Comments on: MTV True Life: I Work in the Sex Industry

By: the commish

the commish — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 13:29:09 +0000

A straight guy that does gay porn….sorry kids…there’s no such animal! If you can get a hard on for another man….you are gay…stop fighting it, accept it…BE PROUD…and move on.

By: Mark

Mark — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 02:20:31 +0000

@alison Oh sorry, I meant November 1st. http://blog.videobox.com/blog/index.php/2007/11/01/have-you-tried-the-mini-flash-player/

By: speakeroftheobvious

speakeroftheobvious — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 02:05:55 +0000

I don’t think the people on the show came out too badly. The straight guy who did gay-for-pay seemed like nice enough guy who seems like the regular smart-but-also-kinda-dumb college guy–just with the added kinda secret that he does gay porn.
The manager for Combat Zone was nice, but she seemed to whine about not being a being able to find a nice guy, then shot down everyone she was told was single. Her personal life aside though, she seemed to ordered enough to be a general manager (doing that kind of stuff for any business is a pain in the ass of paperwork and dealing with jerks if a couple of people I know are any example).
The radio show girl came off the worst. You wanted to sympathize with her, but at the same time she seemed to fall into the cliche’ of being the unstable clingy-woman she was always going on about how no woman should be, made it look like all sexually-open women are in fact hyper-dependent and a bit crazy, which despite what the media portrays, many aren’t. But hey, for a channel that says how it is against the uncool establishment MTV sure does promote a ton of shitty products in their ads and even T.V. shows (So the winning team of a contest gets some free Axe Body Spray, kill me now).

All in all, not too bad an episode, although I only watched it the other day because it was a dull repeat of the Simpsons and the News was miserable…cold day in hell before I watch Nancy Grace scream about nothing in particular.

By: BigMMoney

BigMMoney — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 01:03:43 +0000

I thought the people who read this blog might find this story about Combat Zone interesting. http://avn.com/index.cfm?objectID=770440D7-9C84-B8D0-EE3961A14BF1599F

By: alison

alison — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 23:29:21 +0000

hiflyin77 – I think you’re right. A show about smart, together porn people isn’t as titillating as one that makes them look stupid and opens them to judgment. And that’s what it’s really about, isn’t it?

Mark – I didn’t make a post on Nov 11…can you link to the entry you’re referring to?

HotScooter2 – You always brighten my day

deathdealer – Good call on the Frontline documentary. I watched it a few years ago and it’s still just as annoying today. As for the forums, they’re in development, but we want to make sure that they’re well-integrated into the site, so it’s going to take us a few months at least. Keep an eye out!

G man – You hit the nail right on the head. It’s not about accurately portraying the industry, it’s about entertaining people using the perspective that they arrived with. And yes…I do remember that thing called a “music video” they used to have on that channel…

Out4fun3 – I think they choose companies like that because, 1) it allows them to push their point of view (that porn is bad) easily and 2) the big companies know that’s what they’re trying to do and steer very clear of that sort of thing.

By: Out4fun3

Out4fun3 — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 22:13:00 +0000

Hi Alison,

I watched the frontline documentary suggested by deathdealer. When discussing porn, why does a documentary choose some small time production company that produces violent porn that features rape, beating and sex?

Anyone watching would come away with the impression that all porn is that way.

By: G man

G man — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 18:02:10 +0000

Alas … television programmes about the porn industry disappoint each and every time.

- There are the shows that try to shock us. “A week in the bizarre life of a porn leather dominatrix”.

- There are the shows filled with distortion and half-truths peddling some moral message.

- There are the shows that aim at the audience who are to uptight to buy “Gaping Teen Holes 14″ but who can justify a cheap bit of porn titillation when it is veiled – however thinly – in the guise of a documentary.

It’s really quite sad when you consider that porn is a subject that so many people seem to be struggling to come to terms with. We really need some serious programmes here.

By the way … can you guys remember a long, long time ago when MTV was actually about playing music videos? I’m sure they will air a show called “Pimp my pimp” before the end of the year (possibly with commentary by D list celebs).

By: deathdealer

deathdealer — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 09:52:45 +0000

i will defiantly go and check out the show and another interesting documentary was done by frontline and you can watch most of it online at the frontline web site. it showed multiple points of view of the porn industry and i thought you might want to check it out if you have not all ready seen it. also i was wondering if you guys ever thought about setting up a forum for this site. i think that would be very cool especially for general discussions and questions i.e. Vals and Marks( Val i dont know yours and Mark there is no Nov 11 post so yea sorry). thanks for the post. peace

By: HotScooter2

HotScooter2 — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 03:26:24 +0000

Alison:
I can understand you getting grumpy seeing shows concerning the sex industry when the people representing it are idiots.you are an example of an intelligent woman that works in the business.Anyone that reads my comments both in the reviews and in the blogs,knows that i deplore stereotypes. so thanks Alison for helping to destroy the myth that all women in the sex industry are bimbos

By: Mark

Mark — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 02:27:16 +0000

Hey,

Sorry to use this post for this question, but could you tell me who the girl heading up your November 11th 2007 post is?

Thanks!