50 protest porn business inside old Mission Street armory
Steve Rubenstein, Chronicle Staff Writer
(02-08) 16:14 PST SAN FRANCISCO -- Fifty soggy yet passionate picketers marched in front of the old armory on San Francisco's Mission Street today to protest the dirty movies being shot on the other side of the brick walls.
Carrying signs reading "Shut it Down" and "Stop Sex-ploitation,'' the protesters demanded that Kink.com, an online pornographer, stop its plans to make X-rated bondage videos inside the building.
But instead of backing down, Kink boasted that it had already shot three videos inside the 93-year-old armory, featuring veteran porn star Princess Donna, who was "expertly suspended above the drill court . . . with no complaints from anyone.''
"This is oppressive and inappropriate for our community,'' said Sam Ruiz, executive director of Mission Neighborhood Centers. "It's not OK to promote acts of degradation and violence. We don't want this kind of stuff here.''
Protesters complained that Kink degrades the neighborhood, degrades women and offers "dead end'' jobs that no decent person would want.. . . .
. . . As for the filming that has already taken place, Acworth said Princess Donna in her ropes and chains was suspended above the massive drill court on the main floor last week, and that two other bondage videos were shot this week in the basement boiler room.
"No neighbor noticed,'' Acworth said. "There were no complaints from anyone.''
The only problem, Acworth said, was that the old building was too cold for performers during shooting. The company will be investing in more portable heaters, he said, because it's important for his hogtied and horsewhipped actors and actresses to be comfortable."
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yeah, amen to that: MORE PORTABLE HEATERS!
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