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
on your lunch hour. and she said yes, of course i do. the association of bombs and bombshells was literal. what is a bombshell? it s a hollow ball in which gunpowder is scored to explode. this was explosive. this was explosive sexuality. marilyn now has a calling card and a new ambition. the rambling ambassador hotel, one of the world s great hostelries and a los angeles landmark of good living. at the iconic ambassador hotel, 19-year-old marilyn tries her luck with the blue book modeling agency. norma jean looked like the girl next door. she was beautiful, a clean-cut,
hostelries and a los angeles landmark of good living. at the iconic ambassador hotel, 19-year-old marilyn tries her luck with the blue book model agency. norma jean looked like the girl next door. and i thought i could make her into something quite marketable in a short length of time. she was very beautiful and had a clean-cut, american wholesome way. marilyn is turning herself into a commodity, and a part of her, presumably, is also using it to reflect back on herself some sense of having worth. what i see is her excitement of being in front of a camera. this woman is so comfortable in her skin. it s christmas, 1945.
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