It was to be a Romeo and Juliet romance between the daughter of a porn king and the son of a crusading district attorney.

Their lack of funds is compounded by problems ranging from small (cheating girlfriends, mothers in sleazy movies) to large (the towering presence of Tunde, the local porn king).

"It wouldn't matter if Davis were still governor or if Larry Flynt the porn king had been elected," Mr. Isenberg said.

In the principal supporting role, Dom DeLuise appears as a dangerously overweight porn king who is forced to help the two policemen.

SKIN - Romeo is the son of a Los Angeles district attorney, Juliet is the daughter of a porn king.

"You neglected to mention the last time we spoke that you're a porn king and that David Parelli finances you," Bolan growled, the Beretta's snout unwavering from the bead he had on Owens's forehead.

But somehow a perfect piece of arm candy, be she the glossy companion of a porn king or a dream homemaker in the Elysian fields of suburbia, has betrayed a melting center.

Goldstein, in addition to being a porn king, made an art of self-loathing.

Oliver Burkeman on the fall of a porn king.