soap".
* In the ''[[Dick Figures]]'' episode "The Red Devil", Red and Blue ask a woman to take them to a "burro show". When they get out of it, Red seems to have enjoyed it, but Blue is in tears, showing sympathy for "the poor donkey".
* In a 2015 commercial for [[DirecTV]], a donkey show was referenced in their advertising campaign with [[Hannah Davis (model)|Hannah Davis]]: "Anyway back to my story, so there I was in Tijuana, when this guy comes up to me and says 'How would you like to be in showbiz?' and that’s how I met Dickey Wittenberger, horrible agent but a beautiful man."

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