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
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i advise you to leave. i ll take you down to the bus station. oh, if i m not back tonight, go ahead without me. so you ve got it in this exaggerated, unnatural form. that s been the history of all my romances. she was letting the world know, she carried this aura of sexuality and everybody got it. went wow, who s that? eager to capitalize on marilyn s scene-stealing potential, the producers send her on a publicity tour to promote the film. this was to happen in the summer on the east coast, but marilyn wasn t aware that during the summer it does get very, very hot on that side of america. she believed it would be snow on the ground. marilyn arrives to the sweltering heat of new york, wearing a thick, wool suit. marilyn and the publicity agent decided to make the most of her faux pas. gave her some ice creams to hold
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her on a publicity tour to promote the film. this was to happen in the summer on the east coast, but marilyn wasn t aware that during the summer it does get very, very hot on that side of america. she believed it would be snow on the ground. marilyn arrives to the sweltering heat of new york, wearing a thick, wool suit. marilyn and the publicity agent decided to make the most of her faux pas. gave her some ice creams to hold and a fan and photographers captured her peeking out of the train. on the tour, she knows exactly how to present herself and when to be funny. she s extraordinary. she s very, very smart about publicity and very funny. marilyn always seemed to know what publicists wanted, what
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