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Betty Davis: The Put-On Who Puts Out

Vernon Gibbs, Penthouse, March 1976

A WOMAN stalks the ruins of what was once a stage. She prowls it relentlessly, legs wide apart seeking out hapless victims in the audience. Her performance is totally sexual and rhythmic, riding the stud-hard funk of her backup band like a cowboy whipping his locoweed-crazed bronco.

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