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Her scandalous tenure in the skin trade--undeniably the sole basis for her infamy and subsequent legitimate career--is glossed over here in a few score pages, with more attention paid to the heavy-metal musicians that dotted her life than the motivations and machinations of the Feds who literally changed her life; Slash's snake gets more ink here than Attorney General Ed Meese. Quick to ladle generous sympathy on her own plight, she heaps little but scorn upon those from the seedy past of her porn-star alter-ego, yet seems to have had few qualms about formally adopting that moniker as her legal name.
Many of her former cohorts in the adult industry (some of whom were jailed as targets of Federal law enforcement and tax probes related to her case) have long claimed that Lords was little more than a scheming careerist, and a careful reading of her own words does little to undermine their case. There are indeed many insights to Lords's troubled life here, with more than a few lurking between the lines. --Jerry McCulley --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
From Publishers Weekly
Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
I grew up in a dirty little steel town called Steubenville, in eastern Ohio. Read the first page
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4.0 out of 5 stars
An Excellent Book. . . But,
By Proteus "colonial_jedi" (Nebraska) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Traci Lords: Underneath It All (Hardcover)
This is an excellent book. It cleared up allot of half-truths and non-truths for me. However, I couldn't give this book 5 stars because there seem to be huge gaps. Traci did one of her porn movies with the Porn King John Holmes and she never mentions him at all. She said she liked being kissed by a girl when she was young. But later when she did a scene with Ginger Lynn, she loathed the thought of kissing a girl. It only casually mentions her reunion with her mother. It never says if her mother has any explanations for abandoning her at her hippy ex-boyfriends house. Traci said she woke up on a few occasions to her mom's b/f staring at while while zipping up his pants, but it never explains how far he got or what exactly he was doing. I hoped she'd go into much more detail about why the FBI was hounding her even after her lawyer supposedly stopped them. The book never explains when the FBI finally did stop. It doesn't mention her current relationship with her sisters either. She says her dad doesn't approve of her, even now. But she never mentions how she discovered that. Again, it really is a great book. But there are just too many gaps. Hopefully the new paperback release with and extra chapter might clear some of this up?
4.0 out of 5 stars
Now what I had expected,
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This review is from: Traci Lords: Underneath It All (Hardcover)
I'd heard the name Traci Lords many times in the past, but I didn't know anything about her other than she'd been an underage porn queen. When I saw her auto-biography on a bookstore shelf I figured it was time to read more about her.As a biography it's and interesting read. She doesn't leave much out, it details how she got into nude modeling at 15 and later starred in porn films, and why. She doesn't sugar coat anything, including an expensive drug addition and her first few porn films. She details her life during the FBI case, and after, and how she'd been worked to gain recognition as a legitimate film actress. She spends numerous chapters discussing the set of Cry-Baby, one of the first big films she made after all the publicity. As a biography it's interesting, as the story of a girl who went into nude modeling and porn as a means of escape it's fascinating. If you've ever wondered what possessed her to turn to porn films, this is a must read.
4.0 out of 5 stars
lots of guts,
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This review is from: Traci Lords: Underneath It All (Hardcover)
'Underneath it all' tells a pretty incomplete story about Traci Lords' career in 1980's porn. To be fair, however, I estimate this largely due to the threat of legal action by miss Lords' many foes. In her book she slightly mentions so herself.For those who do not know: revealing in 1986 that Traci had been a minor while shooting her movies, coïncided with a legal witch-hunt on porn by the Reagan-government. As a result huge stocks of TL-material had to be destroyed, causing bankruptcies and prison-terms for their owners, the actors/actresses and other people involved. Even more shocking and bizarre: later on it turned out that Traci's official US-passport had been issued on her false name -- thus forcing authorities to back off on their legal action. It is said this passport probably saved the US porn industry from complete financial collapse. The ommission of the story above does not qualify 'Underneath it all' as bad. In a human way this book is highly informative about Traci Lords and her backgrounds. It also reveals miss Lords' iron courage and perseverance, trying to repair the bad image porn gave her. I think she shows a desperate need to be acknowledged as a normal American actress. Remember Traci Elizabeth Lords could have chosen for a quieter life. Avoiding publicity, hoping that the passing of time bleaches out her porn-image. Driven by her ambition, she chose the hard way by having this book published. Apart from the money it brings in, her guts are impressive.
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