alt.sex.movies FAQ v5.65 Part 5 of 12 What Goes On Backstage? =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Sections marked with [updated] were updated since the last revision Sections marked with [new] were added since the last revision. This FAQ is Copyright 1994-6 by Jeff Knapp, and is made available as a service to the Internet community. It may not be sold in any medium, including electronic, CD-ROM, or database, packaged with any commercial product, or published in print, without the explicit, written permission of Jeff Knapp. Send comments to director@gti.net =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= TABLE OF CONTENTS 21 Definition of Terms: Porno v. Just Plain Naked 22 Backstage Issues 22.1 Have any of the stars written books? 22.2 Have any New York Times best-sellers ever been made into adult films? 22.3 Does the porn industry have an awards show? 22.4 Can I get tickets to the various award shows? [updated] 22.4.1 Adult Video News Awards [updated] 22.4.2 Gay Video Guide [updated] 22.4.3 F.O.X.E. (Fans of X-Rated Entertainment) [new] 22.5 Did Ed Powers get into some sort of fight at the 1994 AVN award show (held in January 1995)? 22.6 Award Winners... 22.6.1 Adult Video News Awards [updated] 22.6.2 Gay Video Guide Awards 22.7 Who owns the porn studios? 22.8 Why do porn babes wear shoes all the damned time? 22.9 Is my dick smaller than a porn star's? 22.10 Where can I buy a pair of tits that big? 22.10.1 So do people like fake tits? 22.11 Who do so many porn starlets shave their nether regions? 22.12 How do porn stars handle birth control on sets? 22.13 How do porn stars prevent the spread of sexually transmitted diseases? [new] 22.14 Were there really 251 men at that gangbang? 22.14.1 Is there going to be a sequel? [new] 22.15 At the "World's Largest Gangbang," there were a bunch of fluffers. Are fluffers normal on porn sets? 22.16 Are there books on the history of gay porn? =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 21 Definition of Terms: Porno v. Just Plain Naked It is important at this point to discuss the difference porno films and nudity. Many actors and actresses have appeared nude in films. So many so, that there is a whole book devoted to chronicling their appearances. The book is called The Bare Facts, and there is more information on it elsewhere in the FAQ. Porno movies, on the other hand, have brought forth no major stars. Only Traci Lords and Ginger Lynn Allen have successfully broken out of the porno world and into the mainstream, even if the mainstream is a series of straight-to- video movies and the occasional fringe TV appearance. Peter van Aarle adds: True, in fact hardcore actress status is usually a bad thing for any later mainstream career. Case in point: Annette Haven was originally cast to play the female lead in Brian depalma's Body Double. But then Columbia found out how x-rated she was (and they were a subsidiary of Coca-Cola who felt it wasn't right for their image) and that was that. In fact Annette now states she is happy she didn't do it since originally the script called for a 'simple' stabbing murder. Annette signed the contract and then DePalma changed it to that power drill stuff, and as Annette says "I was actually very relieved when Columbia put the nix on me. I didn't really want to be in a film with gory violence". Other adult stars have appeared in mainstream work (Ron Jeremy seems to be popping up in cameo roles lately, notably The Chase and Kiling Zoe, and Ashlyn Gere was on The X-Files this season) though their involvement in the X-rated world generally prevents them from becoming huge stars anyway. Other examples of non-crossover is Teri Weigel. She appears in a few episodes of Married with Children, then goes hardcore. According to an interview she gave to the tabloid TV show "Hard Copy," Married with Children doesn't even know her anymore. Why? Because she's on film sucking dick. Some say it's the tease and the whore syndrome. Prance around suggestively, and you're cast. Actually follow through, and don't call us, we'll call you... Besides, they are stars in their own right in the porn world, and in Hollywood, they're just day players. Tim Evanson says: Gay porn stars seem to have a harder time in obtaining mainstream work than heterosexual porn stars do. Although many gay male porn stars began their modelling career in muscle magazines or for PLAYGIRL, returning to the modelling or acting world has proven difficult. Exceptions are relatively few: Brian Buzzini is a bisexual male who modelled for PLAYGIRL but later became a model for Calvin Klein and for Cool Water cologne. The late Joey Stefano appeared in Madonna's book SEX, and gay porn actor Randy Mixer has appeared on several billboards advertising upscale department stores on LA's Rodeo Drive. Occasionally, gay porn stars will appear in untitled photos in muscle magazines such as EXERCISE--FOR MEN ONLY and MUSCLE AND FITNESS and MEN'S WORKOUT. But for the most part, true acting jobs and long-term modelling contracts are rare indeed. Quickly, let me just talk about a notable exception: Caligula. Caligula was made in the late 70s/early 80s by Bob Guccione, publisher of Penthouse. He got quite a few famous people (Malcolm McDowell, Sir John Gielgud, Peter O'Toole) to act in his movie about the depraved Roman emperor. Later, after principal shooting was done, he added hardcore scenes which the "famed" talent had nothing to do with. In fact, after he released the hardcore version, the famed people all rather horrified and tried to distance themselves from the project. So, while they were in a movie which contained hardcore footage, I do not consider them to have been in a porn movie, as they (a) did not participate in the action; and (b) probably were not aware that it was going to be hardcore. So, to recap, no major stars have done porno. Many have appeared nude, but none have been caught fucking on an intentionally produced for mass distribution tape. (I use that phrase because, as you will see, a few stars' private home moves have gone public.) 22 Backstage Issues 22.1 Have any of the stars written books? In fact, yes. Jerry Butler, Jack Wrangler and Peter North have written autobiographies. Jerry Butler's book is called Raw Talent and was written by himself, "as told to" Robert Rimmer and Catherine Havel. It can be ordered directly from Prometheus Books. The price is $16.95 Paper (ISBN 0-87975-625-X), $24.95 Cloth (ISBN 0-87975-642-X). They have a toll free number (1-800-421-0351) and a fax number (1-716-691-0137). I have also seen it available at most large bookstores. Accounts vary as to the accuracy of Butler's account, but I found it to be a pretty frank discussion of himself and his shortcomings; along with a semi-trashing of the industry. His material is certainly food for thought, and I thought it was a very interesting read. I have not read it, but Jack Wrangler's book is called The Jack Wrangler Story, or "What's a Nice Boy Like You Doing? By: Jack Wrangler and Carl Johnes. It is copyright 1984, St. Martin's Press, New York. Rumor has it that it is out of print. Peter North's book, on the other hand, is something I have not read. It is called Penetrating Insights and is only available via mail order. The phone number for ordering is 1-800- 874-1993. It was also pitched on TV via Spice's Home Shopping Club knock-off, Cupid. 22.2 Have any New York Times best-sellers ever been made into adult films? As far as I know, only one: 1975's Naked Came the Stranger. William George Ferguson says: The (X-rated) movie was the rights-purchased, official movie version of the book. The book had made the New York Times bestseller list before it was revealed that Penelope Ash was actually a group of Newsday writers doing a parody (the one female member of the group posed for the back cover author's photo). After the revelation, the book reached number 1 on the NYT bestseller list. This is, as far as I know, the only example of a true best selling book having a hard-core porn movie as its official movie version. 22.3 Does the porn industry have an awards show? Yes it does. The Adult Video News (AVN) awards are held every January during the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. Categories include the standard performance categories (Best Actor, Actress, Supporting roles, Director, Picture) in both Film and Video subcategories. There are also awards for best sex scene, best three way, etc. Although AVN has categories for gay porn that have recently been greatly expanded. In 1984 and 1985, the Gay Producers Association also hosted awards and the X- Rated Critics Organization hosted gay porn awards from 1985 through 1991. However, the most important gay awards show is the gay- only Gay Video Guide Awards, or "Dickies," presented every year in Los Angeles by the magazine Gay Video Guide. 22.4 Can I get tickets to the various award shows? [updated] Sure! 22.4.1 Adult Video News Awards [updated] Well, if next year's is like this year's (and it probably is) then write to: Address: 1997 AVN Awards Show 8599 Venice Blvd. Suite J Los Angeles, CA 90034 Phone: (310) 842-7450 Credit card orders by phone: (800) 521-2474 22.4.2 Gay Video Guide [updated] As far as the GVG show goes, Tim Evanson passes this along: Tickets for the GVG Awards are advertised every year in the local LA newspapers and at LA porn stores, bookstores, and other locales. They are not offered nation-wide. The event's location varies from year to year, but is usually in a downtown LA hotel. Tickets are usually $100. The event is black tie and occurs in late December or early January. The event is now in its fourth year, with donations being made to the "Aid for AIDS" charity. In 1995, $60,000 was donated to "Aid for AIDS." 22.4.3 F.O.X.E. (Fans of X-Rated Entertainment) [new] The 6th F.O.X.E. Awards Show will be held Sunday, Feb. 18, 1996 and the Los Angeles area location and time information will be sent out with ticket orders. Any questions should be directed to the F.O.X.E. hotline at (213) 656-6545. Peter van Aarle tells me that the show is officially called the F.O.X.E. Fan Favorite Awards... FOXE members can enter ballots to choose their "favorite male", "favorite female" and "favorite vixen" (=new female performer). Voting deadline is February 10, 1996. And Nina Hartley, Ashlyn Gere, Peter North and Rocco Siffredi have all won the award three times making them ineligible for receiving votes again (this was decided after Nina won the first three years in a row. I guess Bill Margold wanted to give other girls a chance ;-) I've got a bit more info on this: tickets are $40 (or $100 for 3) but the deadline for mail orders for this year's event is (was when this version gets out ;-) February 10, 1996 Also, in case someone wants to become a member, the address of FOXE: F.O.X.E. 8231 Delongpre Ave. #1 West Hollywood, CA 90046 If I remember correctly it was $25 to join. 22.5 Did Ed Powers get into some sort of fight at the 1994 AVN award show (held in January 1995)? Peter van Aarle quotes the March 1995 gossip column from AVN: According to "neutral" table guests and passersby witnesses, the showdown between Ed and the Christian brothers, Vivid's golden boys, began when Ed approached a young woman at their table with a proposition for work. The Christians dismisses Ed with a "she's not in the business". When Ed persisted a bit in his persuasions to the young damsel, the brothers testily snapped something like; "Why don't you leave her alone? She doesn't wanna work for you, and your movies suck, so why don't you fuck off." From there, voices were raised and egos verbally bruised, causing Ed to wail his awards statue a la Cecil Fielder at the bottom of the ninth. Table guest Horny Henry intercepted Ed's swing with his hand, which rewarded him with a trip to the hospital. ... The Christian's are preparing a lawsuit, so is Powers... 22.6 Award Winners... 22.6.1 Adult Video News Awards [updated] A totally subjective editing of the 1995 Adult Video News Award Winners (info courtesy of N Smith): Top Film Awards: Best Film: Blue Movie, Wicked Pictures Best All-Sex Film: The Player, Vivid Film Best Actor, Film: Mike Horner, Lessons of Love, Sterling Pictures Best Actress, Film: Jeanna Fine, Skin Hunger, Cal Vista Films Best Supporting Actor, Film: Steven St. Croix, Forever Young Best Supporting Actress, Film: Ariana, Desert Moon Sterling Pictures Best Director, Film: Michael Zen, Blue Movie, Wicked Pictures Top Video Awards: Best Video Feature: Latex, VCA Platinum Best All-Sex Video: Bottom Dweller 33 1/3, Elegant Angel Best Actor, Video: Jon Dough, Latex, VCA Platinum Plus Best Actress, Video: Jenna Jameson, Wicked One, Wicked Pictures Best Supporting Actor, Video: Alex Sanders, Dear Diary, Wicked Pictures Best Supporting Actress, Video: Jeanna Fine, Dear Diary, Wicked Pictures Best Director, Video: Michael Ninn, Latex, VCA Platinum Top Gay/Bi Film Awards: Best Gay Video: The Renegade, Falcon Studios Best Gay Solo Video: Rex Chandler: One on One, Paradox Pictures Best Performance in a Gay Video: Ken Ryker, The Renegade, Falcon Studios Best Supporting Performer - Gay Video: Johnny Rahm, All About Steve, HIS Gold Best Director - Gay Video: John Rutherford, The Renegade, Falcon Studios Best Director - Bisexual Video: James C. Stark, Remembering Times Gone Bi, All Worlds Video Personality Awards: Male Performer of the Year: Rocco Siffredi Female Performer of the Year: Kaitlyn Ashley Gay Video Performer of the Year: J.T. Sloan Best New Starlet: Jenna Jameson Best Newcomer - Gay Video:Ken Ryker AVN Special Achievement Award: Ed Powers, 4-Play Video AVN Hall of Fame Inductees: Ashlyn Gere, Tori Wells, Savannah, Gino Colbert, The Dark Brothers, Jennifer Welles, Matt Sterling, Andrew Blake Tape Awards: Best Anal-Themed Feature: Anal Intruder 9: The Butt From Another Planet, Coast to Coast Video Best All-Girl Feature: Buttslammers 10, Bruce Seven Productions Best Sex Comedy: Risque Burlesque, Intropics Video Best Gonzo Video: Pool Party at Seymore's 1 & 2, Ultimate Video Best Gonzo Series: The Voyeur, John Leslie Productions Best Featurette Tape: Sodomania 12, Elegant Angel Productions Best Foreign Featurette Tape: Private Video Magazine 20, Private Video/OGV Best Foreign Feature: Tower 1, 2 & 3, Private Video/OGV Best European Release - The Hot Video Award:Hamlet: For the Love of Ophelia, Golden Hawk (Italy) Best Continuing Video Series: Takin' It To The Limit, Bruce Seven Productions Best Compilation Tape: Pussyman 11, Snatch Productions Best Gang Bang Tape: 30 Men For Sandy, Sin City Video Best Renting Tape of the Year: Latex, VCA Platinum Plus Best Selling Tape of the Year: Latex, VCA Platinum Plus Best Transsexual Video: A Real Man, Pleasure Productions Best Bisexual Video: Remembering Times Gone Bi, All Worlds Video Best Gay Alternative Video Release: Siberian Heat, Falcon Studios Best Gay Specialty Release: Pissed, Bad Brad Productions Scene Awards: Best Group Sex Scene, Video: World Sex Tour 1, Anabolic Video, (Mark Davis, Sean Michaels, Erica Bella & Stephanie Sartori) Best All-Girl Sex Scene, Video: Takin' It To The Limit 6, Bruce Seven Productions, Five Girl Orgy Best Couples Sex Scene - Video: Buttman's Big Tit Adventure 3, Evil Angel Productions, (Debbie Dee & Rocco Siffredi) Best Couples Sex Scene - Film: Blue Movie, Wicked Pictures, (T.T. Boy & Jenna Jameson) Most Outrageous Sex Scene: Private Video Magazine 20, Private Video/OGV, Sex Under the Eiffel Tower Best All-Girl Sex Scene - Film: Fantasy Chamber, Ultimate Video, (Felecia, Misty Rain, & Jen Teal) Best Group Sex Scene - Film: Borderline, Vivid Film Orgy Finale Best Anal Sex Scene, Video: Bottom Dweller 33 1/3, Elegant Angel Productions, Careena Collins, & Jake Steed - Blindfold Anal Best Anal Sex Scene, Film: Marquis de Sade, In X-Cess Productions, Gaping Anus Scene Best Sex Scene - Gay Video: Jawbreaker, Catalina Video (Daryl Brock, Chip Daniels, Rod Majors, Ty Russell & Scott Russell) Best Tease Performance: Christy Canyon, Comeback, Vivid Film Amateur Awards Best Amateur Series Mike Hott Video, Mike Hott Video Best Amateur Tape: New Faces, Hot Bodies 17, Starbright Productions Best Pro-Am Series: Up 'n Cummers, 4-Play Video Best Pro-Am Tape: More Dirty Debutantes 38, 4-Play Video Horny Nerd Awards: Best CD-ROM Photo Disk: Visions of Erotica, Disk Magic Best CD-ROM Graphics/Art Direction: Virtual Valerie 2, Arcus Media Group Best Original CD-ROM Concept: Virtual Sex Shoot, Digital Playground Best Interactive CD-ROM: Space Sirens 2, PIXIS Interactive Best Interactive CD-ROM Game: Adventures of Seymore Butts II: In Pursuit of Pleasure, New Machine Best Special Effects: Latex, VCA Platinum Plus 22.6.2 Gay Video Guide Awards The 1994 winners of the Gay Video Guide "Dickies" Awards (courtesy of Tim Evanson): ACTING AWARDS: Best Actor: tie: Grant Larson, "Fulton Street"; Zak Spears, "Sunsex Boulevard" Best Supporting Actor: Scott Baldwin, "Flashpoint" Best Newcomer: Hal Rockland Best Nonsexual Role: Chi Chi Larue, "Revenge of the Bi Dolls" VIDEO AWARDS: Best Video of the Year: "Flashpoint," Falcon Studios Best Solo Video: "Supermodels of Advocate Men," Liberation Publications Best Sex Comedy: "Sunsex Boulevard," Catalina Video Best International Video: "Paradise Express," Falcon International Best Bisexual Video: "Revenge of the Bi Dolls," Catalina Video Best Special Interest Video: "The Wild Ones," Renegade Studios Best Erotic Scene: Scott Baldwin, Brad Hunt, "Flashpoint" Best Depiction of Safe Sex: "Safe Sex: A Gay Man's Guide," Vivid Video "GENDER" AWARDS (given by Gender, host[ess] of the GVG Awards): Best Oral Scene: Tanner Reeves, Brett Ford ["Boot Black"] Best 3-Way: Hunter Scott, Anthony Moore, Chad Donovan ["Workin' Stiff"] Best Groaner: Chip Daniels [unknown] Best Cum Shot: Dallas Taylor [unknown] Best Gender Bender: Lana Woods [unknown] NOTE: The "Gender" awards often do not cite the film for which the award is given; the films have been noted in brackets when determinable. PRODUCTION AWARDS: Best Director: John Rutherford, "Flashpoint" Best Screenplay: Gender, "Posing Strap" Best Cinematography: Todd Montgomery, "Flashpoint" Best Editing: Tab Lloyd, "Posing Strap" Best Music: Sharon Kane, Chris Green, Rock Hard, "Revenge of the Bi Dolls" Best Packaging: T.J. Renzi, Catalina HONORS: Gay Video Guide Hall of Fame: Matt Sterling Leo Ford Humanitarian Award: Kevin Kramer 22.7 Who owns the porn studios? Blowfish says: As in most businesses, there are several tiers of distribution. For example, most of the major manufacturers service large accounts themselves, and pass smaller accounts onto distributors such as General Video (which is actually a franchise; each regional GVA branch is more-or-less independently owned). Some manufacturers, such as VCX, service smaller accounts directly. Distributors are also involved in the production. For example, Bay Management, the holding company that owns the GVA-West franchise, also manages adult movie stores in the Bay Area, owns Sin City, the producer, and Profit Pak, a magazine repackaging operation. 22.8 Why do porn babes wear shoes all the damned time? In almost all the sex scenes, the women are completely naked except for their shoes. The big main reasons that actresses almost universally wear high heels are: (1) they make legs look sexier by accentuating the curve of the calves; (2) to appeal to shoe fetishists, and (3) (this is probably the most important practical reason) because soundstages are dirty places with cold concrete floors and the actresses want to keep their feet clean and warm. Someone actually asked Ashlyn Gere, a popular video actress, why this was in an interview. She said, quite simply, that the floors are dirty and most of them didn't want to step on anything sharp. True or not, that's what she said. This is becoming a topic of debate lately. Certain factions feel that the floors of porn studios can't be that dirty, and Ron Jeremy walks around in bare feet... Others say the studios are that dirty. Bill Majors jumps into the fray by stating that "the stages are NOT all that dirty. However, they ARE all that dangerous. Nails, wires, tacks, staples, etc., are often to be found about, and one never can keep it clean. Why? Well, if a show is shot on several sets then there is always movement, set dressing, and such. If a lamp falls and breaks, while it is swept up, there is often no time to vacuum, and/or mop, and so being shoeless is really not a good idea. However, I do believe that your first reason about the shape, etc., is the real reason." There is a picture floating around of Nikki Charm and Wayne Summers, and the bottoms of Nikki's feet are clearly seen, and they are FILTHY. So, who knows? The fact that the shoe thing persists pisses off bare foot fetishists everywhere. They say the dirt should be sacrificed for their kink. Maybe they're right. You decide. 22.9 Is my dick smaller than a porn star's? Zeno observes: Generally, most male penii in porn run about the same general size. For years, I heard "They're ENORMOUS!," but with a few exceptions (Holmes, Jeremy, Long Dong Silver [fave of Justice Clarence Thomas], almost all are 'a little bigger than average' (whatever the hell that means -- an actress told me). On the set, they were not intimidating, else this author is the same size and missed his calling -- and he doubts it, sincerely. Tom Byron, for instance, looks enormous, but he's pretty much the same size as anyone else. But, in his early days, he was a sub-6-foot male, and skinny, and it looked HUGE (this was a question from several early female fans of the biz). Paul Newman is about 5'6" or 7", and Alan Ladd was standing on an apple crate in "Shane," else the actress was in a ditch. This being the case in the "Real Movies," it shouldn't be too great a leap to understand it's true in porn, too. Most males haven't seen another man erect close up, and the picture gives you no frame of reference as to the size of the actors, height-wise or pecker-wise. Back in the movie days, a monster shot of a spurting one-eyed- wonder-worm could be ten or twenty feet high on the screen. Talk about no frame of reference.... If you're worried about comparisons, a good way to judge is to look at the guys hands when they grab their own dicks, and compare it to yours. Most guys hands are about the same size, so you could use that as a frame of reference. Tim Evanson, my reporter on the gay scene says: The average gay porn star's height is 5'8". Thus any penis that looks 8" on film is probably only 6.5" or 7" in real life. Famous gay porn stars with "enormous" cocks are, really, much smaller: NAME PURPORTED SIZE REAL SIZE Jeff Stryker 10" 7.5" Ryan Idol 9" 7.0" Scott O'Hara 12" 9.0" Alex Carrington 10" 8.0" BJ Slater 11" 9.0" Kris Lord 12" 8.0" Often, gay porn stars clip their pubic hair or shave it entirely, enhancing the appearance of size. Most also shave their testicles, which enhances size as well. Several use a "cock pump" to enhance vascularity and size temporarily before oral sex or anal penetration. Many stars also use cock rings of leather or steel to enhance erections and trap blood in the penis -- causing a larger look. Also, do not compare the "realistic" dildos often marketed as "modeled from Jeff Stryker's own penis" (the most famous examples being the Jeff Stryker, Kris Lord, and Foot Long Sean Davis models) to real penis size. Firms purposefully enlarge these dildos (so says my friend, who worked as a graphic artist at one). Another poster concerned with non-subjectivity recalls: Masters & Johnson and some other firm had each done penis studies in the 1970s... this data comes from his recollection of those studies... The penis is correctly measured from the top, i.e. get an erection, place the ruler in the V formed by the top of the penis and the pubic bone, swing the penis through 90 degrees from vertical to horizontal, noting the angle at which the penis extends furthest along the ruler. Measure to the adjacent perpendicular point to the tip... There were two averages. One study gave 5.5 inches (14 cm) the other 6.5 inches (16.5 cm). The scientists/ doctors were surprised as the samples were quite large (numbers I mean not the penises in question). They should have yielded closer results. 22.10 Where can I buy a pair of tits that big? This is a very frequently asked question, and I think we all wish that it had a frequently quoted answer. The increased bust size, more commonly known as the fake tit, is an increasing trend in adult entertainment. Many go-go dancers get the implants because it will net them more money on the runway. Porn stars are another story... Porn stars are now starting to use movies to promote their dance tours. A porn flick can guarantee a good return at the dance club box office, and in return, raise your fees. Savannah was about to get $5,000 for a week's worth of dancing at a club, if she hadn't shot herself first. Compared to the salaries for shooting movies outlined earlier in our FAQ (up to $1000/day usually less) it's not a bad take. 22.10.1 So do people like fake tits? There is a bit of backlash against fake tits in the industry with Jim Holliday's feature Real TIckeTs, featuring all natural stars, and Alex Jordan's production company (Realistic Pictures) who insist on using real breasted women in their productions. It can only get better... or maybe they're just tapping a niche market... There are actresses now who refuse to get implants, such as Melanie Moore, Nikki Dial and Kelly O'Dell. Since this seems to be receiving positive responses (all of those actresses are quite popular), perhaps the practice will soon come to a stop. Of those actresses that have had breast surgery, it is generally agreed upon that saline implants are much more desirable than silicone, not only for the medical reasons, but saline has a more realistic bounce. For an example of saline tits, check out the new, arguably improved, Sierra. For an example of bad silicone, check out Mona Lisa, Kelly Jaye, Madison, etc. For examples of ridiculous amounts of breast enhancements, check out Wendy Whoppers and Tiffany Towers. Of course, this is not to say that we hate large breasted women. Au contraire! We love them! We just hate large breasted women who look like someone shoved two melons under their skin and left horrible scars. For more information on real breasted women, check out the Natural Buson Alliance compiled by Ron Wilhelm and others. It is stored at Ron's Web Site: http://home.eznet.net/~rwilhelm/asm/bbb.html 22.11 Who do so many porn starlets shave their nether regions? Nick Long says: In my opinion, there are three major reasons for 'shaved'. Directors today like the exposed look and gets them raves in reviews for 'showing it all' and they don't like the penetration shot blocked by hair. Second reason is that many of the gals do dance tours, shaving is required in order to wear the itsy-bitsy bottoms they dance in, plus it gets them better tips in the dance bars when the guys can 'see it all'. Third, most gals agree it seems to aid in the on set hygiene situation and as a matter of fact, there is less irritation when shaved than when dealing with hair friction, lube matting, etc. Didn't say they were all 'good' reasons, just reasons. :) 22.12 How do porn stars handle birth control on sets? As I understand it, (in no order) the vaginal sponge, the pill or diaphragm are the most popular methods. It allows spontaneous sex with no annoying "additions" to the sex scene. Pulling out also seems to be a popular option ;-) The condom is not so much used for birth control purposes as it is for preventing the spread of venereal diseases, something neither the sponge, the pill or the diaphragm can prevent. 22.13 How do porn stars prevent the spread of sexually transmitted diseases? [new] Condoms mostly, and an HIV test every three months. The HIV test is a very serious part of keeping the industry alive. There is an apocryphal story circulating that Rebecca Lords was not allowed to shoot a solo masturbation scene because she did not have a current HIV test. 22.14 Were there really 251 men at that gangbang? There was recently quite a lot of noise generated about a porn starlet, Annabel Chong, attempting to set a raunch record of sorts by having a 251-men gangbang [sic]. The affair even spilled out in mainstream TV (though one should use the term loosely when it comes to crappy talk- shows) with Annabel being interviewed on the "Jerry Springer Show". The thing that they didn't tell you was that there were only *83* men there, many of them getting seconds or thirds. Nick Long says that John T. Bone had 7 additional (paid) staff members on site working registration (to handle AIDS results, etc.) that are not normally on any other set. There were only 83 to register (repeaters/ threepeaters/and morepeaters accounted for the 250 [plus Ronnie (Ron Jeremy) baby for 251]) so there was more than enough staff, in fact, too many. Originally hoping for the actual 300 to show, the 10 man security staff was overwhelming for the lack of security for them to do. :) One of our own, Hugh Richard Jorgan, was there as one of Annabelle's lucky 251. He wrote a lengthy article which was later published in the Spectator, a San Francisco magazine. He was also kind enough to let me archive it at my web site: http://w3.gti.net/director/faq/gangbang.html 22.14.1 Is there going to be a sequel? [new] Yes. Peter van Aarle and N Smith both told me that John T Bone and his new contract girl Jasmin St.Clair are planning the shooting of the Worlds Biggest Gang Bang 2. So again they are looking for a few hundred good men. You can probably get details by contacting Amazing Pictures. 22.15 At the "World's Largest Gangbang," there were a bunch of fluffers. Are fluffers normal on porn sets? Not anymore. On a "regular" one-day wonder, you often have more cast members than just two, so the money is stretched past the point of allowing fluffers... plus you have trained wood on hand, so the necessity of a fluffer should be lessened. Nick Long says: If memory serves correctly, 'fluffers' were used more in the days of 8mm loop shoots where the camera rolled all the time to cut down on edit problems (not high-tech stuff then) and fluffers were used so the guys could jump in hard and get the job done. On sets today, if you have a fluffer, it would be the 'added attraction starlets' to the features, it's just that now they appear in the vid instead of working on the side and out of sight. As with everything, there are exceptions to rules, and the Chong gangbang was one exception. This exception occurred because of untrained wood and the latitude of the budget. Nick says: Besides. when they expected 300 individual bodies to show up, can you imagine the boredom setting in with 295 naked guys standing around talking to each other while 5 each took their turn?? What a PICTURE! :) Again, there are still fluffers, but they appear as the 'extra talent' used in a vid to add more people and credits. Tim Evanson tells me that on gay sets, things work a little differently... Some gay porn stars have noted in interviews that they still find "fluffers" on the set by using crew members. In an interview in SAVAGE MALE, gay porn star Doug Forbes noted that he and several of his co-stars have often leapt off-stage and grabbed the hand of a crew member who they find attractive. They engage in sex with that crew member until their erection comes back up or the cum begins flowing. Unlike fluffers in the olden days (who were employed or specifically invited to the set to be fluffers), the "fluffer" today is more likely to be just another bystander the star finds hot. 22.16 Are there books on the history of gay porn? Tim Evanson passes along this book and review that you may want to check out: John R. Burger, ONE-HANDED HISTORIES: THE EROTO-POLITICS OF GAY MALE VIDEO PORNOGRAPHY, Harrington Park Press, 1995. LCCN: HQ76.B86 1994 ISBN: 1560238526 Tim says: I bought the book. It's not really so much a book on how to make porn as it is a short history of gay porn in the 1950s and 1960s, and some of the politics revealed by gay porn. The books 7 chapters (covering only 106 pages, however) cover the sociological theory of "popular memory", the history of gay porn from the 1950s and still photography to "art" gay porn of the late 1960s and the rise of the "studio" porn of the late 1970s. It then describes two big problems in gay porn -- racism and ageism -- and one improvement -- sadomasochism. It also covers the issues of prostitution, gay porn "tricks of the trade", and AIDS. An obvious and possibly belabored thread about how gay politics suffuses gay porn culminates in a final chapter on activists in porn, the "queer" identity of porn stars, and coming out themes in gay porn. IMHO, the book's political points are highly belabored. The author makes a great deal out of gay porn, turning it into "serious" statements when you or I might say, "It's just PORN, stupid!" The author also draws conclusions from isolated examples in gay porn, often using the same films over and over to prove his point. Overall, for someone looking for a good history of porn's rise from the early 1950s to about 1975, this is the book to consult. It has a GREAT bibliography, although most of the materials really can't be found by the average scholar with even a good college library (two oft-used sources are "The Guide" and "Manshots," neither of which are archived ANYWHERE but the Library of Congress, to my knowledge). The author also takes as gospel many of the statements contained in gay porn magazines and by porn stars, when it is often clear that such statements are NOT accurate. But then, the author isn't interested in accuracy per se, but rather "what the public BELIEVES is true" (which is the definition of the "popular memory" sociological theory he uses). But for my $11.95, it was a good buy. *** END PART 5 ***