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Ange Venus auditions for Michael Clayton
--Tuesday, August 12, 2008--
 "I am Shiva the God of Death," Ange Venus did not say at the Pirates 2 premiere.See the full Pirates 2: Stagnetti's Revenge gallery here. Previously on Porn Valley Observed: No Man's Land: White Man's Burden Labels: ange venus, asian, because, Digital Playground, events
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"Okay, Mystery Caller, deal me in": On the set of Asia Noir 6
--Wednesday, July 02, 2008--
 "How do you squeeze 100 pounds of genius into a 75-minute movie?" asked writer/director David Aaron Clark of the universe. He was on the sweltering set of Asia Noir 6 in downtown L.A., watching through monitors as Mr. Marcus, playing hardboiled detective Trent, give the business to a woman named Coco Velvet playing Lana, the bedeviled proprietress of an import/export business.Tonight she was to import both Mr. Marcus and a huge strap-on dildo.  It was the final three hours of a two-day shoot in a studio/loft space in the Repo Man section of downtown. The story of Trent's search for a demonic trinity played alternately by Destiny, Ange Venus, and Myla Montez (pictured below), Asia Noir 6 is also the first big movie for hapa ingenue Velvet. "'Hapa' has come into parlance among Asian-Americans to describe all manner of half-Asian mixes," Clark said sagely.Half-breed, that's all I ever heard!Trent had been searching the building in a daze all night, guided by cryptic phone calls leading him ever downward, Lana, naked on a couch, first dreams of the policeman and then gets sodomized by a succubus, which is not to be confused with this.  Clark has made his career directing stern, eerie Asian titles and, though he appears as a pirate in Digital Playground's upcoming Pirates 2, he has never once directed Jesse Jane in a movie.As she cooled her heels between her scene with Mr. Marcus and Destiny the Strap-on Succubus, Velvet curled up on a leather couch, slowly melting into it. When the strap-on came out (or, more to the point, went in), it tested her resolve. "That's a little too big," she said. "Do you need something smaller?" Clark asked. "No, but let's get this done fast," she said. It was not done fast. But you will not be able to say when Asia Noir 6 is released that Velvet did not earn her money that day.  By the time Trent realizes that the building he is stalking through is a den of demons, it is too late. Destiny morphs into Myla Montez, who morphs into Ange Venus, who has become Clark's (and Max Hardcore's) go-to-person to represent what the Pixies called an erotic vulture.Venus then does something to Marcus which is prohibited by most international treaties. In the way that the Japanese have been able to turn watermelons square, perhaps 100 pounds of genius can be squeezed into a movie. Asia Noir 6 will be out in time for AVN nominations this fall. See the Asia Noir 6 backstage gallery here. Previously: No Man's Land Asian Edition 6; Stephen King's The Soaping; A certain kind of evil; Lystra is cage candy See also: David Aaron Clark, Metro Labels: "david aaron clark", ange venus, asian, coco velvet, destiny, mr. marcus, myla montez, set visits
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Jandi Lin is not a good Catholic
--Tuesday, November 27, 2007--
 Jandi Lin showed up on a recent episode of Playboy TV's faux dating reality show "Foursome," (airing Fridays) in which two men and two women share a Malibu house for the weekend and are mercilessly goaded via product placement into having sex. Each of the foursome has a backstory, and Jandi is introduced as a model. While porn perfomers are, strictly speaking, models, Playboy committed what we Catholics call a Sin of Omission, like when I introduced Belladonna to my parents as a parapsychologist rather than the star of My Ass Is Haunted.I usually hate reality shows for a couple of reasons. One is because I know I'm watching something that has been teased into shape, no matter how raw it appears. Another is my abiding misanthropy.  So not only do I chafe with people acting like they're cool and "real," but also I hate who they're trying to be. At least that's how I feel when I watch C-Span. Here's an exchange between demure Alaina and brain-dead personal trainer Peter:Alaina: So who are you?That's right: Peter is the type of guy who repeats your question back to you. Then he uses the word "chilling" in a context other than the appropriate one, which would be to describe the thought of giving him a mortgage or the keys to your car.  The foursome is tempted with erotic snacks, a visit to a sex store, and maid service. Before my screener DVD crashed, Jandi had still not told her love interest, the affable Australian Kerry, that she likes Star Trek, diddles Ange Venus and, last I heard, was dating Matt Zane. As you know, I strive for transparency in all things, which is why I have no trouble telling you that I am the Vice President of the United States. That Playboy did not have the decency to reveal Jandi Lin's superpower is shameful.Previously: "We can be nerds together"; Pool party auteur; Matt Zane's irons, immortal soul in the fire See also: Playboy TV's "Foursome" Labels: ange venus, jandi lin, playboy, reality, tv
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Interpreting the AVN Nominations - A Primer
--Wednesday, September 26, 2007--
 If one were to download the PDF version of this year's AVN nominations in 120 categories it would result in a document 58 pages long. By contrast, the 1984 awards contained only 18 categories.The big winner that year was Scoundrels, about the consequences of adultery. Today we commit adultery over coffee. This reflects both the nichification of consumer tastes as well as the need to satisfy as many advertisers with nominations as possible. AVN will officially maintain that advertising within the company's media network does not buy awards, but that is only partially true; advertisers expect more consideration for their products and AVN, XBiz, and all adult trade publications of the past and future would be foolish not to provide it. Read more after the gap. But buying awards is an inexact science, and what is successful for one potential winner might not be for another. So I have no advice other than that Superbowl tickets are a great stocking stuffer for people of any faith, and blowjobs are pleasant all year long.  But let's talk about consumer taste. By 1984, when the AVN Awards were announced on paper, "commercial" porn had been around for decades, but it was still illegal in many places and delivery systems like video were not widespread. 1984's 18 categories reflected no fetishes like Asian, MILF, POV, Latina, Interracial, Anime, or Transsexual; those have evolved from availability and saturation (of the market, not necessarily Squirting).  This year's nominations are the most comprehensive in AVN's history, and at no time in the company's 24 years has the list of nominations shrunk from one year to the next. With the weight of a quarter-century, the nominations have no choice but to get post-modern: awards for marketing movies and performers have increased to nine, the Crossover Star award has been renamed in honor of Jenna Jameson, and companies that make "classic"-style porn or that re-release ancient porn catalogs also have their own category. This is the second year of the Unsung Starlet and Contract Performer award, which reflect both the hardest and least used talent in the business who haven't otherwise been honored in Best Actress or Best New Starlet categories.  At the 2008 AVN Awards on January 12, most of the 120 citations will not be presented on stage; a video screen will flash the winners in between more significant awards. Last year's presentation, which was the first awards held at the Mandalay Bay Events Center and also the first awards for which regular consumers were encouraged to buy tickets, was also the slickest; still, by awards show standards, the AVN's are a train wreck.  And I like it that way. Long-time attendees will happily claim "but it's our train wreck", meaning that a shambling free-for-all filled with technical glitches, bombast, people playing dress-up, preening, and unintentional humor are a celebration of what Porn Valley is like every day. If an outside company comes in to "handle" the awards, as might be the logical evolution of porn's mainstreaming, the January adult industry reunion will lose something, even as it gains a larger audience. I predict the adult industry can sustain a 200-category awards show before things fall apart, but I better make some money off of it. Previously: AVN 2007 wrap-up; AVN 2006 See also: AVN Awards Labels: "joanna angel", ange venus, avn, awards, commentary, events, heather vandeven, mary carey, max hardcore, sophia santi
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Tuesday, November 27, 2007
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No Man's Land: White Man's Burden
 I visited the set of David Aaron Clark's No Man's Land: Asian Edition 6 this weekend. The film stars Lana Croft, Ange Venus, Jandi, and Kitty. I brought a videographer friend of mine for whom this was her first time attending a porn shoot.She threw up on the way. Twice. "I drank a lot last night," she explained, but I remember feeling a little jittery the first time I watched Asians having sex (it happened in Science class). The first porn set I ever attended was also an Asian picture (Whoriental Sex Academy 4, starring Mika Tan), so it was as if a circle closed in my august porn career by bringing my vomitous friend. Afterward, she said, "Everybody was so nice; I guess I just didn't expect people to be walking around naked." Read more after the gap. The house in Encino looked like The Love Boat without the calming presence of Gavin MacLeod. It was a massive and ornate building, this rental, and, though I am no Howard Roark, my sense of design was offended. But it was perfect for the Porn of Manners film Clark was shooting inside, which required interpretive dance and multiple tableaux. The setup was this: Lana Croft sits in the middle of the floor reading a Michael Manning manga that comes to life in front of her. Ange Venus is attended by Jandi and Kitty, the latter two wearing no shoes as they minister to Venus, who towers above them on her heels.  After Venus appears behind a column and totters seductively toward Croft, all the while doing a sultry dance, Jandi and Kitty appear to relieve her of her garments."You are removing the cloak from the queen, as it were," Clark tells them. Clark has directed numerous Asian titles and was recently named an honorary Asian by the Lakota Sioux. Like me, he is a so-called white man.  Clark makes fetish movies for fetishists; he is not punching the clock and delivering an Asian movie that might be a badonkadonk movie but for the presence of Asian talent rather than bubble-butt wielding sistahs. He has Venus redo her steps several times to perfect the effect.The BDSM firecracker Aiden Starr is today the costume department. As Kitty walks by in a jangle of necklaces and beads, asking if she can adjust them, Starr replies that they'll just fall off when she starts fucking, anyway. It's good to have someone on set who knows her way around porn jewelry. Sadly, Starr is not performing herself. It is not the first time I wished she were Asian. Croft puts down her book and watches Kitty and Jandi go to work on Venus. There are about 12 caucasians on the set watching this ritualized exchange between these four Pan-Asian women doing a dance of Clark's whimsy. I asked Croft if she was more often stereotyped as a geisha or a schoolgirl. "Definitely schoolgirl," she said, "though I'm more outgoing." Later, Croft lies on the star in the middle of the floor. It looks freezing. Still, it makes me sad that the dentist who lives here will someday sully Croft's buttock prints with her slippers. Would Captain Stubing be so heedless? No, he would not. See a gallery here. Previously: The World is your Royster; Legend of the Oriental Love Motel!; Team Hardcore on the move! See also: David Aaron Clark, Metro Labels: "david aaron clark", "set visits", ange venus, asian, lana croft, metro
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