Playboy & Penthouse were the best paying magazines for writers in heyday. Now writers & filmmakers work for free or begging for $ online
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Such an interesting way to look at what Playboy was, though—"a private WPA financed with soft porn." But that's really what it was.
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He & Flynt used blue $ to fight important First Amendment battles. Re porn: compare Playboy to what you can conjure up on Google right now.
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It's amazing to think back on what was considered scandalously dirty only 20 years ago. We scarcely bat an eye at it today.
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I found that most people who made a big deal out of Playboy were probably sexually repressed and/or hadn't ever actually read the mag.
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It was relatively tame, really even back then. In any case, you don't throw out the baby with the bathwater. Great writing, storytelling.
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Agreed! I got to know Eldon Sellers, one of Hef's original biz partners. Fascinating stories. BTW:If you ever need a back issue, let me know
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Or, did he use extraordinary writing to mitigate the selling/buying of porn? "I only read it for the articles."
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