Posted on 09/08/2004 11:17:42 AM PDT by No Surrender Monkey
Sing, Muse, of your meteoric ascent from a seething pit of pure, all-American white trash.
Sing, also, of five-figure fees for one evening's striptease, and of six-figure film contracts for the company you built.
Sing of rape and addiction and suicide, of thieves and junkies and lies, of vodka, Vicodin, and crystal meth.
But most of all, sing of Sex.
The muse invoked here is, of course, porn goddess Jenna Jameson (formerly Massoli), the star of countless adult films, magazines, and strip clubs -- and CEO of ClubJenna Inc., her film production and online licensing company.
"How To Make Love Like A Porn Star" is her latest product, an autobiography in the form of a rant interspersed with detritus from her life's ricochets, including a sample adult film contract, entries from her diary, comics, and the sprawling transcript from a recent family reunion (which reads like a police blotter).
(snip)
Jameson now sits atop a multimedia company which sells hundreds of thousands of copies of films it produces and innumerable downloads of video clips. She manages over a dozen porn stars. Her club appearances earn her up to $25,000 per show.
And yes, she is married (to producer Jay Grdina) and looks forward to retirement and motherhood, now both comfortably within reach.
So sing, Muse, of a messed-up kid from a ditch on the wrong side of the tracks who climbed to the top of a $3 billion industry, using only the power of her ambition and body.
Sing, Muse, of the glory of America.
(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...
I agree, but I also believe that freedom entails me to my opinion. And my opinion of her is that she's trash.
Well, should she be a pile on the floor. Apparently, she has beat drugs and now only stars in movies with her husband. In the crazy mixed up world of porn, she has somehow become in charge of her own life and less messed up then when she went in.
I'm not saying I want to be her or that I would want my daughter to be her, but I think she is hardly the beginning and end of the problem. There are a lot of A-dults who want to
watch other A-dults do some strange on the tv in the privacy of their own homes.
”Judge not, that ye be not judged. For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measurement ye mete, it shall be measured to you again. And why beholdest thou the mote (speck) that is in thy brother’s eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye? Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye? Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and them shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother’s eye.” Matthew 7:1-5
Girl has skills. That would be my judgement.
Good call.
proof?
That's fine--I respect your judgment. Mine is different.
ping.
Like it or not porn is a multi-billion dollar business, with hotels and cable companies getting into the act (no pun intended).
Hell...how can I form an intelligent opinion without photos....lots of them? ;^)
"Is it just me, or is a porn award show just not the right place to be discussing your thoughts on the war?" - Response to a question at the 2003 X-Rated Critics Organization Awards
Y'all here yet?
Hell...how can I form an intelligent opinion without photos....lots of them? ;^)
The nannies are out in force.
Your remark is a non-sequitur. I never said anything to imply that her customers are not morally complicit.
She is under 30, she is hardly the puppeteer in all of this.
Meyer Lansky was 28 years old when he and Lucky Luciano killed Joey Masseria and took over control of New York organized crime.
Being under 30 neither makes one automatically innocent of or incapable of running an immoral enterprise.
And that's all besides the point, since she is not under 30.
She is very much a puppeteer. She glamorizes her business and is currently trying to mainstream herself into American celebrity culture to further validate and proselytize for her industry. And she gets paid very well for her endeavors.
She is not the largest porn magnate, but not the smallest, either.
Finding one suitable for FR posting is no small undertaking. DO NOT GOOGLE her name with the image toggle turned on. You'll be in the land of a bazillion porn popups.
"Jesus would be the first to grab a towel, cover her, and ask her to follow him..."
Yep. Indeed, sounds a bit like a woman named Mary . . . .
Christianity is all about forgiveness, redemption, and GOING AND SINNING NO MORE.
Conservatives so often forget about the first bit, liberals leave off the last bit.
Funny - you beat me to it. Was going to ping you but saw your message first. I do find this individual an interesting topic.
I don't care; I'm saving it anyway, just in case. Oooo-rah!
Capitalism in action. There is a demand, she has the supply.
Well done.
If you don't like her stuff, don't buy it. No biggie.
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