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On this episode of 'Going Public', we speak with Leslie Washington with 'Moms Demand Action', about the upcoming 5th Annual 'National Gun Violence Survivors Week', from Feb. 1st—7th, 2023.
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Studio begins grooming her for stardom. >> she was what the studios called a product. someone that they could take, mold, shape, rename and create as something to be consumed by the movie going public. >> i said i don't think you can use norma jean dougherty if you're going to be a star, to me you're a marilyn. but we couldn't find a second name. said can i use my grandma's name, what was that, monroe. marilyn monroe. >> that's the perfect name for a movie star. >> there's something about mm, the double m sounds are melodious, mellive uous.
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
Forget about her. she's dead. but there is one place where the young marilyn feels happy and safe. ♪ >> movie going absolutely serves during the great depression, going is sort of a mistake. and you could get a lot for a dime or a nickel. >> i watched all kinds of movies like "cleopatra" with claudette cclaudette cobert and see it over and over again. >> she would lose herself in the movies. it allowed you to dream if you could live in those movies your life would be as beautiful and problem free as they are.