Porn stars are there to take the reality out of getting off, and to help you use your imagination to cum and cum again.
But for some having to live that life – one where you pretend to love to fornicate with an unquenchable desire for sex – is all a façade, one which is used to promote themselves in a profitable industry.
Porn veteran Aurora Snow offered up some inside information into the working world of adult entertainment, where “any given workday can be physically demanding, mentally draining, awkward, or embarrassing”. Here’s bits of her article below, click HERE for the full piece:
Between Reality and Fantasy
When I showed up on set as Aurora Snow, my demeanor [sic] changed. The Aurora I crafted was a bubbly airhead with confidence and sexual prowess. As just me, well, Amber was the opposite. Think of it as method acting, but you’re playing the same character film after film.
“We’re just like mainstream actors, except [for] the sex,” says Dani Daniels, adult actress and creator of ilovedanidaniels.com. “If Brad Pitt played a serial rapist, would you believe he was one in real life? Well, I’m not a blackmailing doctor, or a horny eighteen-year-old schoolgirl, or a sex addict. I just play one on TV.”
As an actress and director, Daniels recognizes the importance of drawing lines between reality and fantasy, especially when on set with other performers. “The director will call cut and I’ll baby wipe my cheek off and we’ll go back to talking about his wife and what paint colors they picked out for the new house. Shower, hugs, I go home to my family, he goes home to his. That’s normal.”
An Actor Prepares
An adult film set is a uniquely employed workplace. Here, employees are required to be nude. It calls for full physical contact among co-workers that, at times, may call for choking, slapping, hitting, maybe hair pulling, and intrusive bodily acts. It can be messy, degrading, or empowering work, which makes this particular work environment especially difficult to navigate.
Just like any other job, punctuality and preparation are necessary for long-term success. Showing up for work two or three hours late won’t get a performer fired, but word spreads quickly. And this occupation doesn’t have defined shifts. A day’s work can be anywhere from three to 22 hours long, depending on the scene. And forget about anything resembling cancellation fees. If a scene is called off, not only does no one get paid, the companies lose money on location rental and kill fees.
Male performers have their own unique set of challenges. “Every man is on penis pill supplements or injects,” says Immoral Productions owner Dan Leal, who also directs and performs in scenes. “You have to be, and any guy who says he isn’t is lying. In the real world, you don’t have sex for this long; that’s the reality.”
“When we’re shooting live, I’m looking up at the monitor every couple of minutes to see what we need next,” says Leal. “Imagine you’re in bed and looking at flashcards.”
Health and Safety: You’re on Your Own
When it comes to STD testing, many in the adult industry abide by an honor system and get screened once every two weeks, as recommended. But performers who refuse to shoulder the expense for such frequent testing aren’t necessarily put out of work. Some directors and companies are willing to look the other way when it comes to slightly expired STD tests, leaving it up to performers to fend for themselves. Unfortunately, not all performers bother to swap test results before shooting a scene, especially when they have previously worked together.
“Hollywood uses stuntmen for a reason. You don’t typically see someone damaging a movie star. But … anyone who performs in the porn industry is a stuntman or stunt woman of some sort,” says Glenn King, owner of meanbitches.com. “At the same time, while you are trying to create realism, you still have to put safety into your stunt. It’s a difficult line to find.”
The daily grind of a porn star is less exciting than the hype. It’s a fragmented business with a revolving door of disposable performers. There are no seminars or universities churning out pornographers, and there aren’t many resources for newbie performers. Making money consistently while creating adult entertainment that pushes boundaries, enough to interest paying consumers, is an exercise of trial and error.
Enter at your own risk.
[source: fortune]
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