[citation][nom]mrpijey[/nom]Playboy isn't porn, it's erotica. If you want porn then Hustler, Penthouse etc is your thing... Playboy is just tasteful nudity without any of the sexual things that makes it porn.[/citation]
Compared to other contemporary erotica, I find little in Playboy that actually appeals. I think that if you scratch beneath the surface, you'll find very little substance. It's as though Playboy is merely produced for the purpose of people just trying to leave it lying around trying to look trendy, rather than something a porno connoisseur would actually want. It's all about branding..marketing..image, instead of the real deal like old one's used to be.
I don't particularly find a lot of these girls any more attractive than the kind of girl you'd see in a street, to be honest. I think a lot of these self-confessed stars appearing in this magazine are faceless slags with really bad personalities..sorry if that offends anyone, but that's what turns me off and we may not be as quick on the uptake as women when it comes to judging personality but you can spot this fakery a mile off, given a little bit more age and practice.
So that leaves the articles, which again don't really do it for me especially given some of the Hollywood types who I wouldn't piss on if they were on fire. Don't get me wrong, I think Playboy can get the balance right between erotica and infotainment, but not when the latter attempts to become some kind of substitute. It's not rocket science after all, it's just marketing the right product to the right people.