A watered-down version of Playboy will soon be launched in the predominantly Catholic Philippines, inspired by the success of the local franchises of soft-porn men magazines such as FHM and Maxim.
No opposition has been heard from Church and political leaders in the Philippines.
(Indonesians burn advance copies of Playboy Indonesia)
In neighboring Indonesia, protesters had tried to block the launching of the Playboy Indonesia last year. The protests forced the magazine to move its offices to the tourist capital of Bali, and publish the magazine with no nudity.
The Playboy Philippines editor Beting Laygo Dolor assures the public that there will be no nudity in the Philippine version.
In Indonesia, men who bought the the first edition of Playboy were disappointed.
A Times Online report quotes these callers to an Indonesian radio station:
“It’s sinful to read Playboy if there’s no nudity!” said one caller.
“It’s a scandal! There’s no nude women in the magazine. I think we have been deceived,” said another
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Will a sanitized Playboy Philippines capture the market even if it breaks the Playboy tradition of baring skin? That remains to be seen. Maybe, the local publishers are hoping the Playboy brand name itself will sell the magazine.
[...] 26, 2008 by Marc According to Pinoy Spy Reporter Playboy is to launch a Philippine edition of the iconic mens [...]
playboy philippines will suck! i guess the editor is gay!
what??? this is not playboy! this should be called gayboy!
look mate i think all you guys are gay!… i rather look girl then mans i think you guys look playgirl a’ght … rekonize.. peace
very very gay :p
new chismis about Playboy. The Hef heard & saw that it was so bad… he had all the issues pulled out.
anybody out there who can confirm this?
heard more inside chismis.
Priscilla hated the original “Black Mamba Team” that did the photography. it was just a bunch of “feeling-photographer-fellows” who thought that they were good enough to do a magazine shoot.
But they were idiots and Priscilla was super disappointed. she specifically fixed up the famous SECOND SHOOT (on her own! go girl!) with a better and competent and REAL team. she told the staff of Playboy Philippines not to use any of the shots from the first shoot. but lo and behold… they still used the cooking magazine cover option. She was really pissed but gave up.
Poor Priscilla.