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24.19 Does Linda Lovelace hate porn?
Linda Lovelace (real name Linda Marsciano, who starred in such
movies as "Deep Throat") may very well have been misunderstood.
She claimed (both in her book "Ordeal" and in a special government
committee) that she was forced into the business.
Zeno tells me that:
Nadine Strossen (currently the President of the ACLU) in her new
book called DEFENDING PORNOGRAPHY (published by Scribner, Feb.
1995) points out on pages 182-183,
"The violence and coercion that Marchiano [Linda Lovelace]
suffered were outrageous. Yet her own account does not support
the inference that producers of pornography generally inflict
such violence and coercion upon the women who pose for them,
for two reasons. First, in Marchiano's own case, it was not
the participants in the porn industry who raped, beat and
forced her to take part in the movie, but rather, her own
husband, Chuck Traynor, who had no other connection to the
pornography business. Marchiano's autobiographical writings
not only make clear that she experienced no abuse or force at
the hands of participants in the porn industry; her writings
also show that her career as a "porn star" gave her a welcome,
if temporary, refuge from her husband's brutality.
In ORDEAL, Marchiano describes the sense of freedom she felt
on the set of DEEP THROAT, and how she enjoyed the company of
her costar, Harry Reems ... Marchiano's autobiography
underscores that her subsequent contacts with the pornography
industry, after she had escaped from her abusive husband, were
completely voluntary."
Here's a little porn-trivia tidbit from Peter van Aarle: In 1969
Linda made a loop featuring first anal sex with Eric Edwards, and
then, after Eric leaves, Linda and a dog. The loop was called
Dogarama, and has never been available on video in the US (but I've
seen a video in a store here in Holland year ago which included
that loop. Never watched it though). She also did loops featuring
golden showers, fisting, and even a foot insertion loop. Linda
made another dog-loop at the time with Jamie Gillis (if I remember
right) and a dog. (BTW, I even know a guy who says he has those
loops as well as her fisting and 'footing' loops on video but he
doesn't do duping :-/ )
Linda Lovelace has her fair share of friends and enemies.
Anti-porn zealots use her as an example of the common horrors
occurring in the pornographic business. Perhaps she is just out to
make a quick buck. Maybe she's telling the truth, but her situation
is extraordinary in the business.
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