Joe Francis.
I’m running out of ways to insult Joe Francis. Kicking someone when their down is obviously no problem but this guys operating at Corky like levels of retardation and it’s beginning to seem unfair.
Amazingly, a guy who’s made his fortune drugging teenagers into making an inebriated porn debut is going to go down over taxes.
Everyone in porn knows the law offers them no protection other than the first amendment; you only know your porn is legal when you’ve been challenged in court which is a costly proposition for winners and losers alike. Thankfully groups like the ACLU will step up to protect the scummiest content if its continued existence is a free-speech issue. You’ll probably win your porn defense but you better make sure the rest of your house is in order.
Which is why everyone I know in porn considers paying their taxes on-time, as conservatively as is reasonable, the baseline for staying out of jail. When you cheat on your taxes there’s no sympathy (Willie Nelson excluded - that hippy’s got friends in high places), you will go to jail because taxes are the governments money and the feds will come down on you harder than a third street pimp if you don’t have their mother-fucking-money, you dig?
Francis has been cheating on his taxes, which is a gift to anyone who hates what he does because convicting him for tax evasion is a thousand times easier than shutting down his operation on the grounds of decency. Smuggling drugs into jail and trying to bribe guards only makes him the kind of genius who doesn’t realize you can break the law behind bars just as easily as you can in the back of your RV with a naked fifteen year old.
Joe ‘I’ll pay you not to fuck me in prision’ Francis is no ones hero but it’s sad to see such a high-profile smut peddler giving the Max Hardcores and Rob Blacks of the world a bad name. Stupidity’s unforgivable.
(I’ve got nothing against this guy. He must be pissed… Nice hair!)
I’ve developed a personal grudge against Joe. I was shooting a reality show in Panama City during Spring Break this year, and his actions down there have resulted in the whole town becoming so hostile toward cameras that getting anything done was a nightmare. (And in many cases, impossible.)
Roger - That’s really interesting. I’d love to know more. The ‘GGW’ effect eh?
our late night slots on the free-to-air tv stations advertise this guy’s stuff, complete with voiceover, where people can dial a number and access content via their cell phone. I caught one of the adverts over the weekend, in between one of the oldie late night films. He also market’s his DVD’s on the tv ad, sticking to bikini clad women (due to censorship regulations, but all the implications are there). It’s one of my hated tv ads, done on a low budget, but that’s what’s made him money I suppose.
Anastasia - That’s Joe’s innovation. He made infomercials as sexy as the networks would allow and then raked it in selling awful content. He’ll be the richest guy on his wing.