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The basic theme of PLAYBOY is that of voyeurism and violence
exploiting them in such a way that certain humorous elements are
brought to the fore. By not using any self-made footage but carefully
choosing certain visual cliches such as an angst ridden face or an
anticipating female face and combining them with old porn films boxing
films, westerns, and adventure and horror films the specificity of the act
of violence attains a level of generality whereby it no longer has an
impact as it may in isolation but becomes reduced to a gestural code
The images themselves become more important for their cinematic
impact than for their meaning.