In the 1970s, Larry Flynt emerged as a pornographer and social critic who, in his own words, was intent on "pushing the envelope of taste" in the pages of Hustler, his unapologetically raunchy magazine.
In this aim, he did not fail. His publication stood apart, even within its genre, for its misogyny, gynecological treatments of the female form, racial stereotypes, bathroom humor, vicious political satire -- usually aimed at Republicans -- and reflexive irreverence.
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