keeping it really real
I spent yesterday morning working on the set of a porn movie. I was filming/interviewing for Fleshbot.com, a porn site that falls under Gawker.
I don't quite know what it was that I was expecting, probably drugs and sluts and loose morals and trashy people... but honestly? It was really fun. Everyone was super nice-- the ladies were sweet as pie and the men were quiet and approachable. The atmosphere on the set was great. Everyone was there to laugh and have a good time and really didn't mind being there. I ask you to go find me an office somewhere where all the employees are genuinely happy to be there and excited to get work done.
It was surprisingly not embarrassing or awkward at all. It didn't matter to me that I had to watch two girls suck another girls nipples for an extended period of time. It was so clearly fake that there was nothing to be uncomfortable about... they just as easily could have been playing tennis. Seriously! I know that it's an unbelievable thought, but their actions were completely normal seeming.
I know all of this might sound like I have some strange morals or something and believe me, I never thought that I'd be watching some nice Asian girls crawl around naked while draped in plastic beads, but now I truly believe that there's nothing wrong with what these people do. I think if more people had the chance to visit a set, the porn world would make a lot more sense to everyone and not be such an enigma.
Here's a photograph to commemorate:
Comments
Wow, so totally not something I should have opened on a work computer. But wow, I would have expected something completely different on that type of a set. I'm not sure what exactly, but just something completely different than comfortable.
You have a very interesting job.