Debbie Does Dallas…Again‘s supervising producer, Chris May, writes:
Last week on WOW’s sexy documentary series Debbie Does Dallas…Again, emerging alt porn auteur Eon McKai had some most unexpected and decidedly unwelcome visitors show up on his set – namely, the cops. And while it’s one thing to deal with jack-booted, badge-weilding, overly-moustachioed sex-party crashers on your closed porn set, it’s something else entirely to invite trouble by taking your rolling porn circus out into the open, which is what rival Debbie director Paul “PT” Thomas decides to do in this week’s episode. I happened to be along for the ride that afternoon, and here’s how it all went down….
I caught up with PT and his crew around one in the afternoon at an unassuming bungalow in Los Feliz, where production was just warming up. The male lead was running late that day, but PT – who usually runs his sets with the precision and attention to detail of a Marine drill sergeant – was sympathetic. Apparently the poor guy had been up all
night dealing with the cops after he’d shot a man who was breaking into his house. PT decided to make up for lost time by calling an audible and combining two scenes into one. To do this, he’d have to shoot a girl/girl/guy sex scene outdoors – but since they’d already used the bungalow’s very private backyard for another scene, they needed a new
location. The director of photography recalled a secluded spot in a nearby park, so PT quickly put together a guerrilla crew, grabbed his cast, and headed for the hills.
As we drove to the location, PT gave the cast their motivation and ran through some lines. He also encouraged the male talent to channel his emotions from the night before,
correctly assuming that the huge adrenaline rush of the gunfight could translate into sexual energy. Finally, he cautioned everybody to keep things clandestine, because if we
got caught we’d all end up in jail. I’d already had a few eye-opening experiences on this show, but that was one I was hoping I could avoid.
After a quick trip up the street, PT hustled us out of the car and the DP led us up a steep sandy hill to a sunken fire pit decorated with a few discarded beer bottles and a splintered, rusty bench. Since the area was a well-known and very active cruising spot, Stefani Morgan started getting cold feet, but PT calmly talked her down and before I knew it, the two girls were “getting into character.” PT stood on the crest of the hill, simultaneously keeping a lookout for nosy passers-by and whispering stage directions to the small cast and crew. For an experienced porn director like PT, the actual “directing” of the sex is the easy part. The cast generally knows what to do, and the DP and crew
have the angles down cold. It’s like watching a well-rehearsed high-wire act – the location might change, but at the end of the day the action is always the same.
Within 15 minutes, PT had what he needed, and decided to wrap things up before he pushed it too far. As we climbed back down to our car, PT said on how happy he was with the results. The furtive, frantic nature of the scene gave the cast an honest emotional motivation, and it came through in the sex. “If you’re not doing something illegal,” he said, “you’re not doing it right.” For now, PT was all smiles…although that would change dramatically in a few hours when PT had a few surprise visitors of his own. To see how that turns out, and to see what kind of bitchy new low Stefani will finally sink to, you’ll have to watch this week’s all-new episode of Debbie Does Dallas…Again, airing tonight at 11pm on Showtime.
– Chris May
