You can't sell Maxim!

[Lace Neil Singer]

Not on any of the beaches I've been to, more's the pity.

Rapscallion

That's only cuz it's too damn cold in England.

[AdminAssistant]

We did a show ("Lend Me a Tenor") that required two ladies to take off their dress onstage and walk about in their (classy) underwear. Little old ladies were absolutely having fits.

[edible_hat]

In Australia, People magazine is a weekly porno. When the US People magazine launched here, they had to change their name to Who Weekly. (at least that's what I assume, since Who and US People have the same kinds of stories and same masthead font)

[Nekojin]

For goodness sakes! Maxim is nothing but Playboy without the nudes.

Not really. Having had subscriptions to Playboy, and having read Maxim during slow nights when I worked as a retail clerk, I can tell you that aside from the pictures, the content is vastly different. Playboy often has an semi-intellectual tone, discusses politics and other similarly "highbrow" topics. They interview people of influence and affluence. Fiction stories are often by highly-talented authors, like Stephen King, Isaac Asimov, and so on.

Maxim, in contrast, caters to "lowbrow" interests, focusing on style over substance. Popular themes are excessive and ostentatious cosmetic improvements ("bling") to things that don't need them (like ricing out cars), peer pressure by proxy ("You've got to have it, it's the latest new thing! What does it do? Who cares, it's popular!"), and pop culture. I've never seen it have any fiction stories at all.

They appeal to completely different audiences, once you get past the naked/semi-naked pictures.

[LambChop]

I can give those bored people plenty to complain about . . .all I've got to do is leave the curtains open.

Which I think is the root of their problem . . . they've probably not had a good lay since the Nixon administration.

Quoted for truth.

[TryNotToBeThatOne]

A local bookstore had to post a sign about Freedom of Speech, freedom of thought, and the danger of censorship just a few months ago. And this is a small, independent bookstore that carries magazines you don't find anywhere else, as well as the popular rags. Why? 'Cause someone complained about the Playboys.