To: pml1@yahoogroups.com
From: Mark Tomlonson
Date: Wed, 14 May 2003 09:47:32 -0400
Subject: [PML1] CC: Michele Rogers

Michele Rogers' centerfold (June 2002) is almost an exact duplicate of 
Vanessa Gleason's (September 1998). I noticed that several of the 2002 
centerfolds pay homage to earlier work. Playboy has done this before, 
but I don't remember it being so close on the original's heels.

Consider: Vanessa's and Michele's hairstyles are the same, as are their 
expressions. In Michele's centerfold her arm closes her dress at her 
sternum, in Vanessa's a button does the honor. The position of their 
torsos is the same: the "Playmate from the skylight" pose. Vanessa's 
centerfold is red while Michele's is dark blue. The position of their 
legs is the most different.

The real test in a case like this is whether the copy can stand up to 
the original. In this case I'd say yes. Michele is set in a very urban 
and urbane setting: the Playboy Penthouse. More importantly, the mood 
and pose work at least as well this time as the first.

Would I have preferred an entirely original work? Yes. But I often 
perform music that was written hundreds of years ago, and still manage 
to find new meaning. I'm not sure this performance is worth an encore.

Photographer: Arny Freytag

Scoring:
Pin-up: 1.5
Erotic: 3.0
Artistic: 3.0

Overall: 2.2 out of 4.0

Cyber Club Portfolio Photo I like better than the Centerfold:

http://cyber.playboy.com/members/playmates/files/2002/06/centerfold.html
http://cyber.playboy.com/members/playmates/files/2002/06/01-lrg.html

Vanessa:

Photographer: (not listed)

Scoring:
Pin-up: 1.0
Erotic: 3.0
Artistic: 3.0

Overall: 2.0 out of 4.0

http://cyber.playboy.com/members/playmates/files/1998/09/centerfold.html

Mark Tomlonson
Kalamazoo MI