Bleh, it’s not even Playboy anymore.
A Philippine edition of Playboy will debut on newsstands next week, but the traditionally racy magazine will not show frontal nudity, the editor-in-chief said Thursday.
Beting Laygo Dolor said the monthly magazine — synonymous the world over with centerfolds of bare-breasted women — will feature “anything under the sun of interest to men,” combining the work of investigative journalists and award-winning fiction writers.
Dolor told The Associated Press he believed the predominantly Roman Catholic Philippines would be more tolerant toward Playboy than neighboring Indonesia, where the magazine was met with violent opposition from Islamic groups…
…”If you have something like full frontal nudity, the chances are you will make a lot of enemies in the church, NGOs (non-governmental organizations), even in the government,” he said. “We don’t want to risk our copies being burned.”
He added that local advertisers won’t pay for space in such magazines.
Miss Earth 2004 Priscilla Meirelles will be their first cover girl. I am not impressed. As they say on the imageboards, tits or GTFO. Playboy Philippines is just one big offline Rickroll. Do the publishers think Filipinos are so utterly uninformed as to not know what to expect from Playboy?
Screw the geoeconomic constraints of dead tree media. Filipinos should stick with Asian Sirens for their dose of Filipina beauty.
Update, Apr 03, 08 | 5:12 am: LawBoy just made me realize the first cover girl for Playboy Philippines isn’t even Filipina. Again, Filipinos should stick with Asian Sirens for their dose of Filipina beauty.
