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How Playboy Changed the World

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  • 20122012
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Peeks behind the centerfolds and reveals just how Hugh M. Hefner's men's magazine became a worldwide empire. But more than that, it makes the case for how Playboy challenged social conventio... Read allPeeks behind the centerfolds and reveals just how Hugh M. Hefner's men's magazine became a worldwide empire. But more than that, it makes the case for how Playboy challenged social conventions about men, women, sex and nudity, and helped galvanize attitudes about civil liberties ... Read allPeeks behind the centerfolds and reveals just how Hugh M. Hefner's men's magazine became a worldwide empire. But more than that, it makes the case for how Playboy challenged social conventions about men, women, sex and nudity, and helped galvanize attitudes about civil liberties and civil rights.
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    • Count Basie(archive footage)
    • Tony Bennett(archive footage)
    • James J. Brophy(archive footage)
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    • Count Basie(archive footage)
    • Tony Bennett(archive footage)
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    Peeks behind the centerfolds and reveals just how Hugh M. Hefner's men's magazine became a worldwide empire. But more than that, it makes the case for how Playboy challenged social conventions about men, women, sex and nudity, and helped galvanize attitudes about civil liberties and civil rights.
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