Brent Criticizes the Critics

Moving from debating about (and yachting with) Roy Coen back to Kocis-related matters, Brent has a new blog post up. It's an interesting one...a shotgun blast at various online and print media that have mentioned him in recent months.

GayVN news comes under fire for having a subtle pay-to-link policy in it's news stories (and thus not linking to him), and using older Falcon photos of him (I guess the real offense here is that they lack the BCI web address watermark?).

Next in his gun sites is JC Adams and his Gay Porn Times. More unhappiness with a perceived pro-Falcon slant to the story, and correcting some errors...one of which is unquestionably a huge and insulting one to Brent (or any civilized human, for that matter): "He’s been laying low since getting caught in the backdraft of the Bryan Kocis/Cobra Video murder, for which his former costar Harlow Cuadra, and boyfriend-partner Joseph Kerekes, are standing trial."


LOL, OK this complaint is legit, IMO; I too would be a tad upset at being falsely accused of co-starring with Harlow! And for the record, THIS does not count as co-starring. ------->

Brent's reply to this malignant slur:

"While there was initial interest in collaborative film work between Brent Corrigan and Harlow Cuadra, BoyBatter’s misunderstanding of the circumstances (namely our settlement with Cobra Video) at hand made it unlikely. Then the unthinkable occurred and the mere prospect of a collaborative effort became utterly impossible, and certainly unattractive to Brent Corrigan INC. We were not EVER costars."

This is somewhat interesting, as it addresses the whole motive question. Note that Brent makes clear a misunderstanding on the part of BoyBatter occurred...which is pretty close to what I originally theorized happened at that Vegas dinner, months ago when we first read the affidavit report on it.

Then Brent (BTW, as you can all see...I now hyperlink to BCI at every mention of Brent, and I will try to use only the freshest pics of him from his site, and TRY not to mention Falc...a certain studio...I must avoid the WRATH of BRENT! Don't hurt me, pleeeeeeze...!) says nice things about Just Us Boys and Angel Benton, and lukewarm things about Jason Sechrest.

Then he talks about Rolling Stone...ah, now things get interesting!

"The press is without a doubt, a necessary evil in our lives. I’m not proud and in no way endorse Peter Wilkinson’s portrayal of Brent Corrigan and Cobra Video in his article written for Rolling Stone. The clues to that aren’t in skewed facts, but Wilkinson’s defiance and disdain for me in writing his article. It’s in the details he deemed necessary to include, and his decision not to include others. An author like Wilkinson doesn’t have to lie to sway his readers’ opinion. Instead, they choose carefully which facts to include and which facts to leave out in order to steer the reader’s perception.

I cringe when I meet someone and they proclaim they read the Rolling Stone article. An overwhelming urge to set the record straight about everything to that individual washes over me each time I hear those words. This being particularly ironic to me because that’s what I was under the impression Rolling Stone was doing when they invited me to participate in the article. But silly me, I didn’t take into account the individual agenda of the journalist writing the piece. Furthermore, next time I’ll trust my gut instinct. I should not have ignored Wilkinson’s tinge of disdain that lightly emanated from him upon our first meeting."

Hmmm, interesting. And then, the Out article:

"OUT Magazine practically ignored the bigger picture at hand, which makes me feel less agitated than I do about Rolling Stone and Peter Wilkinson. Particularly, I can’t ignore what Out does for our community, and for that I thank them. I have an immense amount of respect for Out. Although Michael Joseph Gross didn’t get it all wrong, many of the facts he included in that article are in fact, inaccurate. For instance, my first shoot date for Cobra Video was February 3rd, 2004 and not September 2004. The article also states that my second shoot was in Florida, when it was actually filmed here in La Jolla, north of San Diego but close enough to still be considered local for me. Michael Joseph Gross also mixes up references to money and repeatedly mixes facts about the two different summers I spent in Dallas, Pennsylvania. Furthermore, the order of events and his perception of my last few months at Cobra appear to be mistaken."

Hmmm. I'm not sure what he considers "the bigger picture at hand" here, but the time and place corrections above are useful and appreciated.

Humbly, as always, at your service...jim

Update: A response from Jason Sechrest.

Update 2: Brent is nominated by fans for not one but two Cybersocket Web Awards; for Best New Adult Site and Best Porn Star Site.

Update 3: Angel Benton at Just Us Boys returns the love.

Update 4: J.C. Adams replies.

Update 5: In a new blog post, Brent flies to sunny Florida, meets his cast, and also runs into a couple fellow porn stars cast as cameos for Another Gay Sequel. The handshakes are chilly, as one of these porn cameos once had "taken the liberty of posting written, multi paragraph notices to the industry urging fans, viewers, journalists, studios, and producers not to buy my work, support my cause, or hire me for adult projects."

Hehe, well of course, we have NO idea who this mystery porn star/producer is, but Brent reports that he does not hold a grudge, and will not let a little antipathy interfere with the general sense of la dolce vita he is experiencing on the set in SoFla.