And the award goes to...
I am always curious about the state of porn. Especially during this pandemic, porn has become one of my best friends. A fuck buddy of sorts, if you want. Porn is always there when I need it and it has given me some pretty cool moments. But because I'm a fucking geek, when I'm not touching myself while watching very handsome men fuck each other, I often wonder what is it that makes porn tick. Usually, we only see the glossy surface, the intimate close up takes, the washboard abs, the stamina, the muscles. There's sweat and cum and a lot of work involved in the production of these little wonders of erotica. A lot of smoke and mirrors, too. And even though I rather enjoy the Just For Fans and guerrilla Gonzo style that porn has taken during the last years, I can still appreciate studio porn and its elaborate production values.
And I was wondering, how is that porn represented? Who are the men who work for (probably long and exhausting) hours to give us the tingle to mingle? I've always thought that porn stars are just like you and I, only more handsome, in much better physical shape and most probably with a much better sex life. So I dove into the whole porn awards topic and came up with this: a partial list of the performers nominated for the 2020 Str8UpGayPorn awards:
Let's see who got nominated for performer Of The Year:
—Calvin Banks
—Ashton Summers
—Dante Colle
—Ty Mitchell
—Mateo Vice
—Blake Mitchell
—Josh Moore
—Diego Sans
—Trent King
—Beaux Banks
Quite the collection, huh? Very handsome men in their prime and a quite outstanding show of fantastic genetics. But I was very curious about these awards, because I really wanted to put a name to the bodies I've probably seen many times before while making this quarantine more palatable. I have my favorite, of course, but I'd like to know YOUR opinion. I've posted a selection of some of their work in my Pages for you to decide who is it that you consider should have gotten the award, in case the photos are not enough. You know, in the name of research.
Happy viewing!
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P.S. Here's the full show, in case you were wondering about it...
Diego Sans. The others seem a mix of tatted twinks and, well, the not so hot.
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DeleteYeah, Diego is handsome. And I never looked at it from that point of view. You are right, Tatted twinks galore.
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I don't watch commercial porn - except for vintage stuff. I love amateur stuff. It's raw and relatable and the men are flawed and interesting. It's like reality TV, but porn! These guys... I love to include them in photo layouts for my blog, but otherwise they leave me cold. But then I find all porn frustrating... I'm like, why settle for representations of something you could be doing yourself?
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DeleteFlawed = interesting. And yes, mainstream porn seems to have reached some kind of peak. And who wouldn't want to be actually having sex instead of watching someone get it on? I know, right?
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I'm with Bob! Diego stood out. Now I'll have to watch the video. I too, have been watching more porn and leaning toward amature stuff with phone cameras. On twitter, I always end up in Korea and China. Those boys are very creative.
ReplyDeleteThat may say more about the people who apparently consume sex and is part of Str8UpPorn than about us, right? After all, they nominated these porn actors. And I am going to have to get on Twitter and look for Korean gay porn, huh?
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I'm with @uptonking on this one: no more commercial porn for me. It's costs more than I'd like to pay for when more interesting videos, folk, and scenes are to be found free on Twitter or XTube. What I like best about Twitter porn is the 2 minute limit on videos. For short attention spans, it gets me off and ready to watch the next one pronto. And the models are "real." No huge bulging muscles or penii (from no on, the plural for penis is penni!) but actual men having fun and sex with other normal looking men!! And it's free! Like me!
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DeletePenii, huh? I like that!
And it seems that many of us are looking at an alternative to mainstream porn. I think studios should look into that if they want to stay in business. And again, Twitter. I guess after Tumblr went Kaput, Twitter took its place, huh?
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Trent, Diego, and Blake stand out for me. The young twinks just aren't my thing - never were, I guess.
ReplyDeleteTattts just turn me off - one or two are okay but more than that and it's all I see. Huge muscular guy-body builders - nope. Give me a regular Joe.
Who should win the award? Gosh, what's the criteria? Believable acting? Most porn actors can't even make "Hello" sound natural. LOL. (Well, of course, that would be the opinion of someone who spent a good portion of their life on the stage.) XOXO
I see.
DeleteI wonder what other porn studios different to the ones representing here are going for. I'm going to have to do some research. I wonder if the prevalence of younger, lithe men is due to demand by a younger public? I have no idea of the age of the people who read this blog, but everybody seems to like amateur, Just For Fans type of porn. Maybe because they've always watched porn online?
LOL and I think the 'acting' award goes for stamina and creativity? For projecting their mojo on the screen? I have no idea!
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Actually 'none of the above.' Too many of them look like they're just out of puberty, Diego's really short, and Dante? He's looking a bit peaked around the eyes; too long in the business, He should have moved on to Community College a couple of years ago and learned a trade for when his pretty days are over.
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DeleteWhy aren't I surprised, Dave? Why aren't I surprised?
What's with you and tall men? I'm gonna have yo go on a date with my friend Bri, who's six three and considers everybody below six feet tall 'short'. And Dante is 'too old' and the others are 'too young'? What gives?
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I swear you are going to get me in trouble with my IT department, Sixpence. I feel like I am back in high school PE class locker room with all of the penises. Have a great weekend.
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DeleteSorry, Mr. Shife! You know the dong parade is going to pop up at some time during the week! LOL
And I know now what your high school looked like. Again, I'm going to have to look into this porn star award thing. Why does everybody think these men are too young? They're at least in their mid-to-late twenties IMHO....
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ReplyDeleteYou’ve gotta love a guy who fucks with his glasses on. Blake always does it for me. I’ve also come to like Ty Mitchell who has some scar tissue, it seems, on his left chest. But he’s one hot bottom. And Trent? Every day of the week.
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Oh yes.
DeleteI know you like Blake. The glasses have it, huh? And I think Ty has a column in THEM or something. He's quite articulate. And of course you like Trent LOL
I like your taste, bae.
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Neither one's really my type. 🤷♂️ Never have I ever liked Diego, that's for sure.
ReplyDeleteI think you like 'em bulkier, huh?
DeleteAnd what's with Diego? He seems to polarize people. I think I saw an interview with him and he seemed pleasant enough, even charming. And he can fuck...
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