For an industry sorely lacking in market research, there are certainly a lot of unspoken rules in porn: “Don’t have too much storyline,” “don’t get too artsy,” “stick with cliches; they sell!” The drab, insipid list goes on and on.
I’ve come to suspect that these rules are not the result of what audiences have truly asked for — rather, they’re what satiates the lowest common denominator. Or to be fair, perhaps it’s just that the average consumer has resigned his or herself to the fact that when it comes to porn they shouldn’t expect much by way of quality: not technically, not performance-wise, and certainly not from the dialogue.
The funny thing is, it takes just a little imagination and effort to make audiences and critics alike sit up and take notice. Read the rest of this entry »
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