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Title: Raw Talent: The Adult Film Industry As Seen by Its Most Famous Male Star by Jerry Butler, Catherine Tavel, Robert H. Rimmer ISBN: 0-87975-625-X Publisher: Prometheus Books Pub. Date: September, 1990 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $23.00

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Average Customer Rating: 3.78 (18 reviews)

Rating: 4
Summary: A porn star who hates porn yet can't quit
Comment: Jerry Butler's autobiography quotes him:"This is what I'd tell young people about porno: how you can die,or commit suicide,or become a drug addict,or how you can become even more lonely and insecure than you already are". This immature troubled young man couldn't make it as a hockey player due to his temper so tried his good looks in Hollywood to find that he was only good enough for X-rated sex movies. He became addicted to drugs. He was already highly sexual so sex was no problem until he ran into women he didn't like,gay men who annoyed him,etc. This book has a few typos & a lot left out- like what happened to him after 1990 ? It also has more than it's share of lies including certain facts regarding the size of his penis,how many films he made with Shauna Grant,how much drug intake he had,etc. He made no secret of how unhappy he is with the fact that women are more highly paid. He also made no secret of how much he couldn't hold on to a woman due to his emotional problems. His confused rambling didn't seem anything more than a sad story of a man who wrote a book to make money and commit career suicide at the same time. Jerry Butler wants to be a porn actor yet he despises all the ugliness that comes with it so he wrote a book that lets the world know the flaws of many female costars then cheated on his wife then published the book. Thirteen years later in 2003, we are left to wonder WHAT HAPPENED TO JERRY BUTLER ? Somehow we still want to know because he is intelligent & caring enough to realize just how messed up he is emotionally for doing porn. He agrees with Traci Lords & other porn stars= it is better to watch porn than to perform in it & take all the risks.

Rating: 3
Summary: Recommended for fans of 80s porn movies.
Comment: If you are a fan of porn movies from the 80s, you'll enjoy reading this book. Butler goes through all the dirt on various actors, actresses, and directors as well as tells various stories about shooting many of his movies.

Mostly though, this book is a big ego stroke. Its stream of consciousness style jumps from place to place, mostly how Butler is looking for love and tries to find it in sex/porn, how he feels like a little kid inside, and how he feels about his wife Lisa. Interesting stuff at times, but more like reading notes from a therapy session than an autobiography.

Jerry Butler is a big kid. He justifies a lot of poor choices and bad behavior while wondering while people are mad at him, won't talk to him, and can't stand to be around him. Typical for a porn star. The movies he makes are two dimensional and this book is as well.

Rating: 4
Summary: ONE THE BEST SPEAKS OUT!
Comment: I was a big fan of Jerry Butler back in the eighties / early nineties. The guy had looks, skills and was popular with the ladies. At the same time, the man had moral and ethical issues about being in a business that renders the sex act to its lowest common denominator.
If you always wanted to know the gossip and the "deep in the down" about some of the women you spent your teens and early adulthood fantasizing over... buy Jerry's book! For me, it was great reading about Nina Hartley, Jeannie Pepper, Angel Kelly, Kay Parker, etc. in a non-porno context, finding out about what they thought, how they lived and what they wanted from the adult film business other than money.
Most importantly, although Jerry is no longer a supporter of the "porn industry", he isn't a basher either (like the hypocritical Tracy Lords).

Buy the book and relive those "golden days" of porn! Before silicone implants, bad bleach jobs, overwhelming tattoos and piercings and obnoxious Okie redneck performers became your standard porno fare!

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