[UA] Explain American laws to me

[Kevin Mowery]

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From: "Steve Dustin" <yetiseti at hotmail.com>
To: <ua at lists.uchicago.edu>
Sent: Friday, September 01, 2000 11:39 AM
Subject: Re: [UA] Explain American laws to me


> > > Porn stars can even achieve mainstream success in spite
> > > of (or because of) their pasts.  You'll probably never see a porn star
> > > accepting an Oscar, but many have made mainstream films and television
> > > appearances.
>
> Whoa, whoa, whoa--what porn stars have gone onto mainstream success?
Except
> for Traci Lords, I can't think of any mainstream movie that has had a porn
> actor or actress lately; and she's more notorious for her underage porn
> acting.

I wouldn't say mainstream "success."  Traci Lords has done a number of
movies, including minor roles in some big-budget ones.  Ginger Lynn has been
in a lot of cheap movies, a couple of bigger ones, and made an appearance on
NYPD blue as well as in a Metallica video (this was not a "porn chic" video,
BTW, it just happened to have a porn star in it).  Trying to think of some
others.  Ashlyn Gere appeared in both the X Files and Space: Above and
Beyond (Chris Carter is reportedly a big porn fan).  Asia Carerra appeared
briefly in The Big Lebowski.  Jenna Jameson is just big.  She's appeared on
a late night talk show, was a regular guest on Howard Stern's radio show,
and become sort of an icon.

I probably sound like I know more about this than I should.

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