Lisette Mejia
Marilyn Monroe is now considered to be a woman who challenged cultural norms. During the time when Marilyn’s career was emerging, a woman who was excessively sexual was considered improper. Women were to be modest and prim. Marilyn’s blonde bombshell image was offensive to every other woman in that era (Warlick, 2012). “A typical pose […]
Norma Jean was born on June 1, 1926 in Los Angeles, California. At just two weeks old, Norma’s Mother Gladys gave her up to a woman named Ida Bolender. This was the right thing to do at the time because Gladys was suffering from postpartum depression and was very unwell (Taraborelli). Norma Jean spent some […]
Marilyn Monroe’s first film with 20th Century Fox was The Shocking Miss Pilgrim. She played roles in several other films, however, none of them were big hits. Her bad luck streak with films ended when she auditioned for the film The Asphalt Jungle, directed by John Huston. Marilyn thought she blew her chances of getting […]
After the completion of The Seven Year Itch, Marilyn took a year off to take acting lessons in New York. She felt the only way to break the stereotype people held against her was to escape. She was also able to negotiate a new contract with 20th Century Fox. She wanted to have more control […]
Marilyn’s sensual bombshell persona continues to influence pop culture today. “In the ’80s she inspired Madonna‘s career-defining “Material Girl” video. More recently, she’s the calculating seductress in last year’s drama “My Week With Marilyn,” the glitzy subject of a Broadway musical (“Bombshell”) in the NBC series “Smash” and the emotionally charged alter ego of pop […]
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