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lil  ·  4346 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Free English Test: A or The

The colon is also correct.

In the case of the strippers, JFK and Stalin, "strippers" and "JFK and Stalin" are called nouns in apposition. The second noun - the thing named by the first noun - is typically surrounded by commas. You would say, for example, My English teachers, Ms Dabacle and Mr. Frost, taught me about semi-colons. Similarly, the strippers, JFK and Stalin, delighted the Poles. Even so, you can opt for the colon.