on why i proclaim that playboy philippines promotes piracy: in a nutsack, that much-hyped new men's magazine sucked boogers. every guy i know who shelled out 200 bucks to buy one felt ripped off. they were inveigled by the glistening promise of female nudity that had historically caused playboy pages getting stuck together, only to behold barely any bareness. it is only fair to expect it, it is playboy, of course. when i was a teenager, playboy was a magic word. it was a proof of manhood. if you had playboy, you were a warrior perv. you could walk up to a couple of geeks talking about female buttshots in comics and whisper, "oh, yeah? i have playboy." and you got em worshiping your footsteps, wanting to borrow it.now, the filipinized version has hit our shores, the dudes behind it running out of superlatives to boast it to the public. yes, they admitted that playboy philippines will not have naked chicks with peeking vaginas, only because of our country's conservative upbringing and tight religious grasp. so, why the heck did they even bother franchising it in the first place? easy answer: money. take a world renowned brand, strip away its essence, market it to the none-the-wiser and await the cash tsunami. they must have thought the playboy name could effortlessly squish the current mags to bits. sure, it can. it's playboy for garth's sakes. however, they bastardized hef's legacy the moment they stamped it with our country's name. a poor-quality playboy with zero nudity for double the price of the other mag? no thanks.
notice how every time a local singer has a new album out, they always say "buy the original, don't buy pirated cd's"? well, playboy philippines is saying the opposite: "this playboy is a knockoff of the original. you might see one nipple, but that's it. it's kind of like buying a pirated dvd where the title is not the same as what's inside." i haven't read it and i dont plan on purchasing a copy. they got me at "metal tray taking up a third of cover space".
p.s. shit i can't believe i wasted three paragraphs on playboy philippines.
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hey hey hey di ka naman galit? hehehe cool ka lang, peace!
anne: sorry. it just pisses me off that we're in a country that cracks down dvd piraters who barely earn a buck and lets these bozos get away, ridiculous amount of money in tow, with the same crime.
i agreeee. its just not worth it.
so got any news on Playgirl? ;D
nnnooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
wehehe.. sayang ng franchise. hindi nalang sana kumuha ang pinas.
gosh, Jai, hyper much? ;p
I've been hearing only bad things about the magazine on how they were expecting more. They should've kept the good ole playboy trademark intact.
I agree that's its all about the moolahs. They just bowed down to conservative demands and just hyped up the advertising hook to make money out of it.
i'm not much into men's magazines because of my woman empowerment-obsessed subconscious.
that is why i still don't have the april issue of uno. prolly tomorrow.
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