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
this is hollywood, a place, an industry, a state of mind. here, magic carpets fly. let s have a good look. i went to 20th century fox where ben lyon was head of casting. and he says, who is this girl? in walked the most gorgeous young girl, 20 years old. i said, what s your ambition? she said, to be a film star. and then they made a technicolor test, which was unusual. but i think they had high hopes for me. she was to come in, walk across the room, sit down and light a cigarette. and smile. as soon as that camera started rolling, something magical happened. she has this kind of fresh-faced beauty and this kind of luminous prettiness on the screen.
icon. it s time to look at her through a feminist lens. i went to 20th century fox where ben lyon was head of casting. and he says who is this girl? in walked the most gorgeous young girl, 20 years old. i said what s your ambition? she says to be a film star. and then they laid a technicolor test, which was unusual. i think they had high hopes for me. she was to come in, walk across the room, sit down and light a cigarette and smile. as soon as that camera started rolling, something magical happened. she has this kind of fresh-faced beauty, this kind of luminous prettiness on the screen. she could manifest the kind of magic she came into the world
an industry, a state of mind. here, magic carpets fly. let s have a good look. i went to 20th century fox where ben lion was head of casting. and he says, who is this girl? in walked the most gorgeous young girl, 20 years old. i said, what s your ambition? she said, to be a film star. and then they made a technicolor test, which was unusual. but i think they had high hopes for me. she was to come in, walk across the room, sit down and light a cigarette. and smile. as soon as that camera started rolling, something magical happened. she has this kind of fresh-faced beauty and this kind of luminous prettiness on the