Wadd was the Minaeanmoon god. His name means "love". Snakes were believed to be sacred to Wadd. Minaean was a kingdom in Southwestern Arabia from approximately 1200 BC until 650 bc, centred on what is now Yemen. ... In the study of mythology, a lunar deity is a god or goddess associated with or symbolizing the Moon: see Moon (mythology). ... Families Acrochordidae Aniliidae Anomalepididae Anomochilidae Atractaspididae Boidae Bolyeriidae Colubridae Cylindrophiidae Elapidae Hydrophiidae Leptotyphlopidae Loxocemidae Pythonidae Tropidophiidae Typhlopidae Uropeltidae Viperidae Xenopeltidae Snakes are cold blooded legless reptiles closely related to lizards, which share the order Squamata. ...
He is best known for his large penis, his involvement in the brutal Wonderland Murders in 1981, and his death from AIDS.
Veteran porn actress Annette Haven, for instance, recalled in the documentary Wadd: The Life and Times of John C. Holmes that "as the joke goes, if John ever became fully erect, he'd lose consciousness from lack of blood to the brain because his dick was that big.
A documentary on his wild life (Wadd - the Life and Times of John C. Holmes) has achieved cult status among certain late-night college campus independent film houses, and some elements of the film Boogie Nights were loosely based on Holmes's life, including the Laurel Canyon "Wonderland" murders.
It is a long look into the life of a man who personified virtually everything wrong with the adult film industry, yet who is lionized in spite of his major personality flaws by those who would emulate him, bask in his glow and exploit him.
Nonetheless, Wadd does indeed paint a picture of not only Holmes but the times, places and people that turned a mope into a sociopathic star.
For me, at least, Wadd certainly demythologized John C. Holmes, a name that for me was lost in a hazy memory of long ago.
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