The "Urbane Sophisticated Man"... and Woman?
Alfred Urrutia
rampagingsloth@yahoo.com
Fri, 7 Feb 2003 10:54:56 -0800 (PST)
--- Mark Tomlonson <tomlonson@wmich.edu> wrote:
> I think the audience is still the urbane, sophisticated reader, the
> opposite of the "quarter-educated" crowd Dan mentioned. As Steve pointed
> out later in his post, this audience now includes women.
>
> I was pondering this very question at a stoplight yesterday. Is there
> anything today that is urbane? Is intellectual discussion prized? Or are
> we content with talk-radio style rantings?
>
> If we can define modern urbane then I think we've found the place
> Playboy ought to go.
>
Exactly. Until Playboy figures out that definition as it stands today *and*
decides whether that's still a target they can make no moves.
Alfred.
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Alfred Urrutia rampagingsloth@yahoo.com
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