the reframing of marilyn monroe, not just looking at her as a blond bombshell, but as something more. yeah. i think we have been doing so much reframing of women in the public eye over the last couple of years, and so marilyn is perfect for this topic because people see her as being simply a sex object, but she was so much more than that. she was very ambitious and very driven. the whole blond bombshell marilyn monroe persona was of her own making because she knew that it would sell to audiences. and she wasn t an overnight success. she worked very hard, for many years and was in many small roles before she became a star. so many of the hollywood executives didn t see her potential, so it was really her drive that got her to the position that she is still in today, where we re still talking about her. she saw her potential. and i wonder, if she had not passed away, what do you think her role would have been in
classic movies and appears in this new series marilyn monroe. we hear the name marilyn monroe, and i think so many people instantly get this image of blonde bombshell, sex object, happy birthday mr. president. they re missing her drive and ambition. she wanted to be a movie star, she set out to be one, and it took many, many years for that to happen. she had several different studio contracts. she had to convince the executives that she had what it took to be a star. but the creation of marilyn monroe itself was completely her own. so, yes, she was this blonde bombshell, but it was a blonde bombshell of her own making and it was highly successful. she was much more in control of the whole thing than perhaps were led to believe. absolutely. most stars at the time were given a persona and given a
now, i m sure that s the same thing that happened with marilyn. i think that might have been the bravest thing she ever did because the people in the classes actually looked down on hollywood stars. they saw the stars and the stars starlets as very, very different than the real actors. lee strasburg, i think probably he changed my life more than any other human being. not everyone welcomes the new marilyn. her last movie for fox is about to open and darryl zanuck has a stunt to put her back in her place. the whole energy of the response to her was about resistance to the idea that marilyn monroe could be anything other than a sex object and certainly that what she was not
machine in his eyes and he just went in. now, i m sure that s the same thing that happened with marilyn. i think that might have been the bravest thing she ever did because the people in the classes actually looked down on hollywood stars. they saw the stars and the stars are very, very different than the real actors. lee strasburg, i think probably he changed my life more than any other human being. not everyone welcomes the new marilyn. her lost movi last movie for fo to open and darryl zanuck has a stunt to put her back in her place. the whole energy of the response to her was about resistance to the idea that marilyn monroe could be anything other than a sex object and