Warning: my rant/opinion timeLike most folks, I enjoy adult entertainment (erotica is a prettier word). I remember the very first gay movie I saw, it was called Cousins. Once, I realized that we can actually have sex, I was happy. Now I was 17, so I didn't know a lot about gay life.
Fast forward to my college years. I've struggled with the men of color in porn, particular Black Men. I was always upset at the quality of these films and the men. A good chunk of them were not cute and didn't inspire anything but jokes and eye rolling. But I had hope that things will change.
Now...things have changed, but I'm not really feeling it. We have more Black men in porn, but they are kind of playing the same roles. Thugs. To be real, I'm not a big fan of the thuggish role in porn, I like a little diversity in my Black men. However, the thug fantasy is very popular and accepted.
I just want to see Black men and men of color in different settings and roles. There are a few men of color in diverse roles and scenes, but I want more. I would love to see a sexy version of a 'Thrilla in Minilla' or a 'Beach Affair in Hawaii'. I would like more diversity in the scenery and quality.
CoCo Dorm has it's place, but I want to see other forms of Black gay erotica. A business man and his willing assistant, a football player and his tutor, a couple on an island or a captain on a ship with a lustful merman. These roles can be played by men of color. I think it would be sexy to see us in more intimate possibilities.
So in all, I don't want to get rid of the 'thug love', I just want see men of color in other forms of 'love' or lust.
That's my rant of the day. Thanks to J. Clarence and Ka-os for the inspiration.
9 comments:
In total agreement. And I am sick and tired of the actors in the films wearing either: durags, gold chains, gold teeth, or worse...Tube socks. What is up with the tube socks? Are their feet that crusty? Is that some kind of fetish for people? Why can't the black men be bare naked. To me that is really erotic in and of itself. It means complete intimacy and exposure.
On that note I hate the way the top completely dominates and demeans the bottom...
Yes, the thug does have his place. But put a little more sensuality into porn as well. Sadly, I have to watch mainstream porn to get that. Ebony porn does not have that dichtomy.
I completely agree. Listen, I'm not advocating for porn to project every kind of African-American gay man that exists, but a contrast to the "thug" would be nice.
(p.s. although I am loving Diesel Washington's popularity because he's broken out of playing the thug, but they still don't have anyone black for him to play off of.)
I second, third, that opinion! You said it better when I said it on the Male blog the other day.
African-American porn sucks (no pun intended). The actors/models go at each other not like they are into each other, but like they despise each other; like they want to hurt one another.
Many of the models look like they're on drugs. A lot of times they can't even get erect. It's a complete turn off and I've stopped purchasing it altogether.
I've found that African porn (porn from the motherland) is much more to my liking. It's clear that the guys in those videos enjoy one another. They are passionate and into it. And they don't have the same, weird thug fetish that has taken over African-American porn. There are a variety of personalities in their films.
I remember "Cousins"! Good movie.
XOXOXOXO
Amen and hallelujah, we need to bring porn to a higher level. I think it's a loosing battle, because the makers of porn are going for the lowest common denominator.
In most porn you don't even have a story. It's all about going straight to the slap and tickle of it all.
I agree with you on that...I was just thinking to myself today why porn has to be representative of the one night stands that take place? I mean yes there's that element but there are others out here that in relationships that want to see the intimate side of porn from our black men...
Great Idea!
We will start working on some varius themes with our sexy black guys that do not involve "thugs."
"A business man and his willing assistant, a football player and his tutor, a couple on an island or a captain on a ship with a lustful merman. "
Flava Works, that would be nice. We are itching for diverse uses of sexy
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