Too many qualified players?

chas smith · Post by **chas smith** » 6 Jul 2001 12:44 pm

One could surmise from reading the Road player/ Session player thread that there are too many qualified players for too few openings. One would think that with the demand for so much new 'product' and recording schedules that are more like production lines, that there would be a need for more players.

In a related story in today's LA Times:
"From aging male actors seeking to further their careers [and keep up with grueling shooting schedules] to anxious directors pushing to cut production costs by eliminating awkward performance delays, the wonder drug of sex, Viagra, has become a critical tool for today's adult entertainment industry."

"Some actresses and directors are getting fed up with it all, rolling their eyes whenever they see the telltale signs of a Viagra-amped actor...Yet the pill has helped create dozens of male stars and eliminated so many annoying production snafus that industry players say they are willing to put up with occasional lapses and potentiontial health problems"

"...in the adult entertainment world, Viagra use is anything but casual, it has brought an industrial level of quality control to a business notoriously vulnerable to the whims of biology."

"It's part of the larger mainstream pressure of a performance culture, said feminist author Susan Faludi.. It's reflective of what's going on in society. People are encouraged to view themselves as commodities that are marketed and fine tuned with chemicals, whether it's Viagra or Prozac or Botox injections."

"In the pre-Viagra days of the 1970s and 1980s, when X-rated movies had far larger budgets and took a couple of weeks to shoot, the demands on an actor were more reasonable. One or two scenes a day instead of five... Male actors broke into the business through a process of natural selection that weeded out the vast majority of wannabees..."

"Small budgets mean small paychecks, particularly for male actors who typically rank at the bottom of the payroll food chain. The industry has long been dominated by women..[for obviousw reasons]...They can often choose the male actors they will work with and blackball the ones they will not.
Men who do make the cut are paid significantly less...earning as little as $500 per movie. For many of them, Viagra has made the difference between steady work and a silent phone."

"The flood of chemically enabled competition has created a catty rift in the traditionally tightknit group of male actors. The reason is simple: There are now too many men fighting for the same jobs. The top sex-film studios, which churn out more than 30 films a month and pay the best, typically rely on a core group of 25 to 35 male actors. Yet hundreds of men now vie for these jobs, overwhelming studios with glossy portraits and telephone pleas for work.
Viagra is popular within this new group of "pretty boys,"...They are making it tougher for the older guys to get work"
Need I say more?

Herb Steiner · Post by **Herb Steiner** » 6 Jul 2001 12:51 pm

Chas
I asked my pharmacist about Viagra. He assured me that it worked wonders. I asked him "Can you get it over the counter?"

He said "you can if you take two, I guess."

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Larry Miller · Post by **Larry Miller** » 6 Jul 2001 2:21 pm

Drop 3 Viagra pills in a bucket of water, then, water your tomato plants...you won't have to use stakes!

Jody Carver · Post by **Jody Carver** » 6 Jul 2001 2:49 pm

Larry...I take 1/2 Viagra just enough to keep me from "wetting my shoes" like the Nike
thing...."JUST DO IT" & I do...

Herb you are a dirty old man...

Paul Graupp · Post by **Paul Graupp** » 6 Jul 2001 2:56 pm

But guys; my doctor said with Viagra, you need a willing partner. I told him, if I had a willing partner, I wouldn't need any viagra. Regards, Paul

Rick Collins · Post by **Rick Collins** » 6 Jul 2001 3:24 pm

Is the Viagra a ten-string or a twelve?

Al Udeen · Post by **Al Udeen** » 6 Jul 2001 3:35 pm

C'mon guys, Soften up!

Herb Steiner · Post by **Herb Steiner** » 6 Jul 2001 3:38 pm

chas, you brought it all upon yourself.

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chas smith · Post by **chas smith** » 6 Jul 2001 4:46 pm

It was an article that I found to be humorous, strange and surprisingly pertinant all at the same time. It's a segment of the entertainment business that I don't normally think about and it turns out that, in some respects, they have the same kinds of problems the rest of us do, Viagra notwithstanding.

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