Girls Gone Wild

[mactbone]

http://www.latimes.com/features/magazine/west/la-tm-gonewild32aug06,0,2664370.story?coll=la-home-headlines

This is a really written piece that's very fascinating. I'd highlight some of the stuff but it's not a regular news story with specific points. It's a day with the founder of Girls Gone Wild and how creepy he is. He doesn't seem to have much respect for women, may have raped a woman, may have assaulted another and generally acts like a Fratdick.

I never saw the appeal of these movies. If you have access to a credit card I assume you have access to the interweb and all that entails. I can understand that some women want to be famous but you'd think that they would understand that there are different kinds of famous and the Paris Hilton kind isn't very good.

So, do people think this guy is the jerk the article makes him out to be? Would you appear in an explicit video for your 15 minutes or a chance at bigger fame?

[Q Classic]

Yes, I think the guy is as big of a jerk as the article makes him out to be, because this behavior is corroborated with numerous other sources.

Of course, most of the complaints are by females, who are by definition only 3/5 of a person. Also, made from a man's rib, so.

http://www.hollywoodinterrupted.com/archives/joe_francis_bad_pr_and_worse_accusations.phtml#more

Also, though some who engage in that are no doubt sex-positive, I don't think many really are. There's a difference between being happy and prideful with your physicality and just being a dumbass.

[Winston]

I would like to blame stupid people everywhere for this phenomenon.

[Lorizael]

I think that's a pretty valid default response to most any thread on Apolyton.

[Winston]

[Asher]

You're right, that article is really written.

[MRT144]

Re: Girls Gone Wild

Originally posted by mactbone

http://www.latimes.com/features/magazine/west/la-tm-gonewild32aug06,0,2664370.story?coll=la-home-headlines

This is a really written piece that's very fascinating. I'd highlight some of the stuff but it's not a regular news story with specific points. It's a day with the founder of Girls Gone Wild and how creepy he is. He doesn't seem to have much respect for women, may have raped a woman, may have assaulted another and generally acts like a Fratdick.

I never saw the appeal of these movies. If you have access to a credit card I assume you have access to the interweb and all that entails. I can understand that some women want to be famous but you'd think that they would understand that there are different kinds of famous and the Paris Hilton kind isn't very good.

So, do people think this guy is the jerk the article makes him out to be? Would you appear in an explicit video for your 15 minutes or a chance at bigger fame?

as the foremost expert on apolyton about the industry i will say that many of the girls dont take time to consider what theyre doing, nor do many of the guys. especially with the GGW scenerio it seems relatively tame for a lot of them and after a few drink it seems like a good idea.

[Stuie]

Re: Girls Gone Wild

Originally posted by mactbone
...there are different kinds of famous and the Paris Hilton kind isn't very good.

Reminds me of this:

Hilton also told the magazine she collects $500,000 in fees just to show up at parties and other events from Las Vegas to Tokyo. Her best-paying gig, she said, was a recent Austrian appearance.

"I had to say 'hi' and tell them why I loved Austria so much," she is quoted as saying.

And why does she like Austria? "Because they pay me $1 million to wave at crowds!"

http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/TV/08/07/people.parishilton.ap/index.html

I'll take that kind of fame.

[mactbone]

Well, become an anorexic ho with a ridiculously rich family and you can get that fame.

Asher:
I did want to warn Poly that it wasn't a picture book

[SlowwHand]

Why would anyone think that associations of GGW would be anything but scum?

[Q Classic]

Because they're foolish optimists?

[LordShiva]

Girls Gone Wild: Baghdad

[Stuie]

Originally posted by LordShiva
Girls Gone Wild: Baghdad

Ok - that was kind of funny.

[The Mad Viking]

This thread is useless without pics.

I think GGW is perfectly entertaining. What is your issue with it?

If you don't like it, don't watch.

Seriously, I think it's less damaging than the mainstream porn biz. I really don't think its the end of the world if my daughter get's drunk and flashes somebody.

[Zkribbler]

I read a newstory once about a guy complaining that after he'd purchased one GGW take, GGW kept sending him more tapes and charging his credit card. He'd tried cancelling numerous times, but GGW kept ignoring him, sending him more tapes, and charging him more money.