Michael Lucas (porn star/entrepreneur) was the guest this past Monday at Scott Nevins *Presents* this past Monday night and proved himself to be the David Merrick of the porn industry. In other words, he answered all of the questions asked him in 2 ways: 1) with eye rolling because all questions were seemingly "below him" and 2) not one question was answered truthfully -- he answered in promotional terms; that is to say every question was answered with whatever he thought was gonna sell more DVDs.
Scott Nevins' show does provide you with promotion -- why else would you do it? -- but also lets the crowd see who you are as a person. Hopefully, if all goes well, the audience will love you and go out and buy your CD...or a ticket to your show...or even your film on DVD. But treat them like they're idiots who'll actually believe the crap you're spewing and they'll quickly turn against you. When asked if he preferred cut or uncut, one of his biggest stars admitted that he preferred uncut men to which Michael quickly shot back at him "No, no...you only liked cut men because that's who's buying your movies."
What bothered me most was when Scott asked him to talk about his very vocal stance on no barebacking in any of his films in order to promote safe-sex awareness and Michael Lucas just laughed it off like it was pointless to bring up. "These people don't wanna hear about that... that's a downer," he said. "They know about safe sex, right?" Then why did we get a press release from Mr. Lucas regarding him speaking about said "downer" at Yale?
"FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Michael Lucas to speak at Yale
New York, NY (April 20th, 2005) — Lucas Entertainment President and CEO Michael Lucas has been invited to speak at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, on Thursday, April 21st.
The GaYalies campus group—one of the six member groups affiliated with the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Cooperative at Yale—has asked Lucas to speak to students and staff about his experience in the adult industry. The talk, which will include a question and answer session, will take place at Calhoun College residential hall on campus at 4:30 pm.
"The Master's Tea is one of those programs where by someone notable who has done something of relevance and interests to the students is invited to campus to talk to students," said Yale Professor William H. Sledge, Master of Calhoun College. "Mr. Lucas came to our attention because of his responsible and clear positions on substance abuse and safe sex practices, a message that we feel is very important for youth of today."
Lucas, who founded Lucas Entertainment in 1998, was profiled by his friend Harvey Fierstein in the August 2004 issue of The Advocate because of his activism against the "barebacking" no-condom trend in the gay adult industry. In the June 2004 issue of The Advocate, Lucas took out a full-page ad to speak out against drug use within the gay community and champion safer sex practices both on-screen and off.
"I am honored to be invited to Yale to speak about these issues," said Lucas. "That a prestigious institution such as Yale recognizes them for discussion is a testament to how important and critical they are in this community right now."
It's just not important enough for the crowd at therapy.
Michael Lucas is a snake oil salesman at best, my friends. And I'm never jerking off to another one of his films.
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