tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8385392963347857134.post1213059978035914322..comments2023-10-23T09:51:37.441-05:00Comments on Blog of Pro-Porn Activism: RIP: Jamie GillisRenegade Evolutionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17905949172886730262noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8385392963347857134.post-38634664403008048352010-02-22T23:32:37.458-06:002010-02-22T23:32:37.458-06:00Nina rarely speaks ill of anyone. When she talks a...Nina rarely speaks ill of anyone. When she talks about Gillis, she speaks from personal experience.<br /><br />AVN asked her for a comment on his death and while she rarely declines to give them a quote, this time she did.Ernest Greenenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8385392963347857134.post-1339971408611412582010-02-22T22:30:26.433-06:002010-02-22T22:30:26.433-06:00I do vaguely remember him getting rough with a new...I do vaguely remember him getting rough with a newcomer in one of the Dirty Debutantes videos I'd seen a long time ago. Based on what I knew about him from interviews and what I'd seen in features, I thought that was outlier. Unfortunately not, I guess, based on what you say here, and what Nina has to say on her forum.iacbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08267608319896053702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8385392963347857134.post-41231084515258129492010-02-22T18:55:09.198-06:002010-02-22T18:55:09.198-06:00It's always saddening to me to lose another me...It's always saddening to me to lose another member of the founding generation in porn.<br /><br />But the reality in this instance also reflects some realities of porn, and not in an entirely flattering light.<br /><br />Gillis turned in some fine performances in the early days, but he did not age well. His behavior toward other performers, particularly female newcomers, was hardly exemplary. During the time he worked at the late, unlamented RedBoard Video, his random acts of cruelty turned off many performers to all forms of BDSM work even though his particular "style" of domination was pretty far outside what most of us consider the ethical boundaries. Everything he ever said or wrote on this subject was, in my experience, totally wrong-headed and unconstructive.<br /><br />I do not believe that death improves a man's character. He was who he was, no better now than when he lived. <br /><br />He was a smart guy with talent. He was also a nasty piece of work under some circumstances and though I know he has personal friends who will miss him, I'm not interested in lionizing someone who had long ago ceased to be an asset to this community and become a liability.Ernest Greenenoreply@blogger.com