Bobby Blake
Bobby Blake
Bobby Blake | |
|---|---|
| Born | Edgar Gaines August 11, 1957 Memphis, Tennessee |
| Years active | (?–2000) |
| Weight | 235 lb (107 kg) |
Bobby Blake (born Edgar Gaines; August 11, 1957) is an African-American baptist pastor, who previously worked as a gay pornographic film actor. Blake retired from porn in 2001.
Bobby Blake | |
|---|---|
| Born | Edgar Gaines August 11, 1957 Memphis, Tennessee |
| Years active | (?–2000) |
| Weight | 235 lb (107 kg) |
Biography
Blake appeared in over 100 releases.[1]
- As a subject of Gay Studies
The film Niggas' Revenge, and Flex-Deon Blake's role in it, have become the subject of academic discussion. In his book, Unlimited Intimacy: Reflections on the Subculture of Barebacking, Tim Dean, a professor at the University at Buffalo, treats Niggas' Revenge in detail because of the way in which it fetishizes the simultaneous transgression of a number of taboos, all in order, Dean argues, to “conjure the transgressive charge of unprotected anal sex among gay men.”[4] The representation of interracial sex, rape, violence, and incest (between Chris Blake and Bobby Blake) is enhanced by what Dean calls Flex-Deon Blake’s "phallicized" appearance.
Autobiography: My Life in Porn
Bobby Blake has written the book My Life in Porn: The Bobby Blake Story co-written by Blake and John R. Gordon and published by the Running Press of Philadelphia in 2008. In his autobiography, he talks extensively about his youth and experiences in the adult film industry. In one of the closing chapters entitled "Prodigal Returns", Blake depicts himself in biblical terms as the "prodigal son" who "had to leave [his] church and the place of [his] birth and go out there in the far country."[5] However, he continues, "in all the years I was working in the adult entertainment business, I never turned my back on God or the Bible teachings I had grown up with."[5] Blake emphasizes that he has no regrets about his lifestyle, interpreting it as part of God's plan for him: "Now that it's over, I can accept that that journey was all part of God's plan for me."[6] Blake's narrative of an alleged argument he had with acclaimed former Colt model, adult film icon PAUL BARRESI, in which he claims he challenged Barresi to a fight was proven absolutely false. If anyone was shaking in their shoes it was Blake, Barresi allowed in a candid interview with Adult Film Magazine. "I spent hours just trying to show Robert how to hit a punching bag, Barresi said, he swung like a little girl." Barresi added, Blake was frustrated with the manly tasks that went along with the B Roll. "He was too much of a complainer, always bitching about something. How he appears is not how he is in true life."
Personal life
In his personal life, Bobby Blake was the long-term partner of Flex-Deon Blake, another well-known black gay pornographic actor. It was Bobby Blake who, by referring Flex-Deon to the producer Edward James, introduced his partner to the adult industry.[2] Bobby Blake has told the story of their relationship in his book, My Life in Porn.[3]
Blake has written that despite being "known for being a gay porn-star, I define myself as bisexual...In fact I have dated women", although most of his serious romantic relationships have been with men.[7]