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| 02-23-19 02:42pm - 2129 days | Original Post - #1 | |
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Loki (0)
Active User  Posts: 395 Registered: Jun 13, '07 Location: California |
RIP August Ames--porn stars past I've recently gone through my collection and spent a good deal of time reviewing sets and videos with August Ames. I've always liked her, and was going through her sets and found myself feeling a little weird about it. Ames committed suicide in 2017. I know that mental health issues affect many people, including lots of people in the porn industry, but wanted to ask how the PU community feels about looking at porn produced by performers who are dead. I enjoy August Ames' material--she was such a pretty and personable actress-- but at the same time it makes me sad. What do you think? "A man talking sense to himself is no madder than a man talking nonsense not to himself." | |
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| 02-23-19 03:39pm - 2129 days | #2 | |
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PinkPanther (0)
Active User  Posts: 1,136 Registered: Jan 08, '07 Location: Oakland, CA |
I was a big fan of August Ames while she was alive, and continue to enjoy her scenes after her death. To me, it's like enjoying Basquiat's artwork after his death. I don't see a reason not to continue to find August's porn work to be erotic after her death. What is hard is watching "shoot" interviews. ALS Scan posted a BTS interview with her - and she was so happy and joyful, I couldn't watch more than 30 seconds without breaking down - still can't. | |
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| 02-23-19 04:12pm - 2129 days | #3 | |
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lk2fireone (0)
Active User  Posts: 3,618 Registered: Nov 14, '08 Location: CA |
EXCUSE THE CAPS. EASIER FOR ME READ AND SEE. SUICIDE IS REAL. IT HAPPENS. AND TO BE A PORN PERFORMER, YOU NEED A BULLET-PROOF SKIN. HOW MUCH DID CYBER-BULLYING ACT IN HER DEATH? WHAT OTHER ISSUES WERE THERE, AS THE CAUSE OF DEATH? HARD TO SAY. SHE WAS A YOUNG WOMAN. ATTRACTIVE. A STAR IN PORN. BUT WHO THE FUCK KNOWS WHAT PRESSURES SHE WAS UNDER? WHAT OTHER ISSUES WERE BOTHERING HER? I DON'T THINK PRESCRIPTION MEDS ARE THE ANSWER TO EVERYTHING, BUT MAYBE SHE COULD HAVE REACHED OUT TO HER PERSONAL DOCTOR FOR HELP, OR FOR COUNSELING. ON A PERSONAL LEVEL, IT CAN AFFECT ME KNOWING A PORN STAR COMMITTED SUICIDE. I CAN'T IGNORE IT. SO I WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO WATCH HER VIDEOS OR PHOTO SETS WITHOUT THINKING ABOUT WHAT A WASTE IT WAS TO DIE THAT WAY. WISHING THAT SHE HAS FOUND PEACE. | |
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| 02-24-19 08:15pm - 2128 days | #4 | |
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biker (0)
Active User  Posts: 632 Registered: May 03, '08 Location: milwaukee, wi |
Robin Williams committed suicide. Do you feel weird about watching his films? Warning Will Robinson | |
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| 02-25-19 03:03am - 2127 days | #5 | |
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Loki (0)
Active User Posts: 395 Registered: Jun 13, '07 Location: California |
Yes. I watched Aladdin a few months ago, and found it super uncomfortable to laugh at the Genie's antics knowing full well that Robin Williams had suffered from serious mental illness and eventually took his own life. Maybe I'm more attuned to it than most, as I too suffer from mental illness. My thanks to PinkPanther, lk2fireone, and biker for your thought-provoking responses. "A man talking sense to himself is no madder than a man talking nonsense not to himself." | |
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| 02-25-19 12:49pm - 2127 days | #6 | |
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FreddieAdmin
PornUsers Staff Posts: 0 Registered: Dec 06, '18 |
That's really sad. I didn't know that. There's this thing called Pineapple Support which has just started who are planning on offering mental health services to pornstars. I'd recommend checking them out - they're doing amazing things! https://www.xbiz.com/news/242360/pineapp...ntal-health-services | |
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| 02-26-19 01:43am - 2126 days | #7 | |
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Loki (0)
Active User Posts: 395 Registered: Jun 13, '07 Location: California |
I don't know what you find sad about this. It's not clear if you mean my finding it hard to watch movies or porn made by people who committed suicide or my being mentally ill. I've had bipolar disorder all my life. I wasn't even aware that other people didn't have mood swings or depression or suicidal ideology until I was 10. I've been in therapy and treatment since I was 12. It's not sad, just a fact of life. "A man talking sense to himself is no madder than a man talking nonsense not to himself." | |
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