Everyone Else Is Doing It: Porn Industry Bailout?
January 12th, 2009 by adminEverybody else is doing it: the automobile industry, the banking industry…so why not the porn industry? At least that’s what Hustler magazine magnate Larry Flynt and Girls Gone Wild CEO Joe Francis reason. TMZ recently reported that the porn powerhouse duo is off to Washington to petition Congress for a hefty $5 billion in bailout funding to rescue the ailing adult entertainment industry. They claim that the failing economy has reduced triple-X DVD sales by 22% from last year’s sales figures, and they figure porn deserves at least the same consideration as automobile manufacturers.
“With all this economic misery and people losing all that money, sex is the farthest thing from their mind,” Flynt says. “It’s time for Congress to rejuvenate the sexual appetite of America.”
Maybe Flynt and Francis have a point. Consider what will happen to all those poor actors and actresses if filmmakers run out of funding to produce such small screen classics as Covert Pervert and The Ole’ In & Out. Think of the support crews, the dozens (ok, half-dozens) of people it takes to produce a feature film, the camera crew, the wardrobe lady, the fluffers, even the person in charge of…lube. That’s a lot of people potentially out of work.
And what about related industries? If the porn industry goes down (no pun intended), will the latex industry follow? Will the manufacturers of Astro Glide end in financial ruin? Sex toys? Real Dolls ? The list goes on and on. Let’s face it, if porn goes, it will be a true economic disaster. America cannot afford to allow that to happen. Something must be done to stiffen flaccid porn sales. Go forth, people, and get down.
