Gay porn is like American culture as a whole -- most of it crappy and we never pay attention to the decent stuff. This is no more apparent than in the gay porn stars we drool over. Is it me, or are the big names in gay porn tops, who really don't know how to fuck, and while they might be good looking, show a subtle disdain for gay sex? Why do we drool over those mannequins, but not the men who are into what they doing (or at least are good enough actors to pull it off)? Why not pay attention to the porn stars who are so into the sex that it seems that they are kicking the cameraman in the nuts while performing their art? Those are the stars who make me wet beyond measure.

Ethan Marc is one of those porn stars. Ethan made a few box covers (Lost Exit, Tailspin, Getting Straight), but Marc never got the attention he deserved. Maybe it was because he was "average looking" (translation: at the end of the night in the club, he would not go home with 98% of us). Maybe because he was a bottom and we like our gay porn stars to be butch tops who will call us faggot, hurt us, and make us squirm like the pigs we are. Whatever the reasons, if you have not seen him, go and purchase an Ethan Marc tape and see someone who is so good at what he does it will make you want to slam the boy who works at the local deli (as if you need a reason for that anyway!)

In Getting Straight Ethan plays the cook in a home for wayward boys. In the first scene, Kristian Brooks (dear Kristian: will you please marry me?) and Ethan are in the kitchen trying to figure out what to do with all the mashed potatoes Ethan cooked. They throw them on each other, and after they are done with that, they throw themselves at each other. This is a short scene, but pay attention to Ethan. Look at his face when he is getting a little oral loving from Kristian. And if that does not move you, then look at his beauteous booty when he grabs a chair and allows Kristian to poke him. And if that does not move you, listen to Ethan's breathing. He's not doing the "o fuck me daddy with that big tool of yours" line. His mouth is wide open and he can barely breathe because he so into what's happening to him. And when he comes, his face is the perfect combo of pain and pleasure, the face that we all have when we are getting off. If none of this gets you off, then you voted for Pat Buchanan in the last election.

Lost Exit is one of the few gay porn vids that has a plot that is worth something. First Ethan gets done in the desert by Tuck Johnson (Tuck: please marry me), but when Ethan's car stalls at a garage the tempo really picks up. Ethan has no money and is forced to service the mechanics to pay his debt (not a bad tradeoff if you ask me). He plays the role of the man choking on too much dick extremely well. The beefy mechanics, played by Mike Lamas, Sam Carson, and Anthony Gallo, put Ethan on a lift and plow him. Again we are treated to his yowls of pleasure, and when he says "Oh god" it sounds like he is a true believer. These three manly men take him through all the paces, but Ethan's booty takes a licking and keeps on ticking.

Tailspin features the romantic Ethan. It takes place in the quiet 1950's, a time of malt shakes, McCarthyism and legal segregation. Ethan plays a boy from the other side of the tracks. He works at a malt shop and has a junky car, but he's getting it on with a rich boy, played by Jeff White. They have great sex, but the cold world keeps knocking at the door, specifically Ethan's back door. Ethan's malt shop boss, played by Brett Winters, cares little for love, but cares a lot about having a good time with Ethan. Ethan's butt takes Brett with grace -- rather impressive concerning how thick Brett is -- but it is Ethan's kissing that deserves mention. There is nobody in porn who can kiss and nibble like Ethan. When he kisses he devours Brett's whole face and refuses to play the typical tongue dancing we see so often in gay porn. Plus Ethan can act. His last scene with White, in which Ethan discusses why they can never be together, is decent just for how Ethan says his lines. Granted he is no Don Cheadle, but he is much better than all of the faggoty soap opera actors and anyone who had a role in the TV show Full House.

I'm not sure who makes these decisions, but Ethan deserves some type of award. Granted, it has been awhile since he has been in video, but it is rare for a gay porn actor to be in three admirable videos. And if he can't have some type of award, the least we can do is support porn stars like Ethan Marc. Porn stars who show us what desire is all about. Isn't that why we rent these damn tapes anyway?


photo credits: top photo © 2001 C.C.C. blow job photo: © 2001 Studio 2000/Atomic Video



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