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Yes, that's not a typo. Even we have to tan, Havenbull. Ask Lenda Murray, Melvin Anthony and many others who do the same. When you tan, it makes it much easier to put on posing oil and in addition it helps get you dry as well. Of course its not the same tanning method as Caucasians. I only spend two weeks tanning and use a special tanning agent the final week and that's it. A quick spread of posing oil and that's it. Here's another piece of info. Most people use Pam Cooking Spray rather than posing oil and backstage you'll find dozens of cans in the back. If a show promoter has folks backstage to help with your stage appearance, you can leave your posing oil in the bag because you can expect Pam.
For crying out loud folks, if you really want to know what really goes on in prep for a show, I'd suggest you put down your keyboards and go do a show. You might learn something