It's a mystery to me why Rayveness wasn't a bigger star. Pretty, INCREDIBLE REAL BREASTS, nice ass, warm accent which worked great with a dirty mouth; seemed to really enjoy her work, did everything (anal, swallowing)...why not the brass ring or even solid "B" girl status? True, she did seem to find herself after 30 and in a business based on grabbing girls the day after they turn 18, that's a killer. Also, she was not a "choke me, ram me" girl, which everyone seems to be these days (what is Gianna but a larger breasted, more agressive version of Rayveness?) and they wouldn't be if it there wasn't a demand for it. And in the cruelest of ironies, she left right before this whole MILF thing took off, so fate didn't exactly seem to be on her side as far as porn stardom goes. But watching her is the difference between a "woman" and a "girl." Her scene with Mike John (who obviously loved her and hired her seemingly more than anyone) in POV Pervert #3 is nothing short of amazing. It's straight up adult fucking and she could give a class in how to treat a dick. Not to mention watching her slowly ease into anal was much hotter than the usual slide in because the girl has been prepping for half-an-hour beforehand. While I'm always, ironically, glad to see my favorite porn star quit rather than stay so long they have to go low-end on performing, I'm sorry she didn't get her deserved IMHO level of success proportionate to her skills. On the upside this means there's a finite body of work to collect, which is easy on the wallet.
Rayveness was always a big star to me. Although that said, it doesn't sit too well on fans when girls like her give "honest" interviews, claiming they "never liked girls" and stuff. It sort of diminishes their work. :)
I've always dug Rayveness, too... and I think all the points you made nailed it right on the head. However, at one point I would have considered her a "star". She had a name and draw and that's really all it takes... but true, she never did blow up to mega star. Maybe she just didn't want to? Sometimes a girl works just enough to live comfortably but doesn't want to get swallowed whole by the industry. I'm not saying that that was her reason, but it's a possibility. I think she has a sweet set of juggs. - PornAddict [ invalid url ]
i think its because she never shot that much. but totally agree, should could/can be a huge star and her body is just amazing :)
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Bandit One Deactivated User
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Posted - Oct 5 2007 : 11:11AM
Rayveness is so sexy it hurts. Still pisses me off to no end that some of the bigger name directors didn't cast or shoot her.
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Ordell Deactivated User
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Posted - Oct 5 2007 : 1:18PM
Starting out in the porn biz with your husband isn't going to help. It kills the aura of availability. Even Raquel Darien, who was a major star, was probably hindered by it. Her regular retirements didn't help either, but I also think she just came too late. The industry is flooded and it's almost impossible to become a major player any more. Had she come along in the mid-80s, for example, she would have been a big boob queen along side Christy. These days to be a star you have to be a major self-promoter, and she was never into that. She just did her movies and that was that.
She was too tame doing softer scenes when she first started. I think that didn't help. Only in the past year she has become more hardcore doing more harder scenes. For me it's better this way.
Pick up anything she did for Mike Johns and you'll see something both wonderful and sad. Wonderful because she's incredible and sad because it came too late for her to make the most of it.
My bad. A second look shows she did get a piece of it for all the good it did. I agree with the previous poster who said self-promotion was crucial and she just didn't go that way.
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Ordell Deactivated User
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Posted - Oct 6 2007 : 12:55PM
What, she didn't become a star because she wasn't degraded, abused and slapped around? This is bullshit. Did Christy Canyon, who Rayv most reminds me of, become a star like that? No. That's a ridiculous argument and shows the misogyny of the industry has warped a few brains, for all the complaining we do about it.
I agree that not every pornstar wants to be a "star". What's the upside of being a "star" that she didn't have? Maybe she would've been paid more money but maybe she just fine with what she was making because she didn't seem to be one of those stars that tried to work pretty much everyday they can. She did her fair share of boxcovers. She worked with many of the industry's biggest/best directors. She wasn't overrated or overexposed. She has a fairly large body of work. She seemed to have fun doing what she was doing. She did the classier "high end" studio movies, she did the "harder" gonzo stuff. She did anal, interracial, MILF, big breast, features, etc., etc... What exactly would've been better for her or her fans if she had been a "star"?
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Posted - Oct 6 2007 : 4:11PM
I think that Rayveness had as distinguished a career as anyone. She's got plenty of boxcovers to her credit. Going to back a time when being on the cover meant everything in terms of having status and power in porn. She even created her own thread in this forum about 1.5 years ago RayVeness is fucking pyscho ! This is not the self-description of a well adjusted, stable person, which explains her now you see her, now you don't career. Edited by - alexander portnoy on 10/6/2007 4:13:59 PM
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Hypermastia Deactivated User
These R The Buttocks Of Ryan Star: No Butt Can Compare 248 Posts 6/07
Posted - Oct 6 2007 : 5:08PM
Rayveness IS a BIG star. She's been in the business for 4x as long as most starlets. She's somewhere in her mid 30's now; not that that has anything to do with the fact that she's better looking now than when she was 10-15 years ago while doing sex films for Metro. Her maturity is a huuuuge turn on. Perfect Gorgeous Face, Prefect Little Snow White Ass, Big Phat ALL(oYo)NATURAL MAMMARY(oYo)GLANDS. She Does Anal! She Does Interracial! She REFUSES To Dodge Cum! I've seen her advertised on the Moonlite Bunny Ranch's website, so she's willing to show her fans much love- for the right price. (I haven't seen her ad there recently - not that I can afford her) Just her picture on the cover of "No Cum Dodging Allowed" (I don't know what volume)- definitely Erection Inducing I love her in Deep Throat This #20 - She sucks off 3 of the most copious squirters in the world, gargles and talks with the entire mouthful of foul semen, and swallows. I only wish I had more time and money to watch more of her movies.
I think that RayVeness' career was hurt by the fact that, early on, all of her boy/girl scenes were with her husband, who really had no business being in porn. It's hard to be an Olympic swimmer when you've got an anchor tied to your ankle. IMO, that guy was a big anchor to RayVeness' career.