An Interview with Dr. Dick
GoldiesGayGalaxy.com
August 11, 2006 ( View Original Article)
Today I am going to take a break from my normal Friday Gay Porn Review to provide you with something even better. I had the recent pleasure of interviewing Dr. Dick, aka Dr. Richard Wagner of Daddy Oohhh Productions. So sit back with a cup of coffee in one hand and your cock in the other and learn more about this fascinating man, his most unbelievable past, and his current role in the gay adult scene.
Goldie: Tell me about your background. What were you doing before porn?Dr. Dick: I came to this work in a most unorthodox fashion. It is certainly not something I ever aspired to do. I was a Catholic priest for 20 years. (I am the only Catholic priest in the world with a doctorate in Clinical Sexology.) I completed my post-graduate work with the publication of my doctoral thesis concerning the sexual attitudes and behaviors of gay Catholic priests in the active ministry in 1981. This was unprecedented research back then (and even now, for that matter). There was a firestorm of international publicity. I was son to be known as "The Gay Priest". Like if I was the only one. Needless to say, this notoriety (some say infamy) effectively ended my priesthood. I fought the Vatican for the next 15 years, from 1981-1996, in an attempt to salvage my ministry, but the deed was done.
My career as a therapist in San Francisco coincided with the advent of HIV/AIDS (1981). Not surprisingly, my practice evolved into working primarily with sick and dying people. In the mid-90's I founded a nonprofit organization, PARADIGM, Enhancing Life Near Death. It was an outreach for terminally ill, chronically ill, elder and dying people. This was brilliant cutting-edge work. Alas, I couldn't find the funding to continue. This precipitated a rather sudden move to Seattle in 1999.
G: How did you make the transition into the adult market? What attracted you to this job?
DD: I continued to work with sick and dying people here, in Seattle. I started to develop programming for women newly diagnosed with ovarian cancer and men with prostate cancer. I wanted to create videos for people experiencing life threatening and/or disfiguring illnesses to help them deal with reintegrating sex and intimacy post diagnosis. I soon realized that I would need to fund this project on my own. No mainline foundation would touch the issue of sex. Faced with how I might do that, friends prevailed on me to start by making porn. Thus Daddy Oohhh! Productions was born.
What attracted me? The lure of loads of money to fund my great passion attracted me. Unfortunately, the load of money has yet to materialize. Now that I'm actually doing porn, my interest is to create projects that are different in style and tone from what currently rules the marketplace.
G: What is your role within Daddy Oohhh! Productions?
DD: President/CEO: that and a dollar gets me a ride on the bus. ;-)
G: What has been your most memorable experience working in the porn industry?
DD: I've met and worked with some marvelously creative people, both in front of and behind the camera. These extraordinary people have helped me make my mark. Without them, there would be no Daddy Oohhh.
G: What makes the content from Daddy Oohhh! Productions unique?
DD: Are you familiar with those innocent, unassuming, joyful, playful, classic films of the early days of porn? The days when the sex was earnest and wild and hot and yet oh so sweet. When the production took a back seat to honest to goodness, unabashed passion. The time before all the polish and gloss; before the cult of hyper-masculinity. Before all the posturing and self-absorption. Before the body stereotyping and humorless, deadpan sex. The days before the cookie cutter, assembly line productions that currently rule the marketplace. I remember those days. I was there! I'm delighted to present my homage to that genuine, albeit brief, time when we celebrated our sexuality with wild abandon and carried on without pretense.
Daddy Oohhh! Productions labors to capture some of the spirit and pathos of that golden era. If you sense that something has gone missing from adult entertainment lately - the romance, allure and seduction - why not check out our stuff. It might just help restore your faith in good old-fashioned smut.
G: Do you have a favorite movie you've shot and if so what makes it so special?
D: Each of out movies has a certain charm. Of course, I'd say that, they're mine!
No, really, some titles have better production values then others. Some have better performances than others. That being said, if I were to direct someone who wanted to get an idea of the Daddy Oohhh! signature, I'd suggest they check out our most recent title: After Hours and an older title, Willie Gets A Brand New Thing.
G: Are you in a relationship or still looking for Mr. (or Mrs.) Right?
DD: Nope! Single as all-get-out! Isn't that pathetic? All this fine stuff goin' to waste. ;-)
G: What types of guys do find sexy?
DD: I'm into trim and fit men. Those who enjoy lots of sensual body contact, massage, wrestling, etc. He's gotta love kissing. I like my sex to be mutual and reciprocal.
G: Boxers, briefs, or boxer/briefs? Or none of the above?
DD: Boxer-briefs
G: What do you have planned for the future?
DD: I hope to make it to dinnertime before I collapse from exhaustion. ;-)
G: Thank you for your time, it was great getting to know you better!
