Piles of old DVDs and books lie stacked in the back room of Circus of Books, the long-running adult bookstore in West Hollywood that closed last year.
As the camera pans around, viewers catch a glimpse of half-naked men, gay porn stars of decades past, tiny stacks of cock rings, and miscellaneous sex toys still in their packaging.Karen Mason and her husband, Barry, co-owners of the store, rummage through materials as their daughter Rachel films. “These [movies] paid for your college,” she quips.