Stephann
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ORIGINAL: kittinSol
You really want to know what it's about, or have you got your earmuffs on, Bull?
It's about sloppy directing, and a lighting director that should be sent back to film school. Unlike others, I wasn't struck by the filmographic quality of this piece of video. It's also about the questionable decision a bloke took to send his chick to the meat market, and how it might affect her in the future. Would she have gone to the meat market had he not told her to? We'll never know, but I knows this for sure: we don't live in a forgiving society, and what happens to someone if they drop out (or are dropped by) the "master/slave" dynamic?
It's NOTHING to do with puritanism: that's just an excuse to try and vaporise those who disagree with the general consensus. Luscious, god bless her, probably never expected for her thread to turn out the way it did, but you know what? It's a good thing it did, because it shows that we can all disagree and remain civil. Right?
Hi folks,
Wow. I can honestly say that while I was prepared for the possibility & eventuality, I've never really come across such a heated discussion of the life and career choices charlotte & I have made. She's still reading the thread, and will respond in a few moments. I'll offer my two cents.
First off, for those with compliments & criticisms, we're most grateful. Contrary to popular misconceptions, it wasn't the almighty dollar that drew us into pornography (BDSM & otherwise.) We enjoy taking photos (I shot the majority on her profile) and shooting videos as an expression of our personalities, artistic, and sexual interests, and it gives us great pleasure in knowing that others enjoy the work we can create, and intend to continue doing so for a good long time. To offer some perspective, if we were just chasing the almighty buck, charlotte would probably be in law school right now; she already has her BA.
Only a few years ago (as a number of folks know) I worked as an English teacher and a street musician in Santiago, Chile. Teaching English and doing translations paid the rent, but it was my guitar and voice that put food on the table. I liked teaching well enough, but my music was really a part of who I was and something I often did for free. I certainly didn't have the same interest in teaching for free. Shooting photos and video is something we enjoy doing, and the money it earns allows us to do it more often and share it with a larger audience. Certainly, many people will believe that such endeavors don't quite qualify as 'art'; I would simply suggest that what they're really saying is that it's 'bad' art. Personally, I have a strong dislike of Van Gogh (though I do love Monet and Goya) and while I can concede Van Gogh's impact on art, I think his artwork is 'bad' because it doesn't inspire anything in me.
The adult entertainment industry is probably one of the least understood industries, because there are so many conflicting social expectations of it. I can think of few legal professions that arouse such a fervor, based on so many misconceptions. Yes, there are women who are pushed into porn when it's not really what they want. Ask yourself next time you stay in a hotel how badly you think the housekeeper really wants to be at a hotel at 6am washing sheets, vacuuming floors, and scrubbing toilets; many people do work they don't really want to do. Yet sex is a commodity, and I find the irony most clearly in evident, because that commodity's value only rises when it's demonized by society.
slaveboy makes a commonly expressed point about someone's future choices being severely limited by her present choices to work as an adult actress. He's correct, that those job prospect may be limited; but the other side of the coin is mentioned later, that many other job opportunities can also open up, and not simply as an adult actress. Since moving to Los Angeles, we've had incredibly good fortune in meeting some amazing individuals, and we both are embarking on incredibly satisfying and lucrative careers. The reality is, that while the American dream is based on the possibility of an individual maybe becoming a doctor, lawyer, or even a senator, the reality is most people don't. She could just have easily become an accountant and spent the rest of her life living a normal, private life. Yet, if that had been her true desire, she (as an intelligent, capable adult) would have done just that. If I had believed that's what would have made her happy, then I would have encouraged just that. The decision to become an adult film actress was ultimately hers. This isn't to say I had and have no role; on the contrary, mine is one of support and encouragement, to help present her options, and encourage her to make decision for herself that will ultimately make her happy. She never chose to enter pornography 'just to please her man' as KittenSol suggested.
Yet, ultimately it won't be the encouragement or criticisms of people we've never met that will guide our decisions. When we lock the door at night, she's my slave. I love the woman she is, and (as we sit here together, discussing something important to us both on Christmas Eve) I can honestly say that I am proud of who she is, and the work she does. As her owner, as her partner, I can simply offer that she doesn't have to make anyone... anyone... happy with her decisions, except herself.
Merry Christmas,
Stephan
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