# Are publicagent videos genuine or are they staged? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 17, 2016, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-publicagent-videos-genuine-or-are-they-staged/760153 "2016-07-17T21:38:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Gillbert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/dc4da7/32.png) [@Gillbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gillbert)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2016, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-publicagent-videos-genuine-or-are-they-staged/760153/1 "2016-07-17T21:38:47Z")
To be clear, this question concerns only the acting ability of the participants and not much else. ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2016, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-publicagent-videos-genuine-or-are-they-staged/760153/2 "2016-07-17T21:39:40Z")
Reported. ---
**Author:** ![Gillbert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/dc4da7/32.png) [@Gillbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gillbert)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2016, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-publicagent-videos-genuine-or-are-they-staged/760153/3 "2016-07-17T21:40:55Z")
Why? ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2016, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-publicagent-videos-genuine-or-are-they-staged/760153/4 "2016-07-17T21:42:00Z")
What’s a “publicagent video”? Got an example? ---
**Author:** ![Gillbert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/dc4da7/32.png) [@Gillbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gillbert)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2016, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-publicagent-videos-genuine-or-are-they-staged/760153/5 "2016-07-17T21:44:35Z")
If you don’t know you don’t know. What’s the problem? ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2016, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-publicagent-videos-genuine-or-are-they-staged/760153/6 "2016-07-17T21:49:53Z")
I also would like to know what that is. Why would you ask a question and then refuse to explain it? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2016, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-publicagent-videos-genuine-or-are-they-staged/760153/7 "2016-07-17T21:50:06Z")
> [@Musicat](#): > > What’s a “publicagent video”? Got an example? Porn. Staged “casting couch” situations. ---
**Author:** ![Gillbert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/dc4da7/32.png) [@Gillbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gillbert)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2016, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-publicagent-videos-genuine-or-are-they-staged/760153/8 "2016-07-17T22:09:15Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Staged “casting couch” situations. Could you substantiate your reply? ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2016, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-publicagent-videos-genuine-or-are-they-staged/760153/9 "2016-07-17T22:14:42Z")
> [@Gillbert](#): > > Could you substantiate your reply? Actually, since you don’t seem to have any interest in explaining the site, your question or your own take on it, I’m going to close this.