zanick s leadership, the films wouldn t be good. she couldn t get away from the casting. she could see the act was starting to exploit her. she needed to deconstruct what she was doing so it wouldn t eat her alive. at the pinnacle of her success, marilyn monroe walks away from hollywood. it s astonishing she would do that. she was flying without a net. she was feeling her power and i think she wanted to see how far she could push herself. she had created marilyn mo monroe. she had made marilyn monroe a star. it was time to take marilyn monroe on the next step of her journey. next, on reframed marilyn monroe. she wanted control of her own destiny. people said she s david