Scott: I just realized you wrote this piece on the adult awards? That was one of my favorite stories last year and that was partly because I was shocked the Times covered it and let you write what you did. What was that like?
Matt: Lots of interesting characters, entrepreneurs, and hangars-on, and not very much clothing. The Times let me cover it, I think, because the industry is taking on some mainstream attributes.
And because they figured I would try to find a tongue-in-cheek way to write about it. (Insert tongue-in-cheek joke here). As journalist and human being it was both fun, and, periodically, gross. But most trade events are.
Here is part of that story:
The actress known as Tyla Wynn took to the stage late Saturday night to accept an X-rated-film award, the pornography version of an Oscar. The category was Excellence in a Multiperson Sex Scene.
Although thousands of people have watched Ms. Wynn perform intimate acts, she admitted to extreme nervousness when accepting her trophy, an opaque rectangle with the image of a man and woman intertwined.
'Speaking in front of people is hard,' Ms. Wynn said, cradling her award, called the AVN.
The 23rd AVN awards presentation here was a campy mix of Hollywood cliché and X-rated clips watched with 3,000 of your closest friends and industry insiders. The acceptance speeches tended to be brief, befitting a film industry with little emphasis on dialogue.
Thanks to Matt for the interview.
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