“Date My Pornstar” is a “documentary” that aired on Channel 4 last month where three “British porn obsessives” get flown to Los Angeles, watch porn get made, and meet their favorite porn stars. Two of show’s subjects (Jonathan and Kevin) are straight but and Danny is (who did a handful of gay porn scenes under the name Justin Dean) is gay. His dream is to meet his gay porn idol … Cody Cummings.
I put “documentary” in quotes because the show feels more like Reality TV or exposé than an actual legitimate documentary. The producers, with the zeal of a British tabloid, are clearly trying to expose the scary underbelly of porn; as each of the subjects meets their favorite porn star, there is a shocking “reveal”. One of the female porn stars they interview recounts horror stories from her time in the industry, to the point where one of the straight guys (Jonathan) is “almost brought to tears.”
In the vein of being “shocking”, first they make all three guys watch a gay porn be made (one of the straight guys has to leave):
Then, when Danny finally gets to meet “his idol” Cody Cummings, Cody “drops a bomb” on him …
He tells Danny that all his movies are really “softcore”, and “fake”:
Later, when Danny gets to go on his “date” with Cody, Cody reveals another “bombshell” — that his daughter knows about his porn career and isn’t talking to him:
(You can watch the whole episode here on YouTube … while it lasts):
Overall — do you think Cody is being honest that all his scenes on CodyCummings.com were really faked and are actually softcore, or is some kind of creative editing going on here? Do you think this show is portraying the gay and straight porn industry fairly or are they amping up the shock factor for ratings and scandal? I’m left scratching my head …
(Thanks again for the tip, Peter at Bitchless Blog)
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