Traci Lords was in Blade?

[Viking Bastard]

He's talking about your friend not Traci Lords.

 

[Storm Raven]

I wouldn't be surprised if it turned out that her "I was underage" schtick turned out to be complete and total BS. She certainly wasn't complaining about being exploited when the money was rolling in from those porno tapes.

(1) She was underage. There was an extensive court case concerning this very issue. Many people in the porn industry were threatened with jail time if they knew that she was underage, none were jailed, but that was because there was no evidence that they knew (her mother apparently colluded with Traci to convince people she was old enough to do porn).

(2) The money for porn stars doesn't "roll in" for the most part. They are usually paid on a "per scene" basis with no residuals or other ongoing rights in the films they make. This is one reason that "clip films" are so popular, they cost the producers almost nothing to make.

(3) Porn stars make far less money than you might imagine for their "per scene" income. There is apparently a glut of young women who are eager to get into the industry, which makes the pay scale quite low. Most female porn stars apparently do porn so they can become bigger stars on the stirpping circuit and make more money doing that.

 

[Enforcer]

He's talking about your friend not Traci Lords.

Correct.

 

[blackshirt5]

(1) She was underage. There was an extensive court case concerning this very issue. Many people in the porn industry were threatened with jail time if they knew that she was underage, none were jailed, but that was because there was no evidence that they knew (her mother apparently colluded with Traci to convince people she was old enough to do porn).

Ok then, she's still a worthless money-grubbing whore.

 

[Wayside]

Ok then, she's still a worthless money-grubbing whore.

I'd imagine she's worth more to more people than your average ENWorlder..

 

[Storm Raven]

Ok then, she's still a worthless money-grubbing whore.

Actually, given shrewd investing and exploitation of her image, she is a quite valuable money-grubbing whore.

 

[blackshirt5]

Actually, given shrewd investing and exploitation of her image, she is a quite valuable money-grubbing whore.

Touche. Point taken.

Wayside-See though, I don't care what other people place my value at, because I know my own self-worth.

 

[barsoomcore]

Ok then, she's still a worthless money-grubbing whore.

That is an evil thing to say about anyone, especially somebody you don't even know. I'm not sure Eric's Grandmother would approve of such judgemental hostility.

 

[Wolf72]

He's talking about your friend not Traci Lords.

OOPS!!!! (you mean blackshirt5's friend)

 

[Viking Bastard]

(you mean blackshirt5's friend)

Close enough.