jym@mica.berkeley.edu (Jym Dyer) (05/01/91)
> The material is included for a reason; it gives the person > pictured the added dimensionality of life and personality. ___ __ Haven't you ever wondered why so many of _Playboy_'s models _ are into Elvis records, candlelight dinners, long walks on the beach, men with nice stereos, and colognes advertised in _Playboy_? I don't know quite how to break this to you, man, but there's a slight possibility that these biographies are (dare I say it?) just make-believe. ___ __ Which is why the text is always as nonthreatening as the _ photos. Imagine that. <_Jym_>
heal@mrcnext.cso.uiuc.edu (Loren E. Heal) (05/01/91)
jym@mica.berkeley.edu (Jym Dyer) writes: >> The material is included for a reason; it gives the person >> pictured the added dimensionality of life and personality. >___ > in _Playboy_? I don't know quite how to break this to you, > man, but there's a slight possibility that these biographies > are (dare I say it?) just make-believe. (More likely, the "bios" have a smidgin of reality...) Playboy: Do you like arrogant men? Talent: Well, no... Playboy: Ahh, I see. (writes) Turnoffs - fast talkers. Which do you like more, long walks on the beach or riding the subway? -- ---- Loren E. Heal : heal@mrcnext.cso.uiuc.edu, (UUCP)!uiucuxc!m.c.u.e!heal reformat quoted paragraphs: sed 's/^>*//' | fmt | sed 's/^/>/'
scholl@uvmark.uucp (Kathryn Scholl) (05/01/91)
In article <JYM.91Apr30143422@remarque.berkeley.edu> jym@mica.berkeley.edu (Jym Dyer) writes: >> The material is included for a reason; it gives the person >> pictured the added dimensionality of life and personality. >___ >__ Haven't you ever wondered why so many of _Playboy_'s models >_ are into Elvis records, candlelight dinners, long walks on > the beach, men with nice stereos, and colognes advertised > in _Playboy_? I don't know quite how to break this to you, > man, but there's a slight possibility that these biographies > are (dare I say it?) just make-believe. I don't know quite how to break this to everyone, but *even* if these biographies are make-believe, there are a bunch of (dare I say it?) MEN, who actually get a thrill out of those characteristics! Strange as it is, even if most of the readers *know* the stories, bios, and pics are puffed-up, that's what they want! So it *does* give the person the "added dimensionality of life and personality". It's called smart marketing towards an obvious audience?, bottom-line?, money? Get it? -- Kathryn Scholl ...uunet!merk!uvmark!scholl
cindy@solan.unit.no (Cindy Kandolf) (05/05/91)
"doonesbury" once had a sequence where boopsie decided... or rather her boyfriend b.d. decided for her... to pose in "playboy" when they were doing some special women-in-the-ivy-leagues issue, or something similar. in one strip the photographer asks her questions for her bio and she gives the sort of answers that would be expected... turn-ons include "a big, warm bed on a cold night", for example. he finally asks her "miss, where did you get these answers?" and she answers "my boyfriend. he has all your back issues." -cindy kandolf cindy@solan.unit.no trondheim, norway
rivero@dev8g.mdcbbs.com (05/08/91)
In article <1991May01.163913.57938@uvmark.uucp>, scholl@uvmark.uucp (Kathryn Scholl) writes: > > I don't know quite how to break this to everyone, but *even* if these > biographies are make-believe, there are a bunch of (dare I say it?) > MEN, who actually get a thrill out of those characteristics! > > Strange as it is, even if most of the readers *know* the > stories, bios, and pics are puffed-up, that's what they want! > So it *does* give the person the "added dimensionality of life and > personality". > Kathryn Your statements are "sexist in reverse", making gender based assumptions about what goes in the mind of the male! They are about as realistic (and fair) as if I made the following HYPOTHETICAL statement. "Any woman who spends that much time trying to be beautiful for a centerfold can't have any brains. She NEEDS to have a bio made up for her". It may or may not be true for any INDIVIDUAL. But it is unfair to generalize. Years ago, when I was paying for my college education as a professional magician, I worked the L.A. Playboy Club. I met a large number of the women who posed for the magazine, and they seemed to have about the same ratio of sharp minds to total bozos that you would find anywhere else in life! Do you read Playgirl? Do you read the bios? Do you WANT the bios to be puffed up? Do you get a thrill out of those characteristics? Michael