I got into this industry back in late 2003. I knew there would be odd days and times when I\u2019d question whether or not I should return to school. And there were days I\u2019d learn a new vernacular. Enter the \u201cmope.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What is a mope? Well, as director Sal Genoa once said, \u00c4 mope is a guy that\u2019s not good enough to carry a scene by himself.\u201d Chico Wang added, \u00c4 mope is worthless and not worth the gum off my shoe\u201d. That Chico Wang was quite an interesting fellow. A mope, or \u201cload dumper,\u201d was a guy who wanted to get into adult video but had to pay his dues. Or he wasn\u2019t good enough to be in a main scene and would wait by his phone for that fat $100 payday to live out a fantasy most dream about. Chico shot two titles that required the services of your local graduate of TV and VCR Repair School: No Swallowing Allowed and Down the Hatch. He\u2019d typically shoot 5-6 scenes that would require mopes to leave their broken recliner for the fun of San Fernando Valley and an easy payday. We\u2019d use the same guys so that their AIm Test\u2014the industry standard for testing\u2014would make it work, given the $100 or so it costs for a blood draw and urine sample.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A mope could make about $900-$1200 for a month of shooting. That\u2019s not bad money to get a foot into the adult film industry. Here are some memorable load dumpers that I was on set with, and , at times, broke bread with. I made sure they washed their hands first.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Face Blaste<\/strong>r<\/p>\n\n\n\n Face Blaster was found via email to Chico Wang. He was an older guy with a massive popshot. Like, almost turning the girl into a human Pez Dispenser. Was always on time and would sometimes be the last to pop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Trick Dixxxon<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Trick was a tall, goofy kind of guy. He got into the business around 2000 with his then-wife. I think she only did two scenes, but he remained. He was perpetually late. He\u2019d be so late that I\u2019d give him an hour earlier call time. A super nice guy who did landscaping on the side.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Johnny Fender<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Not so much a mope as a male talent that helped us out. We\u2019d give him blowjob scenes, and he could hang with the best of them\u2014Brian Surewood, Arnold Schwarzenpecker, and Dick Nasty. Speaking of Dick Nasty\u2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dick Nasty<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The English veteran of porn from yesteryear never saw a menial booking he didn\u2019t like. If there were a paycheck and a face or mouth, Dick would be Nasty with it. See what I did there? I sure hope Hollywood producers read my stuff\u2014I\u2019m tired of being in this tax bracket.<\/p>\n\n\n\n James Deen<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n James Deen on this list? Well, in case you didn\u2019t know, James got his feet wet by making faces drenched. Chico Wang booked James right after Deen turned 18. And then Chico started putting him in blowjob scenes. And then boy\/girl scenes. And James became one of the biggest names in the industry\u2014but he had to start somewhere. Think of being a mope as community college. But with baby wipes instead of an Associate\u2019s Degree.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I got into this industry back in late 2003. I knew there would be odd days and times when I\u2019d question whether or not I should return to school. And there were days I\u2019d learn a new vernacular. Enter the \u201cmope.\u201d What is a mope? Well, as director Sal Genoa once said, \u00c4 mope is…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":153,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-151","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-memories","category-porn-set-mayhem"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tailsfromset.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tailsfromset.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tailsfromset.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tailsfromset.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tailsfromset.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=151"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/tailsfromset.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":158,"href":"https:\/\/tailsfromset.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151\/revisions\/158"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tailsfromset.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/153"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tailsfromset.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=151"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tailsfromset.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=151"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tailsfromset.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=151"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}