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
proposition romantically and professionally for marilyn. he is a married man who was subpoenaed by the u.s. government. are you a member of the communist party? she doesn t realize she s heading into a storm. okay. really? okay. she was one of the biggest movie stars of all time. she had looks, and sexuality. she was iconic. she became the goddess of the silver screen. people think she was the most beautiful woman in the world. when the camera starts, until it stops, i want to be perfect.