[Sex] More from The Search for Love in Manhattan

Sorry. One more entry. I promise this is the last.

Saturday, June 22, 2002

Today I was filmed in my first pornographic movie.

I was wrong when I thought my morals would come to rest 20,000 leagues under the sea.

They are clearly on a journey to the center of the earth.

While the cameraman was setting things up, I was lying in bed (naked), chatting with one of the other actors involved. He told me he was from Mississippi.

"Where in Mississippi?" I asked.

"A small town--you'd never have heard of it."

"Try me," I said. He refused to tell me.

"I promise you won't know it," he said. I insisted.

"Laurel."

My mouth dropped in awe. "You're from Laurel, Mississippi? Birthplace of Leontyne Price?"

You can imagine what finding this out about my scene partner (well, one of them, in any case) did for my subsequent performance.