As we got back into the car for the drive back to the hotel, I had succinct advice: “Sign that woman.”
Well, Michael admitted being impressed too, although he expressed reservations about her not fitting “the same image” as Jana and the rest of the folks he had in mind for Ninn Worx contract performers. Understand that Michael has always had a very weird (from my perspective) view of lead players in his shows. At one point Julia Ann lost out on a lead for him because she wasn’t available one of the six days he would need her, and he couldn’t move the day because the house was only available that day. Remember the movie Perfect? … Don’t feel bad: Nobody else does either.
It was a long ride back to our lodgings for the evening, though, what with it being LA and all, and by the time we arrived he had “decided” to just develop a different line for this obviously extraordinary woman. He had also decided that “the company will handle it,” however, and told me in precise terms to “stand down” on this negotiation. OK. Not my company. Not my client. … I stood down.
Apparently “the company” decided that, for whatever reason, the issue wasn’t important enough to complete, because that’s the last we ever heard of the potential. Then we went to the AVN Awards show. We noticed an interesting little tidbit in the reports from last week:
Performer of the Year
Sasha Grey
You know, sometimes when you do something for a long time for someone … I don’t know, say, web work … they seem to forget how you became friends in the first place. And you want to know one of the other things I’ve recently learned about getting older? We seem to forget some of those things “polite people learn at an early age not to say” …. Isn’t life interesting?
 The Winner 1 |
The Winner 2 |
The Winner 3 |
[We’ve never been able to figure out exactly why, but the Innocence line has never done very well in the risqué catalogue. Maybe folks around here are more the “plot driven” kinds of fans, and these shows certainly don’t fall into that category. Basically they’re a series of (actually unconnected theme-wise) scenes on a “floating” white set. They utilize bright modern furniture, and the performers basically set their own pace on a big rotating turntable. Still, since we did happen to notice Sasha’s particular scene in this particular movie, we thought we’d add it just in case some of you have missed it. We put it at a special price, as per our custom here, and if you’ve never seen Sasha at work, it will serve as a fine example. Also, D.Minion will be happy, as we honestly didn’t provide as much “elaboration” as she would have preferred. Very nice lady, that D.Minion …]
