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Post by sadie1263 on Nov 12, 2012 17:09:37 GMT
The show must go on, is the entertainer's credo, and it did just that in the nation's Porn Capital even after Los Angeles County voted to require performers to use condoms when filming sex scenes. One of the industry's biggest stars, James Deen, reported for work, condom-free as usual, just hours after voters adopted the new law. During a break in the action Thursday, however, Deen raised the same questions on the mind of everyone in LA's billion-dollar-plus porn industry: Can a planned court challenge get the new law tossed out before it is even implemented? Or, perhaps this time next year, will he be making films like "Atomic Vixens" and "Asian Fever Sex Objects" in some place like Las Vegas or Florida? The law, listed on the ballot as Measure B, was passed by 56 percent of voters Tuesday. It won't take effect until election results are certified, which likely will be several more days. It could take months longer before county health officials decide how to enforce it and whether they must begin dispatching prophylactic police officers to keep a close eye on actors. The Department of Public Health issued a terse statement with no timetable for developing an enforcement plan. There was no hint of whether there would be surprise inspections or if public employees would be paid to watch porn flicks to see if actors were complying. The nation's adult entertainment industry, which is believed to generate as much as $7 billion a year in revenue, according to the trade publication Adult Video News, vigorously opposed the new law. It argued it is unneeded because of safeguards that include monthly venereal disease checks for all working actors. They also maintained it would be costly and difficult to enforce and could drive the business out of Los Angeles' sprawling San Fernando Valley, taking with it as many as 10,000 jobs, including actors, directors, film editors and crafts and makeup people. The main problem, they say, is that fans don't want to see actors using condoms. "The last time we attempted to go all condom, our industry lost sales by over 30 percent," said Deen. "That's a huge hit to our economy." Deen, who has appeared in more than 1,000 hardcore films over the past nine years and estimates he's been in about 4,000 sex scenes, said he's never been infected with any disease and he gets tested every two weeks. "I love condoms, I think they're great and the safest thing you can do in engaging in sexual intercourse with a stranger," he said, adding he uses them in his personal life but not onscreen. Industry officials, meanwhile, say the last reported case of HIV linked directly to work was in 2004. Since then, they add, about 300,000 films have been made. Read more: www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2012/11/12/porn-industry-ponders-new-condom-law-in-los-angeles/?intcmp=features#ixzz2C1mygulT
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Post by sadie1263 on Nov 12, 2012 17:10:02 GMT
Really good questions here......how do you enforce this???
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Post by toby on Nov 12, 2012 19:58:17 GMT
Sadie posted.:-Since then, they add, about 300,000 films have been made.
Toby comments.:- It seems I have a lot of catching up to do ! Just one favour Sadie, please ask your buddy, the producer of these films if they can be a bit more clever regarding the music because porn film music is so dull it puts me to sleep.
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Post by sadie1263 on Nov 12, 2012 20:14:07 GMT
lol.....no buddies in the porn industry.........wouldn't that be wild........
Just think it will be a really strange thing to enforce and how do you even advertise for the job applicants!!!
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Post by Hunny on Nov 12, 2012 21:19:55 GMT
yea, but Toby's right, the music's all "bow chicka bow bow!" erm, I mean someone told me it was yea, that's what I meant *runs away*
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Post by sadie1263 on Nov 12, 2012 22:50:23 GMT
Are they going to be checking for proper fit?? That they are using them correctly.......taking pictures as evidence.......really....this could be a really funny job!!
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Post by Synonym on Nov 12, 2012 23:13:32 GMT
Seems an odd law. In this industry do they not already have regular STI checks and the like. Make that compulsory rather than making one particular form of protection compulsory.
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Post by Synonym on Nov 12, 2012 23:15:29 GMT
Sadie posted.:-Since then, they add, about 300,000 films have been made. Toby comments.:- It seems I have a lot of catching up to do ! And me. I could name a few 70s and 80s porn films such as Emmanuelle, Behind The Green Door, The Devil In Miss Jones, etc, but no idea what the contemporary famous names are.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 13, 2012 0:02:23 GMT
Sadie posted.:-Since then, they add, about 300,000 films have been made. Toby comments.:- It seems I have a lot of catching up to do ! And me. I could name a few 70s and 80s porn films such as Emmanuelle, Behind The Green Door, The Devil In Miss Jones, etc, but no idea what the contemporary famous names are. I've seen Someone told me there was someone "Rusty" making films
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Post by Big Lin on Nov 13, 2012 0:45:50 GMT
And me. I could name a few 70s and 80s porn films such as Emmanuelle, Behind The Green Door, The Devil In Miss Jones, etc, but no idea what the contemporary famous names are. I've seen Someone told me there was someone "Rusty" making films ;D
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Post by sadie1263 on Nov 13, 2012 1:52:51 GMT
Well...the guy in this story says they are checked every two weeks.........so besides that....now this law........guess the next law will be a full body suit! lol
Hmmmm.....Rusty.........I think I've heard of you
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Post by Hunny on Nov 13, 2012 6:16:29 GMT
Are they going to be checking for proper fit?? That they are using them correctly.......taking pictures as evidence.......really....this could be a really funny job!! Yea, they'll have to blow them all up, make sure none have holes in them. Then give them the 'ping test' (like shooting a rubber band, to check elasticity). And of course making water balloons is both fun and informational. ('stress test' - they need to find out how much volume they will hold! (ew) (double ew) My neighbor used to tell me about the depression. He said they washed theirs and hung them on the clothes line to dry, they were so poor. So the deputies should make sure none of that is going on, to maximize profits from the films. Also...these things can break after any real time in use. A man can just ram his way right through one of those things. ( Is it getting warm in here? ) So I dont know what they'll have to do about that. Spot inspections I guess. Pull the 'actors over' mid-job, and check 'em. Courses will have to be administered, so the actors are all certified in knowing how to properly use condiments. And, wait, do they have a union? Well.. perhaps the cops should just let these guys work! mm.."work"!! "So what's you're son do?" "Oh, he's a public fornicator" "Nice!" "Does he get good benefits?" "Well..."
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Post by sadie1263 on Nov 13, 2012 15:14:23 GMT
I know........it gets funnier and funnier
So I guess when a person shows up on the set in rubber gloves now they no longer know whether it is part of the movie???
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Post by toby on Nov 13, 2012 18:20:42 GMT
Hunny posted.:-yea, but Toby's right, the music's all "bow chicka bow bow!"
Toby comments.:- I dug out ,'Deep Throat'. the other day and watched it. One thing I noticed the Cars were so much better back in those days and Nobody ever had problems finding a parking space.
The Men did not need a BJ before they were ready either !!
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Post by toby on Nov 13, 2012 18:22:46 GMT
Sadie posted.:-So I guess when a person shows up on the set in rubber gloves now they no longer know whether it is part of the movie???
Toby comments.:- It's more likely somebody from the DEA wanting to to do an internal inspection for drugs !
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Post by Synonym on Nov 14, 2012 17:09:21 GMT
Toby comments.:- I dug out ,'Deep Throat'. the other day and watched it. Deep Throat was one of the 70s and 80s porn films I could have listed with the others, but chose not to as I thought it would be impolite
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Post by Deleted on Nov 20, 2012 14:55:13 GMT
Well I guess if all the "actors" have been passed clear of any "nasties" then what's the problem? and viewers really don't want to see condoms.............apparently. ;D
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