There is always an apathetic environment when it comes to the matter of the LGBTQ community. And, when LGBTQ is connected with porn, the limitations rockets to the sky. However, not everyone might be the same.
Netflix is bringing a new documentary entitled 'Circus of Books, ' which addresses the owner of the gay porn shop.
The release date of Circus of Books, produced by Ryan Murphy, is on 22 April 2020 on Netflix, which will unleash the real-story of the Jewish couple named Karen and Barry Mason.
The documentary features the artist who plays their self role, including Rachel Mason (daughter of Karen and Barry), Larry Flynt, Jeff Stryker, and Alaska Thunderfuck.
Circus of Books (©: goldposter.com)
The documentary came forward after Karen and Barry's daughter Rachel Mason cited the story to the producer Ryan Murphy. Do not forget to watch the documentary on Netflix.
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Real Story Behind The 'Circus Of Books'
The Circus of Book resembles a shop owned by a couple and parents named Karen and Barry Mason in Santa Monica Blvd. It is not a simple shop, but it is a gay porn shop owned by a Jewish duo, which has made its landmark for more than thirty-five years. Circus of Books was a place for the LGBTQ community of Los Angeles to socialize and be themselves.
Karen and Barry Mason, who lived a simple life attending religious school, had no idea what business they ran at the time. They were able to keep their shop secret despite the epidemic of HIV/AIDS, which thoroughly decreased their customers as well as employees.
Karen and Barry were parents of three children, namely, Rachel, Josh, and Micah. Rachel, who is also the director of the documentary, brought up the story of her parents' shop and their working mechanism during the time. She illustrated how her guardians managed a mom-and-pop chain of stores catering to the LGBTQ community by the business of pornographic materials, including adult magazines, sex toys, books, videos, and many more.
Circus of Books shop (©: guardian.com)
Moreover, they became the producers of the films themselves.
Nevertheless, Circus of Books shop was the center of the LGBTQ culture in the US at the time, often considered as the center of the gay universe.
Meet 'Circus Of Books' Director Rachel Mason & Know Her Biography
Rachel Mason has made her prominence mainly as an artist, actively engaged in art, music, films, and multimedia projects. Her works include her albums like Das Ram, The Lives of Hamilton Fish, The Ambassadors II, Code Flight, Rvox Rox, Heaven, Beckon and Bruise, and others.
She was born in Los Angeles, California, in the United States to her parents, Karen and Barry Mason. Rachel Mason's parents were the owner of the Circus of Books, a gay porn shop, also known as a center for the LGBTQ community.
Rachel Mason and her parents (©: GlamourBiz)
As a child, she grew up with many of her gay friends in her locality and high schools. Even her brother came out as gay when he was in his college years. And although her parents did run a gay porn shop is far from the social distancing in terms of discrimination, found themselves hard to accept the truth.
Rachel attended Yale University, where she did get featured on the cover of the NY Times Art Section during the Republican National Convention in 2003. The art portrayed her image kissing then-President George W. Bush.