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REVISIONIST HISTORIANS CAN BE HAZARDOUS TO YOUR WEALTH
By Shaun Costello
Historians sometimes become so involved in the events they are
chronicling, that they begin to feel they were participants in, rather
than chroniclers of those events.
Mr. Bowen will endlessly insist that his version of events is correct,
regardless of challenges from people who actually experienced the era
he's revising.
Revisionism is a dangerous commodity. I speak from experience, having
had my life turned into fiction by numerous writers whose motives and
sources were questionable at best. Those who call themselves historians
are a dangerous breed, who often become so involved in chronicling an
era that they begin to think they were actually part of it. Busy
attempting to reassemble the characters and events of the Adult Film
Industry in the 1960's and 1970's, I can think of two so-called
historians who fit this category. One is Michael Bowen, and the other is
Ashley Spicer. The former, who has some oblique connection to NYU, will
endlessly insist that his version of history is correct, regardless of
challenges from people who actually experienced the era he's revising.
Ashley Spicer behaves like he's filed for patent rights on his
revelations.
The latter, who, in addition to his day job as an investment banker,
operates, along with his wife April, a web site called The Rialto
Report, which offers articles about, and interviews with adult film
stars from the Sixties and Seventies, the decades that are often called
porn's "Golden Age". Mr. Spicer seems to have filed for patent rights to
the chronicle of these decades, suggesting his ownership of the whole
story, and woe be unto those who dare to challenge the authenticity of
his revelations. Like Evangelical Christians, who believe the Bible is
the word of God and should be taken literally, Mr. Spicer seems to
suggest that, not only should his version of history be taken as Verbum
Dei, but that he owns the book and film rights as well.
Ashley and April Spicer would have you believe that, not only should
their version of history be taken as Verbum Dei. but that they own the
book and film rights as well.
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June 26, 2014 | Categories: Fiction and non-fiction from Shaun Costello,
Uncategorized | Tags: 1960's, 1970's, 42nd Street, Adult Films, April
Hall, April Spicer, Ashley Spicer, Ashley West, Benson Hurst, Bullying,
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