Wonder Bread & Ecstasy: The Life and Death of Joey Stefano
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| Rating | : | 4.90 (642 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1555833837 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 220 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-09-07 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
The meteoric rise and sudden, dramatic fall of a young gay male porn star.
gay tale Speedyandreliable okay. "You sir are no Norma Jean." according to Unquiet American. I'll cut some slack for this being Isherwoods first book but alas ther is nothing to see here. His Norma Jean approach to Nick Iaconna life is cliche' at best. To Isherwoods credit he does include morsels of what was going on in gay culture at the time of the early nineties which are genuinely intresting observations. Isherwoods took the E! true hollywood story approach to this bio and quite frankly been there done that.There are no new insights or revelations about the porn industry or gay culture.. "A bland read but a nice cover pic." according to A Customer. The Stefano story is sad but fascinating one. The problem here is bland writing, an obsessive dwelling on the boring "tragically doomed" aspect of porno, and completely unsubstantiated research.
Isherwood is a good reporter who holds no illusions about the porn industry. Video pornography has been a staple of gay male culture for decades, but there is little written about the people who perform or produce this entertainment. . Charles Isherwood has written a modern tragedy about the life and death of porn star Joey Stefano. After a rapid climb to the top, Stefano died of an overdose at age 26. Ecstasy and Wonder Bread is both a hard-hitting exposé of an industry that uses people up and then spits them out and a sympathetic portrait of a young man whose desire for attention and fame was equaled only by his inability to say no