Interview with Bobby Gordon
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Titled, “Debbie Does My Dad,” the show will take the audience through vignettes of Gordon’s life, including the relationship with his parents, his discovery and interest in sex and the ultimate realization of the kind of man he wants to be. “The purpose of this show is that it’s about redefining manhood where sexuality and sensitivity are not mutually exclusive,” Gordon said. Bobby is the son of a porn star legend but a master in his own right. He is an san aspiring actor’s foray into pornography was in part from living out a fantasy of meeting an x-rated woman and having sex in an elevator, a dream that came following a childhood that Gordon said was spent as an overweight and repressed “Quasimodo,” later blossoming into “Robert Redford” during the sexual revolution. “Women who were saying no were saying yes,” the elder Gordon said. “I had a lot to make up for.” After filming more than 100 sex scenes and winning numerous awards, Gordon retired from the industry as a precaution shortly after cases of AIDS were reported in the United States in the 1980s. He became an AIDS information officer and started a second career as a writer. Along with his wife, Ashley, a marriage and family therapist, the couple remained in Berkeley where they raised three children, the youngest of whom is Bobby. When it came to talking about sex and his career, Gordon was open with his children and gradually disclosed information. He recalls the time when both his daughters, then ages 12 and 10, found out about his films. www.bobbygordonphotography.com www.bobbygordonpoetry.com