Comments on: The Adult Film Industry Rediscovers Its Balls

By: Matthew Belinkie

Matthew Belinkie — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 20:47:48 +0000

@Samson – By the Grey Goose phenomenon, I just meant that luxury brands can do very well, even if they don’t offer much that the cheaper brands don’t. Grey Goose isn’t some 200-year-old company, with tradition and expertise. It was started in 1997. And part of its business plan was to charge a lot, thus creating a perception of quality.

So the Grey Goose phenomenon is that when a market is flooded with cheap product, sometimes you can compete by charging MORE money, thereby making your product into a status symbol. (Probably more relevant with alcohol, which is something you buy to impress people, than with porn, which is something you want to keep secret. But hey, people like to treat themselves, right?)

By: Samson

Samson — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 03:07:18 +0000

i am ignorant- what’s the Grey Goose Phenomenon?

and i know this wasn’t the point of the post, but i wanted to reccomend “The Opening of Misty Beethoven,” perhaps the most well-acted, well-written, sexiest porn flick from the 70s (and therefore of all time)

By: Carlos

Carlos — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 21:11:50 +0000

“So I guess that makes Ari Joone the Man of La Mancha.”

That translates as “Man of the Stain.” So, inadvertent double entendre.