It was probably even dangerous knowing director James Avalon judging by Dee's limp. When we caught up to her, Dee was dragging her leg Friday morning like Chester on Gunsmoke. Dee said reverse cowgirls did it to her. She also said the sun and humidty were taking their toll.
Dee, Bridgett Kerkove and Tyce Bune did a scene on a secluded beach for Avalon the day before which required them to be human mudpies. "I thought Tyce was joking when he told us what the scene was going to be," Dee said. "James is very creative, and he's the one that will push the envelope on certain issues and certain things and be very spiritual. So we go down there and James said we're going to be covered from head to toe. And you're going to love it One of our main concerns was getting infections and getting mud in each others' body parts and transmitting any kinds of yeast infections."
Dee: "That scene and taking considerations of our health took a lot out of us. It was very quiet which was good because if anyone distracted us, the stress would have even been more to handle. He had us covered, even our faces. The one thing he did say was that it was going to be the best thing because it was mineral mud. He said you guys will walk away with good skin, which we did. We just jumped into the ocean and washed it all off. His concern in this scene wasn't so much the sex but the image. The visual effects of everything. We started off bathing each other in mud. We were doing a spiritual ritual. Tyce had incense and danced around us both as we faced the ocean. The wind was hitting us, and we both stood like statures as he did a Shaman dance. After he broke the dance we all went into the ocean to spiritually wash ourselves off. That's how the sex began."
Dee says she's into the whole New Age-thing: tarot cards, crystals, psychics, things like that. "Sometimes it's a scary feeling," she says. "Sometimes I'll meet somebody and I'll feel their presence. I don't want it to sound like it's critical or prejudging, but I get this feeling from them, a negativity. I try to avoid them, but something in the back of my mind tells me to at least give them a chance to see why they are that way. It bothers sometimes because I may like this person and feel this real negativity energy and I can't shake it or explain it. At the same time I'm glad I have that."
Dee mentions that she's Puerto Rican though a lot of people think she's black. "I got into this business to have fun, not looking for money or to be a star," she says. "I got in to try something new. Rob and I are married and thought since we're so comfortable doing other things, that we were comfortable doing that. As long as he was comfortable, I agreed to that. If it didn't work out, we could always walk away."
Dee said she and Rob got in the adult business by a fluke. "He was a retail manager and I had just started my job as a clerk," she said. "He met a director, Greg Steele, and his wife at his job. Rob showed him pictures of me and asked if someone wanted to get into the business, how would they go about it? Greg said to call Jim South. Rob and I talked about it. I was first against it in the sense of the naive concept, it's a bad thing. He said just try it and see what happens. It old him to make me a promise that if anything happens, and one of us doesn't want to do it, we both have to leave. If I start to change and dislike myself and not feel good, I want to leave. We were partners. That's the way it was going to be.
Dee did her first scene on May 1, 1997. She said there were no religious issues to hurdle. "I'm not a religious person," she notes. "I'm not an atheist. I don't believe in a religion per se. Half my family is Catholic, the other half is Baptist. It's a real big mix. Half my family lives in Puerto Rico, the other half lives in the states. As far as family goes, I didn't care what they thought."
Dee: "As far as the week here goes, it's been really surprising. A lot of the guests and performers have been really happy with the experience that we've had. We really want to come back and do the same thing next year, even if it's not for the shoot but just to entertain and keep the guests company and socialize. Another thing I'd like to say is that there was a lot of misconceptions that people had about coming on this trip. A lot of people thought that things were going to happen that were misconstrued. All those things were settled. The guests were really understanding; that's not the way we are. You're meeting us as people. We're not here to put ourselves out for anybody. And they understood that. They even thanked us for being so honest and so respectful and talking to them, not blowing them off. They really enjoyed it when the scenes were over we'd talk to them."
Dee said she was initially uncomfortable about the prospect of onlookers. "I was more worried about the male talent," she pointed out. "They're the ones being distracted. But the guests really respected our space and stepped back. They watched and waited. They saw that it was hard work. A lot of them said they'll never watch porn the same way again."
