There has been so much conjecture on this topic on the various news/gossip sites, particularly lukeisback.com, that going into detail would seemingly only serve to contribute to the cycle of heresay. However, admist all the talk of firings, inappropriate office behavior, questionable hiring practices, and self-imposed censorship has emerged certain undeniable truths:
Kat Slater resigned as Creative Director after a mere couple of months on the job. Mason exited her contract with LFP, Inc. after having only filmed 1 (maybe 2) films for them. New York-based director Joe Gallant announced yesterday that he too was opting out of his contract with LFP, Inc. Like two dominos falling together, a mere one day after Gallant made his announcement Jack the Zipper let it be known that he is leaving as well.
Kat had indicated here at ADT that she had every intention of returning VCA to its former glory, thinking of innovative ways to simultaneously recognize their past as well as moving on into the future. So, her early exit was a big hit. And now with Gallant taking his New York based product elsewhere and Jack moving on, VCA is in real dire straits as far as features go. Perhaps both guys were just too "edgy" for LFP's tastes, regardless of whatever their represantives will say publically. I suppose that Zupko, who will be doing several gonzo lines for Excessive and Hustler as well as a feature here and there could put his features out through VCA instead of Hustler now. Plus, Axel Braun has past experience shooting features. However, both of those guys seemed to have mostly been brought on to shoot gonzo quickly, especially Braun who was a fucking workhorse for New Sensations/Digital Sin. I'd read that LFP had hired Cash Markman around the same time they hired Zupko and Braun. If that is true (which it might not be), then perhaps they will have him do features on the VCA label. He's more than qualified.
I love that VCA has been re-issuing older Victoria Paris and Nikki Dial titles on the VCA Classics label over the past two months. They have a vast back-catalog they could utilize. However, it is the future for them that you have to be concerned about.
Keep your eye on the headlines. I said this a while back in my review of Jon Dough's She Swallows : Could all of this be the first overt indication that change is afoot at LFP, Inc., and the behind the scenes shit you might have been reading about is going to start detrimentally affecting the product released by Hustler or VCA now? [...] Perhaps moving on is what we’re going to see a lot of the LFP directors doing, following Mason right out the door.
Edited by - tscfan317 on 8/26/2005 7:28:03 PM
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