Are porn actors really this stupid or is this just a bit?

Next you’ll be telling me pro wrestling is fake!

Yeah, what about Roller Derby? Roller Derby ain’t fake; it just can’t be.

[Leon]Let me tell you about my mother.[/Leon]

It’s fake. But it’s fake for real.

The woman are aware they’re going to be having sex on camera and they get paid for it. But they’re applying for a job of having sex on camera so in that sense the audition is real.

But the real real audition is the one they passed when their papers were accepted and the agreement to paid them made. Without any sex.

Otherwise we’re stuck in a loop of infinite regress. And that’s the one category you can’t find on a porn site.

Now I have an introductory voiceover in the voice of the “Folger’s Crystals” commercial narrator stuck in my head.

“straightbait”? lol…that’s just friggin hilarious.

Porno director: Alright now it’s time to take off the blindfold…
Straightbait: WTF! There’s a dude on my cock.
Porno director: That’s right, it was a trick all along! Hit it Jimmy!
Straightbait gets shoved outta the car while it peels away
Straightbait: Noooooooooooo!!!

For reference -

This guy was a relatively intelligent porn actor who did a year long blog in 2008 about his day to day life in porn. He was not impressed with many of his colleagues intellectual horsepower. link (NSFW adult material) http://cwians.typepad.com/

Re the end game here’s a sad video (NSFW - nudity but no no sex - lots of yelling and screaming though ) of what happens to some pornstars in the end when the drugs have taken hold.

Can’t they just film everyone’s auditions and then only pay for the film of the actress who actually gets used? That’s how a lot of candid-camera style stuff seems to work.

In general, porn stars don’t seem to be good actors, so I’d think it would be pretty obvious whether they are really auditioning.

I know lots of derby girls. Roller derby’s not fake.

I have also heard of Jesse Starr from a friend of a friend (and seen some of his pics) and his real name is Trent (can’t remember the last one) but I’ve also been told that he’s really dumb and really into older men who bought him things.

That being said, there are some porn stars who are brilliant. I dated a girl who later became a porn star and she was incredibly smart (but not the most psychologically sound).

The word is prospective, FYI. :smack:

Every person in a porn knows what is going to happen and is being paid for their participation, granted. But that means that not all of them are bad actors. They are just terrible at memorizing lines and working from a script. But if you give them a scenario and a character, some of them are excellent improvisers.

My favorite porn director is the British “gonzo” king Steve Perry, who goes by the handle “Ben Dover”. My favorite of his stuff is in the “girl next door” genre, with the idea that these women had a fantasy of being in a porn movie and wrote to Ben. Ben and his male co-stars show up on their doorstep, penis ensues. The thing is, if it’s entirely fake, they are far more believable than one would expect from a less skilled actor. They create a very naturalistic portrayal - far more so then even the best actresses playing the same type of plot during the “Golden Age of Porn” back in the late 70s, early 80s.

So either there is a shocking amount of serious acting talent in the “gonzo” porn world, or some situations are actually what they appear to be.

The preferred term is “worked”.
:cool:

Wikipedia says his name is Simon Honey, and not Steve Perry from Journey.

The Wikipedia entry is incomplete. The videos are “A Steve Perry production”, and that is how he credits himself for the editing, directing, writing and (strangely enough) music. He has referred to his real name in one video as Lindsey Honey, Steve Perry is his nom de porn and Ben Dover is a character.

Ah. Okay. That sounds complicated.

How intelligent do you have to be to shove a cock in any one of 3 holes? Sometimes it doesn’t even matter if one is already occupied!

I’m not surprised. It literally is a job a caveman could do.