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
i m really just a little girl. every baby needs a da-da-daddy could myda da-daddy be you she manages to be sexually attractive and the object of the male gaze in all the ways she needs to be, but she s also making fun of it. the wolves are awful hungry in our neighborhood and that is the moment at which marilyn discovered how this performance was going to work for her. could my da-daddy be you shortly after finishing ladies of the chorus, marilyn is summoned to a meeting with the head of columbia pictures, harry cohn. although it was just a b movie, it was a movie and she had the main role. and so i think she probably thought that it was going to be her big break. but renewal of her contract comes at a price. harry cohn invited her onto
you ll be sure to send this right away, won t you? wouldn t you rather deliver it in person? no thanks, i miss martin? yes. it s a very sweet role. well, aren t you going to give me the orchid? the orchid? oh, yes, yes. the orchid. in spite of the fact that she s a sexy striptease dancer. one of marilyn s numbers in the ladies of the chorus is somewhat of a creepy song. every baby needs a da-da-daddy to keep her worry-free she s being positioned as a gold digger. so the idea is that every woman needs a man to support her. but where s the one for me what s interesting about wanting a daddy is it s twofold. it s i am brazenly sexual but
People have long been obsessed with Marilyn Monroe. They have tried to copy her looks, her mannerisms and her fashion sense, with this trend continuing long after her death.
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