Hugh Hefner’s public image at parties was already a self-parody by the 2000s

Evidence

Everyone from Motown to Hollywood piled into the beach house throughout the night. I spotted Kevin Costner, Barry Gordy, Billy D. Williams, and Wilt Chamberlain on one of my runs. Ms. Ross herself was quite friendly and gracious, and greeted all of us, including the kitchen staff. Before the dinner was served, she spent much of the night holding court in a shimmering silver cocktail dress, posed on the large white sectional couch in the living room where many guests took turns sitting beside her to chat. For me, the best celebrity sighting of the night was when Hugh Hefner entered with a half dozen identical looking blond Barbie dolls in tow. Heff was in a silk pajama outfit, and all six bimbos in short tight spandex mini dresses squeezed on the couch next to him. The two that didn’t fit on the sofa sat at his feet. As the Heffner package paid their homage to the great Ms. Ross, I thought I was witnessing a skit on Saturday Night Live. Heff was truly a parody of himself. — Dolores DeLuce, Blow Jobs, 159

Categorization

• CANDY: Firsthand observation that Hefner’s entourage of identical blondes in silk pajamas read as an intentional SNL skit even to party staff.
• XREF: connects to: Clinging to a youthful self-image produces a grotesque public parody — Naomi Klein, Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror…, 580

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Broader Connections

• Clinging to a youthful self-image produces a grotesque public parody #exemplifies (0.80) — Naomi Klein, Doppelganger, 580