Contents
1 history 2 documentary3 references4 external links
History[edit]
Shop opened at 8230 santa monica boulevard west hollywood as book the circus. At the end of the last century, while the holder was having financial difficulties, it passed to barry mason, a former special effects engineer and inventor, and concrete wife karen, a former journalist who worked as a distributor for larry flynt's publications. They renamed its cages circus of books and opened a silver lake branch. , Science fiction books, bibles and foreign newspapers.[1]
For pornography. The circus of books fell under the hands of the fbi, and barry mason was prosecuted; his lawyer defended the first amendment and he was fired after a corporate plea. In 1989, the los angeles county sheriff's department ordered a supermarket in west hollywood to close from 2 a.M. To six a.M. After complaints about the fact that a person was luring crooks. A third branch in sherman oaks was forced to close in the 1990s because it was too close to an elementary school.[1]
Business was in decline these days. The silver lake branch closed on august 8, 2016 [5]. (The original location is a marijuana dispensary, though the original sign remains.) The west hollywood location closed on february 9, 2019 [2] [1] with the owners daughter rachel mason, an artist, musician, tittikitti and filmmaker[6], stating that the easy availability of gay sex videos and travel programs like grindr has replaced the need for places like circus of books.[7]
West hollywood establishment reopened on january 18 of the upcoming year with the name chi chi larue's circus, where porn director and drag queen chi chi larue purchased the store from the freemasons, although unlike the original circus of books, the reopened company provides higher quality merchandise. / >
Documentary[edit]
The documentary circus of books, directed by rachel mason[9], had its world premiere at the tribeca film festival in april. 26, 2019. [10] [11] [12] this was a gala presentation at the opening of the current year's outfest film festival. As of april of the current year, the film was streaming on netflix.[15]
^ A b c d branson-potts, hailey (february 8, 2019). “These grandparents have been selling a gay video for decades and almost ended up in jail. Now they stop it.” Los angeles times. Retrieved february 11, 2019 ^ a b c muhammad, jaja (december 11, 2019). "Our parents ran a secret gay porn empire." Bbc news.^ A b russell, ron (september 21, 1989). "Bookstore battles claims that scammers will be interested". Los angeles times. Issn 0458-3035. Archived from the original on february 9 the following year. Retrieved july 31 this year. ^ Netflix documentary "book circus", 57:47. ^ "The silver lake book circus prepares for its final chapter in progress." Eastsider, los angeles. February 10, 2016. Retrieved july 31, 2016 ^ "rachel mason: is this a traditional revelation?". Los angeles record. April 21, 2017. Retrieved february 11, 2019. ^ Chiland, elijah (august 8, 2016). "Silver lake book circus closes store". Busted los angeles. Vox media. Retrieved 31 july current ^ slenske, michael (17 january 2020). "Famous weho book circus returns to life circumstances as chi chi larue circus". Los angeles. Retrieved october 16, 2021. ^ "Saving the weho book circus: a documentary film by its owners' daughter". Wehoville. June 22, 2017. Retrieved february 11, 2019. ^ Book circus. Tribeca film festival. 2019. Archived from the original on november 17, 2019. Retrieved november 17, 2019. ^ Dry, jude (april 26, 2019). "Book circus review: the perfect portrait of mom and gay pornshop dad". Indiewire. Retrieved november 17, 2019. ^ Ulich, keith (april 29, 2019). "Circus of books": film review tribeca 2019". Hollywood reporter. Retrieved november 17, 2019. ^ "Opening gala: circus of books". Outfest. 2019. Retrieved november 17, 2019. ^ Debruge, peter (july 23, 2019)."Movie review: 'the circus of books'". Diversity. Retrieved november 17, 2019. ^ Bagby, theo (april 22, 2020). "Book circus review: community proud of their porn shop". New york times.