In terms of both nudity and gender equality (as if the two aren’t linked) we’ve come a long way since Burt's hairy chest was in the crease of a magazine, but how far exactly? “I think the Cosmopolitan article and its importance has been over-exaggerated because of the so-called prestige of the publication,” says the author. “But it’s not full-frontal male nudity, his arm is positioned carefully to cover the genitals. “It was a well-known celebrity in a well-known respected magazine,” adds Peter Lehman, professor Emeritus in Film and Media Studies at Arizona State University and author of ‘Running Scared: Masculinity and the Representation of the Male Body’. It was a pretty radical step for a magazine like Cosmo…and propelled men into that sphere of being gazed at in that way.” “But I remember the mythology around it being the first one of its kind and somebody really famous. “I’m not old enough to remember it,” says Adrian Lourie, editor of the pin-up magazine Meat, which celebrates its 10th anniversary this year. Burt Reynolds on Why He Agreed to Be One of the First Men to Pose Nude for Cosmo /07圆04a5cP- Cosmopolitan September 6, 2018Īs the first issue of ‘Playgirl’ was released a year later, it would seem that Brown had her finger on the consumer pulse, but has the spread had the lasting impact the famous editor anticipated it would?
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