10 days on a lesbian porn set sounds like the ultimate vacation I could win off The Price is Right.
However, according to documentary maker Jonathan Harris:
When I see porn now, I see real people performing. I think about their lives, what they had for breakfast, what their apartment might look like, where they get their groceries. The power of pornographic fantasies is diminished for me now, because I understand the role of makeup and lighting and camera angles to convey a certain image that usually has very little to do with reality.
Of course porn ≠ real life, but hell, that’s the appeal.
The last thing I want to think about is where Sasha Grey buys her Lean Cuisines.
Here’s what Harris did:
[Harris] followed these women from wake to sleep, capturing ten-second video clips every five minutes of whatever they happened to be doing—taking the subway, sharing their wedding photos, putting on their shoes, discussing their tattoos, debating feminism, talking about frogs, walking in the park, undressing for the camera.
Honestly, this would be more exciting if Ed Harris did it.
Isn’t this in itself some sick, twisted kind of reality porn? Probably, especially since Harris is charging access to see it—just like a porn site.
