Thank goodness for Mark Kernes, the only reporter on the planet who has the temerity to go traipsing around the country, attending every obscenity trial that Porn Valley hath spawned. This week, Kernes is reporting live from the frontlines of the Max Hardcore obscenity trial in Tampa, Florida: "The Max Hardcore Obscenity Trial: Day 1."
The judge is a woman. I don't now if that bodes well for Max. (Real name: Paul Little.) Hello, Judge Susan C. Bucklew.
On the first day, everyone debated whether or not the jurors were going to have to watch all eight and a half hours of Hardcore entertainment. Why? Because of the Miller Test, which says the work must be evaluated "as a whole." But then "Judge Bucklew stated that she would have to watch the DVDs in their entirety before she could make a decision, and the prosecution handed the five DVDs to her as court recessed..." Is Judge Bucklew watching "Golden Guzzlers 7" right now?
After that, jury selection began. You know you are talking about some seriously hardcore movies when one juror is excused after stating "she was unable to look at anyone vomiting without getting nauseous herself..."
The chosen jurors include a museum worker and a pawnbroker.
