New York Magazine has become a sad shadow of its former self, and this week's issue - call it Maxim for upscale shoppers - sensationalizes the body of 21-year-old Lindsay Lohan in a raft of nude photos that used roughly half of the all Internet bandwidth over the last few days. Pure exploitation of a young woman clearly in personal turmoil, and all under the guise of low-brow art - a paean to the final photo shoot of Marilyn Monroe. Yeah, we get it: nudity before accidental death at a young age. Oh, how clever and ironic. In any case, one of our bloggers over at newcritics knew the real Monroe. Go read Bob Stein's terrific post and leave your comments.
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