This documentary explores the op-ed article that appeared in the Times about SA en CSAM at Pornhub. In doing this, it adds very little, if anything, to the procedings. We get some faces and voices with the article and a bit of extra background but essentially nothing new or groundbreaking. So on that subject the documentary does not go beyond skin-deep, which is fitting.
The added value then, compared to the Times article, is the opinion on the breadth of the industry by the actor and actresses themselves. The difficulty they have monetizing their product, the uncertainty of it al. It's a shame that the lead-in to this actual 'new' material takes most all of the runtime, so it all ends rather too soon and no real resolution or realisation is gained.
For those thinking to watch this for the nekkid ladies: Please don't bother. The whole thing features 3 pairs of naked breasts (6 boobs, if you will) and nothing much more else. So unless your fetish is 'off screen moaning': You'll have to get your rocks off elsewhere.
All in all: Fine concept, subject matter warrants the attention, but the documentary just skims the surface and sits on the Netflix lineup just to draw in people, I fear. Skippable, unless you missed the Times article "The Children of Pornhub" or want to avoid reading it.
Well, it's always the two same things making adult documentaries less interesting than they could be:
It's Iike those "naked and afraid" naked buying houses and naked bla bla and everything's blurred. Even butts :joy:
And, because it's the US of A, it's an apple advertisement.
Worthwhile topic, but rather pedestrian by the numbers execution. If familiar w the op-ed nyt piece it's referencing throughout it becomes quite a laborious viewing. I still enjoyed some of the details shared that I wasn't as familiar with. Middle of the road 5.0 for me.
Well, that made me feel stupid. I learnt a lot about pornhub, about advocates and opponents.
I'm assuming this was made from a specific perspective, but it really focused on artists / creators / pornstars talking about why Pornhub was so important to them. The positions of the critics wasn't made that clear (apart from adjacency) - sometimes to the point of embarrassment by just resorting to "they are lying and it's offensive that they are calling me a liar"
I guess if you know anything about the porn industry, this would all be pretty well known. And if you are watching this because you want to see soft porn, this probably isn't going to leave you happy. But for us, this was a few into a different world, and how it is impacted by lobbyists and pressure groups
This was a moderately interesting story that is weighted heavily in the favor of the "performers" who bemoan having PornHub de-platformed from credit card processing because they, like most big porn sites, don't take action against revenge porn, actual rape videos or underage videos until there is serious legal consequences because those things bring in viewers.
The point that really got under my skin was the "poor us" performers who "can't make a living without paid content" - yes, yes you can, plenty of people do things fully clothed every day that requires far more skill than porn and make good livings. Just because you choose not to entertain any other skillset doesn't make you a victim.
I watched this not for the potential of seeing naked girls, I can go directly to the site for that if I so desire, but because I really didn't know much of the backstory of how PornHub became ubiquitous with online porn. What I learned is what I expected to learn, and that is that PornHub is a scummy and scammy company and "performers" (who love to consider themselves "influencers") chose the easiest career path they can: make dirty movies at home and hope people pay money to see them.
We all know why we watched this.
But like really...it's a pretty good doc that covers both sides of the PH nuking incident that happened a couple of years ago. I can't really tell if PH is super bad like the doc is mentioning b/c it also highlights PH as a positive place for sex workers and performers. And while I agree that sex work is real work...it's hard to ignore allegations of SA especially when PH was a major online hub for those kind of criminals. Back when this happened, I followed it on Twitter pretty closely and also read up on articles on how the moderation worked and had slip ups as well as what a lot of the sex workers thought about how PH should operate and how the opponents strongly misconstrued the real issue. My main gripe is that the first 50 minutes feel very biased in favor of PH and spend that time making PH sound cool and amazing for sex workers. And a good chunk of the actual documentation part is deep in the movie. It almost feels like by the end, the doc is favoring with the work of sex workers in light of the allegations and points made by PH's opponents - whereas the nuking incident and the verification only model of PH is probably how PH should've been from the start and thus all that ensued after was a result of greedy management, hateful commentary from both sides, and a ton of lives being dismantled either financially or socially. The inclusion of p-stars kind of cemented that 1. PH should've been verified users only from the start and 2. the whole industry was shook up and left these performers seeking other ways to make their livelihoods with other obstacles down the road. That's why this doc feels biased, because it still favors and highlights the suffering of sex workers over victims by the end - like yeah it's good to make sure everything about this topic is consensual and safe and between proper adults but what about the victims? Sure, PH has solved their issues with all this, one way or another, but there are tons of other sites who don't operate by these rules and other victims out there who aren't being helped even after PH was cleaned up. What this doc leaves us with is that line between clean and proper sex work and non-clean sex abuse is frighteningly thin when no one's paying attention.
Shout by KornManiak23BlockedParent2023-03-29T21:40:16Z
Gave this a shot, it was so boring.