Classic Mr NYC

In the last few years, I interviewed two people who were players in the mid-1980s NYC adult film scene -- on-set photographer Barbara Nitke and Lynn Paula Russell who performed in several films as Paula Meadows.

Like many eras, that time and that business have become somewhat mythic, with shows like The Deuce enshrining it in the gleam of nostalgia -- while also being honest about its dark side.

Recently The Rialto Report republished issues of the Adult Video News magazine from 1987 -- and, if you look at the January 1987 issue (Warning: NSFW), you can see many pictures and reviews of some of the performers and movies that Barbara and Lynn spoke about in their Mr NYC interviews.

It also includes a big, gorgeous picture of Lynn (aka Paula Meadows) in the ad for a movie. (Look at pages 14-15 and 18-19 for these.)

It's one thing to read an interview about a particular time and place ("once upon a time"-like stories), and it's another literally to see it first hand with an original artifact, a primary document, of a world that no longer exists.