Playboy Indonesia #1, a smash hit
Have you seen the first edition of Playboy Indonesia edition? I bet some of you bought that, right? I stopped by at a newsstand in Blok M this afternoon right after Tempointeraktif.com reported that the much-awaited-yet-controversial magazine has been published and distributed safely. No major protest like yesterday's workers strike against the revision of Law No.13.Actually, all I can tell you (or you should tell me) about what's inside the magazine is mainly based on news reports. The AFP took the picture of the first edition today with actrees Andhara Early as the 'Playmate' with the main title Always Happy Early. I was confused with the title until I read the news on Early as the cover girl in full Javanese dress kemben. No nude pictures? No!
Detik.com explained it better. The popular online news disclosed sexy pictures of Andhara, a divorcee and mother of Magali. Andhara got her father's blessing first, though. But the pictures, as explained by news reports, are just like those already published in other magazines here. Sexy? Sure!
It's a smash hit in Tangerang, western part of Jakarta. The publisher, with initial investment of around US$300,000, was optimistic the 3,000 copies printed would be sold out at Rp40,000 (around US$4.5) a copy. But if you're expecting nudity, save your money.
Even so, Indonesian Ulemma Assembly (MUI) insists the magazine falls into pornography category simpy because the name of Playboy as 'the icon of pornography', no matter the publisher claims of 'no nudity inside'. It's a dilemma for MUI because they must see first to make such judgement, right?
Well, I have to buy one, hopefully I'll be lucky enough to get a copy of the magazine. So, I should stop now. For those who want to see more pictures, just surf Yahoo! and click Playboy Indonesia in news section.
I just want to congratulate the publisher for such a brave decision at the time of controversy surrounding the anti-pornography bill.
Detik.com explained it better. The popular online news disclosed sexy pictures of Andhara, a divorcee and mother of Magali. Andhara got her father's blessing first, though. But the pictures, as explained by news reports, are just like those already published in other magazines here. Sexy? Sure!
It's a smash hit in Tangerang, western part of Jakarta. The publisher, with initial investment of around US$300,000, was optimistic the 3,000 copies printed would be sold out at Rp40,000 (around US$4.5) a copy. But if you're expecting nudity, save your money.
Even so, Indonesian Ulemma Assembly (MUI) insists the magazine falls into pornography category simpy because the name of Playboy as 'the icon of pornography', no matter the publisher claims of 'no nudity inside'. It's a dilemma for MUI because they must see first to make such judgement, right?
Well, I have to buy one, hopefully I'll be lucky enough to get a copy of the magazine. So, I should stop now. For those who want to see more pictures, just surf Yahoo! and click Playboy Indonesia in news section.
I just want to congratulate the publisher for such a brave decision at the time of controversy surrounding the anti-pornography bill.
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posted by yosef at 10:07 PM
1 Comments:
their claim for initial print was for 100,000, which is probably among the highest for any Indonesian magazine. at least this is what the claimed though 45-55 thousand copies range is more like it for the actual print.
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