Perhaps you’ve heard the good word that Magic Mike’s Last Dance is streaming on digital platforms now, available to buy or rent on “premium video on demand,” aka that thing where you pay way too much ...

A version of this essay originally ran in conjunction with Magic Mike’s Last Dance’s arrival on digital streaming. It has been updated and reposted in conjunction with the film’s arrival on Netflix.

I recently watched “Magic Mike,” the well-reviewed Soderbergh film about a male stripper who struggles to pull himself up by his bootstraps. First, I’ll say that the movie was good – worth seeing.

With their tightly choreographed dance numbers, bonds of brotherhood, and chiseled stars, the Magic Mike movies are a rollicking celebration of the human body in motion. Beginning with Magic Mike in ...