Behind the Screams 3

Let's see........where to get started...........ahhhh another installation of the Behind the screams series. This episode with THAT VIXEN coming thru splashing the blog with her XXX insights into the industry.......Not much else to say but peep it, also make sure you peep her blog and twitter where she goes in on a daily basis.


Sorry I had midterms last week and shit at my new job is jumping off so it's been a little hectic.

glad you could be back with us, let's go IN


How rampant in the industry is it for bi or gay males to be doing these hetero movies?

Well the problem with that question is, what do you consider gay? Like there are a couple of dudes like Talon and Christian that did gay porn in the beginning of their careers. Then there are a lot of "straight" porn guys who have either done tranny scenes or else actually like trannies off camera. And I don't mean post-op trannies, either. I mean chicks with actual dicks. Funny thing is, according to industry buyers, tranny porn is actually for straight men. I don't exactly know how that works, because a boob job with a dick is still a guy to me, but that's the demographic.


Whats the most extreme thing you've heard of happening to someone
during a scene? Like Ava Devine's prolapse.
Oh, jesus. There's so much crazy shit that happens on set. Part of the problem with the "I heard this happened" is that it's just like telephone. I hate to repeat shit that's not true. I'll tell you the most hilarious thing that happened on set when I was there, though. We were shooting this squirting scene, and right when the girl was supposed to "squirt" she pushed a little too hard and her sponge shot out and bounced off the lens of the camera into the director's face. (By the way, almost all girls still do shoots when they're on the rag. They just stick either a sea sponge or a makeup sponge up there to absorb the blood. Yummy.)


What other crazy personal experiences have you had with pornstars? I
know you mentioned Gianna before, any others?
Hmm, crazy personal experiences...not too many, mostly because I feel the need to separate work and pleasure. The pornstars are people I work with, so I didn't really fuck with them. Plus I hate that whole "Oh, if you sleep with me, I'll give you work" thing. Directors do it, or imply it, and to me that's just shady. One experience that was great was we were with Kami Andrews on a set one time and we dared her to piss in a public space. She totally did in a big supermarket parking lot. She took off her pants, and just lifted her leg up, and pissed right there. It was hilarious. Later that day she flashed some day workers, and then took her top off and posed for a picture with them. That was great. I will say one thing that never actually happened that I wished would happen is that Gianna, Roxy Deville and I had planned to go to this sauna/day spa spot in LA. The plans fell through but it would have been damn nice to be with them two, naked, all day long.


Being that you work or worked in the industry were you able to still
watch features casually? I know when I worked at a strip club doing video sales, I couldn't go to a strip club and really was desensitized to porn,did you experience that?
Well, the funny thing is, it really depends. Like there got to be a time when being on set would pretty much bore me, but then there were also scenes where both people were REALLY feeling each other and it was like, wow...inspiring. I guess for me it's all about chemistry. If I see people really into each other in a scene, it's great no matter what.

What about prostitutuion in the biz. Alot of performers are escorts on
the side too right?
Hell yes, they do. I'd say about 90% of the girls you've seen are making frequent trips to NY. That's where they all get it in. When you look on agency websites, a lot of the pornstars are even doing "bachelor parties" now too. You know what that means.


Diseases. Clear something up for me, people say that everyone in the industry has at least something like herpes. Is this just a rumor? Also what are some other outrageous rumors you've heard?
Oh man. You name a rumor, and I've probably heard it. No doubt about that. I don't like discussing the industry too much with people who don't watch or appreciate porn because they'll ask me dumb shit like "is it true all the girls are raped and pissed on their first scene?" and that pisses me off. I don't know whether or not everyone in the business has herpes. I mean, technically, we ALL have herpes. As far as full blown herpes, "they need Valtrex stat" kind of herpes, well that's one thing that's not tested for, so I wouldn't really know. I'll tell you this though, from studies I've read, a good portion of the sex having population has herpes or HPV. I don't remember the stats of herpes offhand but I think I read that 8/10 people having sex have HPV.


Any performers you've heard about who most people complain about working with?
Everyone complains about the Vivid contract girls. For the most part, most of them ARE a hassle. A lot of girls get contracts and suddenly think they're the shit and they're better than everyone else is. Even employees at Vivid joke about it. It's a little crazy. I'm a little out of the loop on production so I'm not really sure these days who's a pain in the ass and who isn't.

BEhind The Screams 2

Aiight, a re up of the popular series I have running on the blog with a certain VIXEN . Told y'all we're gonna get deeper. Again very interesting. This time we deal with issues like racism,durability in the industry and the recession. Keep tuned in......peace.

We all know about racism in the industry, anything blatant that you've seen that you wanna expand on?
Well, unfortunately, due to the nature of the business, there's blatant racism and sexism absolutely everywhere. And I don't just mean about the girls, but the male performers too. But as far as racism, I guess the things that bug me the most are that I've known certain agents that will bar their female performers from performing with black male performers, especially when they're new. It's sometimes considered that a girl is getting "desperate" for work when she's done 100 scenes and is suddenly doing interracial. I personally think that's fucking ridiculous. But it is what it is. Another thing that really pisses me off is when girls get cast in scenes for a certain genre when they don't fit the genre in the least. Producers, please...if you're really desperate to fill that last scene in your Asian/Black/Latina movie, TRY to use a girl who's the right race. It's ridiculous when I see a girl who's been in (I'm making up titles here) Big Black Booty, Chinky Eyed Chicks, AND Luscious Latinas. Speaking of racism, let's not even talk about the titles of DVDs. It's terrible.


What cultural shifts have you noticed lately?
Hmm, I dunno about cultural shifts. If you mean race-wise, well, I guess all the typical "ethnic" porn is still as popular as ever. I don't really see the business going in new directions as far as race is concerned.

Have you noticed an upswing in alt-porn(suicide girl)type chicks as opposed to the normal blondes or brunettes?
There's definitely been an upswing in the alt-porn girls and their popularity in the last 4 years or so. They're not just popular in the business and with porn consumers, but in the mainstream entertainment industry as well. But I'll talk about that later. Directors like Eon McKai and performers like Joanna Angel have been doing the alt-porn thing real big for about 5 years or so now. It took a little while to catch on, but then alt-porn really blew up. There's certainly room for all types of girls in this business though. No matter who you are or what you look like, there's a niche or a genre for you. People will shoot girls no matter what.

What's the typical lifespan of a star these days before they start dealing with the wear and tear and burnout?
That really depends on the girl, to be honest, and how much she wants to work. It also depends on what the girl wants to do in this business. If she wants to make money, then she'll do the greatest amount of scenes possible in the shortest amount of time and get the fuck out. Usually within a year or less. I call girls like that ones with "hustler mentality" because they're all about the Benjamins, and that's it. Some of these girls are even lesbians, or don't even like sex at all. I like this type of girl the least. If the girl wants to be the next Jenna Jameson, then she'll do a scene here or there, and try to get in good with the right people for a contract. Then she'll ruin her body and get terrible implants. (And a little sidenote to girls out there, you won't be the next Jenna Jameson, You have to know what the fuck you're doing, know how to manage your money, and your "career". Not many people in general, not just porn stars, these days know how to do any of those things, let alone all of them.) Last are the girls that like sex, and like the business, and have a good head on their shoulders. These girls can last for years.

There's contract girls doing mainstream roles in tv shows and movies, why do you think they're getting that acceptance?
I think the only real contract stars doing anything in mainstream tv shows and movies are Jenna Jameson and Tera Patrick. All the other contract stars doing "mainstream" stuff are doing straight to DVD movies, Skinamax movies, or some B movie type shit. Lately the girls that get the most play from mainstream are actually the alt-porn girls. The funny thing is these girls also get a lot of publicity in the mainstream enterntainment industry because of their crossover appeal. They don't all have fake tits and hair extensions. They look like that one hot chick at the record store you've always wanted to bang. Or the girl that works at the coffee shop.

How do alot of people break into the industry these days? Net Modeling and dancing or are there new methods?
Honestly, most people get into the business through agents. Agents are putting out ads on craigslist, in local papers, they're going to strip clubs and colleges to recruit, it's crazy. They're out there.

Are the stars really in their own other world outside of "reality" or are they just regular folk who fuck on film for a living, y'know, regular girls next door?
I hate generalizing. Again, it depends on the girl, really. I'd have to say, 90% of the girls I worked with, are just regular folk who fuck on film for a living. They're normal people, not just drugged out dirty whores. Porn stars are considerably less "dirty" than your regular girl. They have sex, over the course of their whole career, with maybe about 6 guys, the same 6 guys over and over again. If they're in the business for a few years, then maybe that number goes up a little bit. And they get tested every 2 weeks, which is more than I can say for almost every girl I know that DOESN'T fuck for a living. The guys are usually a little more into the scene than the girls, but the ones that have been working for a long time, they're just regular people with regular lives. (Well, other than the fact that they fuck for a living, but you get my drift.)


How is the industry adapting to the recession?
Not well. A lot of the smaller shittier companies are closing their doors and just yesterday I heard the news that a big distribution company closed down, too. Unfortunately the industry, much like mainstream, didn't pay enough attention to the rise of piracy on the internet, or to internet trends. Most companies didn't step up their game on their websites, didn't stop selling VHS till recently, those kinds of things. They didn't pay attention to the consumer's changing viewing formats. And now they're paying for it. I'm hoping this means that there won't be 389583158394 companies out there anymore, all putting out sub par shit, but just several smart companies that are putting out quality smut.

Behind The Screams

My first semi interview for the blog, with a very cool young lady who works behind the scenes in the porn industry. Some very interesting insights into how the wheels turn in this billion dollar industry. Stay tuned we'll be having more from her periodically. Also feel free to check her blog, where she keeps it lively as well. Peep RIGHT HERE



Anyways, start with your background and how you got involved in the industry.
My background, well I've always worked in corporate America, but I was working for a friend of the family who was a doctor, and as it turned out, he had a lot of patients that were in the business. One of them hired me away from the doctor to be a personal assistant and publicist, so it just jumped off from there.


Some of the companies you've worked for.
Let's see, I've worked for: Vivid/New Sensations/Pulse Distribution directly, (and a few other companies I'd rather not mention, hella shady) but worked with a few other companies throughout the time I've been in the business.

Crazy shit that's happened on set. Two things come to mind at first. One, I was on the set, as a PM for a friend who was a director, Bryan Xin. He was shooting his movie Pervasian, and we had Lucy Lee and Kurt Lockwood working together. Everything was cool, they had worked together before, and liked each other just fine. We get through the entire scene, last position before the cum shot. Then Kurt decides to put his foot on Lucy's head in doggy. She squirms away, he does it again. She tries to signal to him, since the camera is rolling, to take his foot off, and he doesn't. Lucy trips the FUCK OUT. She jumps up, and starts telling him, "Why'd you put your fucking foot on my FACE!" It all went downhill from there. They started with name calling, then it developed into screaming, and then it almost turned into a physical fight. Lucy's friend, the director, and the owner of the house were holding her back, and trying not to hurt her, and I had to drag Kurt's ass out the door. Worst part about it was that the scene was just about done, too.

Wildest thing I've seen...that's a hard one. Especially since as time progresses, what I consider wild gets a bit more and more crazy. If you mean on set, then the story with Lucy and Kurt. Otherwise, damn, it's hard to say.


Ever witnessed any straight too drunk or too high to fuck scenes?
Hmm...there was one scene, which is one of my favorite stories about the business. This girl shows up to the set 2 hours late. Her agent kept telling me she was on her way and finally he had to go pick her ass up and bring her to set. This girl clearly had been tweaking all night. She gets undressed, then I notice that she has multiple bruises on the right side of her leg. And large bruises, at that. She didn't even bring any of the right wardrobe, either. Turns out her story is, her roommate threw her out of her house, down a flight of stairs and she had to take her shit and go to a hotel. The director is pissed. He doesn't want to shoot her but I convince him to just go through with the scene since everybody's ready and waiting. So we shoot the scene. Midway through that scene, the next girl, Sandra Romaine, shows up. (I love her, by the way, she's fucking great. Great body, great attitude, fucks like nobody's business.) She goes to the bathroom and comes back, and whispers to me, "Um, did you give the girl a douche?" I told her I did. She says, "Well...then I'm surprised the scene is still going because I saw something gross in the trashcan." When there's a cut in the scene, the director comes over and tells me that the girl is hella dirty, and...let's just say in terms of personal hygiene...the phrase "cottage cheese" didn't do this girl justice. That's all I gotta say about that.

Best performers, well, I guess that depends on what you mean by best. For me, best is probably different than what the viewer considers best. I personally like a good attitude, a good work ethic, and liking what they actually do for a living. One of my absolute favorite performers is Gianna Michaels. I've worked with her several times, and every single time she was great. I've kicked it with her off set and she's a great girl. She's gonna make some lucky bastard happy one day. As a matter of fact, I even propositioned her once to be my live in partner, kind of as a joke. (I don't think I'm woman enough to handle her.) She looked me straight in the eye, and said, "Girl, if you mean that, I'm down. If someone wants to take care of me, I will fuck you right EVERY NIGHT. I'll do whatever you like." I damn near fainted. Best male performer, well I personally like Manuel Ferrara. He gets the job done, and done right. And he's a cool dude. He's hilarious. He has great taste in movies. What else can I say?

Worst performers, I don't like to put people out there, but I'll say this, none of the members of the "mope squad" should ever do actual b/g sex scenes. They're so used to just BJs and jacking off, they damn near forgot how to actually fuck. As for females, well, I've noticed that the ones that look more like 90s pornstars (really, really fake tits, fake hair, and plastic looking faces) tend to be really uptight and uppity. I hate working with girls like that because they don't come to set acting like they're there to work. They come to set thinking you need to kiss their ass, and that doesn't go over well with me.

The usual atmosphere on the sets I've worked on has always been really low key and mellow. Contrary to popular belief, the performers and everyone else are just there to do a job. That's it. The sets I've been on, it wasn't like Boogie Nights 24/7. I think too, because it's usually only myself, the makeup artist, and the director I work with, it puts everyone at ease, especially the girls. Plenty of girls have told me that they really liked the environment because it was open and friendly. The guys always liked it because they didn't ever feel rushed or pressured. When I was casting I always made sure to put together people who had chemistry or who wanted to actually work together. I think all sets should be like that. Maybe better porn would get made.