“Dancing With The Porn Stars” – The Beginning

February 8, 2010
LANK

In porn, if something hasn't been overhyped, it's like it never happened. Such is the case with "Dancing with the Porn Stars," a perfectly serviceable parody (starring Katie Morgan and Nicki Hunter - who actually dance!) produced in 2007.

I'd watch anything with Katie Morgan in it (she's on Closed Circuit TV on several of my screens now - OMG Katie Morgan! Put that in recycling! And open that shade a little more so I can see you!) or Nicki Hunter, and both are juicy in this slick but low budget parody with porn's best non-sex actor Frank Bukkwyd providing the wraparounds while Lisa Daniels, Crista Moore, and Candy Mason supply the reacharounds.

Yes, the plot is flimsy and yes, there is very little dancing, but the movie was strong enough to warrant an AVN nomination last year. Can that be said of "Avatrar"? No.

Now that there are three "Dancing with the..." porn parodies made or in production by various companies, this ABC original holds a recent record for porn adaptations. And it's the only one of the pack that is terrestrial, as "The X Files," "Star Trek," and "Star Wars" all seem to have better loaned themselves to naked girls with pointy ears, green body paint, or what have you.

This parody might have been a cheapie made when parodies were thought of as fads rather than the salvation of the porn industry (which they are also not), but that can't take away from the fact that Hunter and Morgan look great dirty dancing.

· KBeech Video (kbeech.com)
· Buy "Dancing with the Porn Stars" (gamelink.com)