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Talent Agency In The Adult Industry Is There A Need?

Can someone tell me the purpose of a talent agency in the adult industry? Are they an advocate for their clients? Do they call daily producers or production companies to solicit roles for their clients? Do they provide health care or information about health care for their clients? Do they keep their clients informed about the legal ramifications about your profession? If the answers to any of these questions are no then you really don’t need a talent agency. Can you tell what your agency is doing to earn its commission? If you take your profession seriously then after about a year in the business you really don’t need an agency. You can do it all for yourself.

If you are new to the business I can see you gravitating to an agency for a while. But if you are observant and learn something new from every assignment then you should be able to save that commission and do the work yourself. Let me give you the lazy person example: You are a party animal and you stay out late. Lets say your day doesn’t start until noon. You get up brush your teeth; take a shower, then in your case you fix lunch. All this is takes about 90-minutes. At 1:30pm you get on the phone and call around the producers and production companies looking for work. You do this until 5:00pm. Lets say you are a really lazy person and instead of doing 5 days a week you do this 4 days a week. Now you get yourself in gear you put up a website were producers can see you and know how to get in touch with you. You put up a MySpace site and a Yahoo Club so that the fans can keep up with you. Then you work it. You mean to tell me you can work this hard for yourself?

Let me ask you this about your talent agency. Do you get any financial advise from them? Let me put this out here for all the adult talent in the industry. Why don’t a few of you get together to form an investment club? Let say 10 of you get together and put in $5,000.00 each to start the club. That’s $50,000.00 the club can that to a broker to open up an account. If you invest that in T-bills, bonds and money markets the dividends you earn maybe able to pay your rent for the year. So when some extreme producer call you to work you can tell him to go stick that coke bottle in his ass. Can you imaging if 25 or 30 of the adult talent got together and formed an investment club? If $5,000.00 is too much to come up with then bring it down to $2,500.00 to join the club. Isn’t time out for adult talent to stop leaving the business and be broke as soon as your leave? I would love it if a group of women of color got together and started an investment club but all money is green. So I would open it up to anyone that wanted to join. Think about it; your dividends could go towards a 401 k plan and you could make enough money to pay for health insurance.

This was for all the talent in the adult industry. The adult industry has a reported 12 billion dollars a year in revenue. Shouldn’t the talent in the adult industry at least live comfortable while in the industry and have some savings to look forward to after their careers? Remember this, it’s all in the numbers.


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It Was The Best Time It Was The Worst Of Time

“It was the best times it was the worst of times”. This is the first sentence of my favorite Charles Dickens’s novel, A Tale Of Two Cities. This is how I feel about the state of black erotica today. It is the best of time. You have some very attractive, sexually charged, strong, and intelligent women in the industry today. Technology is leveling the playing field. Now an individual starlet can go directly to the public for validation via the Internet. It was the worst of time. Women of color still have to go through the same simple-minded mentality that has been part of the industry for over 25 years. Because the industry won’t police itself, production of extreme content is giving the government all the help it needs to make it difficult for all.

The adult industry uses up women as quick as you use up paper towels in your kitchen. I see a group of women of color coming into the industry now that just may the shielding to last a bit longer in this firer fight they have jumped into. And they are going to need the armament of a Federation Starship to survive. But I think there is a few that understand that the industry is a business and to have success they must understand the business. I salute them and hope that do find success in this very hard and cold industry.

There use to be a very strong dance circuit for women in the adult industry. Even at its best the dance circuit wasn’t available to many women of color in the industry. But if you were on it that meant that you could be available for your fans and make a lot of money. Today because of technology, you can be available for fans world wide 24/7. The Internet can be the equalizer if used properly for any starlet. It’s a process and it not geared for over night success but it can be the first step that you take to find success.

It’s 2006 and can you believe that the adult industry still have the mind set it had in 1981 as far as it relates to women of color. They still want to tell them that they don’t sell and that they have less valve than their white counterparts. What I would tell women of color is don’t let anyone use you and you can always stand up to the power that be of this industry. Remember you have the Internet and you don’t need the industry to validate you, you can go directly to the adult fans. If you work it right the fans will validate you.

What the industry is doing or in this case not doing is going to affect everyone in the adult industry. Refusing to police itself and producers of extreme content it’s place the bulls eye right on the backs of everyone related to the adult industry. To be such pace setters when it comes to technology they seem to be very tone deaf as it relates to extreme content. Since the federal courts are stacked against them the government is ready and willing to go to court now. If the industry isn’t careful it may go through a Dark Age period.

I want to leave you with the entire sentence from A Tale Of Two Cities. Read it and tell me if it isn’t current:
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way- in short, the period was so far like the present period, that some of its noisiest authorities insisted on its being received, for good or for evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only.


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Roxy Reynolds Interview

1. I understand that you attend or attended Ohio State. If your answer is yes my next question

Yes, I just finished up my math final last week!! I am so happy!! I am studying Spanish Education and Sociology.

2. Why would an educated intelligent woman like you enter the adult industry? An industry that tells you from your very first day that you aren’t as valued as your white counter part? That’s full of racism and demand that you do degrading scenes on film?

Last summer, you know how it goes being on summer break. You want to have a good summer and you run into things. I was in California for two months before I got in to porn. I was dancing at Bob's Classy Lady. When I came back to class last fall, I knew I made more than any other student on campus. It's all about the money. It's not about black and white; it's about the green.

3. What are your goals while you are in the adult industry?

I am starting my own production company and just finished producing my first film. Double R productions is about to kick off and I am so excited!! I surrounded myself with some great people that I love working with. I am also talking to a couple of "major" adult production companies to be a feature star. I have also received some mainstream offers to model. I am not closing any doors right now. They are flying wide open!!

4. What strategies have you planned to help you achieve your goals?

I got my business license. LOL!! Got the best accountant and management team together. My new web site, http://www.roxyreynolds.com/ kicks off on July 15 and that will be a great marketing tool.

5. In the past some women of color have done almost a project per week. How do you avoid being over exposed to the market?

That's a tough question. When you start out, you want to be in as many movies as you can. The more your in the business, the more feel you get for the business. I took two months off from doing scenes earlier this year just to recharge my batteries. With my production company, I will have more control of my exposure.

6. Do you pick and choose your projects or is it all about money and you take what is brought to you?

I do screen my projects, but it is all about the money. I have turned down several offers to be in scenes that didn't appeal to me. I knew that it wasn't right for me. Most from Internet sites. I have been on a couple of Internet sites in scenes and enjoyed it. More exposure to fans that don't buy the DVDs.

7. You have a very petite and tone body but with a big butt. Do you think you will ever have a chance to work with a company like Vivid?

You never know. :) I am talking with a couple of major labels now, so that is possible.

8. Do you think your body type (big butt) will make you marketable to black males only?

You would be surprised by how many white fans I have, both male and female. When I make appearances, there are plenty of white fans that come to see me.

9. Is it important to you to have cross over appeal?

I never try to set up boundaries about my career. I want all my fans to have fun while I am entertaining. :)

10.What type of fans do you have?

They are loyal and very vocal!! They love to send messages on my yahoo group and my myspace site. I get over 200 messages a day. I read each one and try to respond to as many as I can, time permitting. I have fans that stand in line when I make an appearance at a local video store just to introduce themselves to me. I really appreciate that!

11.You have a MySpace site, yahoo group, and you are launching a web site soon. What are the adult fans saying about Roxy Reynolds?

I hope they are saying that they want more!! My yahoo group introduced me to a new fan base. My publicist took over that group and does a great job. Then the myspace page has exploded!! I have over ten thousand friends and that number grows every day. Now with my new site going online on July 15, my fans will be in heaven!! There will be plenty of pictures, merchandise and even cam shows. It will be very interactive. I will have special videos on the site that will not be available anywhere else. If my fans are unable to come see me dance at a club, I am having one of my dancing events recorded so they can see me in action. It's the ultimate Roxy experience, unless I am sitting at the computer next to you. :)

12.What would you like for them to say about Roxy Reynolds?

Roxy has fun at what she does. She is good at what she does. She tries to treat people the way she wants to be treated. She is a nice person.

13.Are you working to make Roxy Reynolds a brand name? Meaning that your name will have valve outside of the porn set and you can earn revenue away from the porn set, i.e. personal appearances and featured dancing

Yes. I have already made several featured dancing appearances in Philly, Atlanta, Detroit, Houston, Chicago, NYC and others. I also make appearances at video stores to sign my DVDs and meet my fans.

14.I see you do private parties. Exactly what would that be? Escorting or private sessions? If it’s escorting my next question

I do perform at private parties. It's mostly lap dances, oiling up my butt and doing a toy show.

15.Do you equate being a porn star with prostitution? If you do I would like to know why?

No

16.I think the industry enjoy degrading women unnecessarily with facials. You do facials and I would like to know why? What is erotic about cumming in a woman’s face?

Men like it and that's what they want to see and spend money on a DVD. I also have cum shots on my butt too, not only facials.

17.What do you think about how the industry treats women?

If it weren’t for the women, there would be no money in the industry. I have been treated great!

18.What do you think about the pay difference between white and black talent in the industry?

I don't compare my paycheck with others. I ask for a certain price for my scenes. As long that I am paid what I ask for, that's all that matters to me.

19.What do you think about the difference between marketing for white talent vs. black talent?

I am more interested in how I market myself. Much of the marketing depends on the person having the right people to promote you. I have a team in place to get the word out about Roxy Reynolds. If I waited on the video companies to do that, I would still be waiting. You have to take control for yourself and do it.

20.For work do you ever call producers yourself?

That's why I have people working for me.

21.Do you ever attend the adult conventions? Yes or no, why?

Yes, I do attend. It's important to network and meet your fans. I was at the AVN last January for a few days. I had fun meeting everybody!!

22.Do you network with other talent in the industry? Not as much for socializing but for business contacts?

Of course I do. I have several friends in the business that will ask me to work with them at a club or suggest me for a scene. It's good business. We are in the business to make money, so let's help each other out.

23.The day you decided to get into the adult industry did you also plan for an exit strategy? When and will you be prepared to leave the industry?

My original plan was to be out of in front of the camera in two years. It's been a year and I am already starting up my own production company. Things can change, but that is the plan now.

24.How long do you think you are going to be in the industry?

I will be working in it for a while, but in different capacities. I am smart enough to know that a girl can only do well on camera for a certain period of time. I have another year or twenty in front of the camera. HAHA You never know.

25.What’s your major in college?

Sociology. It comes in handy when dealing with people in this industry.

26.Is there anything in the academic world helping you in the world of the adult industry?

The math and accounting classes come in handy. :) I have taken several business courses that have helped me with setting up my production company.

27.I know you are new to the industry but do being behind the camera interest you at all? Directing or producing?

Directing, producing, marketing, doing it all with Double R Productions!!

28.With extreme content becoming more prevalent in the industry is this something that you will say, no to?

No anal. I am exit only. I'm not into pain either. Don't mind a slap on the butt though.

29.If you had a chance to speak to the powers to be of this industry, what would you say to them?

My name is Roxy Reynolds and if you give me a chance, I will rock your world!

30.Are you concerned about the Department of Justice crack down on the industry?

I let the lawyers worry about it. Too many other things to think about than to worry about something I can't control.

31.Do you keep up with what’s going on in courts about the industry?

I am lucky to remember that I am booked in Virginia next week. I let the legal people keep up with it.

32.Your understanding of the industry is what? I mean is it just about the fun you can have or do you understand that this is a business?

It's all about the money and the business. I know what is going on and I plan on making as much money as I can.

33.If a young lady approached you about entering the industry what advice would you give her?

Sign with Double R Productions if you want to go for it.

34.Is there anything that you have done in a scene that you thought to yourself later that maybe you shouldn’t have done that?

Not really. I don't watch my own stuff, but I hear from friends who do watch it that I am getting better with each scene.

35.Has being in the industry been a boost or bust to your self-esteem?

It's nice hearing that you are pretty or have a great body. I am grounded, so I had good self esteem before I started. I had to have the confidence in myself to take that step and to be as successful as I have been so far.

36.What would you like the fans of Roxy Reynolds to know about you?

I am a person who eats, drinks, sleeps and does the things that they do. I try to live my life to the fullest and being in the adult industry is just one part of that.

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Is There A Woman Of Color That Can Stand Up And Say This Is My Time

In today’s over saturated adult market, can any woman of color stand up and declare that, “This is my time”? As of this date there hasn’t been one woman of color able to do that. Can it be done? In today’s environment it’s going to be difficult but not impossible. The reason I think it can be done is because of the Internet. The Internet has made the playing field open to those that are hard working, eager, and persistent. You don’t need a Vivid or Wicked Pictures to validate who you are as an adult entertainer. You can take your case directly to the pubic and let them validate you. Now for the public to do that you are going to have to give them your best at all times. The question now is there anyone willing to work that hard and gives the public there best?

I see a hand full of women out here that are in their embryonic stages. I wonder if they are going to be able to bust through the membrane of this industry. Reading their MySpace site and yahoo group, I see these women are full of confidence and seems as though they are really enjoying their work. If that is the case they have what it takes to raise above the fray. One of these young ladies is Roxy Reynolds. This lady is petite cute as hell and has a butt on her that is one of the finest around. Now she only has A-cup breasts but the fire between her legs makes up for what she lacks up top. I have seen 4 of her projects and feel like I’ve just been turned on to the winning horse before the race. If she can get the right project and position herself just right, Roxy can turn the industry on its ear. On film it’s obvious that she has the fire but the really question is if she has the drive?

Check out her MySpace site and yahoo group:

MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/roxyreynolds

Yahoo Group: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SEXYSCHANELL/

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Is The Adult Industry Being Set Up To Take A Fall

The adult industry is going down a path of destruction. There are two things that George W. Bush has done that are going to affect people in the United States years after he’s out of office. One, he has destroyed any credibility the USA has overseas. Two, he has stacked the federal courts with right wing thinkers. This is very important to those that are going to have to fight freedom of speech in the courts. Sometimes I feel like Don Vito Corleone trying to explain to the Commission that the drug trade was bad for business and down the road its was going to be everyone’s down fall. Time proved that he was right. I think this extreme content is bad for the adult industry. The producers of this content should be ostracized by the mainstream of the adult industry. They shouldn’t receive industry awards or recognition. Distributors should refuse to deal with them and video stores shouldn’t sale their projects. Then the adult industry as a whole should go into court with these producers and fight tooth and nail with them against the federal government in the effort to protect our first amendment rights. Yes we should support there right to express themselves but that doesn’t mean we have to support what they produce. And the rest of the adult industry should do everything in its power to make it as hard as hell for them to profit from it. Then it’s a sure thing that they will just dry up and fade away.

Whenever you depict rape and violence against women with sexual scenes you should be burned at the stake. Why do these producers hate women? Maybe their mother’s breasts feed them until they were 12? It really doesn’t’ make any difference why they are so off balanced because they shouldn’t be able to bring the type of heat down on the rest of the industry. The adult industry can do a lot to police itself. But lately it’s beginning to look like a race to the bottom. Allowing in this business anyone under 21 is foolish. If you are going allow 18 and 19 year old in the industry these so called agencies should just go down to the local bus station, get one of those big hats with a feather and hang out. If you are going to pimp at least be honest about it. All this teen this and barely legal films should stop. Who are they appealing too?

The adult industry is allowing itself to be set up to be gutted. Having anything to do with these extreme producers is foolish. They and their projects should be boycotted and don’t tell me it can’t be done. People are still producing beastitality (not sure of spelling) but you don’t see anyone winning an award at the AVN do you. You don’t see links from any sites do you. It’s not dealt with in the industry. This can be the same way with extreme content. If this isn’t done then the adult industry is going to be attacked from all sides and the courts have been set up for them to fall.

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