And just what does a fluffer do?

[Otto]

Gay porn films undoubtedly use gay male fluffers (if they use any at all) but I’m betting a male fluffer would have the opposite of the desired effect with most heterosexual male porno actors.

Men are pigs, so a lot of 'em would probably look at a blow as a blow. Anyway, Viagra has pretty much destroyed the fluffer job.

[Billdo]

From the rec.arts.movies.erotica faq www.rame.net

At the “World’s Largest Gangbang,” there were a bunch of fluffers. Are fluffers normal on porn sets?

Not anymore. On a “regular” one-day wonder, you often have more cast members than just two, so the money is stretched past the point of allowing fluffers… plus you have trained wood on hand, so the necessity of a fluffer should be lessened.

Nick Long says:

If memory serves correctly, ‘fluffers’ were used more in the days of 8mm loop shoots where the camera rolled all the time to cut down on edit problems (not high-tech stuff then) and fluffers were used so the guys could jump in hard and get the job done. On sets today, if you have a fluffer, it would be the ‘added attraction starlets’ to the features, it’s just that now they appear in the vid instead of working on the side and out of sight.

As with everything, there are exceptions to rules, and the Chong and St. Clair gangbangs were some exceptions. These exceptions occurred because of untrained wood and the latitude of the budget.

Nick says:

Besides. when they expected 300 individual bodies to show up, can you imagine the boredom setting in with 295 naked guys standing around talking to each other while 5 each took their turn?? What a PICTURE!

Again, there are still fluffers, but they appear as the ‘extra talent’ used in a vid to add more people and credits.

Tim Evanson tells me that on gay sets, things work a little differently…

Some gay porn stars have noted in interviews that they still find “fluffers” on the set by using crew members. In an interview in SAVAGE MALE, gay porn star Doug Forbes noted that he and several of his co-stars have often leapt off-stage and grabbed the hand of a crew member who they find attractive. They engage in sex with that crew member until their erection comes back up or the cum begins flowing. Unlike fluffers in the olden days (who were employed or specifically invited to the set to be fluffers), the “fluffer” today is more likely to be just another bystander the star finds hot.

[Little_Nemo]

Little Nemo said: “heterosexual male porno actors” Doesn’t this belong in the oxymoron thread?

If you were planning on producing an adult video called Gladiators in Love, I’d recommend you find some homosexual male porno actors.

[handy]

Yoohoo, just cause a guy is gay doesn’t mean he won’t have sex with a woman. duh.

[Irishman]

And there are “straight” men who don’t care if other men are there and participating, as long as at least one female is involved.

[Salieri2]

“Trained wood.” Now THAT is a funny concept.

[psycat90]

This thread just gave a whole new definition to that most delicious after school concoction ‘The fluffernutter’.

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