Grrrrr

[rivkat]

Two entirely unrelated stories from today's NYT: (1) women as bearers of madness in popular film. (2) a revision of a respected musical whose focus was a woman who turns out to be reincarnated, not mentally ill; now the show is about her male doctor (and also the reincarnated verison is a guy).

In other news: Met a guy who writes for Covert Affairs. Eyal is getting an arc! Yay!

Not sure exactly what I think about James Deen, but I’d like to at least see his work. And apparently there’s quite a variety, even without the venue he dropped because its plots were a little rapey.

Comments

[vodou_blue]

What an eclectic mix of topics-- cool!

I was most surprised by the James Deen article; it was more interesting than I expected. Admittedly, I haven't paid much attention to porn-worker interviews; the few I've seen/read tended to be obviously 'in character'-- in the sense that they appeared coached about what to say and what attitude to present. It's generally pretty painful to watch, 'cause I wonder if they're hiding being unhappy or if they feel persecuted. Makes me worry for them, y'know?

[rivkat]

Reading a lot about porn is incredibly depressing, even when the writing is done by "pro-porn" writers (whatever that means). It shouldn't be news that there's an actor who actually cares about making it at least look like his partners are having fun, regardless of what's actually going on, but I guess it is!