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A cruiser shared with CFS the following story from the LA Times. It says a lot about the rise and decline of public sex in porn theaters, not mention visits to Studs and Tiki, the last two remaining porn theaters in LA.
With history, photos, and commentary it's well worth reading. You'll be taken from the height of porn theaters in the 1970s, "Deep Throat" and all, to the present day. Here's just a couple excerpts. Follow the link and read for yourself. The last (porn) picture shows: Once dotted with dozens of adult cinemas, L.A. now has only two Quote:
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Thanks to the cruiser who shared these on the Sex Listings pages for Studs and Tiki. Bob S. ~ Manager/Editor
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So sad to see these physical presences go away. The same is true of the great drag clubs all over the country. Drag is a dying art form because the clubs are gone. Kink and fetish clubs struggle. Not all change is a good thing. All of these places served a purpose and clientele in need of a safe place to go to work out their kinks. I guess we are all now living in a virtual universe. A maze. Human contact not authorized. So sad.
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I live in LA and have heard of both theaters for years - but have never been to either one.
The Tiki Theater would not be difficult to get to being in Hollywood - but that is where Fred Willard was busted for "indecent exposure" and much worse from everything I understand its main business is from crack addicts looking for air conditioning. Even the article says "The Tiki is empty when we arrive, but Smith nonetheless chooses to stand." - so the guy that did porn movies does not even want to sit in the seats in that theater! The other theater, Studs, is supposed to be pretty good - clean and well run - primarily gay - but it is in West Hollywood which is a bitch to get to and would take 1 - 1.5 hours to get there. A few years ago I did try and go a couple of times - once hitting traffic so bad I gave up and another time seeing someone I knew from work on the street a couple of blocks away and chickening out. I have never heard of Studs having problems with the police which is nice - I often think for things like adult theaters and adult bookstores just the act of going inside should constitute consent to what you may or may not see happening. The closest I ever got to a porn theater was a drive in just outside the city limits where I grew up. For years they would run a couple of family friendly films each year but made their money running porn. Always funny to see the brake lights blinking in a car then a few minutes later the car drive out - knowing they were done!
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My sister's first husband, actually a born-again Pentecostal occasional preacher, worked for some time at the Josephine Theatre in San Antonio in the late 1970s when it showed X-rated movies.
I was a teenager at the time and didn't hear much about it. I understood that he worked in the box office and in the projection booth. Looking back, I wonder if his religious background gave him insight into the Saturday night sinners, Sunday morning repenters who may have gone there. I only hope he didn't preach at the customers! After it closed it was rehabbed and reopened as a live stage theatre. Curiously enough, my mother used to drive right past the place every day on her route across town to and from work at Ft. Sam Houston. If anything, I think she found it amusing -- as I do. ~ Bob S.
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