Fash Primes For Portraits

Ron Kruger wrote:

There seems to be a fascination with very fast primes among enthusiasts for portrait shots, and although this is not what I do, I'm wondering if pros who specialize in portraits use very fast lenses?

Is there a market for shots with one ear in focus and the other out? Or with just the nose in focus? Seems to me f-2.8, proper lighting and background placement would be plenty fast, and in fact, too fast for some applications. Have customers ever heard of bokeh, or do you often get comments about the shot being "out of focus?"
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