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National Review lauds Playboy.(Insider Report)
When William F. Buckley started National Review magazine in 1955, he grandly described its mission as that of "stand[ing] athwart history, crying 'stop.'" Two years before Buckley created his journal, Hugh Hefner published the inaugural issue of Playboy, which would become the first mass-circulation porn magazine. National Review, the Establishment-designated flagship journal of the conservative movement, supposedly sought to preserve what Hefner eagerly sought to destroy. Yet Buckley would eventually consent to be interviewed by Playboy and write several essays for the smut magazine.
Thus it's oddly appropriate that National Review's web-based affiliate, National Review Online, published a brace of laudatory articles commemorating Playboy's 50th anniversary. A December 29, 2003 profile by NRO contributing editor Andrew Stuttaford described Hefner as "tatty, tacky, jaded, and, let's admit it, a touch laughable, but an American original nonetheless"--an "ancient satyr" surrounded by adoring starlets and centerfolds. "Yes, yes, it looks very empty and somewhat desperate, and Hefner's home life seems to leave little to be envied --if a lot to be desired--but, come on, the guy is 77. It's difficult not to cheer."
In her January 13 NRO essay "Living With Playboy," contributing writer Catherine Seipp went so far as to describe the success of Hefner's magazine as a validation of American freedom: "Playboy really does have something to do with freedom, and these days maybe that's worth remembering. A society that allows Playboy is not a ...
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