Dirty Poole: The Autobiography of a Gay Porn Pioneer

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Summary: This guy is good at everything!
Review: Just finished reading this terrific autobiography and was compelled to review it here. SO MUCH FUN to read! Clearly Wakefield Poole is good at everything he does...dancing, directing theatre, filmmaking...and now he has proven to be a terrific writer. The first half of the book is a very entertaining account of his "legit" life, growing up and moving into the world of dance and Broadway. He knew or met everyone who was anyone at the time. The second half is the story of how he casually made the leap into making gay porn, using his real (and well-known) name. No apologies. This is the really well told story of an interesting life.

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Summary: Interesting Saga of Gay Porn
Review: Poole had quite a life and he openly shares it here. From his early days as an entertainer through the years of early gay porn films - it's all here. Many interesting observations about the business and celebrity stories. The connections in showbiz are never far apart. I wonder how Kevin Bacon connects ...

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Summary: Name Dropping and Little Else
Review: Wakefield Poole might be a good filmmaker. Certainly, by the descriptions of his films, I'd like to see a few of his movies (especially IN THE BEGINNING, a porn parody of The Bible). Maybe Mr. Poole can direct a good movie but he certainly can't write an interesting autobiography. Dirty Poole is a bothersome self-congratulatory experiment in name-dropping. The book doesn't begin to move (albeit at a snail's pace) until it's 144 pages in. Until that point, it's a recollection of Poole's days in the theater where he gushes over the celebrities that he bumps into along the way. Definitely one to miss. (ISBN: 1555835619)