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quit law school and go to art school. It was a big issue.
My relatives, bless them, actually called my parents to
offer their condolences. ‘She’s going to starve. We feel
so sorry for you.’ So it affected me in the sense that
control became a huge issue in my life. I think what
you see in the documentary is the process of regaining
control, and it really is a work in progress. Even today,
I’m asking myself whether I’m in control of situations.”
These days she’s made up with her parents, who
were unaware of their daughter’s novel career and a
little baffled by her popularity when the documentary
was being filmed. Partly as a result of her experiences
of being exploited in front of the camera, she’s now
decided to go behind it, producing her own porn. And
she’s on a crusade. “What I’m trying to do is to target
market my product towards a younger crowd, which no
one is really addressing right now. Or at least to make
it more contemporary. I mean what’s up with the big
hair? It’s so over. So 80s.”
Do you really think porn consumers look at the
hairstyles though, Annabel? “Well, if I was a bloke,
I wouldn’t want all that frizzy hair crackling all over
my blow-job. It just seems rather intimidating. It’s
like being blown by a hedgehog. I don’t think it’s very
aesthetic. Men have to have jerk off somehow. They
need to have a wank over some images of people getting
it on. They’re just going to buy whatever’s out
there. And if there’s product out there that’s done rather
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well – like the films from the 70s, which I really admire
– the women actually do look like women, which is
kind of nice. Because nowadays the women don’t look
like women – they look like drag queens. And half the
time I’m just sitting there thinking, they don’t look terribly
female do they? As a female viewer that bothers
me, because I want to be able to relate to the person
onscreen when I’m doing my own private thing.
“I may not know necessarily what good pornography
is,” she concedes. “I know what I like, so I’m just going
to make what I like and hopefully it will sell.”
Of course, it won’t sell over here because we have
some of the most draconian censorship laws in the
world. “I thought about that when I was coming over
here. I really believe that when you talk about banning
porn because it’s exploitative of women or because it’s
obscene, then it’s terribly fascist. A lot of people derive
enjoyment from watching adult films. I certainly do.
I have been a porn consumer for years, and proud to
be one. I think a lot of things are more obscene than
the average porn film. Like Patch Adams, the Robin
Williams film. I think that’s incredibly obscene – it’s
like total emotional pornography.”
What with the porn and the documentary and her
journalism and art exhibitions, there’s just one thing
Annabel doesn’t have time for anymore. “Your average
Brit probably has a better sex life than me,” she moans.
And on that cheering note, I bid her farewell. �
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