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Spanish papers are reporting that they are still holding Pablo Lapiedra in jail. They have not allowed him to be releaed on bail as he is a flight risk. Columbia has requested his extradition to their country and they have three months to get the paper work in order. Barring something unusual, Lapiedra will be sent to Columbia under charges of prostitution & putting underage girls in pornographic movies. The sentence for this in Columbia is 8-12 years.
LukeFord.com reported that Leyla Black, girlfriend of Lapoiedra was talking on twitter. So I asked a Leyla if Lupe was in jail and she said-
"i dont want to talk about it,but she was in search and arrest before,i dont understand the surprise that is in prison."
I think that is a yes.
Ask Pepe to ask her!
honestly I think anyone who’s made money off marketing this girl should do some jail time because her whole image is based on feeding into people into pedophilia.
deny it all you want sickos, it’s true. men need to grow up and stop all this “i like little girls” crap. when I think about the fact that I was in a movie that basically pushed pedophilia to the mainstream porn audience I want to THROW UP. Having grown women wear tights and pig tails and little girl dresses while sitting on a rocking horse in a pink bedroom. GET REAL and GET IT TOGETHER.
@Monica Foster
Does that include Joy King, who signed Fuentes to a one year contract at Wicked Pictures or something like that?
Really, I’m definitely not saying it’s right, but there are tons of pornographers who do just that. Max Hardcore was just ONE of them.
Monica is dead on the money with her comment. Porn plays around with the loli issue. A beautiful “adult” woman should be dressed and marketed as an adult not as a teen or pre-teen.
gawd. “Young and tame”? How lame. An older woman peaks my interests any day…
Lupe’s in prison? I second Pepe’s nomination–he can get to the bottom of this clusterfuck.
@3ach yep – I think that contract only happened for 1 of 2 reasons. Either someone owed someone else a favor OR Wicked was in desperate need of a quick financial boost and they figured tapping the “I love little underage girls” (aka closet pedophile) market would be just the ticket.
All of the other Wicked contract actresses look like adult WOMEN and it’s been that way for years from what I can tell – the Lupe lolita little girl thing was an odd move in anyone’s eyes. I’m all about diversity (I was actually surprised they went with Lupe being she’s a brown skinned girl – maybe they can fill her empty spot with Marie Luv or Misty Stone or Imani Rose!) but not when it’s making the general populace think it’s OK for an old man to fuck what appears to be a 13 year old.
I don’t care who else has done it – Max Hardcore or whoever – I personally think the trend is sick and I feel the minimum age to be in porn needs to be raised to 21 at this stage. Why? I guess I need to remind you of the recent Bieyanka Moore incident. It’s getting to where there are too many fake ID’s and the “professionals” on set are often unable to tell a woman who just looks young from a girl who IS too young.
I understand the appeal of a young WOMAN to a man of any age, but the scene themes in that Lolita movie weren’t exactly depicting Lupe as a WOMAN. You know damn well that puppet scene was sick, I felt like I was watching underage girls who just got home from Trick or Treating on Halloween servicing a dirty old man – I always thought Wicked was better than that.
@Monica – You left out the Evan factor behind the deal with Wicked.
fuck yeah, raise the minimum age to 21!
yes Monica; Tha industry seems to be really pushing the Peodofile image these days in the “paraodies” with actors betraying young kids?? I just don’t understand the people who sit at home writing this stuff and then get these Production companies to shoot this CRAP!!. I wonder how much flak Wicked is going to get for this incident? Ohhh well…off to State Street. You all have a good time up there on Skirball at that FSC meeting 3pm to 5pm.
Raise the age all you want, won’t change things. She is well over 21 years of age.
Beyond that we are all guilty of being liars. We put up 25 year olds as MILFs and 23 year olds as “teens”.
While I admit the whole “little Lupe” stuff she did prior to getting her boob job was nothing short of sick, anything since then has been no different than what we do each and every day with tons of performers.
But anyway just to be clear, Lupe Fuentes was never under 20 years of age when performing on camera either in the US or prior in Spain.
And she is far beyond 21 years of age.
As far as the Wicked pictures movie “Lolita” goes. I haven’t seen it so I can’t comment on it specifically. But if they at any time portray her as a 12 year old like some of those sick fucks did prior to her getting a boob job then yes, may everyone from wicked pictures burn in hell.
no rest for the Wicked.
Raising the minimum age to 21 would also mean the girls themselves might be a little more mature and not make quite so many foolish decisions (drugs, alcohol, spending habits, etc…).
When you 18 and a producer is throwing cash at you to be in his movies you spend it like you only thinking of today.
Then there’s the other side of the argument, put forth here by Nina Hartley:
“Whether or not we agree with or approve of them, the choices made by young women are theirs. If we are to grant autonomy to people over the age of eighteen, then that means accepting their choices as valid, even if we’d never do such a thing. This includes being able to join the army and get shot or maimed, or become a miner or construction worker. Those are deadly jobs … and no one thinks to tell a young adult, “Don’t do that job, it’s dangerous.” Or if we do tell them, we accept that, being young people, they may disregard our advice.
“If we accept that a young woman can consent to have an abortion or become a parent, then it stands to reason that we must accept that she can consent to make pornography. Of all the branches of sex work available porn is the safest….”
@Karmafan – people have a right to make foolish decisions — or decisions that you or I may consider foolish. People over the age of majority have the right to self-determination. We are not our brothers’ and sisters’ keepers, and neither are adult industry entrepreneurs.
Not the most intelligent assertion from Nina Hartley–who is fucking amazing. I won’t bash her opinion here but her reasoning is kinda fallacious.
Monica, I think you are a bit off on this subject and stating that you think our movie Not the Cosbys XXX “pushed pedophilia” to a mainstream audience is insane. The television series The Cosby Show had a son and three daughters of various ages. We replicated the show as closely as we possibly could in creating our parody and it would be inaccurate to the original to portray the youngest girl as a grown up. We could have done the Cosbys 15 years later but then we’d be spoofing something that didn’t exist.
I will say that our colorful set designs and props could be a bit much for some (like you suggest)but accusing the worst from everybody is a bit unfair. I never would suggest sex between an adult and a child and in our movie Rudy Huxtable had sex with her little friend (and by the way both actors are consenting adults in real life).
I’m not saying that you don’t make some interesting points and I can respect them but to point a finger at something as wholesome and sweet as Not the Cosbys XXX is un-American. I suppose Not the Bradys XXX (possibly the most wholesome porn series ever created) should be banned and the government should get involved and tell us what type of characters actors should be allowed to play. The German government already banned Not the Bradys XXX because they thought the girls were underage but we all know what happened over there years ago. Kacey Jordan who plays Cindy Brady in our parody might look young but I’m sure Charlie Sheen would tell you she looked just fine to him.
There has to be common sense when discussing a subject like this. I think that anybody involved in actual pedophilia should be locked up for life. Murderers should also be locked up for life. However, I don’t think it is reasonable to lock somebody up for portraying a murderer in a movie or prosecuting somebody that worked with a ‘legal age’ actress just because she has pig tails and looks younger then she is. If you work with somebody underage where they have sex or you have sex with them you should go to jail. Otherwise I would think it falls under art. You might not like it but a line must be drawn otherwise we risk losing more than some goofy movies.
Quite simply put, Wicked is wickedly mysogynistic.
I think they should lower the minimum age, not raise it; that way we won’t worry about girls faking their IDs. Besides, everytime a pornographer asks a girl when she first lost her virginity, 7 times out of 10, it’s underage. Blame God and puberty for standing against American values. I think I was my horniest at age 15. And blame American values for using sex to sell everything, then wondering why young girls want that quick sex/money/fame fix!
@michael whiteacre I’m not knolewdegable about Evan and his ties/connections with Wicked so I can’t really go there – what I wrote above is just what I think MAY have been the mindset in why Lupe was contracted by Wicked.
True, whether your over 18 or 21 people can and will always have the right to make their own choices whether they be fully well thought out or not – however I think that considering all the BS happening in porn and all the consequences people are facing as of current (inside and outside of the legal sphere) I think that it’s time to call some things out for being exactly what they truly are – FUCKED UP AND SICK.
All the depictions of women appearing underage sends a very negative and unhealthy sexual message to people. I don’t care how you try to rationalize dressing up a woman who is over 18 OR 21 as a little girl who looks like she 13 – it is NOT HEALTHY nor in the range of the “normal sexuality” spectrum or COMEDIC. A person fixated sexually on such a youthful appearance is often potentially predatorial, emotionally and/or psychologically stunted. Closet pedophilia in my view is far from a “fetish” in my view.
@Ryder I am not “off” at all in regards to the “Rudy” sex scene I am referring to in Not The Cosbys XXX 2 – do you even watch your own work because I’d have to say that you don’t for you to even SUGGEST that “Rudy” does not look 12 or 13 in that movie (maybe even YOUNGER).
I think if a “super young girl” themed scene is shot it needs to be inserted into a movie that is OPENLY and CLEARLY LABELED as being young girl themed (isn’t that proper marketing? People NOT labeling content like what I’m describing properly in my view are either not comfortable with what they’re producing themselves to begin with OR their goal is to slip something into the consumer that the consumer wasn’t looking to see anyways in an effort to subconciously condition them) – that way the people who are not into watching material designed for closet pedophiles don’t have to suffer through it.
Take my thoughts with a grain of salt of course, BUT in my view people need to be much more responsible with how certain adult content niches are shot, labeled and distributed.
@Ryder Anyone who were to pick up Not the Cosbys XXX 2 is anticipating people who look like ADULTS having sex – they are most likely NOT expecting to see what I looks like at 13 years old having sex. Sounds to me like Germany is TRYING at least to say “look, being freaky is one thing but sexualizing the IMAGE of is simply WRONG”. One could argue only a parent would feel that way but I disagree because I’m not a parent and I don’t think the image of a kid should be seen as “sexy”.
Wrap it up in whatever fancy box you like – but more and more pedophilia type scenes are being slipped into “mainstream” and/or parody porn each year – and I believe it’s to condition the younger generation into thinking pedophilia is “OK”.
I could be wrong though, maybe the studios simply have deals with brothals overseas that showcase women that would be considered underage in the USA and the close pedophile type porn being frequently shot is just a way to wet the appetites of Americans to be more open to the overseas sex tours in places like I dunno – Thailand, South America, etc.
I’m sure that “Rudy” scene is played on screens in brothals world wide that “employ” young girls to sleep with “wealthy Americans”. It might even be used as a teaching tool for the poor girls. Who knows.
Will,
Now having adults portyaing characters to be known as children, having sex, is art?
I do not think it should be illegal, its just despicable, and caters to an audience that the “ADULT” enetertainment industry should not be marketing themselves to. And when you put out a movie, even a spoof, that has Cindy brady having sex, you are going to attract that market of sick people, along with the market of people just looking for something to have fun with.
You say a line must be drawn, and that line is 18 years of age. When you intentionaly go below that line, thats a decision, that in my opinion, shows a severe lack of personal ethics.
Try to justify it all you want, call it art, and a spoof, but the bottom line is your characters are portraying children having sex.
I havent seen the Brady movie, but can you tell us if any of the underage characters in your parody are having sex with adult characters?
And I know,if I am looking for ethical behavior, the porn biz is the last place anyone is going to find it.
WILL wrote,
“…anyone involved in actual pedophilia should be locked up for life.” Agreeg 100%
But there is a little something to add that.
Anyone involved in ‘pretend’ pedophilia should be shunned by the adult enetertainment community, and is catering to the same audience. That just might qaulify the producers of such pretend pedophilia as a sick fuck. Much like Lou Sirkin defending the ‘Childsupermodel’ sites, and of course those guys are now in jail. Really good for the ADULT entertainment community to be so actively participating in the sexualization of children. Congratulations on your awards.
Usually I don’t agree with “joe know” but on this situation I do.
Tara wrote: “Quite simply put, Wicked is wickedly mysogynistic.”
Would you please mind explaining/exemplifying what the hell you are talking about? I know engaging in a normal dialogue, back and forth conversation is not characteristic of you, but if you could attempt it I’d appreciate it.
I have no further comment.
Wow some of you people are wound pretty tight. Monica, you write that I suggested that Rudy from the Cosby Show does not look 12 or 13? Where did I write that? Of course she looks young because the character is supposed to be the youngest daughter. Also I think you know me better than that to ask me a dumb question if I watch my own movies. Of course I watch my own movies! I write them, direct them and work on them in the editing bay for literally hundreds of hours with my team.
Listen, you all make valid arguments that would probably make us a safer society but the bottom line in a free society is that we live in a world where people wish to choose their own entertainment. As long as the cast is of legal consenting age it gets into a really gray area trying to tell somebody what they should be allowed to watch in the privacy of their own home. You may not like it and I would hate to contribute to pedophiles’ lust as you suggest but I was just making a funny,(accurate) porn parody of a beloved television show.
And to Joe Know- we were very careful in our Not the Bradys XXX series to keep the youngsters from having sex with the older people on the show. Believe it or not I get plenty of complaints from fans telling me I should have had the father banging Marcia or Sam the Butcher getting it on with Jan. I also avoided incest except for one dream sequence when Marcia bangs Greg in Not the Bradys XXX #1. So I am quite responsible when it comes to issues like that.
I hear all of you and respect your comments but I never once thought about the pedophile angle when I shot the movies. It just never entered my brain because I don’t think like that. You all have opened my eyes a bit but the fact is that we make porn movies to make people laugh. I doubt if anybody is getting new perverted ideas from watching our movies on sitcums.com but in our new movie Not Jennifer Lopez XXX which came out today there are no characters under the age of 21 so we should be good on that one. Take care.
Will, did you hear all the conspiracy theories Monica has publicly put out there about you? She does it to many people. She’s accused me of being Dave Pounder, I have mob ties, I’m behind Porn Wikileaks & writing her profile page there, I’m emailing her threatening emails telling her to kill herself, and so on and so on.
Now she’s on her Twitter threatening to kill me and many other people & our families and go on a killing spree. She thinks by making her page private protects her. But we can still see her tweets and everything she says is being documented. The only reason she still has her Twitter page active is because I’cve told people not to report her because her page is more valuable active than suspended. This way we can document all her death threats towards us.
You gave Monica her big break but of course she bites the hand that feeds. She’s a fake, fraud, liar, hypocrit, and has threatened, blackmailed, stalked, harassed, and threatened to murder me & many others.
If she had such a problem with being in your movie, why was she in it? Why does she think you’re this horrible evil person, according to all her accusations?
Well, thanks for that reply, at least, Tara. I have no further comment about your lack of further comments, either.
Where did Monica threaten to kill you, Darrah? Dave Pounder is too smart and sane to be Darrah, no offense.
Btw, anyone who thinks I post too much on LIB: FYI- This is my twitter so deal with it. Also, I had this birdsnest before tweeting became the fad n fashion!
(what caused it to go to moderation now? hmm)
There were people, like me, concerned for Monica’s safety last night and here I was trying to get people to call Monica and drive by her home to see if she’s okay and still alive. She was threatening to kill herself AGAIN. Then she logs back in to Twitter the next day threatening to kill us all AGAIN and how she’ll be going on a killing spree and kill who she claims is behind PWL. Oh, and she’ll be killing anyone we love too.
@Ryder
I didn’t post in my comment that you wrote somewhere that the “Rudy” character in your Cosby parody was 12 or 13 – I posted the following above:
“do you even watch your own work because I’d have to say that you don’t for you to even SUGGEST that “Rudy” does not look 12 or 13 in that movie (maybe even YOUNGER)”
meaning that you either SOMEHOW did not notice or are not admitting to be aware of how your studio dressed the actress who played that part of “Rudy” in an outfit I’d only deem appropriate (even in the 1980’s) for an 8 year old or younger.
As far as you being “accurate” – lol – sorry maybe you can pass that line off to people who don’t really remember (or never REALLY watched) the real Cosby show but that’s not the case over here.
You would have been “accurate” if you’d been consistent with the characters look opposed to the season you were pulling the characters look from. You failed to do that.
You chose to use the late 1987 to 1992 look (later Cosby show years) for the parental units, where as you used a 1984 to 1986 look for “Vanessa” and “Rudy”. Rudy on the actual Cosby show had a substantially more mature look that actually DID appear to be at least over the age of 13 beginning around 1990 (but you did not go with that look in Not the Cosbys XXX 1 or 2).
The argument that “Rudy” was wardrobed as she did simply to indicate that she was the youngest really doesn’t make sense to me, because I don’t believe that anyone with or without knowledge of the actual Cosby Show would need to see a young woman in a little girl type outfit in order to connect the dots that she’s the youngest child in the family. The actress who played “Rudy” in your parody was small enough in stature for anyone watching to reach the conclusion quite quickly that she was meant to portray the youngest child.
Rather than me going on and on here are some links for reference and illustration:
Cosby Show season 1 (1984):
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JvaoyCwbcLI/SslQsAsp3oI/AAAAAAAAAas/7kagWXAtlRI/s320/The_Cosby_Show_first_season.jpg
(note Vanessa and Rudy’s hairstyles and wardrobe coincide with the porn parody’s characters where as the mother’s and son’s look is substantially younger in appearance than the parody’s character)
another example:
http://www.centrictv.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/cosby_show.jpg
Cosby Show Season 8 (1990s):
Vanessa in season 8: http://images2.fanpop.com/image/photos/11300000/Promotional-Shot-from-The-Cosby-Show-Season-8-the-cosby-show-11312803-2560-1719.jpg
Rudy in season 8:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCIVVjfN8F4
(skip to about time code 1:25 to check out Rudy’s more mature wardrobe at this stage in the real series)
And another example of the true “teen Rudy” look from the actual Cosby show:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vCVB2JtQDw&feature=related
(skip to about time code 3:30)
Bottom line – in my view sexualizing the IMAGE of a young kid is wrong and I don’t think adult content producers need to continue doing it to make a product that sells.
Closet pedophiles are not only into watching the image of a child with an adult – they also are into watching children do sexual acts with each other.
Not the Cosbys XXX 2 essentially had kids the age of the kids from the show in the photo link below being sexual with each other.
http://cdn.static.ovimg.com/episode/214800.jpg
Thinking back, I don’t think the movie needed to go there and I don’t think the movie’s intended audience expected it either. If somehow the wardrobe in the parody is simply meant to be comedic – fine – just don’t claim that the parody is “acurate” without saying that it’s also meant to attract people who are into an image of extremely underage sex.
That’s just my view though – as a producer you have the right produce whatever you feel will sell and/or turns you on.
First off anyone that thinks this will change the practices of Wicked you are clueless about this industry.
Raising the age or even lowering it makes zero difference. ID’s are simple to fake look at bars every night. Bouncers are trained Porn gives no training on authenticating an ID.
Reality is porn has grown so fast over the last 10-15 years with the internet pushing much of the growth that an entirely new set of players has emerged. Where in years past you worked your way up the ladder a bit and got very lucky. It was a who you knew business on the non sex side. Well now anyone with a few grand can be a porn director or website own and what ever else not. So you have people that are clueless to written and unwritten rules.
What the DVD side of the business would never show and could not show is now common place on tons of websites. It is nearly impossible to prosecute a website if there is not kiddy porn. But Prosecting a DVD movie is much simpler look at Max, John snd many others.
So with the internet the game has changed so much that many of the honest people that made a real living such as myself and many others have left. Why because producing a movie for $7k is not fun and of any decent quality and that could even be a high number these days. Gonzo did some killing of the industry too but nothing like the internet.
Lastly the quality of the talent has gotten so bad I probably would only hire 2-20%. I never hired women that used drugs. I hated flakes. Lastly I hated dealing with the Dereks of the world that are really nothing more then pimps.
The Lupe deal is there because of the ever wanting of greed. Plus the industry does zero to really check a player out. This could of probably been taken care of with a background check and so forth before she ever entered.
Can you provide linked sources for your claims, Darrah?
Darrah Ford Says:
There were people, like me, concerned for Monica’s safety last night and here I was trying to get people to call Monica and drive by her home to see if she’s okay and still alive. She was threatening to kill herself AGAIN. Then she logs back in to Twitter the next day threatening to kill us all AGAIN and how she’ll be going on a killing spree and kill who she claims is behind PWL. Oh, and she’ll be killing anyone we love too.
Yesterday at 9:12 p
Wow this is an insanely entertaining thread. All I can say is that Monica has put a lot more afterthought into our X-Play movies than I have ever done. I’m not sure why Monica posted photo links to the Cosby Show as it pretty much looked exactly like Not the Cosbys XXX both volumes 1 and #2. Our movies look, smell and taste like the original television shows and that is what we intended to do. We just added the sex for flavor. I am not into conspiracy theories or reading between the lines or analyzing wardrobe, scripts or camera angles. I am just into enjoying my work and making the best possible movies we can make. I hope people enjoy our movies and I think most do. But remember they are only goofy porn movies.
Also I want to say that Jeremy Steele plays Marc Anthony in our Jennifer Lopez spoof and did a great job. Jeremy stop by the office if you want a copy as you might enjoy the movie. I hope everybody is OK and nobody is committing suicide or killing anybody lol. Goodnight!
Thanks Will, I will. I just told Cindi about a mainstream gig I just won the paid audition for but mum’s the word until after it’s done.
“Our movies look, smell and taste like the original television shows and that is what we intended to do. We just added the sex for flavor.”
Very unoriginal. This is why I hate your movies. To each his/her own…
I’m sorry but the parodies that are being put out now are awful. There is not a single person in all of the porn world that can write a decent interesting script for a movie that just happens to have great sex scenes in it?
Remember back in the 70s and 80s when folks actually made some decent porn movies that were also interesting to watch even when people weren’t fucking? With all the gonzo and parodie crap thats being cranked out no wonder no one wants to pay for porn any more.
@Jeremy – Congrats and good luck.
@ Karmafan, Don’t completely blame producers. Back then you had some performers who could ACT (ie Georgina Spelvin). Now, only a handful of performers could do the same and they usually don’t get big roles (Ava Devine, Amber Rayne, Justine Joli…)
I’ve never seen an actress in porn that was above “B quality”. I love Ava Devine pre-prolapse, but I never for one second loved her because I thought she could act. And Amber Rayne? Really? Both of these girls are good at acting like they’re having the time of there lives when getting anally destroyed, but that’s only expected. As far as delivering convincing lines go, there’s some that do it better than others, but c’mon, let’s not kid ourselves.
I don’t know Origin, I would definitely blame the producers, because the parody thing has a lot more to do with the usual porn trend of “throwing shit at the walls and seeing what sticks” then it does with actual creative influence. I’m not trying to take anything away from Will Ryder or Lee Roy Meyers who have proven themselves quite talented for the industry that they work in, but when it comes down to it, money is money and parodies are what’s making money.
I could care less about porn that caters to pedophiles, because pedophilia is an affliction. Whether it is natural, or somehow picked up through childhood trauma is still up for debate. I thank the stars every day that I’m attracted to grown women and had a normal enough birth/childhood to claim as much. Some people aren’t as lucky however and some of these folks go as far as chemically castrating themselves to alleviate the frustration. At least there’s material out there for them to beat off too, and not go out touching kids. Basically, they can’t help what they’re attracted to, but they can control their actions through therapy, and procedures like the aforementioned chemical castration. Not sticking up for pedophiles here, but not all pedophiles are kid touchers, if that makes any sense.
As Buck Henry noted years ago, the people who appear in porn — generally speaking — are performers, not actors: “Its the difference between the circus and the theatre.” There are exceptions — usually actors who migrate to porn for one reason or another.
@Fartz – Your Ava Devine analogy is right on the money. Ava was a fun, exhibitionistic girl, and we had good times, but I never considered casting her in a serious acting role.
Thanks Michael.
Yeah, I don’t really want to give off the impression that I’m bashing performers. Some do deliver lines better than others. The only performer I can think of that seems like she might be able to fit into mainstream niche roles is Kimberly Kane, but even that’s debatable. I respect the hell out of performers for playing the part of the whore brilliantly, but never once thought any of them have what it takes to make it big.
People like to put Traci Lords on a platform in this regard, but anyone with even an ounce of respect for television or cinema knows she couldn’t act her way out of a public access art project. Let’s let the actors do the acting and the porn whores do the fucking.
From what I’ve read about Ava in and out of the industry I’m gonna’ say she probably blew you or at least offered to at some point. Am I right?
@Fartz – Ava? Yes, “at least” is the understatement of the millennia. That happened — at her insistence — in my car on the way to our first dinner.
There are several girls in the biz, at any given time, who can deliver a solid line reading, and either provide an actual emotion, or at least a realistic *indication of an emotion* (the way someone doing an impression of a great actor would). A lot of it has to do with the director — and you’ll note that directors tend to use the same lead performers
Actually, the “do this line as if you’re so-and-so” trick can work very well. Once, while watching TV, Shyla Stylez and I had a conversation about Richard Gere, and his on-screen “angst”: he rarely finishes a dramatic line without pausing, looking to the side in mental angst, and then turning his head back to complete the line. When she had trouble with one of her lines on set months later, I kept rolling, and directed her to “Go again, and say it like Richard Gere.” She nailed it in one; and was just terrific. LOL
A word on Kimberly Kane — she’s an extraordinarily bright and tremendously gifted young woman, who not only takes direction extremely well, but never fails to bring something special and unexpected to a scene. She saved my ass several times with her inventiveness, elevating every scene in which she appeared. And she’s much, much funnier than her “cool” demeanor might suggest. I’d take her above the sullen Sasha Grey any day of the week. And Traci Lords? Traci is to acting what e coli is to beef.
Title 18 of the United States Code governs child pornography. See Chapter 110, Sexual Exploitation and Other Abuse of Children. 18 U.S.C. § 2256 defines “Child pornography” as:
“any visual depiction, including any photograph, film, video, picture, or computer or computer-generated image or picture, whether made or produced by electronic, mechanical, or other means, of sexually explicit conduct, where –
(A) the production of such visual depiction involves the use of a minor engaging in sexually explicit conduct;
(B) such visual depiction is, or appears to be, of a minor engaging in sexually explicit conduct;
(C) such visual depiction has been created, adapted, or modified to appear that an identifiable minor is engaging in sexually explicit conduct; or
(D) such visual depiction is advertised, promoted, presented, described, or distributed in such a manner that conveys the impression that the material is or contains a visual depiction of a minor engaging in sexually explicit conduct . . .”
Really look at items B and C.
It’s time to stop trying to make little girls and boys seem “sexy” because it’s sick.
According to an article on Ehow about child pornography, there have been recent changes in child porn laws that also make it a crime to create, distribute or possess images that “convey the impression” of child sex abuse, even if a child isn’t directly involved. Though these laws have yet to stand up to an effective Supreme Court challenge, it’s now technically illegal to own a film such as Stanley Kubrick’s “Lolita,” of which sex with an underage girl is implied but not explicitly shown.
California PENAL CODE
SECTION 422
422. Any person who willfully threatens to commit a crime which
will result in death or great bodily injury to another person, with
the specific intent that the statement, made verbally, in writing, or
by means of an electronic communication device, is to be taken as a
threat, even if there is no intent of actually carrying it out,
which, on its face and under the circumstances in which it is made,
is so unequivocal, unconditional, immediate, and specific as to
convey to the person threatened, a gravity of purpose and an
immediate prospect of execution of the threat, and thereby causes
that person reasonably to be in sustained fear for his or her own
safety or for his or her immediate family’s safety, shall be punished
by imprisonment in the county jail not to exceed one year, or by
imprisonment in the state prison.