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Though LAist has never actually watched porn (ahem), we are led to believe that the use of condoms by performers somehow lessens the thrill of watching silicone enhanced women have sex with impossibly well-endowed men.
Again, we have no first hand knowledge of whether this is true, but according to the Los Angeles Times, this argument against requiring porn performers to use protection has gone over like Ron Jeremy at a evangelical tent revival as far as LA County health officials are concerned.
They are similarly unimpressed by the contention of the porn industry that scenes in which condoms are employed take longer to shoot. Perhaps they feel as we do: this ain't David Lean waiting for the sun to rise to get that perfect shot in Lawrence of Arabia. It's porn!
This week, in response to the porn industry's seeming disregard for the health of their employees, the County has fired off letters asking these companies to use condoms in their movies. The move is mostly symbolic, as the health department has no regulatory power over the adult entertainment industry.
Porn kingpins from Van Nuys to Arleta are protesting the letter. They say condoms will kill the biz.
Now, granted, porn is the San Fernando Valley's most popular product (far more popular than eye-searing smog and the 101/405 interchange), and no one wants to kill that golden goose. Besides providing Southland rock stars with a steady stream of buxom blondes in ridiculously high heels to date, porn helps give LA it's all important seamy, scudzy edge.
But aren't porn stars people, too? Is the profit margin of pornographers more important than the lives of the people who work for them? Don't they deserve to work in a safe, over-regulated industry like everyone else in this state?
And did we actually just write the line: "But aren't porn stars people, too?"
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Actually ....
As someone who worked in the porn biz for 10 years I can tell you that waiting for wood is indeed akin sometimes to waiting for the sun to rise. And if you're waiting for the, ummmm, member to achieve a status of erectness suitable for slipping on a condom it can, honestly, add a few minutes per scene. The thing that most folks don't understand is that the vast majority of scenes take longer to film than you'd think. The average 10-20 minute scene takes about 45 minutes to an hour to shoot what with awkward position changes, shooting for the softcore market, and all sorts of other embarrasing factors (like, for instance, a young lady who might have "forgotten" to take an enema before an anal scene -- now, that's a sight you don't want to see twice).
"Waiting For Wood" --- sounds like a sequel to a particular Beckett play.
Dude! Too much information!
Oh, Marleigh, that was the PG-13 version
You have a stronger stomach than I, sir. I don't think I could take that day in and day out.