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Apr. 29th, 2004 03:55 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
pantryslutIt's been a bit odd, working on my porno review deadlines while the industry deals with the latest HIV outbreak. The other night, I was watching a tape, trying to match faces to names -- always a special challenge when it comes to many male performers. "That face looks familiar," I thought while watching one scene with a friendly, easygoing, boyish-looking black guy and his big-breasted partner. And then I realized: it was Darren James, better-known now as Patient Zero. Oh.
And then there was the one this month that purported to be real, live, unscripted, unplanned, amateur street pick-ups. This was way more convincing than most (e.g. the BangBus series and its ilk) -- down to a small segment where they make the guy sign a release on-camera and ask him if he has the proper forms of ID. I mean, it could be real. What do I know? But the performers were not using condoms. Suddenly, the ultra-realism was a big distraction, and the sex was not at all sexy. Not at all.
And then there was the one this month that purported to be real, live, unscripted, unplanned, amateur street pick-ups. This was way more convincing than most (e.g. the BangBus series and its ilk) -- down to a small segment where they make the guy sign a release on-camera and ask him if he has the proper forms of ID. I mean, it could be real. What do I know? But the performers were not using condoms. Suddenly, the ultra-realism was a big distraction, and the sex was not at all sexy. Not at all.
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Date: 2004-04-29 04:14 pm (UTC)I get that feeling (or, rather, lack of feeling) when you can tell that the actress is not only NOT having a good time, but looks physically and/or emotionally uncomfortable, sometimes even glancing off camera now and then. (I've never seen this happen with a male porn actor, but I suppose it's a possibility.)
The most memorable moment like that was a John Holmes clip I saw back in...'90 or '91. He was penetrating the woman from behind (anally or vaginally, I don't remember) and, now and then, the camera would pan to the woman's face and you would see her expression change from one of extreme discomfort to one of fabricated pleasure.