As a frequent, albeit unwilling, viewer of The Girls Next Door, I found Daphne Merkin's meditation on the show for Elle at once maddening (since I found myself disagreeing with her about seventy percent of the time) and fascinating (since she's wicked smart). It makes an interesting companion piece to Jon Zobenica's great Atlantic essay on Playboy, which of course, being a subscriber and all, you've already read.
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Do your roommates force you at gun point to watch?
Posted by Steven | June 21, 2007 2:10 AM