Playboy March 1982

COVER STORY Photographer Marco Glaviano shot beautiful Barbara Carrera and she's more alive than ever. She stars as a sultry seductress in the remake of the movie I, the Jury. You'll find more of her fine features in a sumptuous pictorial on page 148. 5 PLAYBILL 11 THE WORLD OF PLAYBOY 15 DEAR PLAYBOY 21 A REPORTER'S NOTEBOOK RICHARD REEVES A political commentator projects what he will probably say about the Reagan Presidency when it's over. 25 PLAYBOY AFTER HOURS 28 MUSIC Joy rides with The Cars and Dr. John; the latest of Joan Jett's liberated rock 'n' roll. 34 ADVENTURES A cyclist can absorb a shipload of shocks on the rugged Baja trail. 35 BOOKS Book-length version of PLAYBOY'S interview with John Lennon and Yoko Ono; calypso apocalypse in Honduras; a rumble in the African jungle. 38 MOVIES A song and dance from Steve Martin and Bernadette Peters; steely-eyed adventure behind the iron curtain; taking stock of Wall Street. 44 COMING ATTRACTIONS Unwrapping Spielberg's next project; a romp with Peter O'Toole. 49 PLAYBOY'S TRAVEL GUIDE STEPHEN BIRNBAUM Updating the resort hotels on the golden shores of Mexico. Don't water the drinks! 51 THE PLAYBOY ADVISOR 57 DEAR PLAYMATES 59 THE PLAYBOY FORUM 69 PLAYBOY INTERVIEW: PATRICIA HEARST—candid conversation A discussion with the poor little rich girl on her bizarre experiences as a captive, a crusader for the S.L.A. and a fugitive. Hearst comes out of the closet with some revolutionary revelations. 77 EVERY SECRET THING .... PATRICIA CAMPBELL HEARST with ALVIN MOSCOW Excerpt from Patricia Hearst's own book-length account. 102 THE TROUBLE WITH GUNS—opinion WILLIAM J. HELMER Can we ever control them? A provocative discussion of the latest shots from both sides. 106 MELANI IS THE MESSAGE—pictorial They say a pretty girl is like a Melani, don't they? Here's the original. 112 PINBALL—fiction JERZY KOSINSKI In an excerpt from his latest novel, Kosinski offers a new passion play that's too intense for a private audience. Donna is a one-woman show, and Kosinski has given us his pictures of an exhibitionist. 115 THE FAMILY JEWELS—essay ROY BLOUNT JR. A testicular tour of the globes with one of our funniest fellows. It takes balls just to bring up the subject. 116 BOOM DREAMS—article CRAIG VETTER In an isolated Wyoming town, industry is growing so fast, there's a job for everyone and enough money to go around twice. But there are boom nightmares as well. 120 SIREN OF THE SEA—playboy's playmate of the month More daring than most, Karen Witter delights in danger. Here's a bold beauty who adores getting into deep water. 132 PLAYBOY'S PARTY JOKES—humor 134 MY MISTRESS—fiction LAURIE COLWIN He is orderly, she is careless. Yet they are in love. Can this odd couple ever clean up its act? 137 PLAYBOY'S SPRING AND SUMMER FASHION FORECAST, PART I—attire DAVID PLATT Falling for the latest looks for spring: Boldness and color are back and we've got them! 143 MAN AND WOMAN, PART III: THE SEX LIFE OF THE BRAIN JO DURDEN-SMITH and DIANE DE SIMONE It's between your ears as well as between your legs. But just how much of sex is all in your head? 146 THREE HORRIBLY UNFAIR JOKES YOU CAN TELL ABOUT LAWYERS—humor ANDREW TOBIAS With so many attorneys around, here's some no-fault humor to use in your defense. 148 AYE, BARBARA—pictorial essay BRUCE WILLIAMSON Our cover girl has an explosive film career, and she's number one with a bullet on our charts. 157 THE WAVES OF THE FUTURE—article KEVIN COOK The sky's the limit on what you can see on your own TV—when you hook up Direct Broadcasting Service. 159 LITTLE SINS FOR THE GREATER GOOD—ribald classic 162 20 QUESTIONS: LOUIS RUKEYSER TV's top financial journalist declares that women are better than men at managing money and that money is more serious than politics. 167 HOW TO SURVIVE IN THE VIDEO-GAME JUNGLE—article WALTER LOWE, JR. No-fail strategy on how to beat the video games. Give no quarter. 168 WHAT SORT OF MAN INVENTS DEFENDER? The brain father of the greatest video game of all tells about the night it was conceived. 169 PLAYING WITH PAIN Improving your score requires more than a truckful of quarters—you also pay with pain. 172 PLAYBOY'S ROVING EYE—pictorial You already know her as the Dubonnet lady on TV; now you can see Pia Zadora in Butterfly, a topical new movie about a familial topic—incest. 178 PLAYBOY FUNNIES—humor 210 PLAYBOY POTPOURRI 247 LITTLE ANNIE FANNY—satire .. HARVEY KURTZMAN and WILL ELDER 251 PLAYBOY ON THE SCENE Scanners that go 'through all channels; the hottest home spa and skin care clues; Grapevine; Sex News.