A Peek Inside Adult Video with Mickey Skee

Michael Lucas is definitely the unique showman of porn to the outside world. He's been a liaison to the political elite (Mrs. Kerry knows him well). He's involved with charities of all kinds, and he regularly makes the gossip columns in the Manhattan press. In a lot of ways, he's the frontman -- the face of the gay porn world -- to the outside world, a lot like Chi Chi LaRue was back in the 1990s and later Karen Dior. And so, this tireless self promoter became the big winner at the GayVN Awards, earning five much deserved wins for his Dangerous Liaisons double-disk extravaganza (which he has touted as the most expensive porn movie ever made), and in the process gave the most ungracious, self-promoting acceptance speech perhaps since Johnny Rey picked up his award and simply said, "I deserve this," or when Matt Gunther got a Hall of Fame award and said, "Finally, you fuckers," or when best bisexual director winner Anthony Rose went on to trash the production company who hired him when he won his awards. Lucas, dressed as classy as he always is, took the stage and gave a less-than-classy speech, starting off with "Fuck you to all those who didn't vote for me," and then went on to thank everyone -- his cook, his maid, his limo driver -- except his cast and crew. It was priceless to watch his rival Chi Chi LaRue on stage behind him making shocked smirks through it all. LaRue's Wrong Side of the Tracks double-disk feature tied for best picture, and LaRue took the best director honors of the evening. Well, whatever, Lucas deserved every trophy he got, including the one for Boy George's music in that video.

Gus Mattox won performer of the year, and cute perky Roman Heart won best newcomer while Wrong Side of the Tracks star Johnny Hazzard copped three awards for best actor, best sex scene with (Tyler Riggz), and best solo performance. Go to www.gayvn.com for the complete list of winners.

The show at Rage brought Brad Patton in all the way from Amsterdam and Jerry Douglas from New York, as well as a big contingent from San Francisco. The party afterward was held again at the Abbey, and again the superstars of porn were forced to stand outside for more than an hour as the obnoxious wimpy crowd control people of the Abbey closed the guest list until people lined up properly. So they wanted people who waited half an hour and were up front to go to the end of the line behind people who just got in line. Perhaps they didn't know it, but when you have 70-year-old directors and the elite of the porn business standing outside, they're not going to wait very long. Many of the very biggest names in the industry were being pushed by fans behind them and most went home and gave up, yelling for someone to tell Chi Chi they were there, but never made it in. And, even the very recognizable Bruce Vilanch was kept waiting in line until his name could be checked off; it was a most uncomfortable thing to watch. Hopefully Chi Chi can find a friendlier place to hold his parties next year. What happened to those sleazy warehouses in the Valley where we used to have so much fun? I know, too much work.

Mickey Skee has covered the adult entertainment industry since 1986, and his latest porn fiction book, F.U., was released by Alyson. Mickey Skee's F.U., Bad Boys, and Best of Gay Adult Video series are on Amazon.com.