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Written by mike
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Monday, 10 March 2008 02:35 |
Calling him "NeoCon Kingpin of gay porn," The New Republic offers up an unusually sinewy pound of flesh this month to its readers in celebration of the gay porn mogul's hawkish foreign policy platform. Lucas, who turned 36 on Saturday, called the piece "the best gift for my birthday," explaining that he has subscribed to the magazine since he emigrated from Russia in 1997. "I am very proud to be featured in my absolute favorite magazine."
Lucas, who made his name as a Falcon model in the late nineties and later formed his own studio, has been actively pursuing a role as an ideologue. His column in the New York Blade covers marriage over mattresses and eschews the salacious for the matters of foreign policy. The New Republic gave us a few zingers ("when Lucas ... does wear clothes, he tends toward the form fitting"), but mostly focused on his totally restrained approach to fascists.
You wouldn't know it from watching his movies--which are apolitical--but Lucas has opinions on everything... While he originally disagreed with Russia's brutal policies toward Chechnya, he now believes that America could learn something from Vladimir Putin. "The American Army can't take Fallujah?" Lucas asks me, incredulous. "Level it!"
While it's a welcome break from performers who only talk Kylie and custom lube brands, we sometimes miss the old Michael, the one who complained about dirty bottoms and lamented the inanity of gay for pay. If porn stars are going to tell us how to vote, perhaps it's time we level the playing field and start yelling "Show us your tits!" at Paul Krugman.
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If Mr. Lucas has learned anything from being in this country, it's that there is big money to be made in neo-conservativ e todying. How long before he gets that big book deal, says he's straight and "reveals" that doing gay porn was a mistake?
As for leveling Fallujah? The neo-cons love their bloodletting, and it seems Michael LUcas is no exception. It's a pity that you have to kill hundreds of thousands of people to prove your allegiance to your political group of choice.
Until his inevitable appearance on Sean Hannity...