People may not realize that in ever pricier Los Angeles, many people in theoretically *legitimate* areas of showbiz moonlight in porn to help make ends meet.
Do you ever hear one of those game show buzzers in your head when you spout off about stuff you don't know the first thing about?
Okay let's forget about celebs.
Name a well known director, DP, editor, even soundie, casting agent or set designer that moonlights in porn.
Once one reaches a certain level, the level where pricey things like buying houses are a decision, one generally has to make a permanent choice.
By the way, I worked in the industry, as an editor...when I was first starting out, barely knew how to operate the gear and was green as Hell.
That lasted about five months, when the Yellow Pages ad came out I found enough consumer level work to walk away from it, with a couple of exceptions:
In 2009 I did two video shoots for Playboy Video on a ranch in Central Texas.
The 2008 economic meltdown made me a little bit less picky, for some reason.
I also edited a B grade beach blanket late night softcore cable film, well known on Cinemax back in the 90's.
In the 1980's and 90's I also owned my own VHS duplication facility, part of my post production business.
I had several adult film company clients.
But the adult film industry is a very close knit community, almost a family, one might say.
With few exceptions, there is something of a hierarchy in it, even in today's democratized internet heavy environment.
That area has their own hierarchies.
Moonlighting is pretty much universal these days because half the American workforce needs two jobs just to stay afloat.
Machinists, programmers, dental techs, and more often moonlight for Lyft or Uber, or as food delivery drivers, or Walmart part timers.
Well over half of working Americans are underemployed and underpaid, and that's despite being incredibly productive.
It's fascinating to see you look down your nose at what people do for a living.
I'd bet five bucks you've never even had a job, any job.
