marilyn monroe, blonde bombshell. get out the fire hose. hollywood super star. the late marilyn monroe. tragic victim. the story of marilyn monroe is an authentic tragedy. when we talk about marilyn poor marilyn, this vulnerable passive woman who is being destroyed by hollywood. that s the way the story frames her. after a reckoning in hollywood, it s time to reframe her story. now it can hit pause and roll it back a bit and ask ourselves, okay, what is it that we think we know? she was quite ahead of her time. and she was very much an architect of her own fame. you must think i was born yesterday. her performances are layered. they re funny. they re tender. they re human. they feel modern. bingo. she had a deep inner life. she was an artist. she was a poet. she was a businesswoman. what a power broker she was, renegotiating her contract, creating her own production company, getting films made. it s actually rather frustrating that people can t
into her own. she began to develop a very voluptuous body and a very pretty face. she said the world opened up to her and she started hearing men call out to her and the wolf whistles but she loved it. again, this is a little bit of home movie footage that was taken in marilyn s last foster home. what you see is a girl who is moving exactly like a 30s model in the movies. we as women are constantly constructed. we construct ourselves. we collude in it. and you have to, as a woman, negotiate this, even if it s unconscious, every second of your life. marilyn learned the machinery of womanhood very early.
great body and a very pretty face. she said the world opened up to her and she started hearing men call out to her and the wolf whistles and she loved it. again, this is a little bit of hope me movie footage. she s moving like a girl in the 30s movies. we as common are constructed. we construct ourselves and collude in it and you have to as a woman negotiate this evening if it s unconscious every second of your life. marilyn learned the machine of womanhood early. marilyn grew up absorbing the idea being a beautiful woman
she began to develop a very ve lineup a very veluptious body and a very pretty face. she said the world opened up to her and she started hearing men call out to her and the wolf whistles and she loved it. again, this is a little bit of home movie footage. it was taken in marilyn s last foster home. she s moving like a girl in the 30s movies. we as women are constantly constructed. we construct ourselves and collude in it and you have to as a woman negotiate this even if it s unconscious every second of your life. marilyn learned the machinery of womanhood early. marilyn grew up absorbing the idea being a beautiful woman could give you power.