What with the 70 percent invention that was Showtime's Vivid/World of Wonder-produced "Debbie Does Dallas...Again" series (Director Paul Thomas sends fake police to disrupt rival Eon McKai's set! Vivid appears to be in Echo Park!), it is hard for us to believe a damn thing Vivid says these days. Regardless, we are told that Kim Kardashian has been paid/will be paid a lump sum for her efforts in "Kim Kardashian Superstar". This will probably be based on sales of the movie, in the same way Hillary Scott's "million-dollar deal" with Sex Z Pictures is based on movie sales. I am ashamed to have done it, but I encourage other Fleshbotters not to mention Kim Kardshian again, unless she actually has sex. - GP

· "Kim Kardashian Drops Vivid Lawsuit" (avn.com)
· Buy "Jaws: The 30th Anniversary Edition" instead (amazon.com)

Previously: Everything You Wanted To Know About "Kim Kardashian Superstar" But Were Afraid To Watch, Olivia Mojica Sex Tape: Resistance Is Futile, Porn Valley Dispatch: Hillary Scott A Kept Woman, Porn Valley Dispatch Archive

Will Kim Kardashian be the new Vivid-Alt contract girl? Will she appear on Showtime having girly pillow fights with Dana DeArmond, Charlotte Stokely, and Sunny Leone? Is the complete movie title ("Kim Kardashian, Superstar featuring Hip Hop Star Ray J") the porn version of "Scandal Featuring Patty Smyth" or the band that did "Head to Toe"? Do we actually see the star of this porn movie naked in this porn movie?

The answer, after the gap, is "Nope!" - GP

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Kim Kardashian, Superstar featuring Hip Hop Star Ray J

Studio: Vivid
Director: Ray J.
Cast: Kim Kardashian, Ray J.

Review by Gram Ponante

The only reason I watched this movie was because I personally like full-figured Armenian women under 30. Everything else, which means the marketing and "Kim Kardashian, Superstar" et al. itself, is a waste of time.

As porn movies go, KKSFHHSRJ fails on two levels. In that both Kim and Ray J acknowledge the audience (Kim: "No aerial shots, please"), it is a gonzo movie. But even the worst gonzo directors don't feature the camera strap more than the star. Vivid recently released the "news" that Ray J was offered a directing contract. Should Eon McKai, Paul Thomas, and Laurent Sky start throwing in boom shadows to keep time with the company's new direction?

It also fails as a sex movie, because we don't see nearly enough of the purported star. Kardashian is camera-shy, never fully nude, and always in bed. The tease never arrives at a payoff—and by the time the movie is over, we don't care.

As a porn performer, if not a director, Ray J has a future. He's got a big dick and he brings Kim off with his mouth. At the very least, we have an idea that she's not faking it. The couple also have good chemistry, though not good enough for Kim to take her bra off or for Ray J not to sell the tape.

The viewer is left with very valid comparisons: At least Tommy and Pam were in the sunlight on a boat. At least Paris got filmed by the Mossad. At least Tom Sizemore can rap.

We don't yet know the real story behind how the Kardashian tape got into Vivid's hands. We'll get the data eventually. But even that curiosity is not enough to make this movie worth its hype.

Compare this to another high-profile Vivid project, the World of Wonder/Showtime series "Debbie Does Dallas...Again". While blatantly contrived with real people playing stock reality show characters, the series is very engaging, satisfying and titillating. And the movie it is marketing will undoubtedly do well and hit all the marks a feature porn needs to. If WOW producers Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato did a documentary on how the Kim Kardashian video ended up in the hands of a soon-to-be-disappointed public, that bit of supplementary material might make up for the lack of boobs in the video.

Now Lisa Lisa And Cult Jam with Full Force ... that would be a good sex tape.

· Vivid (vivid.com)
· "Vivid Does Kim...Again" (gramponante.com)
· Buy "Kim Kardashian Superstar" @ Gamelink | Adult DVD Empire

Previously: Everything Else About Kim Kardashian on Fleshbot, Porn Valley Dispatch Archive