October 28th, 2009, 08:40 AM | #51 |
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In a similar vein, I'd like to answer with a rhetorical question.
How can you make The Rolling Stones more popular?
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October 28th, 2009, 10:45 AM | #52 |
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I wouldn't. It was always shite.
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I wonder what all these people who think that playboy is not worth saving are doing on a vintage erotica site.
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Of course, you are right in what you are saying, but who wouldn't have got a bit stale after getting on for half a century of recording and touring. Their gigs, for years, have drawn a mixed age group, and naturally it's the older stuff that everyone goes for. Must say that although Mick can still strut his stuff at 66, it's more a nostalgia kick they are on now, and I think its probably time they called it a day. Same applies to Paul McCartney. Everything has to move on .... |
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save?
I wouldn't miss it at all. Thousands of people's trying to get a dime for it over ebay. Burn it along with other crap.
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But there's one other problem that can't be fixed. In the sixties and seventies Hef was a huge figure for women's liberation. Women mainly saw his magazine as a positive thing. That started to change in the mid-seventies, and now that porn has gotten so hardcore, it's seen as a force that oppresses females, and Playboy just can't escape that. Hef helped open the door to sexual liberation for women, but also helped open the door for everything else we see. So the people who say Playboy's time has passed are right too. It's a different world, and that idea of guiltlessly celebrating female beauty is gone. To greater society, there is no healthy way to look at naked women. Times change, and it's good to change too, but there's a limit to how much one can adapt. Last edited by smutwerx; October 28th, 2009 at 03:20 PM.. Reason: typos typos typos |
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Hef's death is the only thing that will save this mag
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Great post, smutwerx, and thank you for making an effort to actually focus on the threads original question\purpose
Lots of great posts, guys. I think everyone knows Playboy is not gonna survive unless it makes some serious changes. I'd like to stress one more time though ( and then I'm gonna leave it because if people don't get it by now they're not gonna get it!) this thread was made to discuss the question of what would you do to save Playboy if you were in the position, not to debate if it should or can be saved. It was to discuss what is currently good\bad\missing in the magazine. The ' should\can it be saved' question is really for another thread Although unfortunatly it's taken over this thread! Love, xxXxx P.S: Eelcat, a lot of people my age love The Rolling Stones. I would totally go to one of their concerts, and so would 90% of my friends. The main problem is that they sold-out years ago and so their new younger audience can't afford to buy a ticket to see one of their freaking shows! Lol! But most of my friends love them. Retro sh*t is a trend these days, you know? lol! I don't think that trend could possibly work in Playboy's case though!
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Alas, for all that our forum is widely populated with well disposed, intelligent and interesting people, this is a common problem. Free discussion does mean we explore allied and related topics, and thats good. It also means we have to cope with opinions which conflict with our own. All you can do is argue your own case. But of course all opinions, yours and all those contrary to yours, will be expressed courteously and on a basis of full mutual respect. I have complete confidence.
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