The story of Traci Lords doesn’t seem like the most obvious Hollywood saga—after all, it takes place over the hills in the San Fernando Valley. But for Anolik, host of the new podcast Once Upon a Time in the Valley, Hollywood and the porn industry that Lords dominated in the mid 1980s are far more closely related than either might admit. “The porn industry is overtly about what the movie industry is covertly about: sex and fantasy, objectification and exploitation,” Anolik said. “It’s the movie industry without the pretense. Or the hypocrisy.” Read more >
Cher doing some fancy roller skating at Venice Beach in 1979
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