Ronnie Larsen
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Ronnie Larsen is a playwright and film director specializing in writing plays about sex.
His play Making Porn was based on the real lives of porn stars and in production was notable for casting porn actors. Productions have starred Blue Blake, Rex Chandler
and Ryan Idol
.
In 1997 Larsen made a documentary about the gay porn industry entitled Shooting Porn. It is not a filmed version of the play, Making Porn. The film featured figures from the gay pornography
industry including Gino Colbert, Chi Chi LaRue
, Blue Blake, Adam Rom
, Rip Stone and Adam Wilde
.
found the film to be "disappointingly frivolous," characterizing it as "coyly unrevealing" and a "shallow, titillating look" at its subject.
His play Making Porn was based on the real lives of porn stars and in production was notable for casting porn actors. Productions have starred Blue Blake, Rex Chandler
Rex Chandler
Rex Chandler is an American actor and former pornographic actor who appeared in gay adult films.Chandler was born in Mount Clemens, Michigan on August 14, 1966. A former Mr. Michigan, he decided to move to Los Angeles in 1990 to seek out roles in the entertainment field. He modeled for several...
and Ryan Idol
Ryan Idol
Ryan Idol is an American actor who performed in gay pornographic movies in the 1990s. He has French, Irish, and Native-American ancestry. Idol describes himself as "the creation of Marc Anthony Donais."-Biography:...
.
In 1997 Larsen made a documentary about the gay porn industry entitled Shooting Porn. It is not a filmed version of the play, Making Porn. The film featured figures from the gay pornography
Gay pornography
Gay pornography is the representation of sexual intercourse between men with the primary goal of sexual arousal in its audience. There is also a tradition, and continuing considerable output, of lesbian pornography....
industry including Gino Colbert, Chi Chi LaRue
Chi Chi LaRue
Larry David Paciotti is an American film director of gay, bisexual and straight pornography. He is best known in his drag persona as Chi Chi LaRue and has also directed under the names Lawrence David and Taylor Hudson.- Career :...
, Blue Blake, Adam Rom
Adam Rom
Adam Rom is a pornographic actor specialising in gay pornography. As of 1998 he describes himself as semi-retired though his most recent performance was in 2006 with "All American Cock Tug".-Awards and nominations:...
, Rip Stone and Adam Wilde
Adam Wilde (pornographic actor)
Adam Wilde is a pornographic actor specialising in gay pornography. He was named as winner of the 1996 Gay Erotic Video Awards for Best Bottom. He was featured in the documentary "Shooting Porn".-External links:* listing for Adam Wilde...
.
Reviews
New York Times critic Stephen HoldenStephen Holden
Stephen Holden is an American writer, music critic, film critic, and poet.Holden earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from Yale University in 1963...
found the film to be "disappointingly frivolous," characterizing it as "coyly unrevealing" and a "shallow, titillating look" at its subject.