Comments on: Sasha Grey: "Intellectual Seriousness"? http://www.theawl.com/2009/05/sasha-grey-intellectual-seriousness Seriously, this could not be more beta Mon, 22 Mar 2010 02:36:35 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: oatsmoats http://www.theawl.com/2009/05/sasha-grey-intellectual-seriousness#comment-6348 oatsmoats Sat, 23 May 2009 00:49:07 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=3721#comment-6348 terribly depressing and true. terribly depressing and true.

]]> By: TerseNursePornstein http://www.theawl.com/2009/05/sasha-grey-intellectual-seriousness#comment-6331 TerseNursePornstein Fri, 22 May 2009 19:37:15 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=3721#comment-6331 To watch her get punched in the gut, right? Because I cannot in any other way reconcile this statement with what I believe to be a very sophisticated appreciation of fine things <i>Italiano!</i> (Then again, I <i> was </i> pretty surprised by this byline.) To watch her get punched in the gut, right? Because I cannot in any other way reconcile this statement with what I believe to be a very sophisticated appreciation of fine things Italiano! (Then again, I was pretty surprised by this byline.)

]]> By: Flashman http://www.theawl.com/2009/05/sasha-grey-intellectual-seriousness#comment-6314 Flashman Fri, 22 May 2009 18:14:58 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=3721#comment-6314 I'm sure the same goes for most of us, and what we have to do, rather than want to do, to earn a living. I'm sure the same goes for most of us, and what we have to do, rather than want to do, to earn a living.

]]> By: Flashman http://www.theawl.com/2009/05/sasha-grey-intellectual-seriousness#comment-6313 Flashman Fri, 22 May 2009 18:13:18 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=3721#comment-6313 ...that's just been stuck in her butt. …that's just been stuck in her butt.

]]> By: kitten_witawip http://www.theawl.com/2009/05/sasha-grey-intellectual-seriousness#comment-6309 kitten_witawip Fri, 22 May 2009 17:51:58 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=3721#comment-6309 Don't get me started on the hypocrisy of pR0n fans. Don't get me started on the hypocrisy of pR0n fans.

]]> By: intelligentless http://www.theawl.com/2009/05/sasha-grey-intellectual-seriousness#comment-6305 intelligentless Fri, 22 May 2009 17:28:03 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=3721#comment-6305 Pornstars can never win. Nothing but derision for them until the end of time. Or until stimsims render them obsolete. Pornstars can never win. Nothing but derision for them until the end of time. Or until stimsims render them obsolete.

]]> By: metoometoo http://www.theawl.com/2009/05/sasha-grey-intellectual-seriousness#comment-6300 metoometoo Fri, 22 May 2009 17:16:10 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=3721#comment-6300 I think it means that she's insufferably self-righteous about doing hardcore porn. I think it means that she's insufferably self-righteous about doing hardcore porn.

]]> By: propertius http://www.theawl.com/2009/05/sasha-grey-intellectual-seriousness#comment-6284 propertius Fri, 22 May 2009 16:27:58 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=3721#comment-6284 Probably has a computer science stud to maintain her database and run the algorithms. Probably has a computer science stud to maintain her database and run the algorithms.

]]> By: BoHan http://www.theawl.com/2009/05/sasha-grey-intellectual-seriousness#comment-6278 BoHan Fri, 22 May 2009 15:54:02 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=3721#comment-6278 Egads, she also factors in her yoga class schedules. How could I forget? Egads, she also factors in her yoga class schedules. How could I forget?

]]> By: propertius http://www.theawl.com/2009/05/sasha-grey-intellectual-seriousness#comment-6277 propertius Fri, 22 May 2009 15:50:11 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=3721#comment-6277 I wish Roland Barthes could be here to analyze this. I wish Roland Barthes could be here to analyze this.

]]> By: BoHan http://www.theawl.com/2009/05/sasha-grey-intellectual-seriousness#comment-6273 BoHan Fri, 22 May 2009 15:47:30 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=3721#comment-6273 She calculates beforehand, using complicated algorithms, exactly how many dicks she can take up the ass at once. She calculates beforehand, using complicated algorithms, exactly how many dicks she can take up the ass at once.

]]> By: KarenUhOh http://www.theawl.com/2009/05/sasha-grey-intellectual-seriousness#comment-6272 KarenUhOh Fri, 22 May 2009 15:46:05 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=3721#comment-6272 i.e., Method Actor chewing the scenery. i.e., Method Actor chewing the scenery.

]]> By: formerly it takes a lot etc. http://www.theawl.com/2009/05/sasha-grey-intellectual-seriousness#comment-6271 formerly it takes a lot etc. Fri, 22 May 2009 15:44:39 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=3721#comment-6271 When her eyes roll back into her head, it's cuz she's thinking. When her eyes roll back into her head, it's cuz she's thinking.

]]> By: kitten_witawip http://www.theawl.com/2009/05/sasha-grey-intellectual-seriousness#comment-6266 kitten_witawip Fri, 22 May 2009 15:40:12 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=3721#comment-6266 ‘Ms. Grey, whose career in pornography has been distinguished both by the extremity of what she is willing to do and an unusual degree of intellectual seriousness about doing it….’” Means she is not obviously on drugs whilst performing on camera. ‘Ms. Grey, whose career in pornography has been distinguished both by the extremity of what she is willing to do and an unusual degree of intellectual seriousness about doing it….’”

Means she is not obviously on drugs whilst performing on camera.

]]> By: Nav http://www.theawl.com/2009/05/sasha-grey-intellectual-seriousness#comment-6262 Nav Fri, 22 May 2009 15:21:45 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=3721#comment-6262 Funnily, the line says "what she is willing to do" rather than what she wants to do, which sets up the frame of the review quite nicely. Funnily, the line says "what she is willing to do" rather than what she wants to do, which sets up the frame of the review quite nicely.

]]> By: ecgroom http://www.theawl.com/2009/05/sasha-grey-intellectual-seriousness#comment-6261 ecgroom Fri, 22 May 2009 15:19:02 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=3721#comment-6261 Extremities confirmed. Extremities confirmed.

]]> By: RonMwangaguhunga http://www.theawl.com/2009/05/sasha-grey-intellectual-seriousness#comment-6260 RonMwangaguhunga Fri, 22 May 2009 15:15:28 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=3721#comment-6260 How positively Nietzschean. How positively Nietzschean.

]]> By: Emily http://www.theawl.com/2009/05/sasha-grey-intellectual-seriousness#comment-6259 Emily Fri, 22 May 2009 15:14:47 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=3721#comment-6259 "She exhibits enormous amounts of enthusiasm about gagging on things that have just been stuck in her butt" is the most precise translation. "She exhibits enormous amounts of enthusiasm about gagging on things that have just been stuck in her butt" is the most precise translation.

]]> By: rod_townsend http://www.theawl.com/2009/05/sasha-grey-intellectual-seriousness#comment-6258 rod_townsend Fri, 22 May 2009 15:11:40 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=3721#comment-6258 I'd watch that. I'd watch that.

]]> By: JaguarPaw http://www.theawl.com/2009/05/sasha-grey-intellectual-seriousness#comment-6256 JaguarPaw Fri, 22 May 2009 15:08:09 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=3721#comment-6256 I've seen a few of hers, and essentially she acts like an over-aggressive male porn star, yelling instructions at her partner. She's famous for her first porn with Rocco Siffredi (when she was 18) in which she asked him to punch her in the stomach. He readily obliged. I've seen a few of hers, and essentially she acts like an over-aggressive male porn star, yelling instructions at her partner. She's famous for her first porn with Rocco Siffredi (when she was 18) in which she asked him to punch her in the stomach. He readily obliged.

]]> By: zidaane http://www.theawl.com/2009/05/sasha-grey-intellectual-seriousness#comment-6255 zidaane Fri, 22 May 2009 15:06:49 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=3721#comment-6255 She has the same enthusiasm as a blogger at a startup. She makes it seem like she doesn't even care if she gets paid for that shit. She has the same enthusiasm as a blogger at a startup. She makes it seem like she doesn't even care if she gets paid for that shit.

]]> By: formerly it takes a lot etc. http://www.theawl.com/2009/05/sasha-grey-intellectual-seriousness#comment-6252 formerly it takes a lot etc. Fri, 22 May 2009 15:03:19 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=3721#comment-6252 I thought that was a great review. And, while I don't know if she's gone as far as sharing a cup with another girl, she's done some pretty extreme stuff. I'm told. I thought that was a great review. And, while I don't know if she's gone as far as sharing a cup with another girl, she's done some pretty extreme stuff. I'm told.

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