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
six-month contract. but he insists on big changes before he ll cast her in a movie. i think the platinum blonde was inspired by jean harlow. it was the ultimate hollywood look. the ultimate star image. it s almost unearthly. almost like an angel, with like glowing hair. blondness is hugely valued in american movies and culture of the time. often associated to purity and innocence, but also associated to sexiness and sometimes even pornography. for marilyn, the platinum was the step into a different stratosphere of like, i am now this kind of created persona. cohn s same formula had
rules and therefore i m not playing your game, and therefore you give up your dreams of a career. or you recognize that those are the rules of the game, and you decide how you are going to deal with it. skank is on the board at 20th century fox. but instead of pulling strings with darryl zanuck to get marilyn her job back, he puts in a word with another pal. the boss of a rival studio. ha harry cohn, who was the head of columbia pictures introduced, understood, and manipulated the star-making process. cohn offers marilyn a six-month contract. but he insists on big changes before he ll cast her in a movie. i think the platinum blonde was inspired by jean harlow. it was the ultimate hollywood look. the ultimate star image.
and you decide how you re going to deal with it. skank is on the board at 20th century fox but instead of pulling strings with darrell zannick to get marilyn her job back, he puts in a word with another pal. the boss of a rival studio. harry cologne who was the head of colombia pictures introduced understood and manipulated star making process. he offers marilyn a six-month contract but insists on big changes before he ll cast her in a movie. i think the platinum blonde was inspired by gene harlow. it was the ultimate hollywood look, the ultimate star image. it s almost unearthing. almost like an angel with
you give up your dreams of a career or you recognize that those are the rules of the game and you decide how you re going to deal with it. schenck is on the board at 20th century fox but instead of pulling strings with darrell zannick to get marilyn her job back, he puts in a word with another pal. the boss of a rival studio. harry cologne who was the head of colombia pictures introduced understood and manipulated star making process. he offers marilyn a six-month contract but insists on big changes before he ll cast her in a movie. i think the platinum blonde was inspired by gene harlow. it was the ultimate hollywood look, the ultimate star image. it s almost unearthing. almost like an angel with glowing hair.