The following is a letter that perhaps the most powerful producer in adult, Steven Hirsch, co-chairman of Vivid Entertainment Group, sent to one of the most powerful producers in Hollywood, Brian Grazer. It is regarding the comments Grazer made about the adult industry last week on “Good Morning America.” Grazer did not reply to Hirsch’s correspondence.
Dear Brian:
Congratulations on the tremendous reception your documentary, Inside Deep Throat, has been receiving. Good buzz and the attention of the talk shows and papers should help build the audience you're looking for. I've always admired your work and applauded your championing the right of the people to see and read what they want without interference.
Therefore, I confess to being a bit confused and curious about some of your comments last Tuesday on “Good Morning America.” If I heard you correctly, you called your movie a "cautionary tale" and said that adult films are not good for people in front of or behind the camera.
When World of Wonder producers Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato started filming Porno Valley with Vivid, you got an inside look at a professionally run business that does not in any way exploit people – whether they are before or behind a camera, or are simply enjoying our entertainment products in the privacy of their homes.
There are good and bad apples in every barrel and every profession. Most of the 12,000 people who work in "Porno Valley" are responsible, mature citizens who work hard and enjoy their jobs and who rarely have any problems as result of their employment. Today we in the adult business mirror mainstream entertainment companies far more closely than the impression you left in your GMA appearance.
With all good wishes,
Steven Hirsch
Co-Chairman and Co-CEO
Vivid Entertainment Group
