Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For over 35 years, the gay porn shop Circus of Books gave Los Angeles’ LGBT+ community a space to socialize and celebrate ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Karen and Barry Mason, the proprietors of Circus of Books. (Photo: Netflix) When Circus of Books, a legendary bookstore and porn ...
Before the internet democratized, destigmatized, and decentralized the porn industry, it was largely a back-alley business. The same was true in the realm of gay porn, except it faced more scrutiny, ...
Chances are, you haven’t seen Rachel Mason’s debut film, The Lives of Hamilton Fish, a surreal, arty musical about two men—one a politician, the other a cannibal—who died on the same day in 1936. It ...
The documentary “Circus of Books” tells the story of two book stores, one in West Hollywood and the other in Silver Lake, operated by Karen and Barry Mason, who became accidental book sellers. They ...
"Circus of Books," a new Netflix documentary, centers on an old West Hollywood landmark, the porn shop on the corner of La Jolla and Santa Monica Boulevard. But the center of the center is about ...
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Can a documentary about gay porn land an Oscar nomination? With Ryan Murphy behind it, Rachel Mason figures it's worth a shot. With her roots in the avant-garde art world, Rachel Mason’s highest hope ...
In 1982, Karen and Barry Mason bought the West Hollywood bookstore Circus of Books, which had a reputation as a source of gay literature and pornography. Now, “Circus of Books,” a documentary produced ...
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