Friday, March 26, 1999
Linda Lovelace, Luke F-rd, Laurie Holmes and various porners appeared on the TV show Fox Files at 9PM Thursday, 3/25/99.
ANNOUNCER: Hard-core, X-rated, living out sexual fantasies in front of the camera, but there's a dark side.
LINDA MARCHIANO, FORMER PORN STAR: Every time someone views that movie, they're viewing me being raped.
ANNOUNCER: Porn legends speak out against the industry that made them infamous. Then, it's spring break south of the border.
SCOTT: Of all the movies rented or sold, 14 percent are rated X. That makes pornography very big business, but what's the cost to the people who appear in those movies?
Arthel Neville reports on "Burned-Out Porn Stars."
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
ARTHEL NEVILLE, FOX FILES (voice-over): Porn -- many women believe it's their road to money, glory and fame, but for most it's a highway to oblivion.
LINDA MARCHIANO: I was a victim of pornography.
PAMELA LONGORIA, SHANNON'S MOTHER: I do blame them for destroying my daughter.
LAURIE HOLMES, JOHN HOLMES' WIDOW: You're meat, and that's what you are.
NEVILLE: Porn movies -- it's a $5-billion-a-year business, with 700 million tapes being rented and sold every year. But for the young men and women who peddle their flesh for these movies, there's a cost that can't be measured in dollars or sense.
Luke F-rd , AUTHOR, "A HISTORY OF X": It is a form of self- destruction.
NEVILLE: Luke F-rd is author of the book, "A History of X." He says there's lifetime consequences for the actors and actresses of porn.
FORD: There's a loss of dignity in performing sex on camera. It diminishes us all. It flattens us all.
MARCHIANO: You're being used and abused, and when they're done with you, they toss you aside.
NEVILLE: Linda Marchiano should know. This 51-year-old suburban mother may not look like it now, but she is one of the most famous porn stars of all time. It's been over a quarter of a century since she rose to fame as Linda Lovelace, the star of "Deep Throat."
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP, "Deep Throat")
MARCHIANO: There's got to be more to life than just screwing around.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
MARCHIANO: I've never actually watched the whole thing. I don't think I could.
NEVILLE: That makes Linda one of a few, because "Deep Throat" is the best-selling porn film of all time. But Linda Marchiano wants no part of her legacy as Linda Lovelace.
MARCHIANO: I want to set the record straight. I was not a willing participant, I was a victim of "Deep Throat."
NEVILLE: Linda grew up in a small suburb outside of New York City. She says, as a child, she had a much higher calling.
MARCHIANO: I went to Catholic school, so I had nuns around me all the time, and that was what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wanted to be a nun.
NEVILLE: So how did this good Catholic girl end up in the most hellish of industries? According to Linda, she was forced into it by an abuse boyfriend she met when she was only 21.
MARCHIANO: When people watch "Deep Throat," they say, "Wow, you got a big smile on your face. You were having a great time, weren't you?" No. I suffered brutal beatings.
NEVILLE: In her best-selling book, "Ordeal," Linda told her terrifying story. She says she was beaten and abused on the set of "Deep Throat" unless she performed sexual acts on film.
MARCHIANO: Every time someone views that movie, they're viewing me being raped.
NEVILLE: Linda left the porn business shortly after making the movie. Since then, she has avoided the limelight, raising a family and trying to recover.
MARCHIANO: My life was taken away from me. Time doesn't heal everything, but it heals a lot.
NEVILLE: For Linda, salvation meant putting porn behind her, but what about today's porn stars? FOX FILES went behind the scenes of the making a porn movie to find out if today's porn stars feel like victims or superstars.
XXX, PORN ACTRESS: The best part for me is the sex, and I enjoy it a lot.
JOHNNIE BLACK, PORN ACTRESS: We're providing something for, you know, thousands of people out there to enjoy. I mean, you know, we're promoting freedom of expression.
NEVILLE: But what we saw on the set isn't what you call good old family values.
CHLOE, PORN ACTRESS: This industry has been so good to me.
RANDI STORM, PORN ACTRESS: If I'm ashamed of what I'm doing now, then I shouldn't be doing this. And I don't hide it. My family knows what I do.
ROBIN L. SMITH, PH.D., PSYCHOLOGIST: One reason why people would go into porn acting would be they're trying to correct something from their childhood.
NEVILLE: Dr. Robin Smith, a psychologist, says that in many cases what leads women into porn is the craving for attention.
SMITH: Maybe they were abused emotionally, physically, sexually, that they were told that their sibling was prettier, that their sibling was smarter, and it is the sweet revenge. At least, it feels that way.
NEVILLE: But while these women of porn make it sound so good, at one time so did a girl named Shannon Wilsey (ph).
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
SHANNON WILSEY: Let's get one thing straight. I'm no cookie.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
NEVILLE: In the world of porn, she was known as Savannah (ph), but to her mother, she'll always be her baby.
(on camera): Tell me about Shannon.
LONGORIA: Shannon was my little girl. I mean, she was a nice, happy, good child as she was growing.
NEVILLE: Do you ever think, "How did my baby go from that to porn queen"?
LONGORIA: No. I never thought of her as a porn queen. I guess I blocked her career out of my mind.
NEVILLE (voice-over): It was a career that began at the tender age of 19. Shannon left her mother's home in Texas and moved to Los Angeles, where she quickly became involved in porn, making 84 titles over the next four years.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
WILSEY: Don't say that.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
LONGORIA: You can't just go over there and say, "Come on, you're coming home, you're not going to be a porn star."
NEVILLE (on camera): Did you ever try that?
LONGORIA: No. No, I didn't. Now I look back, maybe I should have.
NEVILLE (voice-over): Not only did Shannon achieve so-called fame and fortune in the porn industry, she dated rock stars like Guns 'n' Roses' Slash, and Hollywood celebrities like Paulie Shore. But there was a terrible price to her porn career: heroin addiction.
FORD: She got the attention she wanted, but inside she was empty. She was a junkie.
NEVILLE (on camera): Do you think she took drugs to get through it?
LONGORIA: I know she took drugs to get through it.
NEVILLE: Did she ever say she was tired of it, she wanted to get out?
LONGORIA: Yeah, she did. She was sick of it, but she also, in the back of her mind. thought that she would be able to go into regular acting.
NEVILLE (voice-over): But, like most porn stars, Shannon's time on top was short. Her life began to spiral out of control.
FORD: As her looks began to fade and her popularity faded, and her boyfriends left her, she became increasingly desperate.
NEVILLE: In July of '94, Shannon was in a severe car accident. With her face severely cut up and her career wavering, she called her agent in a panic.
(BEGIN AUDIO CLIP)
WILSEY: I just had the biggest (expletive deleted) car accident, and I think my nose is broken, and my head.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
NEVILLE: Minutes after hanging up, Shannon shot herself in the head. She was only 23.
(on camera): Do you think the porn industry killed your daughter?
LONGORIA: Absolutely. Had my daughter not been in the porn industry, she'd still be alive for sure.
NEVILLE (voice-over): Shannon is just one of over a dozen major porn stars who have committed suicide over the past two decades. Drugs and depression are realities of the porn industry, but there is one other: disease.
FORD: You look at the porn industry, and it has left a trail of body bags.
NEVILLE: None more famous than John Holmes. There was no man ever bigger in the porn industry.
LAURIE HOLMES: There's only one king, and John was, without a doubt, to porn like Elvis was to rock 'n' roll.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
JOHN HOLMES: Hey, let a man do this.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
NEVILLE: Holmes was the first major porn star to die of AIDS. No one will ever know whether he got it from drug use or unprotected sex with thousands of partners. His wife Laurie remembers his final days.
HOLMES: He was the king of sex that could never have sex again. Skin rashes, ear infections, you know, bronchitis, that, that and the other and he went very fast.
NEVILLE: Holmes was only 43 when he died.
SHARON MITCHELL, FORMER PORN STAR: The fact that we're going to be changing over laboratories, we'll be getting a 24-hour turn-around on PCR DNA is going to really help a lot.
NEVILLE: Sharon Mitchell is in the business of keeping porn stars alive and free of disease. She runs AIM, a clinic that does counseling and AIDS testing for porn stars.
MITCHELL: AIM is all about the health care for the sex worker in body, mind, emotion, spirit.
NEVILLE: Knowing what the sex worker is going through is not a mystery to Mitchell.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
MITCHELL: Hey, did you forget something?
(END VIDEO CLIP)
NEVILLE: Over the past three decades, she has appeared in more than 2,000 porn movies.
MITCHELL: I think I needed and desired the attention. There was a very big emptiness inside me. My personal journey was very difficult. I spent a lot of my money on drugs and a frivolous lifestyle.
NEVILLE: Sharon may have been with hundreds of men in the movies, but she was truly alone.
MITCHELL: I couldn't find an honest relationship in my life. When you look at someone and say, "Well, I'm going to work today to have sex with one gentleman, two young ladies, six Rhesus monkeys, but it's you I really love, sweetheart and I'll be home to cook dinner," boy, that's a strain on a relationship.
NEVILLE: After 20 years, Sharon couldn't take it anymore.
MITCHELL: I was burnt out. I was so tired. It just felt like I was running on a treadmill.
NEVILLE: In 1995, Sharon was attacked and raped by a crazed fan. It was then she decided to get out and give back. She opened this clinic and helped institute monthly HIV tests for porn stars. Without the test, the actors are not allowed to do porn movies. The program has helped make the industry much safer.
AMBER MICHAELS, PORN ACTRESS: It's wonderful. Getting tested every month is very beneficial to everyone in the industry.
RANDY SPEARS: If she wasn't doing it, I don't know who would.
MITCHELL: What I bring to this industry as a counselor is a lot more than HIV and chemical dependency. It's a life of pornography, a life of ups and downs.
NEVILLE: But what will prepare porn stars for the tawdry reality of having their sexual acts captured on video forever?
FORD: It's a stiff price to become a porn star. It's something that is forever. It will never disappear. It's a price that they will pay for the rest of their lives.
LONGORIA: That's my daughter that all these sicko people are sitting around watching and getting pleasure out it, whatever you call it. It's actually killing me, because it's not going to end 'til I end.
NEVILLE: But is the steep price of embarrassment, disease and drug abuse offset by big bucks? The answer is no, according to the star of "Deep Throat," a movie which has earned over $600 million.
MARCHIANO: I received $1,250 for my services, and that was it.
NEVILLE (on camera): What do you say to young girls who are looking at the money, the glamour and think, "I want to do that"?
LONGORIA: It's not there. It's not there. I say, "Go home. You're not going to find any happiness in that line of work. You're going to end up hating yourself."
(END VIDEOTAPE)
NEVILLE: Unfortunately, that's advice some girls won't heed, because, Jon, for them it's about money, not morals. It's about fame, not their future.
SCOTT: What a heartbreaking story, Arthel. Thanks. Hope you've helped some people.
NEVILLE: I hope so, too.
SCOTT: And we'll be right back.
KIT HOOVER, FOX FILES: Coming up, spring break '99. Whoo!
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Luke thought himself so handsome on the TV show, that he got a rare boner. He took a couple of fan calls (Martin Brimmmer and company) and read some email reviews of his performance.
Luke taped the segment and replayed it several times, his erection steadily growing to a full five Jewish inches. What he needed now was fulfillment. Luke looked around his cramped apartment and seized a big brown package. Tearing it open, he found two Wicked videos from Serenity.
Luke popped Johnathan Morgan's Double Feature (written by Martin Brimmer) into his VCR, pushed his chair back from his computer and pile of AVN back issues, seized a tissue and stroked himself while watching the hot phone sex ads. Cock in one hand, FF button in the other, Luke tried to move past the tedious Brimmer schtick to the hot pumping action. The minutes walked by as Luke's dick wilted with every sorry special effect and gag line. Then the sex came on but the women didn't excite him and the men used condoms.
Giving up, Luke stumbled, pants down, to his cupboard and searched feverishly for Evil Angel's Never Say Never to Rocco Siffredi. Piles of porn tapes spread over his bed (aka the floor). Luke felt foolish, but choking on the dust in his hametz (flour) filled closet, he pressed on until his sweaty fingers wrapped around the well worn tape (a 1996 gift from Hustler's Mike Albo).
Salvation in hand, Luke injected the world's greatest movie ever into his VCR, and sat back to the thrilling spectacle of two Eurobabes taking on 50 members of Rocco's fan club (sans condoms). Ten minutes later, Luke was satisfied, though embarrassed by his compulsiveness. He slept soundly and awoke another day to warn the world about the evils of pornography.
At 10AM, Luke got a call from one of his few friends in the industry. "I've received lots of calls today from people in the industry," boomed XXX. "Now, don't write this. But these people are not happy with you (after Fox Files) and they've offered me money to whack you. How'd you like to go to Vegas with me tomorrow? We could take a little walk in the desert?"
Unfortunately, Luke must decline the invitation for he will be in synagogue atoning for his sins and hoping to lay a real woman. According to JAP (Jewish American Princess) jokes, Jewish women are sexually cold and materialistic. In Luke's vast experience, he's rarely found them sexually cold.
To prove that fame has not gone to his head, Luke phoned rival Gene Ross Friday afternoon. As expected, Gene's favorite segment of Fox Files was the opening one on extreme fighting. Gene thought that he might've attended one of the fights in Long Beach that was covered by Fox.
Impressed by Luke's televised impersonation of a journalist, Ross believes that Aussie has great potential as a mainstream actor, and the AVN VP will give out 8x10 glossies of Ford to promote his new career.
Doom writes on RAME: "I tuned in to this well-balanced, finely-nuanced look at the porn industry. Title: Burned-Out Porn Stars.
Highlights:
1) Linda Lovelace (going by her real name) telling the nation that if you see Deep Throat, you are seeing her being raped on film.
Judging by her very pretty face, I'm sure Patrick Riley will spearhead the movement for her to join the geriatric brigade in re-entering porn.
2) Savannah's mom calling those who watch porn "sickos" and claiming the industry killed her daughter.
3) Some psychologist hypothesizing that most porners were abused/neglected as children and that they do porn out of a need for attention.
4) Luke F-rd providing color commentary, including a sound-bite that porners had damaged souls.
5) Miss Sharon Mitchell and AIM's crusade to better the lives of talent everywhere. They showed her counseling some porner about how AIM was switching testing labs to get better turnaround times on tests. No mention of how it is commonplace for labs to make minor errors like getting the age and sex of testees wrong. Fox also ran a helpful graphic about how 5 porn performers got HIV last year.
6) Current porners who were given soundbites included: XXX (in full kayfabe mode, proclaiming she likes the sex best of all about porn), Johnni Black, Chloe, and Amber Michaels (giving props to Sharon Mitchell for her concern for talent.) I was pleased to see Amber Michaels (passable/cute face, canteloupes, hardbody, a few tats, labia jewelry- how's that, Riley?) who is a new girl I like.
All of the current girls were pro-porn, but Fox used their commentators to undercut the girls' statements with dire predictions on how they would regret being in porn in the future.
Overall, a fine job by Fox in resisting their tabloid nature to provide an evenhanded and most fair account.
MarXman writes on RAME: "Thank god for Fox rolling up its sleeves and
really delving into the porn biz to give us all the real scoop. Not. I
am absolutely fed up with the mainstream media working its anxious hands
over the malleable minds of the masses. The ultimate irony here is we
are being spoon-fed grade A bullshit Judeo-Christian values from the same
media which in essence defies the existence of god. Wait, there's more
irony. They present the entire pornographic industry in a completely biased
and negative sense as if they're there to inform the public and to help
people from the evils of porn. Bullshit! Those taboos surrounding the
adult film industry are firmly in place thanks to them. They're exploiting
and using innocent lives just to further polish their already gleaming
self- image. The negative connotation placed upon porn by today's mainstream
media is comparable to the modern day incest taboo. Could you imagine
f---ing your sister? I sure as hell couldn't. Not for all the money in
the world. But there was a time, ancient Egypt for example,
in which it was a common practice. It's all quite arbitrary and to be
honest, fake and utter bullshit. People's perceptions and what they deem
to be universally "righteous" are simply abstract ideas which
are pounded into their persuasive consciousness from birth. Yes, some
pornstars have ruined their lives by entering the biz. Young women who
seek fortune, fame, and glamour will get sucked up, used, and thrown away
by the American dream. That's capitalism, not pornography. For every shattered
young woman is countless happy, well-adjusted women who I see as liberal
exhibitionists who enjoy flaunting their beauty, sexuality, and making
a living in the process. What's wrong with that? Oh,
it's not "moral". It'll break you, that pornography, won't it?
In that case, I guess when Joe Office goes home and passes up a Lean Cuisine
for a hearty shotgun shell, it's because working as an accountant is immoral.
Hey LF, what is it porn does to your soul after your image is forever
engraved on film? I wasn't depressed enough after I heard it the first
time."
JRDL writes on RAME: "Why would we expect anything different from the
distant 4th broadcast network looking to close in on the "Big Three?"
No upstanding, self-righteous individual much less a mainstream media
conglomerate like the News Corp. would EVER go on record condoning the
adult film/video industry. Much like other vices in our society today,
the supply is there due to the overwhelming demand by the "John Q. Publics"
of the world. Interesting how that point is never made. Moral issue not
withstanding, some interesting background tidbits about
the segment:
* Savannah's mother was the Norman Rockwell picture perfect mother with
several failed marriages to her credit, ensuring that her "precious daughter"
was given the best possible role model to follow. Of course, the "industry"
was singularly responsible for the death of Savannah, despite the best
"attempts" by her mother to save her from the "Playpen of the Damned."
* Linda Marciano "Lovelace" was actually paid $1500 for her work in Deep
Throat, not $1250 as she stated.
* Everyone in the industry must sleep better each night knowing that
AIM is
out there protecting the talent through tens of thousands of unpaid HIV
testing bills, lack of accountability in how AIM funds are received and
disbursed, and still not a clue as to what happened with Marc Wallice's
early
HIV tests. Based on AIM's blemish free record, they are sure to escape
any
and all scrutiny from Brooke Ashley's attorneys for her lawsuit.
Just when I think the human condition cannot possibly get any more ignorant,
I'm chastised by yet another example setting a new all time low. In this
case, it's not so much of the Fox Files segment as it is how incredibly
in disarray the industry is. Luckily, the industry doesn't need help in
messing
up from outside (mainstream) influences, they prove they are quite willing
and able to do it themselves.
Arch Stanton: "One need not be in the Adult Entertainment Industry to contemplate and carry out suicide. How many known industry-related suicides were there in say the last ten years? A few years back there was an epidemic of teenage suicides in South Boston. Probably more in one year than ten years in the adult industry. How about the recent suicide of a Suddenly Susan employee. (actor/actress?) Kurt Cobain. This piece was yellow journalism at its finest with a dedidedly negative spin. Fox needed to regurgitate the old and I do mean old Linda Lovelace story. This story should be relegated to PBS reruns of the Ancient History Files. I'm just surprised they didn't trot out Traci Lords. If they really wanted to criticize porn they could have mentioned the latest trend of more extreme sex and pushing the envelope. A quick shot of Rocco shoving a womans head in a toilet would have much more shock value than old Linda Lovelace singing her 25+ year old song. And Luke F-rd. We are all privy to Lukes personal views and how he is ambivalent towards porn. He claims they interviewed him for an hour and gave both positive and negative viewpoints. Fox cut it up and gave us the negative. Luke portrayed an image of quiet self-confidence and with that Australian accent came across as someone who knows what he's talking about. Of course we know better. :^) I couldn't distinguish this show from Hard Copy. And just last night I saw one of my all-time favorite Simpsons episodes. Homer takes the baby-sitter home and innocently grabs candy stuck to her pants right in the old rump area. The ensuing *sexual harassment* charges and the way it's played out is classic. Anyway, Homer is interviewed on a Hard-Copyish program to explain his side of the story. You can see the editing cuts and the clock changing in the background to make him appear worse than ever. Hilarious. But the point is this parody is not far from what Fox did to Luke. Cut out any positive statements he made to give the appearance that suited Foxs' viewpoint."
Jim Gunn of www.jimgunn.com reports:
"That wasn't too biased a piece on Fox Files was it? "Porn flattens the
soul", you say. Like that's something to worry about. Haah!
Did you notice how all of the curent porn babes in the piece said that
they loved porn!
Then they trotted out all of those people with the sad stories that can
be easily explained without blaming the porn biz:
John Holmes- A needle using, drug addicted criminal engaging in unprotected gay anal sex. Gee, I wonder why he died of AIDS?
Linda Lovelace- Typical abused woman before she got into porn. She blew
the wonderful opportunities porn presented her and now she's an old hag.
Too bad.
Savannah- A dumb-as-a-wall, blow-sniffing groupie who dropped to her
knees for any half-assed celebrity. Classic cocaine induced paranoia led
her to blow her brains out.
You blame porn for these peoples' down fall? How obvious and easy.
First of all- you looked ok...(isn't there something about vanity in
the
Bible, Luke?)
You sounded like a typical judgemental anti-porn jerk giving a sound
bite.
Sorry, you did. You sounded vaguely anti-porn, like others on the show
did, especially due to your short screen time. The only balancing factor
is that your book was plugged so maybe you are a semi-open minded
observer/journalist. But the piece was so negative overall, the bad side
wins out if they don't know you like we insiders do. Your screen time
was
too short to really put your words in context.
"Porn flattens the soul"- was your big statement. Again, you fall into the trap of the erroneous underlying assumption- a very deep rooted assumption that few people can get out from under- that sex is "bad" or "evil" in general. You swallow it too- hook, line and sinker. Why is sex "bad" or "evil"? Because that's the work of the Devil, right? Hah! It is from this incorrect, underlying assumption that all anti-porn sentiments flow. Take away that underlying assumption- something that most people can't or won't do- and the idea that porn is bad disappears in a puff of imaginary smoke.
Why do I get myself into this? I'm gonna sound like some anti-religious asshole (again). I mean, I am, but now I'm gonna sound like it!
An observer writes: "I think you looked and sounded excellent on the show. I know how the media can talk to you for an hour and then find one harsh thing you said and make that your whole on screen commentary. But I agree with Jim Gunn on most of his comments.
"Most specifically, I'd like to point out that in the past 20 years,
perhaps 2000 or more actors and actresses have starred in more than a
few sex movies. I would expect among a similar sampling of the general
population to have some amount of suicide, depression, and marital
troubles, not to mention happiness, health and wealth. I think the "porn
is bad" people are only making an issue out of the negativity that is
bound to happen in any group, let alone people "wild" enough to
attractively have sex on camera (meaning they take chances and don't
have a corporate day job - not that they are "bad" people). They seek
to
impose moral judgment, and look for anything bad as a symptom of godly
retribution or reaping what they sowed or whatever. You can play this
game with any large group - it's arbitrary.
"Look at the big screen. Any reader of Hollywood Babylon I, II or beyond
can tell you that among famous actors of the past few years there are
plenty of tragedies. What about that tv star that just hung himself,
supposedly due to drug/legal troubles? What about Rock Hudson, Chris
Farrell, Phil Hartman, and River Phoenix? Tragic, shocking, short lives.
Do you blame it on the soul-stealing film and tv industry? The high
living? I'd say no in these cases, and generally no among the porn
tragedies. They each have their own causes and issues. Trinity Loren
didn't die because she was filmed having sex. She may have been in porn
because of depression, self esteem issues or a boyfriend pushing her
into it - or maybe the reasons are not all negative. In any case, it
seems her film career may have been a symptom, but was not a cause of
her depression, leading to loose pharmaceutical use, leading to her
tragic death.
"Look at the tragedies of all the sports figures - does baseball lead
to
death, doom and depair? Does boxing? Football? Think of all the public
tragedies associated with each.
"I'm shocked that porn chugs along as happily as it does when you
consider the number of people and the massive turnover rate. Every
neighborhood is seething with people who have problems of some sort -
marital problems, health problems, substance abuse, and sometimes
criminal behavior. I've had friends and neighbors die of AIDS. I've had
friends die of violence. And I live in a quiet, boring midwestern
suburb. None of these people were involved in porn. Just a mix of bad
luck, bad judgement, bad friends, and being human. Give the porn people
a break."
Email: "Can it be true that I am e-mailing someone connnected to the porn world? Oh Glory be!!! Whatever would my friends and neighbours say if they knew? Hi Luke, I am XXX's mum and she sent me that picture of you, being such a gentleman covering up that semi naked girl's boobs so that she would not shown baring it all in front of the camera. Yes, well, I don't really believe that either. You both look like you are enjoying it too much. I got instructions from Jill to watch you on Fox Files last night....wasn't particularly interested in the subject, but was curious to see you as I had heard so much about Luke F-rd that I had to see what this man looked like.......decided you had too much of an innocent face to be connected to the work you do, but my mummy always told me you can't judge a book by its cover, and I guess she was right huh?"
David: "I had this long email to write you about yr appearance, and the piece, on THE FOX FILES, but it seems like Jim Gunn already said it all for me. If you look at any profession you will see a long "line of body bags", be it garbageman, actor, or doctor. It was all silly tabloid journalism. And as for Laurie Holmes saying that the industry views you as a piece of meat? Doesn't any industry? I work in a factory, and if you screw up, you are out the door. They don't care about you as a person, they just need a body there. Strong comment from a woman whose own husband(John) turned her out to prostitution to get crack money."
Anthony Renz writes on rec.arts.tv:
Is this one of the most hypocritical newsmagazines, or what? Their
end-of-story wrap-ups always seem to try and preach against whatever sex
or violence they've just shown us, and yet the very manner in which they show the images and interviews, complete with frequent close-ups and lurid details, would seem to belie this. I say it goes farther than just giving us "the whole story."Take tonight's episode, for example. We see a segment on the "evils" of
the porn industry, though we are shown plenty of fast-motion
near-explicit video clips that really have nothing to do with the "other
side of the industry" they're trying to tell us about. They end by saying they hope they've helped someone out there.Then, immediately after in the following segment, we're treated to a slice of spring break life in Cabo. However, rather than following the same pattern as above, and blasting the spring break tradition as a bastion of over-indulgence in alcohol and multi-partnered sex, this report revels in it. We're shown countless shots of beer guzzling and drink shooting, and zoom-in shots of bikini'ed female breasts and behinds.
We even see a gratuitous, topless, censored shot where the girl clearly
caresses herself for several seconds. (In addition, we're also shown a
zoom-in "censored" shot of the girl from behind, yet the same shot was
shown just a minute or so earlier, with no "censoring"; yet another
example of this show's hypocrisy.) The message at the end of this one?
Only a lame Presidential joke, saying at least these kids get this
behavior out of their system before they reach the White House. Huh?So which is it? The legal porn industry is bad, but the quasi-legal
Mexican spring break party tradition is OK? Without regard to my
personal opinions, either of these stories on their own would probably
have been just fine, especially if on two different shows (i.e. one on
Fox Files, the other on some other show). However, with the two not
only being on the same show, not only on the same episode, but shown
back-to-back?... They looked ridiculous, both the segments and the show
itself.
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Savanah's mom
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Laurie Holmes
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Correspondent Arthel Neville
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Luke F-rd
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Luke F-rd
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Linda Marchiano
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Linda Lovelace
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Linda in Deep Throat
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Linda Lovelace
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Linda Lovelace
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Linda Boreman Marchiano Lovelace
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Linda Lovelace
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Linda Lovelace
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Linda Lovelace
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Linda, daughter, husband Larry
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Linda Lovelace
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XXX
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Robin Smith, Ph.D.
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Savannah
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Savannah's mom
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Savannah aka Shannon Wilsey
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Savannah
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Savannah
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Savannah
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Savannah with Pauly Shore
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Savannah
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Savannah
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Savannah and Randy Spears
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Savannah's wrecked car
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Savannah
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Luke F-rd
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John Holmes