christian chimes in from the UK:
It seems my friend Sasha Grey is starting her own talent agency. Although it really looks like she just wants to represent herself. Not sure as to any of the details, but I will say this. I disagree with her initial press release. Not once did she mention Spiegler's name or thank him at all. This is a girl who was booked months in advance, and Mark organized all of her shoots. Then when she had major medical problems, Mark not only kept the faith, but helped deflect any problems, and additionally got her back in the game when she was healed up. I realize that agents are there to make money, but Mark treated Sasha with kid gloves and A TON of special treatment (which is the correct way to treat a major superstar performer like Sasha). Not sure of any of the specifics, but I just wanted to throw that out there about the job Mark did.
Furthermore, lets talk about girls who don't have agents. It is almost impossible for a girl to represent herself effectively. The only one I can think of is Jenna Haze, but she is different because A. she doesn't need to work much because she is with Jules. and B. she makes so much per scene that 1-2 scenes a week is more than enough to live on. Here are the problems associated with not having an agent.
First, the big directors and producers in this business can easily find any girl they need whether they have an agent or not. Where the agents are very useful to performers is pulling in the new directors and small time companies. These new clients have no idea how to get ahold of a female performer, and rely on the agent to take care of that for them. The second problem is organizational. It's not easy to keep your month organized correctly (I have my Bachelor's Degree and find it hard to manage sometimes). Some people book you far in advance, some book you at the beginning of the week, and you have to keep track of them all. You have to carefully organize your bookings in your calendar and remember to get call times, shoot address, wardrobe, etc. Then you have to remember who has paid you and who hasn't. This is the third and largest problem I think. Keeping track of your checks. Agents have leverage to help deter people from not paying the performer or holding their payment for weeks or months. Single performers don't have that leverage. So you have to spend time running down missing checks instead of letting your agent take care of it. Overall, I think it's a really poor way to go unless you don't WANT to work very much. Then it's fine. I wish Sasha the best of luck, but it will be a long, hard road.
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