Playboy turns 50
2003-09-01 20:33:59.576031+02 by Dan Lyke 0 comments
The Washington Post looks at Playboy at 50. When I moved to California I let my subscription to Playboy lapse, because I found that Playboy was about 3 months delayed from the current happenings out here by the bay.
Back in its heyday, Playboy ran interviews with such luminaries as Marshall McLuhan, Martin Luther King Jr. and Allen Ginsberg. Now it runs interviews with Lisa Marie Presley, Jimmy Kimmel and Tobey Maguire. Hefner blames this editorial devolution on the times.
"There has been a certain dumbing down of society," he says "What do you do when you're trying to create a contemporary magazine for young people? Well, you try to make it as good as you can, but you have to stay in touch with what's going on. Is some of that, for a guy of my age, a conscious decision rather than one that comes from the gut? Sure."