Fluffer Explained

A fluffer is a person employed to keep a porn performer's penis erect on the set.[1] After setting up the desired angle, the director asks the actors to hold position and calls for the fluffer to "fluff" the actors for the shot. These duties are considered part of the makeup department. While fluffing does not necessarily involve touching the actors, it could entail sexual acts such as fellatio or non-penetrative sex.[2]

According to some pornographic actors, including Aurora Snow,[3] James Deen[4] and Keiran Lee,[5] fluffers are no longer needed, saying that the role might have existed in the past, but disappeared due to medical advancements, such as Viagra and implants, and with advancements in prosthetics.[6] Hunter Skott, who has worked as a fluffer, contended in an interview that they "are only used for a gangbang or bukkake, not for regular [porn] movies".[2]

Predating the pornographic usage, which came into use in the 1970s,[7] [8] fluffer has been used by the real estate industry to refer to a person that stages homes[9] and as a term for a maid or housekeeper who fluffs pillows, or in general cleans and prepares work equipment.[10]

In popular culture

In the 1998 video game Fallout 2, it is possible for the player to become a fluffer for a post-apocalyptic studio engaged in the porn industry.[11]

The 2001 film The Fluffer is about a film buff with a crush on a porn star who is straight, for whom he would end up working as a fluffer in gay porn.[12] In episode 3 of season 2 of New Girl entitled "Fluffer", Nick Miller tells the protagonist Jessica Day that he will not be her "emotional fluffer", after he realises that he is providing her sentimental stimulation which allows her to maintain a more active sex life with a recurring character named Sam Sweeney.[13]

The oneiric slasher Knife+Heart follows a group of "low grade" gay pornographers in 1970s France. The film depicts a character named Mouth of Gold, or Mouth, who is a fluffer. In the film, he is a middle-aged man who works for free as he lives with his mother.[14]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/fluffer "Definition of 'fluffer'"
  2. Web site: A Life's Work: This Job Sucks . Grant . Stoddard . 2 September 2002 . . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120220155146/http://www.nerve.com/content/a-lifes-work-this-job-sucks . 20 February 2012 .
  3. News: Blood, Sweat and Sex: My Hard Life in Porn. 4 March 2014. Aurora Snow. Aurora Snow. 18 March 2013. The Daily Beast. 4 March 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140304165727/http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/03/18/blood-sweat-and-sex-my-hard-life-in-porn.html. live.
  4. Interview: James Deen . 4 March 2014 . Suzan Ryan . 25 March 2013 . . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131025154752/http://www.australianpenthouse.com.au/28456/interview-james-deen . 25 October 2013 .
  5. 10 Things A Male Pornstar Will Never Tell You. 6 October 2014. Jonathan Stewart. 30 April 2014. Playboy. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20141006124424/http://www.playboy.com/playground/view/10-secrets-from-a-male-pornstar. 6 October 2014.
  6. Web site: 22 Industry Insiders And Pornstars Tell The Behind-The-Scenes Secrets Porn Viewers Don't Want To Know (NSFL). Thought Catalog. 28 July 2015. 2 August 2018. 5 April 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230405163356/https://thoughtcatalog.com/eric-redding/2015/07/porn-stories-they-dont-want-to-know/. live.
  7. Book: Ron Jeremy: The Life and Times of a Porn Star. Jeremy, R.. 2009. HarperCollins. 9780061841774.
  8. Book: The Complete Idiot's Guide to Weird Word Origins. McFedries, P.. 2008. Alpha Books. 9781592577811.
  9. Book: At Large and At Small: Familiar Essays. Fadiman, A.. 2008. Farrar, Straus and Giroux. 9781429922968. registration.
  10. Web site: A CITY SLEEPS aka TUBE "FLUFFERS" - British Pathé. britishpathe.com. 14 January 2014. 29 October 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131029195329/http://www.britishpathe.com/video/a-city-sleeps-aka-tube-fluffers. live.
  11. Web site: Good. Owen. Lots of Bad Career Choices in Fallout. Kotaku. 14 June 2009. 28 October 2017. 28 October 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171028200902/https://kotaku.com/5289763/lots-of-bad-career-choices-in-fallout. live.
  12. News: Film Review; O.K., Just Tell Your Folks It's Artistic Work, in Films . subscription . https://web.archive.org/web/20080612112203/https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B03E1DC173BF935A25752C1A9679C8B63 . 12 June 2008 . . 16 November 2001 . 20 February 2024 . A.O. . Scott . A. O. Scott.
  13. News: Adams. Erik. Fluffer. The A.V. Club. 21 March 2013. 4 February 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130204204114/http://www.avclub.com/articles/fluffer,85870/. live.
  14. Web site: Gonzalez . Yann . Knife+Heart . Altered Innocence . 4 . 25 March 2020 . 26 June 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200626210029/https://www.alteredinnocence.net/knife . live .

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