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| Out of the Blue: Confessions of an Unlikely Porn Star | 
 enlarge | Author: Blue Blake
Publisher: Running Press
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 56920
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 304
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Dimensions (in): 8 x 5.4 x 1.2
ISBN: 0762433884
Dewey Decimal Number: 305
EAN: 9780762433889
ASIN: 0762433884
Publication Date: September 8, 2008 (In 3 Days)
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Product Description
Out of the Blue is a hilarious autobiographical romp that details the life of porn star turned director/producer Blue Blake and his adventures in the skin trade. Blue has worked with every major star in the industry and won many major awards and honors, including induction into the Gay Porn Legend Hall of Fame.
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Lovely, Sexy, but Highly Apolitical August 30, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Everybody loves hearing about the elite. Notice that fairy tales are usually about princesses, not commoners. Notice how well "Dynasty" did on TV during the 1980s. This book is in line with that: Blue Blake is beautiful with an exciting, sexual career. Plus, he gets busy with lots of hot guys. This book is a very quick read because of its sexy nature.
Blue Blake, a white British porn star, and Bobby Blake, a Black American porn star released autobiographies right around the same time. A student could write a great paper comparing the two. Blake's book is so apolitical: AIDS and homophobia almost never come up. He never speaks about coming to terms with his sexuality or having his first experience. Bobby's book discusses a lot about racism, homophobia, religion, AIDS, family dysfunction, and other matters. Do these books show that one type of man has to be political, when one type of man can ignore those issues? Do they show how one type of man has life so much easier than the other type of man?
Let me also compare this book to Boy George's autobiography. First, Blue does not use the tons of British slang that George did. Then again, Blue seems to have spent more time in the US than George. The point being: American readers won't be lost the way they may have been reading George's book. (Lord knows I was!) Whereas I cared less about Boy George's pre-Culture Club life, Blue's life pre-porn in the UK was very interesting. He was young and active during the same "New Romantic" time as George, but it comes off as more interesting here.
There's something that has me totally lost: it's hard to immigrate to the US, yet Blue never explains how he did it so easily. For employment, an American boss has to prove that no American wanted to do the job before he/she hires from abroad. Many American guys can do what Blue does. Secondly, marriage and engagement is a way to bring an opposite-sex partner here, but not a same-sex one under current law. Not just for Blue, but for Anthony Hardwood, Chance Caldwell, Peter North, and many rainbow flag porn stars, I have no idea how they got to come here and work. Remember, you are not allowed to work on a tourist's visa. Are porn stars deemed professional elites like Einstein or violin virtuosos?! Is that how these hot guys came here!?
This book is filled with Blue getting down with men who identify as straight. Those who believe that sexuality is fluid will love his example. However, some maintain that sexual fluidity is acceptable for one gender and not the other. I do fear that some will read Blue as "predatory" as a rainbow flag man who "recruits." Joey Stefano was a porn star who had a biography and he played one role in the bedroom. Jon Vincent has a biography and he play another role. Blue is a VERSATILE actor, if you know what I mean.
I enjoyed reading this book and I encourage more porn stars to pen books. Still, know that the book is light and apolitical and won't compete with Michel Foucault or Michelangelo Signorile in the least.
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