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Scrivener7

(50,955 posts) Fri Feb 23, 2024, 09:54 AM Feb 23

Let's talk about the non-reaction to the explosive revelations in the series "Secrets of Playboy." [View all]

I'm posting in General Discussion because none of the related individual forums cover all the issues raised by this documentary series.

XanaDUer2 and I have been discussing this series (on A&E or HULU) and wonder if other DUers have seen it. It came out two years ago and didn't make much of a splash at all.

If you have seen it, what are your thoughts about this question:

When the R. Kelly series came out, it was immediate news, and everyone was talking about it. When Weinstein was finally exposed, that too made hundreds of headlines. Likewise Cosby. And yet, this series documents far more widespread and long lasting criminal activity than any of those cases, but it has gone largely under the radar.

Why do you think that is?

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Let's talk about the non-reaction to the explosive revelations in the series "Secrets of Playboy." [View all] Scrivener7 Feb 23 OP

Kelly was THE whipping boy for this issue. Media attention to his case was excessive. live love laugh Feb 23 #1

Definitely. And I'm wondering of the silence is because, as with Epstein, everything was filmed Scrivener7 Feb 23 #2

If indeed people in high places want the story to die and it indeed dies live love laugh Feb 23 #5

I think most of male Hollywood XanaDUer2 Feb 23 #3

AND politicians, AND high placed media executives, AND industry leaders.... Scrivener7 Feb 23 #4

It's not handled the way that Cosby, Weinstein or R. Kelly was ScratchCat Feb 23 #6

I suppose that is the reasonable answer. That Playboy was about selling sex and Scrivener7 Feb 23 #7

She even had a bodyguard XanaDUer2 Feb 23 #9

I didn't see the series, but if Saudi Arabia and UAE are involved, there's one answer. yardwork Feb 25 #38

I didn't watch it because I'm tired of being bummed out by TV. maxsolomon Feb 23 #8

because its old news and nobody cares about playboy anymore? didnt know its still around...is it? nt msongs Feb 23 #10

Most of the Cosby story was old news, too, by the time it came out. Yet it was still a big story. Scrivener7 Feb 23 #11

Hugh Hefner didn't play the lovable father on TV. tinrobot Feb 25 #37

This series explores constant XanaDUer2 Feb 23 #12

Female executives? yardwork Feb 25 #39

Yes, they were women XanaDUer2 Feb 25 #40

That's so horrible. yardwork Feb 25 #43

I watched the first episde when it came on Hulu. It felt like old news and also the style was a little too themaguffin Feb 23 #13

From the series, no, it really wasn't scrutinized since the '50s. Not even a little bit. Scrivener7 Feb 23 #14

Ok, I guess I didn't see or read it with my own eyes... themaguffin Feb 23 #15

Hefners grave is next to Marilyn Monroe's XanaDUer2 Feb 23 #16

And he didn't even bother to get her permission to put her nude photos in that first edition. Scrivener7 Feb 23 #17

Even worse XanaDUer2 Feb 23 #18

There is no grave. It is a crypt above ground. NoRethugFriends Feb 23 #26

A lot of it is so historical Johonny Feb 23 #19

All the women who were interviewed, who are still dealing with the fallout from their time there, Scrivener7 Feb 23 #20

Come on Johonny Feb 23 #21

Well, there is coverage XanaDUer2 Feb 23 #23

Some people are Johonny Feb 23 #25

I give up. Apparently these women in their 40s, 50s and 60s are too old for their stories to matter. Scrivener7 Feb 23 #22

I replied upthread XanaDUer2 Feb 23 #24

I am gobsmacked at those replies obamanut2012 Feb 23 #29

A lot of people love porn. They loved hefner. redqueen Feb 25 #35

Ding XanaDUer2 Feb 25 #42

Ding again. Scrivener7 Feb 25 #45

Crosby was prosecuted. Weinstein was prosecuted. R. Kelly was prosecuted. eallen Feb 23 #27

Maybe Cosby XanaDUer2 Feb 23 #28

Kick nt XanaDUer2 Feb 23 #30

Kick nt XanaDUer2 Feb 24 #31

Maybe the abuses are so massive XanaDUer2 Feb 25 #32

Why do people complain about topics that aren't being discussed... brooklynite Feb 25 #33

The treatment they got isn't what they signed up for Johnny2X2X Feb 25 #34

I'll never forget seeing hefner lionized here redqueen Feb 25 #36

Because there really weren't any explosive revelations SocialDemocrat61 Feb 25 #41

It'd be like if Bryan Singer were arrested tomorrow Sympthsical Feb 25 #44