received a PhD and became an expert at creating sex education materials, including films.
Peggy Oettinger used to be a kindergarten teacher. She has three granddaughters.
Susan Montani worked for Ralph Lauren and a couple of cosmetics makers.
Katy Zvolerin, the director of public relations for Adam and Eve, is the daughter of an assistant high school principal and the secretary of the First Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Cleveland, Tennessee. She graduated from the University of Tennessee with a degree in journalism and PR. Now Katy writes press releases like this:
Adam & Eve Pictures is pleased to present exclusive contract star Austyn Moore in her naughtiest role yet! In
Headmaster 2,
all-American Austyn crosses the line! See her as a promiscuous schoolgirl who seduces teacher Tommy Gunn with her sweet lips on his cock. Spanking only makes her worse! Sister Roxanna Hall must do penance after pleasuring herself with a horny priest. She seeks forgiveness for the multiple orgasms she receivesâ¦and he blesses her with his own holy liquid!
T he second night I am in town, I drive over to Montaniâs home, a big place surrounded by woods, for some dinner. Candida Royalle, a 1980s porn star turned director and producer, happens to be there with a couple from Holland who design Candidaâs line of Natural Contours vibrators, one of the biggest-selling items for Sinclair and Adam and Eve. Candida and I sit on Montaniâs couch and talk, taking time every few minutes to look at a drawing made by Montaniâs little girl, who runs upstairs excitedly, retrieves a new picture, and runs downstairs to show us. If it werenât for the fact that I had seen a few of Candidaâs movies in collegeâI remember one about a womanâs prison and another one, called
Ultraflesh
, about an alien female coming to earthâI could not distinguish this gathering as being at all different from any other group of smart executive types figuring out marketing strategy. Later, weâll go out to Fuddruckers and have hamburgers.
Montani walks in and tells me about a recent PTA meeting at her daughterâs school. âThere were all these things you can sign up for and so I had to write down any special skills I had for possible job sharing and when you can come in and talk to the kids about what you do for a living. Well, there was a brand-new teacher and I was standing next to her and she handed me the clipboard and said, âCan you please read down the list what the different things are so I can explain them?â When I got to the job share part, half the parents in that room fell out of their chairs.â The thing was, Montani has told exactly two people at the school where she works. âSo in the two years we have been at that school, half the room had discussed what I do for a living. It does make me feel odd sometimes.â
Then she looks at me. âHow about you?â
âWhat about me?â
âIf you look around at our company, 90 percent of the people who work there, you could categorize them as a rebel. They have rebel characteristics. Just think of yourself. You are writing about this because you are a rebel somewhere and because it is a little bit taboo and you are a part of this cause.â
I am? I generally donât like causes, but if I were part of the cause Montani is referring to, what cause is it exactly? Iâm not sure I want to be enlisted into Montaniâs cause. Iâm the guy who wouldnât jump in the deep end with two cute, naked girls.
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I canât decide if I am a rebel, but I know Phil Harvey is. Like the others, though, youâd never know it by looking at him. He is a most unlikely-looking pornographer: thin, a little careworn, mostly bald. His narrow lips make him look as if he is in a permanent bad mood, but he has a wry sense of humor. He dresses like a haggard college professor, and for years Oettinger, who has been with PHE almost since