Right? I think so too. I was actually looking for reassurance until the end that working in the sex industry isn't bad at all.
It saddened me that it wasn't that emphasized in this. Also when Creed has up the company in the end. Like letting go of something dirty that was previously part of him doesn't feel right. It wasn't the industry's fault.
Exactly this. It felt more like avoidance and deflection rather than acknowledging what it was he did wrong. "It was the porn!" No, Creed, it was your own dismissal of people's emotions. It had very little to do with porn, and you could even keep owning a porn company without appearing in porn yourself (since I'm pretty sure until Ed showed up, he hadn't except early on in building up his brand?).
True. I'm not against him changing careers, in this case choosing screenwriting over producing porn. But I'm quite disappointed by the motivation to do so. As you've said, avoidance and deflection.
I was puzzled too at first but I think Creed was never ashameed with the industry at the beginning of the story when he was only thinking of himself, but that changed of course when he met Ed. Although he is fine with it he realized that it may not be case with Ed especially how his film getting criticized or them being in public scrutiny. He thinks Ed will live through the "crappy reality" he did, while he learned to deal with it, he thinks it's not that way with Ed. So I think it's more of how society is prejudicial and discriminatory to those working in the porn industry especially how it affects Ed/other people. Unless that changes that's a harsh reality they have too face.
I was puzzled too at first but I think Creed was fine with the industry at the beginning of the story when he was only thinking of himself, but that changed of course when he met Ed. Although he is fine with it he realized that it may not be case with Ed especially how his film getting criticized or them being in public scrutiny. He thinks Ed will live through the "crappy reality" which he learned to through, but Ed may not. So I think it's more of how society is prejudicial and discriminatory to those working in the porn industry especially how it affects Ed/other people rather Creed than being ashamed of porn which I think he never was. Unless that changes that's a harsh reality they have to face.
Am I the only one very confused as to why working in the porn industry is seen as a terrible, awful thing to be ashamed of? Don't get me wrong, what Creed did to Ryan was a bit fucked (assuming Ryan wasn't into it), and the true villain in Ed having to turn toward porn in the first place is the US healthcare system, but porn isn't innately awful. It is as awful as the company allows it to be. Assuming the company doesn't allow *real* rape to happen (only consensual non-consent) and no one feels pressured to do anything they're not comfortable with, it's not a bad thing. Sex for money isn't inherently an evil thing.
I dunno, it just doesn't sit right with me that, except for Jennifer and the other woman, no one in the story seemed to acknowledge that it isn't porn's fault but Creed using people's feelings to share his artistic visions. It was also Chang's fault for making Ed so desperate he had no choice but to turn to porn, making him uncomfortable with being involved in it in any way, especially in something that became so popular since Creed himself was popular.