Pornagraphers Ask Congress for Money Shot
From Indecision 2008…
Sometimes, you just don't need to come up with a funny take on a story.
Sometimes, that'd just be redundant…
Girls Gone Wild CEO Joe Francis and HUSTLER magazine
publisher Larry Flynt are petitioning the newly convened 111th Congress
to provide a financial bailout for the adult entertainment industry
along the lines of what is being sought by the Big Three automakers, a
spokesperson for Francis announced today.
Adult industry leaders Flynt and Francis sent a joint request to
Congress asking for $5 billion in federal assistance, "Just to see us
through hard times," Francis said.
"Congress seems willing to help shore up our nation's most important
businesses, we feel we deserve the same consideration. In difficult
economic times, Americans turn to entertainment for relief. More and
more, the kind of entertainment they turn to is adult entertainment."…
"With all this economic misery and people losing all that money, sex
is the farthest thing from their mind," Flynt says, "It's time for
congress to rejuvenate the sexual appetite of America. The only way
they can do this is by supporting the adult industry and doing it
quickly."
Obviously, neither Flynt nor Francis are being particularly genuine
with this call for relief from the government. But I can't really see
why — if they were serious — they shouldn't be subject to the same
kind of bailout as the auto industry.
Of course, if our porn industry did go bankrupt, I suppose that we'd
still be able to import pornography from countries like Japan, Germany
and Eastern Europe. And I guess that would just be the fault of the
lazy American porn industry for not providing the quality of content
that the American porn consumer has become dependant upon.
Maybe our auto-erotic industry can use this as an opportunity to
start employing more of the increasingly popular hybrid performers.
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