Adult entertainment industry puts on show: First Pornutopia convention is not for faint of heart
This was the type of convention that could make honest women faint and good men sweat ‚Äö√Ñ√Æ and vice versa. About 30 adult industry entertainers fawned, beamed and posed for adoring fans at the first Lone Star Pornutopia Weekend, a three-day pornography convention at the Holiday Inn near Hobby Airport that ended Friday. Houston’s affair was minuscule compared with the mega-conventions that draw thousands of adult entertainers to Las Vegas, Los Angeles and New York. But to hold such an event in Houston was both scandalous and, one industry veteran says, long overdue.
Why do I never find out about this stuff until after it’s over? It’s not so much that I would have wanted to go, but it would have been worth it just to chronicle the breathless, self-righteousness expressions of indignity from the good, God-fearing Christians here in Houston. That in and of itself would have been an absolute comedy gold mine. The whole porn-business angle doesn’t do a thing for me, but watching Christians flying into paroxysms of righteous indignation? Oh, yeah…I would have paid to see that.
Whether people want to recognize it or not, the pornography industry is huge, and it’s here to stay. No matter how much the Moral Majority might protest to the contrary, people like sex, they like to see sex, and many are willing to pay for it. Given the way a market economy works, if there’s a demand, there will be someone out there willing to meet that demand. It’s not as if the makers and purveyors of porn are forcing their wares down anyone’s throat. No, most humans LIKE this sort of titillation, whether or not they’re honest enough to admit it. Sex is one of the building blocks of humanity; after all, none of us would be here without it.
“This is to let people know this is a place you can go and meet the adult stars,” said Ron Jeremy, a porn actor from the ’70s who continues to make adult movies, as well as cameos in mainstream films.
“This is like any other trade show anywhere else. This could be a Kiwanis Club meeting or an Amway distributorship meeting ‚Äö√Ñ√Æ no, it couldn’t be because you wouldn’t see so many big boobies,” he said.
Of course, about the only other place you’d be likely to see “big boobies” would be at Sunday services at just about any megachurch in the Houston area.
