Lessons from porn industry could help Hollywood adapt to coronavirus

By Rollo Ross

 

Porn actresses line-up at the opening of the "Venus" erotic fair in Berlin October 17, 2013. The event, which represents the erotic business in the German capital, is open till October 20, 2013. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch (GERMANY - Tags: SOCIETY ENTERTAINMENT) - BM2E9AH14NM01

 

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - As Hollywood tries to figure out how to resume production of movies and TV shows in the coronavirus era, one sector may be better prepared than others to deal with the challenges.

 

The porn industry in Los Angeles came up with its own testing system and database in the 1990s to protect actors during the HIV/AIDS epidemic.

 

Now it is using that system to develop protocols for making adult entertainment during the COVID-19 pandemic.

 

“When we first starting talking about COVID, we felt very well prepared because we have a whole history of testing within the industry as well as contact tracing and production shut-downs,” said Mike Stabile, spokesman for the Free Speech Coalition, a trade association for the U.S. adult entertainment industry.

 

“This is obviously a different type of virus, this is a different type of threat, but we understood in general how it would work and what we’d need to do in order to protect ourselves,” he said.

 

The protocols were established in the late 1990s after a porn actor forged an HIV test and infected several others in the industry.

 

Porn star Sharon Mitchell, who is now a physician, created a system now known as PASS (Performer Availability Scheduling Services), in which porn actors are required to be tested for sexually transmitted diseases every 14 days. The results are entered into a database which informs producers and directors who is clean and available for work.

 

“All it tells us is a binary. Are you clear to work or are you not clear to work?” Stabile said.

 

Stabile said the coronavirus, which is more easily transmitted, is a more complex problem but that the porn industry was open to working with mainstream Hollywood studios to share its expertise.

 

“The challenges for sports, for Hollywood and the porn industry are all different but in reality, we each have things we can learn from each other,” Stabile said.

 

Hollywood movie studios, television networks and groups representing actors and directors have been brainstorming for weeks on how to re-start production while protecting everyone from actors to make-up artists and camera crews.

 

Ideas include quarantining all cast and crew for the length of a shoot, medics on sets, temperature tests every 12 hours, and substituting extras and crowd scenes with computer generated imagery, according to leaked documents and industry sources.

 

Movie and TV production in Europe - including Iceland, Denmark and the Czech Republic, where many Hollywood shows are filmed - is expected to resume before the United States, according to the film commissions in those nations. But questions linger over insurance and how much actors and directors will want to travel when the outbreak has yet to be contained in many countries.

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2020-05-13

 

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Looks like a form of the immunity pass. It has it's merits and downsides and depends on accurate testing.

All movies have actors wearing masks, that will be a winner lol. 80's porn with male preformers wearing condoms wasn't a success either it ruins the money shot...

so test the worlds population every 14 days?

 

also the porn industry took the sex out of the bars and put it online LOL

 

Bring Back Marilyn Chambers

Edited May 13, 20206 yr by zzzzz

Funny they should bring up porn, given LA County drove the porn business elsewhere by mandating condoms be used in porn production.

18 minutes ago, snoop1130 said:

Ideas include quarantining all cast and crew for the length of a shoot

About 4 ft then !

1 minute ago, RichardColeman said:

About 4 ft then !

I will refrain from the obvious opening to brag about penis size here.  ????

So if I join the porn industry and obtain the 'PASS' will this be all I need to enter Thailand as a medical clearance when flights start again.

14 minutes ago, Gracas said:

So if I join the porn industry and obtain the 'PASS' will this be all I need to enter Thailand as a medical clearance when flights start again.

 

14 minutes ago, Gracas said:

So if I join the porn industry and obtain the 'PASS' will this be all I need to enter Thailand as a medical clearance when flights start again.

 

   It  was the porn industry , that  brought me to Thailand , some 20 years ago .

      Immi should  award me, a long term, Quality sexpat visa .

    However that said , i bought two houses , so i need medical attention . 

     

Edited May 13, 20206 yr by elliss

59 minutes ago, RichardColeman said:

About 4 ft then !

Those were the days.....

1 hour ago, tribalfusion001 said:

All movies have actors wearing masks, that will be a winner lol. 80's porn with male preformers wearing condoms wasn't a success either it ruins the money shot...

Can't say I've ever wanted to watch porn with male actors.

All female Asian cast only please.

1 hour ago, zzzzz said:

Bring Back Marilyn Chambers

There was me thinking Home & Away, blonde with big boobs getting done by Flathead. 

41 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

All female Asian cast only please.

I've got a few of them on my laptop, classic movies, good plot, terrific "acting".

2 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Porn star Sharon Mitchell, who is now a physician

I'm going to have her as my family doctor. 

I need my prostate check asap.

5 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

 

“The challenges for sports, for Hollywood and the porn industry are all different but in reality, we each have things we can learn from each other,” Stabile said.

Quite I used to think ping pong balls were for table tennis only .. and where would porn be without snooker's in off the pink or brown .. 

or golf's hole in one .. 

Anyway do they charge for porn anymore I thought alot was homemade on a phone now .. 

Hey cool they do know the drill testing and contact tracing I guess if I wanted to be a contact tracer maybe some (star) could show me the ropes lol

15 minutes ago, Tug said:

Hey cool they do know the drill testing and contact tracing I guess if I wanted to be a contact tracer maybe some (star) could show me the ropes lol

OK, someone has to say it. There's gotta be some good jokes about someone named Tug in a thread about porn.  ????

I get to the end of page 2 and I am thinking: What was this thread originally about??? 

Hmmm, this needs more investigation.   All hands on deck to research porn for educational purposes!

13 hours ago, Crazy Alex said:

I will refrain from the obvious opening to brag about penis size here.  ????

I've got 12 inches but i don't use it, as a rule.

4 hours ago, Crazy Alex said:

OK, someone has to say it. There's gotta be some good jokes about someone named Tug in a thread about porn.  ????

Just so you know I earned that nickname by running tugs 

Less Hollywood cr*p doesnt sound like a negative to me. 

1 hour ago, Tug said:

Just so you know I earned that nickname by running tugs 

Sure you did ????

17 hours ago, tribalfusion001 said:

All movies have actors wearing masks, that will be a winner lol. 80's porn with male preformers wearing condoms wasn't a success either it ruins the money shot...

The studios that pay for these productions have a product (ie - money maker) to protect and they will NOT jeopardize that money. There will be contractual specifications to make sure their product continues to monetize their bank accounts ...inna healthy manner of course.

Edited May 14, 20206 yr by Dap

3 hours ago, Tug said:

Just so you know I earned that nickname by running tugs 

No Sh*T? Whereabouts?

 

 

Edited May 14, 20206 yr by Dap

7 hours ago, Tug said:

Just so you know I earned that nickname by running tugs 

I don't doubt you. At all.