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From the moment an obscure magazine called Playboy unearthed its ripened chromes of Marilyn Monroe in 1953, the centerfold girl has occupied an exceedingly warm place in the loins of the red-blooded male; they're as enduringly American as a pack of Trojan ribbed condoms.
The women who grace centerfolds become objects of desire for the month they're on the newsstands, but what happens to Miss July when October rolls around? Centerfold Babylon is a 90-minute documentary that undresses the nude modeling industry to reveal the life-changing odyssey of girls who take their clothes off for money. We explore their hopes, their dreams, and the lengths (surgical, pharmaceutical, and sexual) they will go in order to land in the pages of PlayboyPenthouse.
Centerfold Babylon will get under the skin of former Playmates and Pets to reveal that membership in the flesh trade comes at a heavy cost. For every Pamela Anderson who finds mainstream fame, there's a Teri Weigel or Victoria Zdrok, who unceremoniously vacate Hugh Hefner's Playboy Mansion for the cold beds and hot lights of hardcore pornography. Others have turned to prostitution, drugs or suicide to cope with a life where their objectification is their most marketable skill.
Throughout the program, we will follow Monica, a stripper from Amarillo, Texas, as she follows her own centerfold dreams.
Centerfold Babylon is a 90-minute journey that strips away all the layers of pinup culture -- from the glamour to the gutter.
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