The donkey show is one of several types of [[Live sex show| live sex shows]] presented in Mexican [[Boy's Town, prostitution| Boy's Towns]]. Other shows include the "Banana Show" (where a stripper performs banana insertion), the "Candle Show" (candle insertion), the "Lesbian Show", the "Monkey Show" (where a waiter dressed in a gorilla suit has sex with a stripper), and a "Sex Show" (where patrons are invited on stage to have sex with the stripper free of charge). Generally, bars with shows tend to specialize by only offering one or two types of performances. For example, one particular bar may offer Banana and Monkey shows, while another has Candle and Lesbian shows, etc. Most bars in the various Boy's Towns along the border do not offer such explicit shows. Instead, most just offer standard strip shows.<ref>Curtis, James R., and Arreola, Daniel D. 1991a.''Zonas de Tolerancia on the Northern Mexican Border.'' Geographical Review. 81(3):333-346.</ref><ref>Stevenson, Robert J., ''La Zona in Transition: Bordertown Prostitution in Frontier City, Mexico'' (1975). Unpublished M.A. thesis, [[State University of New York at Stony Brook]]. This project has been expanded and was published as ''A Mexican Border Prostitution Community During the Late Vietnam Era: La Zona''. Edwin Mellen Press. New York. 2005. Detailed maps of the site, the region, and photographs (circa 1972) appear in Appendix A.</ref>
The donkey show is one of several types of [[Live sex show| live sex shows]] presented in Mexican [[Boy's Town, prostitution| Boy's Towns]]. Other shows include the "Banana Show" (where a stripper performs banana insertion), the "Candle Show" (candle insertion), the "Lesbian Show", the "Monkey Show" (where a waiter dressed in a gorilla suit has sex with a stripper), and a "Sex Show" (where patrons are invited on stage to have sex with the stripper free of charge). Generally, bars with shows tend to specialize by only offering one or two types of performances. For example, one particular bar may offer Banana and Monkey shows, while another has Candle and Lesbian shows, etc. Most bars in the various Boy's Towns along the border do not offer such explicit shows. Instead, most just offer standard strip shows.<ref>Curtis, James R., and Arreola, Daniel D. 1991a.''Zonas de Tolerancia on the Northern Mexican Border.'' Geographical Review. 81(3):333-346.</ref><ref>Stevenson, Robert J., ''La Zona in Transition: Bordertown Prostitution in Frontier City, Mexico'' (1975). Unpublished M.A. thesis, [[State University of New York at Stony Brook]]. This project has been expanded and was published as ''A Mexican Border Prostitution Community During the Late Vietnam Era: La Zona''. Edwin Mellen Press. New York. 2005. Detailed maps of the site, the region, and photographs (circa 1972) appear in Appendix A.</ref>
== Pop culture references ==
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* ''[[The Boys In The Band]]'' (1968) - Bernard teases Emory by asking him if "he still has an act with that donkey in Tijuana?" when this one says he's flying to the West Coast.
* Punk band Guttermouth has a song called "Lucky the Donkey" on their album, ''Musical Monkey''.
* In [[Two and a Half Men]] Season 3, Episode 20 entitled, "Always a Bridesmaid, Never a Burro" Charlie ([[Charlie Sheen]]) mentions the time he brought Alan ([[Jon Cryer]]) to Tijuana to watch a donkey sex show called "The Bride and the Burro" where Alan "caught the bouquet." Later, Mandi ([[Gail O'Grady]]) claims she also saw the performance and she too caught the bouquet. This episode has Alan trying to win back his girlfriend Candi ([[April Bowlby]]) who is now living with his ex-wife Judith ([[Marin Hinkle]]). Upon facing rejection he complains to God up in the heavens, "I watch one donkey sex show, and you make me pay for it the rest of my life!"
* Rock band [[Raq]] has a song called "Welcome to the Donkey Show."
* Seen in the 2007 [[Ben Stiller]] movie, [[The Heartbreak Kid (2007 film)|''The Heartbreak Kid'']].
* Seen in the 1984 [[Tom Hanks]] movie, [[Bachelor Party (film)|''Bachelor Party'']].
* In the film ''[[The 40-Year-Old Virgin]]'', [[Seth Rogen|Seth Rogen's]] character describes a similar show with a horse used instead of a [[donkey]]. <ref>[http://www.cinemablend.com/review.php?id=1362 Movie Preview for You, Me and Dupree<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
* In the film ''[[Suspect Zero]]'', a flashback sequence involving [[Aaron Eckhart|Aaron Eckhart's]] character in [[Mexico]] contains imagery of a Mexican woman with a [[mule]]. <ref>[http://www.dailyscript.com/scripts/suspect_zero.html Suspect Zero by Zak Penn, revisions by Billy Ray<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
* In the TV show ''[[Mind of Mencia]]'', featuring comedian [[Carlos Mencia]], he offers comedic advice for college students going to Tijuana for spring break and warns them by saying "Don't go to the donkey show", saying "Holy shit! There's a donkey bangin' a chick!"
* In the TV show ''[[Strangers with Candy]]'', Jerri speaks nostalgically of her performances with a donkey named Ramone.<ref>[http://www.jerriblank.com/swcmisc.html Strangers With Candy Fan Page<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
* In an [[The Escape (The O.C. episode)|episode]] of ''[[The O.C.]]'', the kids all go to Tijuana. It is implied that upperclassmen at Harbor School force freshmen to watch a donkey show. In a later episode, [[Julie Cooper]] said that [[Seth Cohen]] "wasn't the donkey show type", in reference to a trip to [[Mexico]]. In that same episode, [[Kaitlin Cooper]] asks "What is a donkey show?" <ref>[http://www.tv.com/the-o.c./the-gringos/episode/905775/trivia.html The O.C.: The Gringos Episode Trivia - TV.com]</ref>
* In the 2006 film ''[[Clerks II]]'', a donkey show was performed in a fast food restaurant as a going-away present for [[Dante Hicks]]. The film references ''Bachelor Party'', but it is also a reference to a running joke about donkey shows in one of Kevin Smith's previous films, ''[[Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back]]'', which was edited out of the final cut of the film. The male "partner" of the donkey ("Kinky Kelly and the Sexy Stud") repeatedly corrects references to the activity as not bestiality, but, rather "inter-species erotica".
* In the ''[[Veronica Mars]]'' episode "[[You Think You Know Somebody]]" (Season 1, Episode 5) recurring character [[Troy Vandegraff]] mentions donkey shows when talking about his recent trip to Mexico, and in "[[Witchita Linebacker]]" (Season 3, Episode 3), the character [[Logan Echolls]] says he opted out of a trip to Mexico because he "always feels bad for those poor [[donkey]]s."
* In the ''[[Drawn Together]]'' episode "[[Mexican't Buy Me Love]]", [[Toot Braunstein]] puts on a donkey show in which a donkey refuses her advances. <ref>[http://www.comedycentral.com/shows/drawn_together/videos/season_3/index.jhtml Comedy Central: Shows - Drawn Together - Videos - Season 3<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
* In the ''[[Scrubs (TV series)|Scrubs]]'' episode "[[My Fallen Idol]]" Dr. Kelso invites JD and Turk to a donkey show, which they politely decline despite Kelso's assurances that the show is "really quite tasteful." <ref>[http://www.tv.com/scrubs/my-fallen-idol/episode/706750/trivia.html Scrubs: My Fallen Idol Episode Trivia - TV.com<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
* [[The Bob & Tom Show]] produced an album titled "Donkey Show." <ref>[http://www.bobandtomstore.com/frames/store_2004/donkey_show/donkeyshow.htm Bob & Tom Show CD<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
* On [[GWAR]]'s 1993 Album [[America Must Be Destroyed]], the opening line of the song ''Rock N Roll Never Felt so Good'' mentions meeting a girl at a donkey show.
* In the ''[[Supernatural (TV series)|Supernatural]]'' episode "No Rest for the Wicked" (Season 3, Episode 16), [[Dean Winchester|Dean]] talks about going to [[Tijuana|Tj]] to see a donkey show instead of wasting time trying to find [[Lilith (Supernatural)|Lillith]].
* In the ''[[American Dad!]]'' episode "The Vacation Goo" (Season 3, Episode 1), [[Roger (American Dad!)|Roger]] is forced into prostitution at Senoritatas, a sleazy bar in Puerto Rico. Upon first entering the bar, he exclaims "Aah, Equus!" It is implied that he has mistaken a donkey show for a performance of the play ''[[Equus (play)|Equus]]'' by [[Peter Shaffer]].
* In Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo a 1999 comedy film starring Rob Schneider, Deuce is told by his father that his mother used to do a "donkey show".
* Rock band [[Ha Ha the Moose]], a side project of rock band [[moe.]], has a song titled "Tijuana Donkey Show".
* [[House (TV series)]] Season 4, Episode 10. On a side case, House diagnoses a woman with [[Orf_(disease)|contagious ecthyma]] from her doing donkey shows. She even offers House a pass to go see one, though it turns out very differently in the end, as she is a volunteer patron, reenacting the nativity scene in a church.
* In [[Weeds (TV series)]], season 4 , episode 1, the donkey show is mentioned when Nancy and Guillermo are overlooking the fence between USA and Mexico.
* A stage production entitled ''The Donkey Show'' ran for six years on Broadway at the Studio 54 Theatre (and subsequently ran in London, Seoul, and Boston). The production told the story of Shakespeare's [[A Midsummer Night’s Dream]] through the great 70s anthems, including “We are Family,” “I Love the Nightlife,” “Car Wash,” “Ring My Bell,” and “Last Dance.” Theatregoers were encouraged to dance on the dancefloor of the club/theatre while the action took place all around them.
A donkey show is a form of sex-tourism entertainment in Mexico. It is common for taxi drivers in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, and Template:City-state, to offer tourists a ride to see a "donkey show."[citation needed] Donkey shows are performed (or have been performed) in the red light districts of each of these cities. The primary purpose of such shows is to entice tourists to drink copious amounts of alcohol while waiting for the show to begin. In most instances, an actual donkey show will be performed, but patrons may need to wait until the crowd size is considered large enough to begin the show (and liquor sales have been sufficient).[citation needed] On the rare occasion, the show might not be performed and the disgruntled patrons eventually leave.[citation needed] Also, there have been reports of some tourists (especially those traveling alone) being offered rides to see such shows, and instead are taken to a remote location to be robbed.[1]
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The typical format of a donkey show as presented in the Boy's Town of Nuevo Laredo involves relatively dociledonkeys that are prominently displayed at the entrance to a bar.[citation needed] The actual donkey show may occur 4-5 times per night (on weekends) and depends on there being a sufficiently large audience in attendance.[citation needed] In preparation for a show, two waiters will collect the donkey, bring it on stage and turn the donkey on its back, holding its legs up vertically. The performer/stripper will begin by performing oral sex on the donkey. She will then straddle the donkey such that their genitalia are in contact and she will spend several minutes rubbing their organs together. Actual penetration does not always occur as it is the choice of the performer, often depending on how much money has been collected in tips from the patrons.
The donkey show is one of several types of live sex shows presented in Mexican Boy's Towns. Other shows include the "Banana Show" (where a stripper performs banana insertion), the "Candle Show" (candle insertion), the "Lesbian Show", the "Monkey Show" (where a waiter dressed in a gorilla suit has sex with a stripper), and a "Sex Show" (where patrons are invited on stage to have sex with the stripper free of charge). Generally, bars with shows tend to specialize by only offering one or two types of performances. For example, one particular bar may offer Banana and Monkey shows, while another has Candle and Lesbian shows, etc. Most bars in the various Boy's Towns along the border do not offer such explicit shows. Instead, most just offer standard strip shows.[2][3]
↑Curtis, James R., and Arreola, Daniel D. 1991a.Zonas de Tolerancia on the Northern Mexican Border. Geographical Review. 81(3):333-346.
↑Stevenson, Robert J., La Zona in Transition: Bordertown Prostitution in Frontier City, Mexico (1975). Unpublished M.A. thesis, State University of New York at Stony Brook. This project has been expanded and was published as A Mexican Border Prostitution Community During the Late Vietnam Era: La Zona. Edwin Mellen Press. New York. 2005. Detailed maps of the site, the region, and photographs (circa 1972) appear in Appendix A.
