Inside Linda Lovelace's Deep Throat: Degradation, Porno Chic, and the Rise of Feminism

673 Pages·2013·276.477 MB·English

by  Darwin Porter

WHO WAS LINDA LOVELACE?
A SEX-CRAZED NYMPHOMANIC?
ORA
TRAGIC VICTIM OF RAPE AND ABUSE?
“DeepThroat,strangeasitmayseem,changedAmerica’ssexualattitudesmore
thananythingsincethefirstKinseyReportin1948.Italteredthelivesofevery-
one associated with it. It super-charged the feminist movement. It gave the
MafiaitsmostlucrativebusinesssinceProhibition.Anditchangedthenation’s
viewsonobscenityforever.”
—JournalistJoeBobBriggs
“Somebody told me that the two best-known names of 1973 were Henry
KissingerandLindaLovelace.Weeachmadenotablebreakthroughs:Thedis-
tinguished Mr. Kissinger helped open the doors to Red China and Russia. I
openedmythroatforalltheworldtoenjoy…I’velearnedtodothingswithmy
mouthandmyvaginathatfewwomenanywherecaneverhopetoachieve.”
—LindaLovelace
“$orman Mailer and I had a competitive relationship. Frankly, he wanted to
beHemingwaybutnevermadeit.Healwayshadtotoponeofmystories.One
nightatapartyinBrooklyn,hetoldmethathecamehome,wokeuphiswife,
andbraggedtoherthathehadjustfuckedablackdragqueen.Healsotoldme
that one night he hired Linda Lovelace, who brought him to three climaxes
withoutremovinghispenisfromherthroat.Oh,that$orman.”
—AuthorGoreVidal
“My initiation into prostitution was a gang rape by five men, arranged by
ChuckTraynor.Itwastheturningpointinmylife.Hethreatenedtoshootme
with the pistol if I didn’t go through with it. I had never experienced anal sex
before,anditrippedmeapart.Theytreatedmelikeaninflatableplasticdoll,
picking me up and moving me here and there. They spread my legs this way
and that, shoving their things at me and into me. They were playing musical
chairswithpartsofmybody.Ihadneverbeensofrightened,disgraced,andhu-
miliatedinmylife.Ifeltlikegarbage.”
—LindaLovelace
“The biggest status symbol this year is to have your cock sucked by Linda
Lovelace.Youguyshadbetterbookadatewithher,orelseyou’llnolongerbe
theKingsofCool.”
—SammyDavis,Jr.,tofellowRatPackersatthe
SandsHotelinLasVegasinFebruary,1973
“Sammy Davis,Jr. was subject to bouts of debauchery and dissipation that
nearlywreckedhislifeandthreatenedtocompromisehiscareer.Forinstance,
hespentperiodsofhislifehangingoutwiththedenizensofthehard-coreporn
industry and with practitioners of Satanism. He even suggested marriage to
LindaLovelacewhenshewasattheheightofhercareer,cruisingHollywood
andLasVegasasasextoyfortheveryrichandfamous.”
—GeraldEarly,fromTheSammyDavis,Jr.Reader
“IhavemetstarswhoweremyidolswhenIwaslittle—ElvisPresley,Warren
Beatty,HughHefner,ElizabethTaylor,Ann-Margret,andFrankSinatra—and
I’vebeenkeepingadiary.”
—LindaLovelace
“SteveMcQueen’sseductionofLindaBoremanmarkedaturningpointinher
life. Upon the sensational release of Deep Throat, she became the reigning
QueenofPorn.$otonlythat,shebecamethe‘partyfavor’[herwords]tomovie
stars, sports figures, one U.S. senator, and one vice president of the United
States.Inall,sheestimatedthatsheperformedfellatioonmorethanfiftyhouse-
holdnameswhorangefromFrankSinatratoJoeDiMaggio,fromElvisPres-
leytoDesiArnaz,fromMarlonBrandotoJohnnyCarson.”
—ColumnistJamesBaconatastagroast
forEdMcMahoninPalmSprings,1978
“ThereasonIattendedashowingofDeepThroatinLosAngeleswasbecause
IsuspectedthatDesihadhadaflingwithher.Frankly,Iwantedtoseethegirl’s
technique.Ididn’twanttoloseGaryMortonthewayI’dlostDesi.AfterIsaw
themovie,IknewIcouldnevertopher.Yousee,Ihavethisgagreflex.”
—LucilleBalltoEthelMerman
“I went to see Deep Throat at a movie theater on Duval Street in Key West. I
don’t know what all the excitement is about. I can swallow bigger cocks than
that.”
—TrumanCapotetoTennesseeWilliams
“IwastheQueenofPornandJohnC.HolmeswastheKingofPornandknown
for his 13½ inch penis. A private film collector offered me $5,000 on a bet,
claiming that he knew for sure I couldn’t swallow the whole thing. He paid
Holmes $1,000 and I won the $5,000. Yes, indeed, I did it! Down to the last
inch.Thatwasaprivatefilm.PorncollectorsshouldtrytofindacopyofEx-
oticFrenchFantasiesiftheywanttoseeJohnandmetogether.”
—LindaLovelace
“LindaLovelacehastheairoffreshcarnality,theairofthoroughlydebauched
innocence,thesenseofawomanexploringthelimitsofsexualexpressionand
feeling. Linda Lovelace is the girl next door grown up into a shameless
woman.”
—KennethTuranandStephenF.Zitointheirbook,Sinema
“Linda kept staying at my house, and I was having sex with the three or four
othergirlslivingwithme.Wehadagiantwaterbed,andLindajustsortofbe-
cameoneofthegirlsonthegiantwaterbed.Shenowsaysthattheorgieswent
on there were actually setups for hooker deals, and that she hated that. She
saidI’dbeatherupifshedidn’tdoit,butthatwasbullshit.Everybodyjustgot
stonedandpartied.”
—ChuckTraynorinTheOtherHollywood
“Givingmorehead,shebecamefrantic—hertongueandlipswereeverywhere.
ThenIfeltthemusclesinthebackofherthroatopeningup.Herheadlowered
overme.Suddenly,Icouldfeelmycockgorightintoherthroat.Icouldn’tbe-
lievesheatethewholething.Mycockandballsandhalfmypubicbushwere
allengulfedinthatcavernous,deepthroatofhers.”
—HarryReems,co-starofDeepThroat
“Throughoutmostofthe1970s,Iwasusedasasextoyin$ewYork,LasVegas,
PalmSprings,andHollywood.Iwastreatedlikeacheapwhore.OnceI’dsat-
isfied a client, I was shown the door. Dozens of celebrities—mostly men, but
alsoKatharineHepburn—wantedtodateme.Forthemostpart,theyrequested
onlyonething.Myspecialty.”
—LindaLovelaceinaspeechbeforefeministsinDenver,1984
“Imagine:AmajoradultstarlikeLindaLovelaceinabestialitymovie.Itwas
verygraphic.Lindaisindeedhavingsexwiththedoginnearlyeveryposition
onecanimagineinapornflick.Bestialityisillegalinmoststatesnow,soone
must take care to view it. It was made in a time when things were more lib-
eral.”
—Csmineatlast’sonlinereviewofDogfucker
“Inamemoir,Iwroteaboutafamousmoviestarandhissonwhodidallsorts
ofpervertedthingsatthesametimewithme.Mypublisherwouldn’tletmere-
vealtheirnames.ButIcantellyouwhotheywere.Paul$ewmanandhisson,
Scott.Okay,$ewmandoesalotforcharity,andIgivehimcreditforthat,but
he’s not so squeaky clean. He can get down and dirty. I’ve gone to bed with
enough Hollywood stars to know that their image is one thing, reality the
other.”
—LindaLovelace
“Allofusdothatkindofstuff—butnotallofuswanttobeoncamera.”
—ShirleyMacLaine,afterviewingDeepThroat
“Ifyou’rehavingamalesexualexperience,afteryouhaveyourorgasm,your
nextimpulseisnottobenddownandlookoverandwatchsomeone’sscrotum
poundingagainstsomeone’sshavedbeaverorwhatever.”
—Jack(cid:22)icholsonduringaninterviewwith
ScrewmagazineregardinghisviewingofDeepThroat
“By the time I got around to sampling the specialty of Linda Lovelace, her
throatwastooloose.Iturnedthebitchoverandfuckedherintheass.Shewas
realtight.”
—GangsterMickeyCohentoLizRenay
“LindaLovelacesaidshewasforcedintosex.Likehellshewas.Shecouldn’t
getenoughofme.Sheworemeout,andI’mwhatisknownasasexmaniac.”
—ActorForrestTuckertoJohnWayneatahealthclubinLosAngeles
“My husband, Chuck Traynor, beat me physically. I literally became a pris-
oner.Iwasnotallowedoutofhissight,noteventousethebathroom,wherehe
watchedmethroughaholeinthedoor.Hesleptontopofmeatnight;helis-
tenedtomyphonecallswitha.45automaticeightpointedatme.”
—LindaLovelace
“Thisisthewomanwhonevertookresponsibilityforherownchoices,butin-
steadblamedeverythingthathappenedtoherinherlifeonporn.”
—AdultfilmactressGloriaLeonard
“Teddy Kennedy rented Linda Lovelace’s deep throat for one night. She was
taken to this house in Palm Springs. I heard about it, but I didn’t personally
arrangeit.SammyDavisdidthehonors.”
—ChuckTraynor
“DoesDick$ixonlooklikeamanwhohasevergonedownonawoman?Ifhe
had,orifhecould,Ibetthecountrywouldbedifferent.”
—LindaLovelace
“In her book, Ordeal, Linda left out a number of incidents involving Hugh
HefnerandhisPlayboyMansioninLosAngeles,eventhoughtheywerenews-
worthyincidentsaboutsexandcelebrities.”
—GloriaSteinem
[Note:WeatBloodMoondonotshareLinda’srestraint.Herheavily
censoredallegationsarepublishedforthefirsttimeinthisbook]
“Goodriddancetotrash.Shewasagoodcocksucker.Shewasapieceofshit.
Herbook,Ordeal,wasalyingpieceofcrap.Shewasahooker,ascumbag,a
lyingtrollop.I’mgladChuckTraynortaughthertosuckcock.Idroppedsev-
eral ejaculations down her throat. I want to do a final load, so that when she
goestohell,myspermwillgowithher.”
—AlGoldstein,inhisepitaphtoLindaLovelacein2002
“It was really hard and kind of terrifying playing Linda Lovelace. The direc-
tor gave me some liberties, but I had to play someone who existed in history,
someonewhohadquiteanestablishedreputationforsomethingveryextreme.
I don’t have to say what that specialty is, since millions of people saw her do
it.”
—AmandaSeyfried,starofthebiopicLovelace
“Themovie,Lovelace,starsAmandaSeyfriedasLindaLovelace.Italsostars
HollywoodfavoriteJamesFrancoasayoungHughHefner,whoalsoseduced
Lovelace.SarahJessicaParkerplaysthefeministGloriaSteinem.DemiMoore
hadtodropoutoftheroleduringhersplitwithAshtonKutchnerandhischeat-
ingheart.LindsayLohanwastoplayLovelace,butwasfiredafterherrepeated
boutsincourt.”
—AdvancepublicityassociatedwithLovelace(themovie)
INSIDE
LINDA LOVELACE’S
DEEP THROAT
Degradation, Porno Chic, and the Rise of Feminism
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LINDA LOVELACE’S
DEEP THROAT
Degradation, Porno Chic, and the Rise of Feminism
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