That's very nice of you. You could use your purchasing power as you normally do, but if your budget is limited, supporting your favourite star(s) during this time, is better. The big porn sites will be fine, and so are the Riley Reid's. But a lot of upcoming, and lesser-known girls, don't get the consistent work and big paycheques yet, so a situation like this, hurts them even more.
As far as shutdowns, most of the production companies like myself, shut down 2 weeks ago, long before stay-at-home orders and travel restrictions, along with almost every reputable talent agency cancelling bookings around the same time.
Therefore, supporting the actresses, is a good idea. They will have money coming in and less likely to be tempted by disreputable producers who ignore the warnings.
Thank you for your Feedback Fit18! My job is considered "essential" and I spend most of my day isolated so it's not likely Ill loose any work unless some end of the world type sh*t goes down. I've been trying to find ways to get off the sidelines for awhile and now that I'll be in a position to truly help those who are struggling In the biz I'm ready to do the best I can. That being said, for any struggling stars that may be reading this... now is not a time to let pride get in the way of asking for help. I know there's probably many others like me out there who are willing to help you, but also may not feel that buying you those shoes, or outfits on your amazon wish list would be the most appropriate thing to do right now. Please let us know If you are truly in need and what we can do for you. We've enjoyed your performances, and been extremely fortunate you've chosen to share yourselves so openly with us. The line of work you've chosen illustrates your willingness to give yourselves to others, and It's time for us to give something back, show our appreciation, and prove that we don't see you as sexual objects to be gawked at, but as human beings whose lives have great value to us.
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Posted - Mar 28 2020 : 11:02AM
Nice video update from John at EvilAngel: An Important Message To Our Members In short he says they have a lot of unreleased scenes (also stretching out release dates) to see them through for awhile. Also talking to performers to make content at home and do some video blogs/diaries. And some quarantining couples may make some EvilAngel content too. Hopefully some interesting stuff will come out of this. Worth a look!
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Posted - Mar 28 2020 : 11:07PM
^ So, unlike other sites/studios, it sounds like Evil Angel will be able to put out "fresh" content for the next couple weeks/months. Granted, Evil Angel doesn't actually put out much that interests me, but I am curious to see this Mike Adriano content "with big-name stars" that John mentions at the end of that video.
Most of the big studios like Brazzers and TeamSkeet have also made a similar claim. I know there are a lot of scenes that Brazzers has shot that they never released, even after months or years. I am guessing many such studios have a stockpile of unreleased content that for one reason or another never saw the light of day.
From what he said, it sounds like they still have some fresh content (nearly everyone does), but that they're also gonna sprinkle in some older content that has been released on DVD but was never uploaded to the site (sites are generally wary about putting up pre-HD scenes nowadays, but desperate times) and he's trying to find coupled performers willing to shoot at home and sell to them to upload. Most of the major sites generally have a month or so of content ready to go at any time, which they can probably stretch out to 2 months if they pad it with older content. If this goes any longer than that, though, don't be surprised at how many sites might just flat out run out of new content.
I haven't really been following them for a couple of years but even back then they often uploaded a remastered scene about once a week if my memory serves me.
I know some producers, who I will not name at this time, who are still shooting as normal (to the extent that they can) as if nothing is happening. To me, that is the most irresponsible thing you can possibly do right now, not just with respect to the performers and crew, but to all of the people they will come into contact with in their off-set lives.
People really can't shut down for a little while longer?
I wouldn't say they're "big" like Brazzers, Evil Angel, etc., all of whom shut their studios down two weeks ago, but they're big enough to know better. A friend of mine sent me photos from a shoot she did for one of these producers today.
Edited by - evilpineapples on 3/31/2020 6:52:33 PM
^&^^I'm just going to add this but I fear that many performers simply can't afford to go without working for weeks and they will all gladly work for those studios. In fact it wouldn't surprise me if some have reached out to various producers to see if there is any way they can work.
^If your average American can't afford a 400$ monthly expense than why would people in the porn industry be any different. It's even worse for performer because many of them strip on the side to supplement their income but they can't do that and something even more sobering is that it wouldn't surprise me that even the ones that cam, have an IG account/OF account/Many Vids or C4S store will see a reduction in their income as their regular customers have to put their money on things like food and other far more important things than porn. Will porn performers get a check from the Government?
Yes. Every American will get the stimulus check. However, $1,200 in America is barely enough to cover the rent for one month. Anything helps, of course, but $1,200 doesn't help that much.
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Posted - Apr 1 2020 : 2:29PM
Not every American will receive a stimulus check. It is based on your income taxes from either 2018 or 2019. If the person hasn't filed yet then they will base it on their 2018 income tax and see if they meet the criteria of below $75,000 annual income. If the person made less in 2018 and made a crap load in 2019 but hasn't filed yet then they probably would receive a check. With performers these days and such sites as Onlyfans this is a possible outcome. Also there is an age cuttoff I believe of 18-21 aren't eligible to receive the check and in porn that's the ripe age range male performers want to fuck in scenes.
18-21 are generally eligible as long as they filed taxes in either 2018 or 2019. The issue is that adult aged dependents are not eligible, and many people in that age range (especially ones going to school) let their parents file them as dependents.
^^^ There will also be an increase in unemployment benefits. Thus far, it would be an extra $600/wk, but that may increase, what with claims doubling in the last week. You're right, though, even that won't be enough for some people.
^We're going to need to do some kind of rent and mortgage holiday. I think that will become obvious in the next few weeks. The unemployment rate I believe is 32% right now. But that number won't include the self-employed, which is the category almost all porn performers fall into.
One way for performers to continue to earn some revenue is to develop some solo content for sites like ManyVids or OnlyFans. They could do this safely. Even directors could partake albeit remotely by working with them to set up scenarios, provide coaching and doing video editing etc. I know solo stuff isn't everyone's bag, but it's something and most importantly safe!
Just to be clear, what she's talking about isn't the $1200 stimulus check, it's that any company that makes money from the sex industry is barred from accessing the $500B that the government set aside for small business loans, even if they/their businesses meet the criteria in all other aspects.
It's pretty easy to spot the violators especially when they are stupid enough to be using quarantine as a scene scenario. Irresponsible is just one word to describe it.
Pathetic is the other word that comes to mind. They make the whole industry look bad on top of all the risks they're taking.
^Not necessarily because this implies the scenes were shot within the last few days when it's quite possible they were shot a couple of months ago or even a month ago. The FSC only put a hold on production 3 weeks ago. At this moment you still have 8 States that haven't implemented a stay at home program so technically speaking you can still shoot porn in those States.
I'm speaking specifically about scenes I've come across that explicitly use the "stay at home" orders/quarantines as a preface. go back even a few months ago nobody thought it would even come to that... But, ok... lets give them the benefit of the doubt and suppose they were shot before the FSC hold or the stay at home orders from states, It's still in pretty poor taste and will not hold up very well. Just fuel for Anti-porn special interests.
California didn't officially lock down until March 19th, but the unofficial notices to stay at home started before that, and before the voluntary coronavirus moratorium on March 16th. There was enough time for people to make scenes about staying indoors because of the virus before everybody stopped shooting.
^If you are asking me if doing Coronavirus porn is in bad taste than my answer is Hell Yeah. I mean we are talking about a disease that has now killed over a million people worldwide and may kill hundreds of thousands of Americans. I may be naive but I'd like to think that these scenes were shot when the producers still thought it was a foreign disease that would not affect the US as much as it will.
^ I agree that shooting during this time is foolhardy and irresponsible but the virus has "only" infected over a million people. We're still not in 6, let alone 7-figure sums for the number of deaths to date.
I wonder which girls were excitedly awaiting Allanal and Trueanal scenes, only for them to be postponed.. and when scheduling starts back up some of them might not be able to schedule it anymore. I bet one of them was Kate Kennedy. That'd be my luck. The girl I want to see get Adrianod the most (although granted Adriano doesn't do much of them anymore).
Such is life. It really sucks sometimes, don't it?
I was planning a three week trip to Europe to shoot a ton of new content. (I've been an inactive producer for the past 3-4 years.) Cancelled the entire thing, sight unseen, back in February. I could see where this was all gonna go.
Myself, but I was planning to sell the content through Legalporno.
Nobody seems to understand this, but "Legalporno" is not a porn studio, it is a distribution platform for many different porn studios. Each studio is a separate legal entity responsible for its own content and working practices. In that respect, it's pretty much like a web store version of Evil Angel. A lot of the criticisms levied against the monolithic "Legalporno" name over the years are actually criticisms of specific studios. You can't hold Gonzo responsible for what Sineplex may have done. You can't hold Interracial Vision responsible for what Giorgio might be doing. And so on...
Anyway, it may happen later. This is a blessing in disguise, in some ways, because now I have time to accumulate even more capital.
^ I didn't know that, and I don't think the people who criticize Legal Porno for its content are to blame here, considering most of what comes out of the website is of similar style. It's a mistake that is easy to make.
It's not set in stone that I would turn to LP as a distributor. I don't have any interest in shooting the DAP-intensive gangbang scenes that sell best on that site. I was really interested in going back to a style of shooting that, while still anal-intensive, and still following the gonzo "vocabulary" (so to speak), focused more on the chemistry between the performers and the emotional intensity of the action. Because, for my money, that's where a scene really comes alive. That's something Rocco nailed in his golden age content, and kind of lost over the years (IMO), and I find it missing in today's "anal assembly line" pornography. I even thought about trying to blend story with gonzo-style photography, but I couldn't figure out a way to integrate those elements and create genuine chemistry between the performers at the same time. It just seemed hopelessly contrived.
Don't get me wrong. There are plenty of talented cameramen working today, and there are certainly still production crews that "get it". I'm not trying to talk shit about anyone, but once you've been behind the camera, you'll always see something that you think you can improve, something you'd do differently, something missing that you can't quite put into words, but goddamn it, if you could just get out there and pick up a camera, you could show people what you mean...
The call was too strong and I just couldn't resist the urge to jump back in and start doing things on my own terms. I did a few "pilot scenes" last year that I still need to release, but I was all ready to jump back in full-time and then the goddamn zombie apocalypse was born and pissed all over that dream, at least for the moment.
Anyway, I know LP and I've worked with them before, and non-DAP stuff does sell there... just not as well as DAP stuff... so they are my first choice. But it's not set in stone.
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Posted - Apr 9 2020 : 2:19PM
Apparently some porn stars are immune to Coronavirus and smarter than the WHO and any health care worker. If you check twitter today and the past few days scenes are being filmed, freelance filming of side projects on the streets, and apparently scheduled next week also.
Yeah, I've seen that too. What can be said? People are hurting for income, which is understandable, so there are going to be reckless participants who continue to shoot in spite of everything that's going on. All we can hope is that the majority of the industry will keep a cooler head and refrain from breaking the stay-at-home order.
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Posted - Apr 9 2020 : 2:46PM
^^^This is one reason why New York has so many cases. The mentality like that causes more cases and more issues for the health care workers.
I don't want make any troubles here, but some people ( always the same who does not care about health of others ) are still crazy enough to shot yesterday and even pretend it's with the "authorization of government" !!! Just insane ...
I'm wondering how much good the continued lockdown is doing, not just in porn but in the economy at large. The curve in California seems to have flattened and while the data is difficult to sift through, it seems like the rate of hospitalization has gone down with California sending ventilators to New York. The same applies in Washington and Oregon, where they've also sent ventilators to NY and other states. This virus will likely live with us for at least another 18 months or possibly even forever and I don't see how the economy can stay shut down indefinitely. There has to be an adaptation to the situation, and part of that I think is allowing some degree of spread so that people can get it, recover, and then become part of the herd immunity bulwark. And so I hope they will start loosening up the social distancing guidelines soon. It makes sense for large events like conventions, concerts, baseball games, etc. to stay in a suspended status, and older folks should stay distanced for now as well. Also, people that can work from home should continue doing so.
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Posted - Mar 24 2020 : 2:11PM