What's so good about her?
Why do people adore her so much? Her quotes?
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shareShe is certainly not everybody's cup of tea... If you don't like her that doesn't mean there is anything wrong with you, necessarily... She just didnt do it for you.
I honestly can't tell you what it is definitely. I think it is different things for different people.
I myself am fascinated by the transformation she went through to become Marilyn. My favourite pictures of her are from 1945 to 1950...I like seeing the subtle adjustments somehow add up to such a drastic change... At what point did she really become "Marilyn"?
I also find the development of her stardom to be an interesting story... It was a combination of her tenacity and just pure luck... Just being in the right place at the right time.
She was a fascinating amalgum of different aspects - innocent, calculating, intelligent, naive, generous, narcissistic....
As the poster above me pointed out, she was ahead of her time when it came to championing minority rights.
To be honest, I am not thrilled with her as an actress... With the exception of a few roles (Clash by Night, Ladies of the Chorus, Bus Stop, maybe)... I wasn't crazy about "Marilyn" persona... but I like reading about the person she may have been in reality.
what I admired most about her was her 'transformation' as you mention......she created the 'dumb blonde' persona & it worked.....most folks thought she was probably like that in real life..HUH? you say, but really, there are many people who cannot separate an actor from their screen 'persona'.
I took my mom to see "7 Year Itch" and asked her what she thought of MM....'well', she said, 'Marilyn has a certain warmth and humility about her".......!!!!!!!!!!
after MM passed away, my mom asked if I'd said a prayer for Marilyn.....I told her I hadn't...she said, " well, I did and I think you should too!".
My mom passed away in 2000...and to this day I get tears in my eyes thinking about the things she said about MM!!!
a lady I wrote to online also said something very interesting.......she said, in effect, that MM showed off her body, but then, that was her trademark, so to speak; she showed it off, but she was never racy!!!..........WOW another great comment from a lady fan!!!
well, MM'll always have a place in my heart!! read somewhere that she has over 300,000 followers on Facebook!!!!!!
so see, Marilyn, we haven't forgotten you!!!!! RIP dear lady!!!
If she didn't exist in reality, her life could have been an engrossing story anyway.
shareOh please... That's a little extreme, don't you think? Not everybody is going to find her appealing. People can't help how they feel. It is arbitrary. It does not mean they are a bad person.
I happen to enjoy Audrey Hepburn. When one of my good friends revealed that he did not share my enthusiasm (his exact words were "She acts like she always has a stick up her ass"), I was disappointed... It is always disappointing when you discover that you don't have something in common because sharing a love of something can be bonding... Plus it validates your love even more. But I was mature and rational enough to realize that his dislike of Audrey did not mean that he was a bad person. She just wasn't his cup of tea.
You are either a troll or one of the biggest idiots I have heard. Some people like her, others do not. It means nothing of that persons character.
shareShe was too modern and progressive for the smelly 1950s, and she was also against racism and by the time things started to change as far as women's rights and black civil rights she was gone.
That what makes her more admirable. She was like the Madonna of her hey day...strong and opinionated.
You dodge a question like a character dodges a punch on Mortal Kombat.-IceJJFish
Madonna is not fit to kiss MM’s feet. MM and Elvis CREATED the single-name celebrity. Madonna, an estimable talent in her own right, and pretenders like Zendaya, would not have invented those names if it were not for Marilyn and Elvis, both of whom were manifestations of the zeitgeist of post-WWII America, awash in a sea of elation, prosperity and serious baby-making. Jack Lemmon, from Some Like It Hot, apropos of Marilyn: “How do they walk like that? It’s like Jell-O on springs!”
shareAgainst racism..Betty Grable, her World War Two predecessor can take credit (so can the sadly underrated easy listening TV/album wizard Lawrence Welk and Mitch Miller, with Arthur Duncan and Leslie Uggamms, respectively.)
All supported the TV show of AMOS AND ANDY, which was anti-racist and supportive of blacks.
"MM and Elvis CREATED the single-name celebrity"
Liberace, Cantinflas, Margo, Valli, Vampira, Rochester, Acquanetta, Sabu, Valentino and quite a few others might argue with you about that.
Besides, Monroe was never a single-name celebrity. In her lifetime she was known by both her names, and still is usually today.