Coming to Terms with Below Average Attractiveness

A few years back (and every now and then) I tried to make a bit of a go as an amateur video performer. I set up my clip store, shot a few solo videos (and a few with a co-star) and tried to sell them.

I admit to being bad at the promotional aspect of things, so that obviously limited my earning potential. Not being able to show my face for personal and vanilla job reasons also limits me somewhat. I get that. I understand that.

But I admit to a larger concern, and it is one of the things that has vexed me and kept me from trying to set up more possible trade shoots.

The larger concern is that I feel that I am simply not good looking enough to work with others.

Fat Guys Needed For Filming!

If you've followed me on Twitter or even gone back through some of the writing I've done on here, I've long been an advocate of us fat guys showing out on video more in positive ways. I think it's necessary for us to show that we can be loved and are lovable too, damnit.

Tim Von Swine, one of the best directors of all time and a fellow fat guy, thinks so as well. His "Pigpen" video series (and subsequent site) shows porn actress of all sizes (petite pixies to BBW) getting it on with him. Us "Big Handsome Men" (BHMs) can sling dick just as good as the studs with six packs, and I give all the credit to Swiney for being a trailblazer in that regard.

I Found "The Minion" site. I am now depressed



In my continuing series of thinking about fat guys in porn, I came across a site that gave me pause the other day.

The pic above comes from a site called, "The Minion."

Among the tag lines for the site is, "You're nobody till [sic] you've been fucked by him." "A hard banging pimp! He loves food as much as pussy."

Here's the main trailer for the site. Watch it and see for yourself:





I don't know how else to say it, but this site confirms a lot of my fears about how us big guys are portrayed in adult films.

We are comic relief. We're slobby, slovenly schlubs mainly interested in food. We are objects to be derided or physically assaulted because, hey, it's funny. Oh, and let's be misogynistic towards our co-stars because again, it's funny! Ha ha ha ha ha! Aren't you laughing?

I'm not.

We obviously cannot be desired because we're fat. We can't be viewed as sexy. Yeah, we might have a beautiful woman suck our cock, but it's only after a lot of other shit happens like food fights, smacking with sticks or getting shot with a garden hose.

I guess it's good to have a niche, and hey, he's shooting (or shot) these scenes. But why can't it be played straight instead of as a farce?

Featured Scene: Katie St. Ives and Tim Von Swine and more on BHMs in Porn.



 

 

As a big handsome man (BHM-although my own feeling about my handsomeness makes me reticient to use such a moniker for myself), I've lamented the standing of larger men in the world of porn.

So obviously, when I found out about Tim Von Swine's Whale Cam (or Swiney' Pigpen) project, I was, of course, thrilled to check it out and pump it up.

In the scene I am honoring as a featured scene today, it's Tim and his buddy Mr. Maple (that lucky bastard) tag teaming the very cute Katie St. Ives..

Anyway, I can't embed the trailer, but the trailer is available at the same place you can buy the scene. It's an exclusive for chubold.com. Go there and search "Pigpen".

Oh, I know, I know; there are people out there who would gag at such a scene. It features two fat people, and that would make some folks tiny little heads explode. And not in the sense that you may think I mean, given that this is a porn blog.

High Quality Hetero Porn with Fat Guys? Eureka!



With a name like BBW Pornucopia, I obviously focus on plus sized women in pornography, running the gamut from "Plumpers" to "Supersized BBWs." (By the way, I hate the labels game, but since it is what is used, we'll roll with it.)

However, I have mentioned from time to time that I find the lack of Big Handsome Men (aka Fat Dudes) in porn to be a little disturbing/depressing. At least, there is a lack of fat dudes in straight porn; obviously within gay porn there is the whole subgenre of chubs and bears, but that is a whole other point of discussion, and even so, there are not that many companies producing that kind of porn either.

Suffice to say, fat guys in porn is not a normal occurence. I've referred to it before, and even joked about starting my own company, but I don't want to totally beat a dead horse.

So when I was doing some surfing a few weeks ago, imagine my surprise when I came across something that Tim Von Swine (of Mike John Productions) has been working on for, apparently, a number of years. I believe that Tim has been using a couple of different names for it, alternately using "Whale Cam" or, as I came across it, "Swiney's Pigpen".

I'll let Von Swine explain it in his own words. This is from his blog posting in August 2012. (Hey, as I said before: I just came across this a few weeks ago.):

Does anyone have about $20,000 that they don't need? If so, I'll take it.

Yeah. Twenty grand.

If I was looking to get into the self-produced, high quality BBW porn industry, this is what I figured I would need as far as gear was concerned. All prices (except for the computers) are based on the price on Amazon.com as of today, Halloween 2012:

Three Sony HDR-FX7 cameras. High definition video. Integrated microphone. Three for multiple angles/camera people (if I decide to go that route). Price tag: $1,998 each ($5,994)

Three backup batteries for the videocameras. Never hurts to be prepared. $119.99 each ($359.97)

Nikon D5100 Camera. A digital SLR camera to take high resolution, high quality photos. $596.95

Nikon 44-300mm lens. $399.00

Nikon SB 400AF speedlight flash. $116.95

EasyFoto flash diffuser. $6.00

Amazon Basics remote for D5100. For those times when you have to be hands free because you're being hands on. $9.99

Nikon Battery ($39.95) and Nikon Charger ($44.95). Have to have backup just in case.

Gear Bag for Nikon camera and accessories. $19.99

Three Polaroid tripods for multiple angles (not just POV): $39.99 each ($119.97)

Photography kit with lighting umbrellas and background lights. If you've been in a hotel, you know the lighting sucks in those places. $84.00

SanDisk 16GB memory card for the digital camera. $17.49 each ($34.98)

Seagate 3TB external drive. Storage for the pictures/video. They have to live somewhere. $138.69.

With free shipping from Amazon.com, that brings the bill to $7964.79.

But if I have the tools to shoot this video, I need a computer to handle the editing duties. What better way than with a Mac. (And this is coming from a Windows guy).

So a Mac Pro Server from Apple runs $2,999.

Oh, and a screen is necessary, like the 27" cinema screen for $999.

Which brings the grand total up to $11,962.79.

So why am I asking for $20,000?

Well, the balance will be for human resources (i.e. actresses or other camera people) and for legal fees in getting paperwork filed and tests taken. At least for the first few shoots.

Alright. I'll hedge my bets and raise the seed money need up to $25,000.

Now that I look at it...this isn't that easy. Or cheap.

Unless I hit the jackpot, it looks like a pipe dream. I'm better off being a fan, huh?

See? Twitter does have a role?

Back in the fall, when I initially had the post wondering about the general lack of fat guys in porn on my old blog, I received a direct message on my Twitter account from someone I am following. She had read my post, and she had a question for me that got me thinking.

She asked, "Hetro guys watch to see the women right? Don't you think a LARGE man would block the view?"

I responded with, "Not necessarily. Missionary with a high camera angle. Doggie with a slightly below bed level angle. Any side camera angle will do as well."

Which I do think is the case.

Look, it's not like fat guys have never been filmed before; as I mention in the original post from a couple of months ago, just look at the gay porn world, where there are film companies devoted to bears and chubs.

She then suggested that I should start my own film company.

In a fantasy world, I probably would. Alas, I lack two things:

1. The capital funds to invest in making sure that I was producing high quality work (something more than my HD digital video cameras) and for paying models
   
2. The access to models willing to get it on with a "fluffy guy

Well, I do live in Vegas. Maybe I'll hit it big at the casino one day.