Shooting Porn in China: Bad »
By Jai-Ling on Jan 30, 2009 in Uncategorized
Like Bill Murray in Ghostbusters, I’m very fuzzy about good/bad things. But one thing that’s firmly in the bad column, it seems, is shooting porn in China. It’s don’t-even-think-about-it bad.
So here’s the thing: as pornographers, we’re used to people rolling out the red carpet and treating us like royalty where ever we go. Ok, not really, but so long as things are kept fairly quiet, there’s not much in the way of complaints (usually/hopefully).
Enter “Kappa Girl,” so nicknamed because of the store in Shanghai where she worked. Kappa Girl, you see, went a little Paris Hilton and recorded her, ahem, acts of passion on her mobile. While that’s not notable in the US, where about 10 celebrity sex tapes are “stolen” an hour, this is a big deal in China.
Her 12 minute video became an instant download sensation and led to her detention by the police and dismissal from her job. Shooting an amateur video in this workers’ paradise, it seems, is on par with being buddies with the Dalai Lama.
But don’t fret, fellow porn fans! Kappa Girl’s learned the first rule of the free market — everyone’s a whore. She’s charging about $3,000 for a bar appearance, $7,000 to model underwear and demanded $4,300 from a reporter before she’s sit down to an interview.
The Western porn industry’s also graciously stepped in, with UK-based studio Harmony Films offering her a contract to get in on that sweet, sweet, potential billion-plus raincoater market.
Well played, Kappa Girl. Well played… except for the getting arrested thing and the maybe going to jail thing. Are there women in Chinese prison named Large Marge who read Gertrude Stein?












