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09-27-2017, 11:28 PM
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HUGH HEFNER PASSES
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09-27-2017, 11:46 PM
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For better or worse, one of the trail blazers of the post WW 2 sexual revolution.At best, he helped rid the hypocrisy that kept sexuality repressed and brought it out into the open.At worst, it produced libertine attitudes that often proved harmful if not outright destructive.
 Hugh. You were the envy of every red-blooded male. 
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09-27-2017, 11:46 PM
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...with a smile on his face.
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09-28-2017, 12:10 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by barahona44
For better or worse, one of the trail blazers of the post WW 2 sexual revolution.At best, he helped rid the hypocrisy that kept sexuality repressed and brought it out into the open.At worst, it produced libertine attitudes that often proved harmful if not outright destructive.
Hugh. You were the envy of every red-blooded male. |
In our weaker moments, some of us fall into self-indulgent hedonism, but for those same of us, the weaknesses are occasions for amendment, rather than congratulation. I present Hefner types as tragic figures to my children and relatives, rather than champions.
As your first paragraph suggests, he may be the iconic figure of license-mistaken-as-freedom, the over correction of puritanism, i.e., the sexual revolution.
I wouldn't trade lives with him for anything.
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09-28-2017, 12:21 AM
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Just another Facist
Join Date: Mar 2002
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Don’t forget the great articles
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09-28-2017, 12:22 AM
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Good post, dn. I think similarly. Maybe the off the cuff reaction is "what a life" but it was far too shallow for me to envy.
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09-28-2017, 10:04 AM
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A whole generation of young males grew up thinking that young women actually had staples through their goodies. RIP, Hef!
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09-28-2017, 10:25 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by JustRalph
Don’t forget the great articles
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And the Playboy Philosophy! 
That was a joke even to those who really did read the articles!
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09-28-2017, 10:51 AM
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Hefner was a businessman, first. You cannot be that successful without keeping more eyes on the business, than on the bedroom. If you disapprove of the product he was selling, that's fine.
I'm guessing failed marriages were more about poor choices on his part than anything else. But I have to say that the lack of negative press about him from people who know him, speaks very highly of him.
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09-28-2017, 05:18 PM
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Just another Facist
Join Date: Mar 2002
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Clocker
And the Playboy Philosophy!
That was a joke even to those who really did read the articles! |
My dad bought me a subscription when I was 16 or so. He would read it first and then I got it. It was really in my name too. My buddies thought I was lucky. But he made me pay for it after the first year and he would quiz me about the articles. If I was unable to tell him about the articles, he threatened to cancel. I guess it was his way to get me to read something different
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09-28-2017, 05:31 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by JustRalph
My dad bought me a subscription when I was 16 or so. He would read it first and then I got it. It was really in my name too. My buddies thought I was lucky. But he made me pay for it after the first year and he would quiz me about the articles. If I was unable to tell him about the articles, he threatened to cancel. I guess it was his way to get me to read something different
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I'm curious, JR, if you'd be willing to share an article from memory that stood out in your mind, and why you thought it was so "great".
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09-28-2017, 05:36 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by boxcar
I'm curious, JR, if you'd be willing to share an article from memory that stood out in your mind, and why you thought it was so "great".
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Here is one
https://thestacks.deadspin.com/playb...-qb-1229873187
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09-28-2017, 05:49 PM
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Just another Facist
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Quote:
Originally Posted by boxcar
I'm curious, JR, if you'd be willing to share an article from memory that stood out in your mind, and why you thought it was so "great".
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For some reason I recall the interviews
Clint Eastwood’s and Bob Hope come to mind.
I was exposed to articles by Truman Capote and Norman Mailer, who I thought sucked. I just didn’t get it when it came to Mailer. Capote I came to like. My dad hated Capote, but loved the movies made of his works.
As I think harder I recall Burt Reynolds and Pete Rose interviews.
I subscribed right up until the 90's when it started getting more political. I dropped Rolling Stone about the same time, for the same reason.
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09-28-2017, 06:37 PM
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Anyone that says he's in a better place now. Really?
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09-28-2017, 09:06 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by JustRalph
For some reason I recall the interviews
Clint Eastwood’s and Bob Hope come to mind.
I was exposed to articles by Truman Capote and Norman Mailer, who I thought sucked. I just didn’t get it when it came to Mailer. Capote I came to like. My dad hated Capote, but loved the movies made of his works.
As I think harder I recall Burt Reynolds and Pete Rose interviews.
I subscribed right up until the 90's when it started getting more political. I dropped Rolling Stone about the same time, for the same reason.
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Okay...so these were interviews with famous people that largely stand out in you mind, as opposed to profound or insightful thoughts of Heffner himself. Thanks for clarifying.
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