Mercedes Ruehl The Fisher King 1992

Strip club matrons supervise the work of strip club employees. They are usually older women who have aged out of the stripping profession and now use their experience to supervise the strippers who work for them.

“Hustlers” is a film that was based on a 2015 sensational piece published in New York Magazine. The plot of the film revolves around a bunch of street-smart female strip club employees who team up to take on their Wall Street male customers. Mercedes Ruehl plays the supporting role of “Mom,” a former stripper who now serves as the matron of a strip club. Among the group of women who work as strippers, she is responsible for supervising them, making sure they perform, and acting as a mother figure; hence, the reason she is called “Mom.”

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