http://joemygod.blogspot.com/2012/06/porn-star-erik-rhodes-dead-at-30.html
I don't pretend to know the gentleman in question, nor posess any great insight about the workings of the porn industry (gay or otherwise); but reading the story and the comments put me in mind of a couple of quotes I find appropriate.
The first is from Dune Messiah: "A creature who has spent his life creating one particular representation of his selfdom will die rather than become the antithesis of that representation." Scytale said. The second is from Randy Newman: Guilty, baby I'm guilty And I'll be guilty the rest of my life How come I never do what I'm supposed to do How come nothin' that I try to do ever turns out right? You know, you know how it is with me baby You know, I just can't stand myself And it takes a whole lot of medicine For me to pretend that I'm somebody else Trying to justify our existence by adherence to an unrealistic self image is a sisyphean labor; fit for the hall of hades perhaps, but not for the earth we know. Combine this with a tendancy to turn people into products with a limited lifespan, and this narrative seems bound for a tragic ending. |
