“Sirs: Was it necessary to show such suggestive and provocative photographs of Steve McQueen and his lovely wife…? I am no prude but your magazine is seen every week by our most important national asset, the teen-agers, and you are setting a bad example by displaying such photographs.” —a reader writing in about LIFE’s super-sexy photos showing McQueen at home, 1963 (ohnotheydidnt: Sexiest Men of the ’50s, ’60s, ’70s)
I wonder what that reader would say about the magazine landscape today.
Also it’s no surprise McQueen is a total badass even in short shorts.
