Porn Watcher

One of my room mates subscribes to Instinct, a very fine gay magazine. Instinct features terrific lifestyle articles, fascinating fashion layouts, and essays written from slightly dirty gay points of view. In the recent July issue, columnist Dave White recounted his short foray into the porn industry as a production assistant. The article was very funny, as White’s writing always proves to be.

Hidden in the article was a little trivia tid-bit about porn production that was news to me, and something I became fascinated and even a little obsessed with. White discussed Viagra and its use on the adult film set. Yes, the boys take it to get them up and keep them up. But sometimes even the little blue helper doesn’t work. Luckily, pharmaceutical companies have rushed into the forefront of keeping our fuck stars working hard.

There is a drug called Caverject. It supplies wood quickly and reliably, and it keeps the patient hard for about three hours. The fact this drug exists makes sense and isn’t terribly surprising. But what did make me stop dead in my tracks was the fact that Caverject must be administered by a doctor, and -- hold on to something -- isn’t a pill. You might notice the drug is called Caverject. Really have a look at that final syllable. Caverject. Yes, you receive Caverject through an injection! And it doesn’t go in your arm. Or your butt. No, the hypodermic needle is inserted directly where you really don’t want anything sharp inserted.

Sure, Caverject may get porn studs harder than a rock, but stop for a minute and think about how your arm feels when you’ve been to the doctor and gotten an everyday inoculation. Or when you're visiting the dentist and get numbed. The spot you receive the injection becomes irritatingly sore. So it can’t be much fun to fuck with a sore stiffy, even if it won‘t go soft. How do they do it?

I’d be very interested to know how often porn stars get the shaft shot. Is it extremely common? Or is it just a contingency plan, used very occasionally? But what I’m really interested in is, what happened to the days when the sex stars at least looked like they were fucking because they enjoyed it? Makes you miss Jack Wrangler and Jon King reveling in gay sex, and Randy West and Paul Thomas celebrating straight sex, doesn’t it? I bet they never got their cocks shot full of stiffy juice.