Lions, Tigers and Baring All, Oh My

Say what you will about Michael Lucas – and it’s all probably been said – but he understands perfectly well the maxim that it’s better to be spoken about than not spoken about at all. And depending on what side of the Michael Meter you fall, New York Magazine’s piece on him will either have you gnawing on your last remaining cuticles or shouting out in joy for Gay Adult Entertainment’s arrival in the mainstream press. The piece, entitled “The Lion of Chelsea” delves gingerly into the Michael Lucas Saga – all Michael, all the time. It’s a fluff piece that normally would be passed over for something more culturally important like the Reese Witherspoon/Ryan Phillipe
break up. But it is still oddly remarkable that a magazine of this stature would actually exert the energy required to do a piece on Russia’s single most controversial export since Matryoshka dolls. And, ironically, it won’t change much as far as people’s perceptions about pornography go. You’re either with us or against us to borrow that overly simplified expression. What is sad, though, is that it did have to be a piece on Mr. Lucas. Granted, he knows how to hold attention hostage – after all, he did compare his version of La Dolce Vita with the masterpiece – but if the world is going to be introduced to Gay Porn couldn’t the mainstream press find someone just a little less controversial and a little more human. Say, a cross-dressing, opinionated diva who runs an equally large porn franchise but doesn’t have nearly the baggage Mr. Lucas does?

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