Lisa Ann from Both Sides Now (The Way We Like It)

Not many porn performers justify a compilation tape, or can turn what is a quick moneymaking venture for a company with a large back catalog into a little piece of history, but Lisa Ann can pretty much do everything.

All About Lisa Ann: Then And Now

Director: Various
Starring: Lisa Ann, Alektra Blue, Pat Myne, Steven St. Croix, Vince Vouyer, Ian Daniels, Julia Ann, Alex Sanders

Review by: Gram Ponante

A savvy entrepreneur, Lisa Ann now runs a porn talent agency but she still dances and takes plum bookings for herself. She's also been lucky.

"When I started," she said, "there was no such thing as a MILF. That job didn't exist in porn." But, after a hiatus when she thought there were no more roles for her, Lisa Ann re-entered the business as an agent at the same time the MILF/Cougar niche was blossoming. Then in her early 30's, she was able to cash in with a look that was all boobs, buttocks, and business.

Not that her pre-MILF look was all bunnies and wholesomeness. But we can definitely see in her early work with Vince Vouyer, Steven St. Croix, and Luc Wilder the softer sex-machine presence that was emblematic of other stars that got their start in the 90's, like fellow milves Julia Ann (no relation) and Kylie Ireland.

But it was from Sarah Palin that Lisa Ann caught her biggest break, and the then-36-year-old porn veteran was smart enough to parlay what might have just been a one-shot Hustler parody to a gig that's still paying off.

Fusxion's compilation "All About Lisa Ann" does not contain any Palin material, but that really doesn't matter; just imagine Lisa Ann with glasses. But it does provide a fascinating look at how porn (and porn hairstyles) have changed in the three decades since Lisa Ann stormed, chest-first, onto the scene.

Lisa Ann looked more squeezable back then. These days you can bounce an armored division off her toned moneymaker. Both looks suit her, and on this DVD you get everything in between, too.

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