Ace Rockwood just saw an opportunity to make money, probably bc he wasnt getting work from the gay porn circuits he started out working in, and went for it.
The thing about that is there is no Straight for Pay, bc no gay men are running to a porn scene to fuck women, especially in the world of porn where there is free access at anyone's disposal. There def is a double standard when it comes to the gay One-Drop Rule…Like you can have kids and tons of straight sex and ppl will still call you gay if you got one blow job from a dude 10 years ago, even if said dude looked like a lady. I don't think he or anyone else would say that makes him Straight or even bisexual now. Openly Gay porn actor Ace Rockwood tried a semi-successful run at doing Straight porn under the name John Johnson. The conversation has been edited and condensed for clarity.Actually we kinda discussed "Straight for Pay" porn actors on here before: lens on a group of experimental documentaries made by gay Asian diasporic artists in.
Whether it is flying jets to help people travel and connect, creating fashion to keep people warm, or creating shows to help people relax, ultimately there is a human element. And what is more human than sex? Moving from a top porn star who (finally) bottoms to an asexual. Ultimately, what we all do has to be fun, rewarding and honest. Take a second to remember what the original human service is that your company provides. Hi Kristel, tell us a little about Grooby and what you guys do. Porn is also streets ahead on issues of race, disability and gender. The adult industry is creating accessibility, normalisation and empowerment-something the mainstream is still struggling with.īut maybe the biggest lesson we can learn from adult industry is to be bold and not timid.Ĭookney: What advice would you give to entrepreneurs, based on your experience in the adult industry? We chatted with Kristel to find out more about what the porn industry is like for non-binary people. It also allows you to be seen as innovative, establish a strong brand around that offering, and build a loyal customer base.
This is worth considering as it means you are less likely to be copied, and you keep steering away from direct competition. Hay: What the adult industry has been particularly good at is creating niche products. One thing we can draw from the adult industry is: adapt and diversify.Ĭookney: Since returning to the mainstream business world, what lessons have you brought with you? One way that many studios have kept ahead of the curve is to provide much more niche porn. To survive the advent of tube sites, studios have had to adapt, rapidly. There isn’t any real regulation, and no one is accountable. Studios have suffered from the theft of their material by tube sites. Hay: The proliferation of porn on the internet has eroded salaries and values-even quality. If you hide behind a smoke screen, you will never be trusted.Ĭookney: How has the adult industry changed since you entered it and how has that been handled? Is there anything business leaders and entrepreneurs can draw from this? Interestingly, porn has one of the best customer relations records-it has to! Porn is so personal, and we all have quite unique tastes. Now it continues to lead the revolution of the internet and its applications, both fiscal and in marketing methods.Īdult entrepreneurs basically paved the way for online banking solutions, persuading its audience to part with their credit card details to create constant revenue streams, long before anyone else. Their marketing techniques are emulated everywhere. From the earliest days of photography, to being one of the most important decision makers in the demise of Betamax and the uptake of VHS. We were running streaming services and pay-per-view before Netflix was even dreamt of. Sexual topics are especially popular and can include salacious content. This empirical study assesses how production, promotion and consumption of queer documentary films are influenced by the development of social media within. An unbiased perspective is offered so that the viewer may take away from the project what they desire. Even though Joel only did one scene in the last 18 months with Jack Harrer, I have faith that Bel Ami has more. However, one thing I was quite amazed by was the way that the adult world was far in advance of other media companies. Documentary films are meant to educate and inform on a particular subject of the director's choosing. Below, in order, the biggest dicks currently at work in gay porn.
It has the same intrinsic business rules. Hay: Porn is no different from any media related business, really, so it wasn’t at all hard to set up a studio. Cookney: What did you learn from this experience?