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Thursday, October 25, 2012

Hump Overheard in the HUMP! Jury Room

Posted by Dan Savage on Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 3:09 PM

"Lovely kitchen—but white back-splashes are so hard to keep clean."

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"Is this HUMP!'s first bris?"

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"It's gotta be hard to pee on a trampoline."

"No, it's really easy! It's the worst thing about jumping on a trampoline."

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"It looks like she's teaching her vagina sign language."

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"Sarah McLachlan needs to show up at the end of this one with a really sad dog."

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"Who smells ice-cream?!"

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"I'm glad they found each other."

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"The swastika is a boner killer."

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"This is the bunny gang rape scenario they cut from No Country For Old Men."

"Luckily the female body has ways of shutting bunny rape down."

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Tease :p

Posted by Teased hump contender on October 25, 2012 at 3:22 PM

Such a hard working bunch there at The Stranger. And never a dull moment either. It would be fascinating to see your full job descriptions.

Posted by SeattleKim on October 25, 2012 at 3:26 PM

Damn it Savage! Post the results! I'm supposed to be working and can't get anything done because you keep drawing this out!

Posted by HumpMcDump on October 25, 2012 at 3:50 PM

@2 Hey, I think this part of the job probably isn't as easy or glamorous as it sounds.

You have to meticulously watch and evaluate hundreds (thousands?) of amateur porn submissions, featuring all kinds of sex acts, many of which probably don't even come close to turning you on. Not to mention there's probably a ton of bad camera work, bad lighting, and other stuff that can make any kind of film difficult to watch.

And it's gotta be difficult to pick who actually gets in. I mean, how do you evaluate anal fisting vs. knife play vs. hetero gangbangs, while at the same time evaluating for things like cinematography, humor, sincerity and originality? I tell ya, it sounds like hard work to me.

But it's a labor of love, and it makes for one hell of a festival. Stranger porn reviewers, I salute you.

Posted by Hernandez

on October 25, 2012 at 3:53 PM

Oooh, I think I know which video inspired the first comment! ;-)

Posted by dianasquiver on October 25, 2012 at 3:56 PM

@2 Hard working or working hard?

Posted by Pick1 on October 25, 2012 at 4:01 PM

@6 Seems to me that it is both. At least for the guys.

Posted by SeattleKim on October 25, 2012 at 4:23 PM

@4 - I sincerely want that job. And I could even keep my hands above the table.

Posted by MacCrocodile

on October 25, 2012 at 4:26 PM

Yay! Decision has been made, if you made it in, you should have gotten an email.

Posted by RandomHumper on October 25, 2012 at 4:52 PM

Ummmm how about results? Thought they'd be posted 2 hours ago...

Posted by humpcontestant77 on October 25, 2012 at 4:57 PM

@10: We are emailing everyone who submitted.

Posted by Dan Savage on October 25, 2012 at 5:03 PM

i am so jealous.. i live on the other side of the planet and i don't get to see HUMP!

Posted by keksutaja on October 25, 2012 at 5:37 PM

Does everyone who submitted get an email even if their film hasn't been selected? Also, will all of those emails get sent tonight?

Posted by PDXbonerjams on October 25, 2012 at 6:50 PM

@ 13... "everyone who submitted" answers your question. We didn't make it in either this year, god knows why. And we even involved a moving vehicle and a tireswing! Eagerly awaiting the prop announcement for next year so we can get Humping! again.

Posted by sweaterfuckers2012 on October 26, 2012 at 12:46 PM

I thought "everyone who submitted" answered my question too....but still there have been no emails. I am assuming it means we didn't get in, but it would be nice to get that confirmed in an email so I can move on and stop thinking about it :)

Posted by PDXbonerjams on October 26, 2012 at 1:07 PM