The Price of Pleasure: Pornography, Sexuality & Relationships (2008)
Gênero : Documentário
Runtime : 55M
Director : Miguel Picker, Chyng Sun
Sinopse
Interviewing scholars, industry insiders and consumers, this probing documentary delves into the effects of pornography on one's sexual identity and relationships, as well as its influence on business and American popular culture overall.
Bem vindos ao mundo curioso, surpreendente e sempre sincero dos homens héteros que se tornam gays por dinheiro. Por que um homem heterossexual faria pornografia gay? O que o motiva a tentar isso ou a fazer carreira? Eles são realmente heterossexuais? Estão em profunda negação? É apenas pelo dinheiro? No começo são heterosexuais e acabam no outro extremo da Escala de Kinsey? Por que o grande interesse e debate sobre a sexualidade e a vida pessoal desses homens? E o que isso diz sobre nós, espectadores, o fato do pornô gay ser dominado por imagens de homens héteros? Existe sombras de homofobia internalizada vindo à tona? Por que perdemos o interesse se o homem na tela parece, fala ou age de um jeito que o identifica como gay?
I'm a Porn Star segue as vidas de rapazes que provavelmente são muito mais famosos que você - pelo menos na web. Há uma estimativa de 370 milhões de sites pornográficos online. A pornografia agora é um negócio de treze bilhões de dólares. Então, quem está fazendo tudo isso clandestinamente? Acontece que - provavelmente deve ser alguém que você conhece.
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