porno chic is dead

it's been dead. for a long time. but for a brief moment in the early 1970s porn got hardcore and became mainstream. for a short time you didn't have to be caught dead in a porno theater. you could step out of darkness of the theater and into the bright sunlight of an ordinary day. and not worry about being seen much less caught in the act of viewing a hardcore film.

not no more. tho one can argue that porn is still very mainstream, after all, it wouldn't be such a lucrative industry if it were habituated with just the raincoat brigade. but now we worry about being caught dead with our trousers, or skirts, around our ankles and flesh flashing onscreen.

egads!!!! no, no one i know reads or watches porn. gadzooks and sakes alive!!!!

it is with terrible sadness that a friend informed me that porno chic icon and all-around girl-next-door marilyn chambers has died at age 56. here's a link the the ny times story.

also, listened to an old interview by terry gross on npr this morning with another veteran of the porno chic era, gay porn actor turned theater producer jack wrangler. very funny man and a person who also checked out too early. you can listen to the interview here.