Hey Ian,
This isn't so much a question as it is a few comments on some of the topics mentioned in your video. We actually see eye-to-eye on a couple things. For instance, I really like the fact that
Broke Straight Boys has amateur models who are not professional gay porn models. Watching the progression of straight guys who are nervous and awkward in the beginning and then become really good at it, is part of the fun. Having said that, (and I know it may sound contradictory) I get annoyed with some models who play the straight card and don't try to get much better. A straight model who has had 10 scenes and still looks like he hates doing anything and everything asked of him onscreen, and gets all pissy about doing the work, is not going to be one of my favorites.
I've spoken at length in the past about my preference for liking models with good work ethics. (Regardless of how very straight they may be.) After all, any model who applies knows very well what he's signing up for here. Nobody is forcibly conscripted off the street under false pretenses. The models know they aren't being offered this kind of money to sell Girl Scout cookies. lol So it bothers me when they want the viewers to cut them all kinds of slack with mediocre effort scenes and to not expect too much of them because they're straight. Even though they still expect to be paid top dollar (all from the viewers' money) regardless of how much effort they put into their work. I fully understand that as unique individuals from various backgrounds and life experiences, that the gay-for-pay work will come more easily to some straight models than to others.
Still... While being awkward and reluctant in the beginning is kind of cute...and actually very entertaining, it quickly becomes time to put up or shut up. Go big or go home. If a job's worth doing, it's worth doing right. Right? haha
It was music to my ears when you were talking about how you perceived and approached the work. You were like, (And forgive me for paraphrasing you here. x) "Hey. I'm being paid a lot of money here. I knew what I was signing up for. If I'm told to kiss for instance, I'm not gonna do it half-ass. If it's something the viewers want, I'm gonna give them a good show."
You also explained some things I wondered about you that I hadn't even formulated into questions yet. Here on
Broke Straight Boys we place a high emphasis on straight models who are new and inexperienced. From the moment you arrived your performances looked very polished and almost professional. So that kind of threw me for a loop. Normally when that has happened in the past it's meant that the model was actually gay. But then you advised us that you had actually been hired and trained to be a
College Dudes model first. So by the time you filmed your first scene with another model on
Broke Straight Boys, you already had 3 scenes under your belt. You had already had the chance to work through some of the first-timer jitters. With that in mind, things made a whole lot more sense.
I really liked the way you explained in your blog how for you personally you don't like pretending to be an amateur. Given that you have had experience acting in high school, now I can see where you're coming from. You don't like to be told to look awkward and fumbling on stage. You see that as an insult to your skills and ability to entertain an audience. I can imagine that if a director of a high school play told you that the audience would expect amateur performances and that you should purposely flub a few of your lines or drop one of the props, so you don't intimidate or outshine the other underclassmen actors...that you'd look at him like he was crazy. lol
I can imagine your thinking process would be something along the lines of: "Hey. I'm not going to embarrass myself and look like I can't handle the job. When I go out there, I'm gonna give it my best. To do any less would be an insult to my talent and abilities. I'll encourage my fellow actors. I'll be a team player of course. But I'll lead them by example if my performance is better. But what I won't do is dumb down my own performance...and make myself look bad...just to make them look a little better in comparison."
Did I get that last part in particular fairly right Ian? lol
