MTV's "Tru Life" and Ed Powers
Noelfr
porn industry and featured interviews with Chloe (Very honest and personable),
Rob Black, Missy, Ron Jeremy, J.D. Ram, Michael J. Cox, and Brooke Ashley among
others (Brooke discussed her HIV condition). I personally enjoyed the honest
insights, but more importantly, how appropriately everyone answered the typical
critical questions held of porn, for example, "Isn't it demeaning to women?"
The one disappointing note was Ed Powers in my opinion. Knowing what I know of
Ed, the portion that focused on him made him out to be out of touch with
reality. The focus on the segment is on a "debutante" who has only done
pictorials up to this point (Set to be MDD #92). Among her concerns is her
knowledge that Ed is not very attractive, but quickly rationalizes the meeting
with the money she will be making (At the time she presented herself as a
college student doing it for the money. She is not in school at this time).
Once the taping switches to Ed, it's all typical Ed ego from that point on.
A close up of Ed is not very kind to him. He is not an attractive man at all,
and the close up reveals flaws that videotape softens. Why do I care? Because
it seems as if he's oblivious that he is not a very good looking man at all.
When he removes his jacket he reveals one of the biggest butts I've seen on a
man with his torso and stature. His physique is disgusting for the kind of
work he does.
MTV actually catches the "bantering" Ed does to set the mood. Honestly? It
works for me when watching his videos, but I was embarrased for him in this
setting. He came across like an idiot.
He did the typical Ed insecurity Q's:
-Has she ever been with an older man? Yes, she said, "34". (Ed claims to be a
downsized "43", he has to be older).
-On a scale from 1 to 10, how was he in bed? (She didn't answer, which is an
answer in itself.)
At the end, she rationalizes the whole experience by seeing she was paid a very
generous amount of money for this experience. Doesn't Ed get it? He should,
he's the one paying, but all you see is a man out of touch with reality who if
he was not in the line of work he is in, and paid the amounts he did, would get
laid as often as the common man on the street with his looks and physique,
which isn't much.
I realize that I'm turning against Ed because instead of being a modest or
humble man in the sexual department, his personality is one of a Peter North or
Rocco Siffredi. How he has allowed himself to to take this turn is beyond me.
"Yeah, Baby." (Austin Powers)
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Ckong0404
Is the reason girls don't like Ed Powers is because he has a smallish penis?
Is this the reason why the girl didn't answer his question about "on a scale of
1 to 10, how was I in bed?"
If girls hate Ed Powers because of his 5 inch dick, what do girls really think
about guys with tiny pathetic 4 inch penises?
Luzdedos1
Does it air again?
Luke Ford - Journalism that goes all the way!
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Hart Williams
>Last night I saw MTV's series "Tru Life". This week's episode was on the adult
>porn industry and featured interviews with Chloe (Very honest and personable),
>Rob Black, Missy, Ron Jeremy, J.D. Ram, Michael J. Cox, and Brooke Ashley among
>others (Brooke discussed her HIV condition). I personally enjoyed the honest
>insights, but more importantly, how appropriately everyone answered the typical
>critical questions held of porn, for example, "Isn't it demeaning to women?"
I suppose. Still, every porn actor and/or director has their
garden-variety philosophy of the biz, and will invariably expound ON
that philosophy, which invariably gives the documentarian in question
(in this case, MTV) ample opportunity to pull enough sound bites to
make everyone seem like a moron. Note how much time was devoted
to the "extreme" philosophy, f'r instance. All in all, I thought it
was about as fair a shake as Porn is likely to get in a society whose
taboos CREATE porn. Notice the commercials BETWEEN the segments?
Talk about yer pornography....
<snip>
>At the end, she rationalizes the whole experience by seeing she was paid a very
>generous amount of money for this experience. Doesn't Ed get it? He should,
>he's the one paying, but all you see is a man out of touch with reality who if
>he was not in the line of work he is in, and paid the amounts he did, would get
>laid as often as the common man on the street with his looks and physique,
>which isn't much.
>
>I realize that I'm turning against Ed because instead of being a modest or
>humble man in the sexual department, his personality is one of a Peter North or
>Rocco Siffredi. How he has allowed himself to to take this turn is beyond me.
Well I'm sure he's gonna cry all the way to the bank. Frankly I'd be
happy for them to make ME look like an idiot in return for a couple
million dollars of free publicity. It really doesn't matter, after
all, if the audience respects you (too many threads on this and other
NGs indicate that they don't, generally, and never WILL). What matters
more is that everyone who got their porn "cherry" popped will rush
down to the video store and rent "Dirty Debutantes" because they know
what the box covers look like.
And, they can wax rhapsodic at the Frat house about how they saw how
this Powers character "really" is.
Personally, the whole "sexual guru/initiating the virgin" trip has
always been the sign of a pathetically insecure male, to me, but what
the hell: I'm for the First Amendment, I just don't have to watch
Powers and his ilk if I don't want to.
Notice how Sarah Jane Hamilton/Veronica Hart (I'm not sure what she
calls herself these daze after the World Porn Con) managed to skate
onto the thin ice of almost censorship, BTW? You can't really hold up
a case for porn on First Amendment grounds and then say that THIS or
THAT is crap and imply that it shouldn't be seen. Better, perhaps to
say: I think it's shit. But somebody out there wants to watch it, and
I'm in favor of that: The First Amendment gives them the right to say
it and see it, and I just don't have any desire to.
All in all, I wasn't impressed, but I wasn't entirely UNIMPRESSED,
either. Sort of a very middle-of-the-road report, just what you'd
expect from TIME, Inc. MTV's parent company.
Hart Williams
CDA II Is passing! Contact your congressperson.
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>
>"Yeah, Baby." (Austin Powers)
Mr. Owlsley
<snip>
>A close up of Ed is not very kind to him. He is not an attractive man
at all,
>and the close up reveals flaws that videotape softens. Why do I care?
Because
>it seems as if he's oblivious that he is not a very good looking man at
all.
>When he removes his jacket he reveals one of the biggest butts I've
seen on a
>man with his torso and stature. His physique is disgusting for the
kind of
>work he does.
Ed has one of the biggest asses on men I've ever seen! I almost fell
off the couch laughing when they showed his big ass because it filled up
the whole screen.
I've always thought that Ed's ramblings were done in a tongue-in-cheek
kind of way but now that I've seen this, I think Ed actually believes
all that bullshit he spews out. And that's really sad.
Owlsley
voya...@ix.netcom.com
>>Last night I saw MTV's series "Tru Life". This week's episode was on
>
>Does it air again?
>Luke Ford - Journalism that goes all the way!
Luke, was you asleep at the wheel!!!
....don't get unscooped my good man!
voya...@ix.netcom.com
>Last night I saw MTV's series "Tru Life". This week's episode was on the adult
>porn industry and featured interviews with Chloe (Very honest and personable),
>Rob Black, Missy, Ron Jeremy, J.D. Ram, Michael J. Cox, and Brooke Ashley among
>others (Brooke discussed her HIV condition). I personally enjoyed the honest
>insights, but more importantly, how appropriately everyone answered the typical
>critical questions held of porn, for example, "Isn't it demeaning to women?"
>
Thanks for the mini-review, I wonder if this will be replayed
sometime?
Its too bad they gave Ed Powers so much airplay. He has one big ego
and he just comes off as an idiot. Same thing as in the 1998 AVN
awards video I saw. He comes out with Janine and two other babes to
present an award, dressed in very poor looking rented tux, and he
won't shut up, peeking up under Janine's very sexy long formal dress,
he has no dignity, and the result is, from the public watching him,
they form an opinion that porn is made up of just all creepy old
guys.....
HoLLifWood
thought-- she wasn't able to be very convincing about the whole thing. I'm
actually surprised she didn't break into tears.
Did anyone else hear about JD Ram?? (OD'd?)
Terri
Do unto others...then run.
scipio
smallish penis?
> Is this the reason why the girl didn't answer his question about "on a scale o
f
> 1 to 10, how was I in bed?"
>
> If girls hate Ed Powers because of his 5 inch dick, what do girls really think
> about guys with tiny pathetic 4 inch penises?
They probably dislike him much more due to the fact that he's a
slimy-looking,unwashed, pathetic, creepy worm than anything about his dick size.
They're probably quite the bit happier that he's got a small dick....
cheers,
scipio
Luzdedos1
>....don't get unscooped my good man!
I've had the flu this week...and my computer crashed...
Luke Ford - Journalism that goes all the way!
Scoops: http://www.lukeford.com
Justice: http://www.dennisprager.net
History of X: http://www.4porn.net
Dick Reilly Hertz
Luzdedos1 <luzd...@aol.com> wrote in article
<rame.907886414p11721@bash>...
> >Last night I saw MTV's series "Tru Life". This week's episode was on
>
> Does it air again?
HoLLifWood
>Did anyone else hear about JD Ram?? (OD'd?)>
I apologize- I went a few more posts and found a mention....MY BAD.
Terri
Do unto others...then run.
DIRTSTAR
<<I was under the impression that MTV was part of the Viacom empire, along with
Paramount Pictures and VH1.>>
voya...@ix.netcom.com
>>Luke, was you asleep at the wheel!!!
>>....don't get unscooped my good man!
>
>I've had the flu this week...and my computer crashed...
Aaaahhhh! Sounds like the "dog ate my homework excuse"!
:-)
tor...@mindspring.com
>Last night I saw MTV's series "Tru Life". This week's episode was on the adult
>porn industry and featured interviews with Chloe (Very honest and personable),
Did she talk about tearing her clit on the playground as a youth and
that's why she's into anal so much?
>The one disappointing note was Ed Powers in my opinion. Knowing what I know of
>Ed, the portion that focused on him made him out to be out of touch with
>reality.
And this surprised you how? :-)
>The focus on the segment is on a "debutante" who has only done
>pictorials up to this point (Set to be MDD #92). Among her concerns is her
>knowledge that Ed is not very attractive, but quickly rationalizes the meeting
Well at least she didn't call him old right Patrick Riley?
>MTV actually catches the "bantering" Ed does to set the mood. Honestly? It
>works for me when watching his videos, but I was embarrased for him in this
>setting. He came across like an idiot.
Once again, and this somehow came as a surprise!:-)
> -On a scale from 1 to 10, how was he in bed? (She didn't answer, which is an
>answer in itself.)
Based on the idea that if you're not going to be nice better to say
nothing at all
>
>At the end, she rationalizes the whole experience by seeing she was paid a very
>generous amount of money for this experience. Doesn't Ed get it? He should,
She wasn't changed by her short time in communion with the Orgasmaker
(TM)??? Kind of like the Premiere article, these porn auteurs are very
irony challenged.
Torris
tor...@mindspring.com
>about guys with tiny pathetic 4 inch penises?
Of course not CKong. The guy is a megalomaniac, the size of his penis
has nothing to do with that. He probably set this girl up for the
sexual time of her life, after all he's ED POWERS, the Orgasmaker
(TM), then he gets his pasty white grub body on her and she's going
"at least I'm getting tuition money for this"
Noelfr
>(TM),
This is what I have noticed sinceDD#1 to where we are now, #92 and counting.
Ed is taking himself way too seriously as a male porn star.
Initially, Ed was likeable, and brought a very fresh approach to porn with his
pro-am series. Now, it is his personality that has changed for the worst, and
he does not hide his egotistical thoughts from the fans of his video series.
Somewhere along the way, he allowed himself to believe he was the star of the
series. He's not, the girls are, but he brings a quality not found in other
series: A very ordinary man who is rather unattractive having sex with young,
and in most instances, attractive women. Why has he forgotten this?
"Yeah, Baby." (Austin Powers)