The director Michael Ninn, known for his artful pornography, last year entered a partnership with the gentlemen’s club chain Spearmint Rhino to thematically link those two companies. Ninn has ended his relationship with the fraught-with-turmoil result of that partnership, Ninnworx_SR.
“A Ninnworx movie delivers overwrought porn with a complex storyline and editing that prevents masturbators from getting a good look at the crucial parts,” I said in my unsuccessful bid to be Ninnworx_SR’s marketing director, “and Spearmint Rhino delivers listless strippers for an outrageous cover charge and drinks minimum.
“You should really get together.”
After months of contract stars being announced and then dropping out, a move to the non-strategic Riverside County town of Norco and, according to Ninn associates, checks going unpaid by the Spearmint Rhino corporate office, Ninnworx_SR only remains as a website.
In truth, Ninnworx was never a real partner with Spearmint Rhino. No one visiting any of the club’s stateside or international locations would be greeted by Catherine-branded pinball machines, Sacred Sin nonalcoholic cocktails, or Neopornographia lap dances. The Spearmint Rhino customer would never know Ninnworx existed. On the other hand, every Ninnworx movie was labeled with the Spearmint Rhino logo.
In a Camelot-invoking mea culpa that is unusual for porn (but which also left no doubt about where the real blame lies), Michael Ninn changed his name to IMNinn and apologized to anyone who believed his previous press releases.
“I would first like to apologize to the people who believed in me over the last eight months as I made my path through a journey called Ninn Worx_SR. I publicly apologize to Brea Bennett, Cassidey, Jana Jordan, Nikki Kane and Renee Perez, who believed in me and a dream I had, called Ninn Worx_SR. You did not deserve the way you have been treated, the half-truths you were told, nor the lack of respect you were given. My support for you, my crew and every other person that believed in me and my dream never failed. However, because of my belief in what Ninn Worx_SR could be, I find myself on the outside of my own company, looking in. A place I never imagined I’d be, but a fitting place none the less for me. I join you on the outside of Ninn Worx_SR, not a broken man, but a person who choose conscience over wealth, respect over disrespect and truth over half truths,” stated IMNINN.
Ninn, who has worked in the adult industry for 16 years, then continued with the righteousness of a man burned in a business relationship.
“There comes a time in most people’s life when you must make this choice; to put the better good above ones self, that wealth is not as important as well being and doing the right thing makes you a better person in spite of the out come. I say to you today, I stand on the outside of Ninn Worx_SR along with my contract stars and my crew, knowing that I no longer have to live with the lie that the check is in the mail or that the corporate committee will get back to you, as soon as they have reviewed your invoice and have reached a decision on paying you.
“I feel this is not an end at all, but just the beginning. I enter the next phase of the Ninn Worx_SR relationship with a positive attitude and a firm belief in our legal system and welcome the challenges ahead.”
(I especially like the “firm belief in our legal system.” That’s a badass thing to say. That’s something I would say as I dropped my cigarette on the floor and crushed it under my boot. I would also add “Baby.” So as I walked away from an onerous business relationship I would drop my cigarette to the floor, crush it under my boot, and say, “I have a strong belief in our legal system, Baby.”)
Ninn’s straight porn homage to 300, The Four, will be released under the Ninnworx_SR label in August.
Previously: In a wet room with black curtains; Sacred Sin; Brea Bennett a witch; Ninnworx makes squatting sexy; Rhino to get Ninn skin
See also: Ninnworx
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