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Porn is One of the Universal Languages

Fri, 05/04/2012 - 11:09
Submitted by Lawrence Lanoff

This week, I sat down with award winning porn editor Rhonda Ovalman. She's 24 years old and openly loves the industry. Rhonda is part of a generation that has grown up with porn.

Here's the cool part: When Rhonda thinks about porn, she thinks about making the world a better place. She said that she can't imagine reaching a larger demographic than the people who watch porn.

Then I had an aha moment. Porn is one of the universal languages, which means it has tremendous power.  Because of easy access to technology, she believes that porn will evolve and expand over the coming decades. Porn, she says, is begging for transformation.

I was curious what she didn't like about the industry. Her biggest problem is the lack of real human connection. She's hoping to link hard core and human connection together in her own work, especially since porn is our sex education.

She points out that for the most part, performers fuck because they are paid to, not because they have a relationship outside of the set. This creates an disconnected dynamic that doesn't excite her.

Here's where it gets interesting. Porn is empowering to Rhonda because she enjoys speaking so openly about her love of porn. She also loves the energy, the excitement that's created on the set while shooting porn. The fact that porn follows standard forms bothers her.

I'm excited to see more from her because her goal is to create product where people will still be getting paid for sex, but will also have human interaction that's not purely fictional.

I'm looking forward to that.

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been there

Fri, 05/04/2012 - 12:30
Bulldog1842 (not verified)

I've done porn and eroticism several times as an art model. I have found it easier with someone I do not know. As we go throught the adventure of discovering each other, it brings arousal, and arousal brings pleasure. We love the sex, not the emotional connection that is not here.
When it is someone you know well, it seems to be routine and rehearsed.

You should do a video interview with her

Fri, 05/04/2012 - 12:44
Jake E

Because google search doesn't reveal one, and  I haven't seen any porn I like much that didn't originated from or sit close to the porn company Feck in Australia. 

Porn and connection

Fri, 05/04/2012 - 17:40
Patrick_R

I would say that sexuality and connection are the universal languages, and porn usually a poor parody of both. Commercial porn is formulaic, stereotyped, and (mostly) phony and a poor source of information about how to be a good lover. For me, I suppose that's why I really don't care much for commercial porn but do enjoy non-professional, 'homemade' erotic videos where the connections and orgasms are real. I've often thought that performers in porn should at least have lunch together before the shoot and get to know and like one another a little. That would bring at least some real human connection into their interactions. I applaud Rhonda Ovalman, though, for trying to bring change and humanity into a business that is all too often exploitive.

I think people get paid quite well in mainstream porn

Sat, 05/05/2012 - 05:03
Jake E

They just seem to have their wonderful talent disregarded and ignored while they're fashioned into someone elses sometimes hideous notion of sexy. A bit like an amazing actor having to play Ronald Mc Donald. Seriously most porn is sad to watch in that way. 

Yeah it's a bit like watching someone hire Marvin Gaye and ask him to play the piano and forget the singing, it's wasting talent and that's why so much porn has gorgeous people in it but is still crap.  

I don't think the industry

Sat, 05/05/2012 - 17:00
Elin A (not verified)

I don't think the industry encourages real acting. I don't think you have to know someone off set to have chemistry to make a good product. But you need to be a good actor and really get into the role. Acting is being in touch with emotions. I think that would make a big difference. It also takes decent scripts...

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