I paid scant attention to the sensationalistic Casey Anthony murder trial. I'm funny like that. If everyone and their mother is following something in the pop culture (which is where I put the Anthony story/trial), I tend to want to ignore it. In short, I don't care much for being like everybody else.However, once the Casey Anthony story crossed over into the porn world, Stop the Damn Press: Newsworthy, baby!
It really came as no surprise. I expected it. Porn company Vivid Entertainment always offers a porn career to any scandal-ridden or notorious new "celebrity" -- most recently Octomom (on multiple occasions).
But what I didn't expect was for Vivid to make Casey Anthony a porn offer before the ink on her jury verdict was even dry! Faster than you can say, "beyond a reasonable doubt."
Reportedly within a few hours of Tuesday's verdict, Vivid was already in contact with Anthony's attorney Jose Baez, offering Anthony the party animal and formerly accused murderer of her own daughter a career in the illustrious world of pornography.
Vivid "head honcho" Steve Hirsch says Casey Anthony will be a "big seller" in porn. Said Hirsch: "We've all seen the pictures of her partying and having a good time with friends where she definitely looks hot." Or looking at it another way, and as TMZ.com put it, since Anthony "clearly has daddy issues," she'd "make a GREAT porn star."
But alas, there's the dilemma. Would Vivid try to "sell" her as a straight (for lack of a better term) porn star, meaning ordinary porn not grounded in themes tied to her background? Or would she star in pornos with themes and "storylines" that are connected to and try to capitalize on her infamous past (beyond merely her name recognition)?
Typically you would guess the latter from Vivid, but what about when it comes to a woman previously accused of murdering her own child? Is that something you really want to play up? I mean, even in our rotten society and pop culture, some things (not many) are still viewed as going a bit too far.
Case in point: My initial idea for this post was to come up with a Top Ten list of potential titles for Casey Anthony porn movies. But it quickly became clear that there was little way to accomplish that without being in incredibly bad taste in most instances. Even though I live in a world of bad taste (just glance around at this blog), even I have some standards. I wonder if Casey Anthony and Vivid do?
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