The Porner's Almanac: Fuckin' <i>Tea</i>

This is Gram Ponante with the Porner's Almanac, October 24, 2007.

2257 86ed

Every pornographer knows that the statute that governs recordkeeping requirements is better known as 2257. Larger porn companies have 2257 record clerks, smaller companies and individuals often use the 2257 services of larger companies.

Whenever performers engage in sex, on camera, for pay, they must provide the producer of this content with their aliases, their personal information, and two copies of identification - which includes the performer's real name; you didn't really think that woman's parents named her Strokahontas, did you?

In recent years, proposed amendments to the federal 2257 law have sought to make recordkeeping requirements more stringent, all in the name of protecting children. The argument goes that only by securing all this personal information, and replicating these records wherever anyone posts still images or videos of these performers, can children be safe. In other words, even if a performer is clearly pushing 40, everyone who posts images of her in a sexually provocative, nude, or debatable pose must keep records of her identity at the ready so that visiting FBI operatives can determine she's not 15.

Naturally, people interested in free speech, as well as those using the free speech argument to continue selling Dirtpipe Milkshakes, are concerned that the individual freedoms of performer and consumer alike are being compromised by these stringent measures.

Yesterday in the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati, a 12-year-old case originally brought forth by a swingers' publication that did not want to demand IDs from people who'd placed ads was finally decided, and the 2257 federal record-keeping laws were declared unconstitutional for several reasons, including that they did not regulate conduct, such as child abuse which is already illegal, last I heard, but actually regulated free speech.

This decision applies only to the 6th District, which includes Ohio, Tennessee, Kentucky, and Michigan, and it could be reversed on appeal, but it sets a hopeful precedent with regard to individual liberties. This does not mean that you can go into the dressing room of the Gap you work in and publish photos of women trying on their 545s. Although that would be hot.

See story here.

I wanted to share with you a scene from a movie I watched recently called Tough Love 12 from JM Productions. The scene involves Otto Bauer and Dana DeArmond. This scene involves an excellent example of I Don't Give A Fuck acting. In porn, there are a few schools of thought vis a vis acting: there is bad acting, which is most of it, and eventually writers and producers must realize that it is unfair to make most performers memorize dialogue. There is a new kind of acting which I've identified in certain steveporn movies called pornmodernism, in which the performers want you to know that they are better than the script all the while they are somehow not good enough to be on Scrubs. This is also called Bad Acting. There is Good Acting - I guess, and there is my favorite style of porn acting, which is a blend of improvisation and confidence called I Don't Give a Fuck, which I think captures the zeitgeist of good porn; actors have not forgotten this is a porn movie but they still remember that their job is to entertain and delight.

Dana carries a cup of calming tea to Otto, who is frustrated with his unresponsive lawnmower.

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Bravo.

Birthdays this week include that of Nautica Binx, who is 23. I'm pretty sure Nautica Binx is actually her real name. It is also the birthday of VCA legend Veronica Hart, who will be 51. Hart still appears in non-sex roles in a lot of movies, including Wicked's "Delilah".

My movie recommendations this week include two movies that will appeal to people who prefer relative innocence to experience. They are Hustler's "Barely Legal 75" and Digital Playground's "Babysitters". Neither movie gets bogged down in politics, free speech issues, or the sad march of time. Instead, there's a lot of natural or weapons-grade boobies sticking straight up in the air. (It's a living.)

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Labels: 2257, dana dearmond, legal, otto bauer, veronica hart

1 Comments:

Porn said...: "here is a new kind of acting which I've identified in certain steveporn movies called pornmodernism, in which the performers want you to know that they are better than the script all the while they are somehow not good enough to be on Scrubs."

Yes, nose candy seems to help them along in getting that desired effect.

I prefer premodernism, which is where Otto cums before we are forced to see Dana act, get naked or have sex.; 10/24/2007