Larry Flynt and Joe Francis are asking Washington for $5 billion to bailout their industry, which is hurting from the soft economy... LOL.
Was that not funny? Don't know who Larry Flynt and Joe Francis are? Well, Flynt is the publisher of Hustler Magazine and Francis is the producer of the Girls Gone Wild series. That's right, the porn... um, adult entertainment industry is suffering from this recession. Get the previous joke now?
The $5 billion figure, Francis said, reflects the decline in U.S. adult-entertainment- industry revenue from $18 billion three years ago to $1 billion last year. In a phone interview, he insisted that this was not a joke or publicity stunt. Francis stated, "The government’s handing out money to the auto industry. Why shouldn’t it hand some to an industry the nation could not live without?"
Touche.
"People are too depressed to be sexually active," Flynt said in a news release. "This is very unhealthy as a nation. Americans can do without cars and such, but they cannot do without sex." Adult DVD sales and rentals have decreased by 22% in the past year, the news release claimed, as viewers seek free porn online.
Indeed.
Jenna Presley said she has also felt the effects of the sagging economy... LOL. her web site has seen a 20% decline in customers, about 1,000 of whom pay $19.99 a month to watch the 22-year-old perform online. I can get 22 YO's to perform for free... Anyway, she said the downturn has forced her to cut overhead. Instead of paying co-stars, she is posting their videos on her site and they're posting her content on theirs.
Other performers, Presley said, have faced pay cuts as video companies take the step of tightening their belts... LOL. "Instead of paying a girl $2,000 for a boy-girl , now they’re trying to pay $1,200." Presley said she has refused to work for less and so far has not lost business. "I stand up for myself," she said. "A lot of girls, the business is so slow, they're happy just to find work (at any price)."
You go girl.
"I regret that two porn-industry executives have used the current economic crisis to launch an obvious publicity stunt," said Rep. Brad Sherman, D-Sherman Oaks, a congressman in San Fernando Valley. "As Americans face tough economic times, we need a serious discussion of the issues."
Many, including Presley and Rep. Sherman, aren't buying the necessity. Steven Hirsch, co-Chairman of Vivid Entertainment the self-proclaimed world's leading adult film producer, believes that going to Washington is unrealistic. "This is not the time to make sweeping statements. This is the time to buckle down and take the steps we need to save our industry. This industry is not immune from (the bad economy). People are spending less money, period."
He suspects that Flynt and Francis are just... poking... fun at other industries. He stated that Vivid is not suffering as bad as smaller companies because its name brand gives it a "leg up."
Damn, people can't get it up. This recession has got to go!
For more info, read: Porn Industry Seeks $5 Billion Federal Bailout
>KABOOM<
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