He made the switch after periodic reports over the years about the porn industry’s exploitation of women. While in the past Shay dealt primarily in heterosexual porn, today his work is aimed solely at gay men. “I always look for Mizrahi actors,” he adds, referring to Jews of Middle Eastern or North African origin. People like porn they recognize, believes Shay. The stats from Israel’s most popular porn website, x-nxx, back him up: “Israeli sex” is the most popular category among the site’s users. “All these silly things give it the feeling that it’s local.”
“When I write that the film was made in Florentin, that someone is straight or Arab – it’s true,” he says. “I’m not competing with foreign sites that show guys with abs who look like a million bucks,” says Shay adding, “With me, everything is homey my films are amateurish.” And he sees absolutely nothing wrong with that. He has quite a bit of experience in this business, having spent a decade making adult films. The director, who is also the cinematographer, will be referred to here as Shay.
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Two young men sit a sofa in the center of the room, chatting amiably, occasionally laughing a bottle of vodka is within reach. It is mid-afternoon in a Jaffa apartment.