Marilyn Monroe was one of the most famous American film actresses of the 20th century. In 1960, Monroe won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy for her role in "Hot Like Fire". In 1999, she was voted sixth by the American Film Institute as the greatest actress of the century. In the new millennium at the turn of the century, among the 100 best comedy films of the 20th century selected by the American film agency, "Hot Like Fire" beat the king of American comedy Charlie Chaplin's "Modern Times" and topped the list . It also shows the audience's affirmation of the performance of Marilyn Monroe and several other leading actors. Monroe's dreamlike, misty eyes, full of vigor, spirituality and charm, as well as her frank and moving performance style, make her a forever sexy goddess and a symbol of pop culture in the hearts of fans.
In the history of Hollywood movies, Monroe can be said to be an anomaly. She is not as elegant and pure as Audrey Hepburn, nor the nobility and grace of Grace Kelly, nor the mystery and coquettishness of Elizabeth Taylor, but she is full of She is sensual and sexy, with blonde hair, pink skin, red lips, blue eyes, and an ecstasy mole on her mouth, which are her natural characteristics; air kisses, winks, dumbfounded expressions, and swaying postures, It's a Monroe move. She is full of indescribable sex appeal (Sex Appeal), she not only made a lot of money for Hollywood, but also became an aphrodisiac for men's excitement; not only confused the soldiers far away, but also charmed the talents of New York.
Monroe is an illegitimate daughter who was abandoned by her biological father before she was born. Her mother lived in a mental hospital for a long time. She was adopted but was sexually assaulted by her adoptive father. The ups and downs of her childhood, adoption and abandonment made her very insecure. So she got married very early. On June 19, 1942, Monroe married James Doherty. She describes her first marriage this way: "I was drawn to him because he was one of the few young men who I was not sexually averse to, and he had many of my The overpowering quality of not being has led me to a false sense of security. . . . Because what I long for is belonging and development - which I often expect from those older than me." The writer who wrote the passage She was just a restless, little woman who wanted to feel safe.
On the one hand, Monroe desperately wanted to be loved, and on the other hand, she understood that love must be given first—and she gave her body and sex. On May 27, 1949, photographer Tom Kelly took several nude photos of Monroe for the publication of the Miss Golden Dream Calendar. The photo on the calendar was not named, and Monroe got $50 for it. Monroe herself later sold the photos to magazine publisher Hugh Hefner. The latter is the founder of the famous American erotic magazine "Playboy". As a result, Monroe's nude photos were published in Playboy's inaugural issue. According to Monroe's recollection in "My Story", she did this entirely because of poverty. Although there was no Playboy girl at the time, Monroe was already recognized as the first Playboy girl.
Because of her sexual attraction, Monroe was favored. In the second half of 1951, Fox was convinced that Monroe had great potential and provided her with room for development on the big screen. By 1954, Monroe had starred in such films as "A Gentleman Prefers Beauty", "How to Marry a Millionaire" and "Entertainment First", becoming the most dazzling female star at that time. In the 1955 film "The Seven Year Itch", Monroe in a white dress stood above the air vent. When the airflow blew the skirt, she hurriedly covered the dancing dress. This image is not only fixed as Monroe's screen logo , has also become a classic scene in the history of Hollywood movies. Also because of that "sexy moment", Monroe ended her second marriage. Director Billy Wilder recalled that when Monroe's dress in the film "The Seven Year Itch" was exposed in front of hundreds of moviegoers in New York City on Xington Avenue, Monroe's second husband, the famous baseball player The athlete DiMaggio's face turned ashen, and he left Monroe 274 days after their marriage was registered.
Lonely Monroe once wrote such a sentence: "Alone !!!! I'm always alone!!! No matter what, I'm always alone!" Monroe made 33 films in her short life. She was born with a kind of comedy. She was full of jokes, and her awkward expressions and awkward characters produced good chemistry: her sensuality was mouth-watering, her fragility was even more provocative. people's desire for protection.
The stars who worked with her during this period included Cary Grant, Clark Gable, Lawrence Oliver, Evis Montand (Monroe and he had an affair during the filming of "Will Be a Beef"), etc. . Clark Gable said of Monroe, "She made men proud to be men."
And Clark? When Gable worked on The Misfits, Monroe revealed a crush on Gable. Monroe, an illegitimate daughter, once fantasized about Gable as her father. It is said that after Gable's death, Monroe cried for two days.
Sexy is the selling point of Monroe's films, and critics are taking advantage of it to attack her. People in the circle criticized her for her performance, and those gentlemen scoffed at her repeated scandals, so that she once said: "I don't want to play sexy roles anymore, I'm tired of being portrayed as girls." Monroe Because she was afraid that her play style would be stereotyped and deduced many such roles, she began to try to change it.
Michelle Morgan, author of "The Secret of Marilyn Monroe," said: "She played the brainless blonde, and people thought she was that kind of person, which was far from the truth. It was a joke, but she kept trying to make herself better."
Not wanting people to think she was just a big-chested fool, Monroe began to keep learning to enrich herself. She loved to read, and in 1954, photographer Eva Arnold took one of Monroe's most famous pictures for "Gentleman": she was sitting in a park watching "Ulysses." Arnold wrote in his photographic notes: "She is sexy, the sexy thing is that she is reading Ulysses, she is not artificial, her love for literature is natural, she is so focused in the photo, there is nothing more than focus Sexy."
In one of Monroe's home shots for Life, photographer Alfred Eisenstadt shows her curled up on a sofa with a shelf full of books behind her.
Published in 2010, Fragments: Marilyn Monroe's Poems, Private Notes, Letters chronicled Monroe's bookshelves: Flaubert's Madame Bovary, Harold Friend's "Love in Paris", Dresser, "Sister Carrie," Conrad, "The Spy," Beckett, "The Nameless," Hemingway, "Farewell to Arms," "The Sun Also Rises," and John Steinbeck, "The Potato Pie Flat", "Once Upon a Time" War, Kerouac, On the Road, Camus, The Fall, Ralph Allison, The Invisible Man, etc. The bookshelf is her private library, and those books are not put there for pretence. Monroe has severe insomnia, and she always takes books as company when it is quiet at night. Those books were all read by Monroe, as evidenced by the reading notes. "Fragments" is a collection of writings that Monroe wrote on notebooks, notes, and hotel letterheads. The publisher said that Monroe's achievements in literature were no less than in movies - but she always hid articles in a drawer.
The photos of Monroe's reading are so focused and serene, as if sinking into another world. The serenity and peace of Monroe when she was reading is very different from the sexy Monroe on the movie poster. In these photos, Monroe is a sad "female literary youth". "Hollywood is a place where people are willing to pay a thousand dollars for a kiss, and they are not willing to spend a penny for a soul intersection."
In the 2011 film "My Week with Monroe", the 1956 dream is mentioned. Lu went to London to co-produce the new film "The Dragon and the Phoenix" with Lawrence Oliver, which reflects how she worked hard to get rid of the image of the vase.
"I'm also a person with real emotions. I need people's attention, not only beauty, but also my progress." But people only saw her beauty, not her progress.
Monroe collector Scott Fortner said: "Many people think of Monroe as the heartless blond she plays, but in fact she chooses every film carefully, even every word she says in public. Thoughtfully, she handled her public image very carefully." This may explain why Monroe's everyday persona is often more memorable than her on-screen counterpart.
In addition to fighting for a change in role, Monroe also tried to change her destiny in life. In 1951, she fell in love with left-wing playwright Arthur Miller, author of "Death of a Salesman".
Arthur Miller is a famous American playwright. He is well-known in the international literary world for his plays such as "Death of a Salesman", "A View from the Bridge" and "The Ordeal". Miller has a tall image, quite like President Lincoln of the United States; his temperament is gentle, serious, and reserved; he is known for his introverted and lofty personality, and is a typical intellectual. Monroe and Arthur Miller were introduced by Monroe's friend and teacher Lee Stersberg in 1951 during the filming of "Youth Forever". Marilyn and Miller's first encounter seemed to everyone like a celestial collision. This brief encounter left an impression on both of them. They were deeply fascinated by each other in their subsequent interactions.
On June 29, 1956, Arthur Miller and Marilyn Monroe's modest wedding took place at a church near Miller's farm in Connecticut. Marilyn wrote "Hope! Hope! Hope!" on the back of their wedding photo, while Miller had her wedding ring inscribed: "This is eternity."
Monroe admired Miller's intelligence very much, and was often attracted by his "manly warmth". Under his influence, she read a lot of books. She often sat quietly by the side, listening to him talk about various social issues. Miller admired Monroe's studious and perceptiveness, and praised Monroe as the most feminine woman he had ever met. The combination with Miller gave Monroe the opportunity to meet a group of serious intellectuals in New York and strive for their recognition.
Some people say that Marilyn Monroe really became a superstar after her marriage to the famous playwright began. After marriage, Marilyn Monroe filmed the movie "Passionate Like Fire". During the filming process, Miller often went to the crew to visit the class and discussed with the director how to improve Monroe's acting skills. Miller's care made Monroe very happy, and she successfully completed the filming of the film. The film won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy in 1960. This is the highest honor Monroe has received in her acting career.
The world's attention to Marilyn Monroe's marriage has made Arthur Miller a reluctant public figure, their lives are often disturbed, and Monroe has not given Miller the peace he wanted. In a 1992 interview with a French newspaper, Arthur Miller used "self-destruction" to describe his marriage to Monroe. "All of my energy and attention was devoted to helping her with all of her problems, which unfortunately I didn't do very successfully."
For this marriage, Monroe is very cherished and heartbroken, but fate always teases her ruthlessly. "I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you surely as well don't deserve me at my best. " (I'm selfish, impatient and insecure. I make mistakes, and I'm often out of control. But if you can't handle my worst, then you don't deserve my best. .) This is Monroe's inner voice, this marriage ended in failure after 5 years.
After her divorce from Miller, she began to associate with then-senator and later President Kennedy, intending to replace Jacqueline as the first lady... In May 1962, Monroe sang "President" at President Kennedy's birthday dinner. "Happy Birthday Sir", at that moment the whole world saw her feelings for Kennedy. But no matter how hard she tries, sexiness is a curse she can't get rid of. She became the woman that men wanted to have, but did not want to bring home to see their mother. For the sake of political future and reputation, Kennedy quickly cut off contact with her, and then Monroe was fired by Fox because of the scandal, and Monroe's life fell into bleak.
On August 5, 1962, Marilyn Monroe was found naked in the bedroom of her Los Angeles apartment. At the age of 36, the question of suicide or homicide remains to this day.
Famous for being sexually attractive, Monroe is definitely not the first, but she is definitely an actress who brings out the sexy. "Sex symbol" moved from film to popular life during her active 1950s.
Monroe permeated every moment of American life. "She is an American cultural symbol like Coke and hot dogs." People feel that they have a very close and unspeakable connection with her in their hearts. Monroe's classic moments: the shy disappearance in "The Seven Year Itch", the cute blonde in "Diamonds are a Woman's Best Friend", and even softly singing "Mr. President" in Madison Square , Happy Birthday, etc. became a source of inspiration that was recreated over and over again in popular culture.
Madonna imitated Monroe's image at a concert in the 1980s and sang the famous song "Diamonds are a woman's best friend" in the movie "Gentlemen Prefer Beauty". However, unlike Monroe who used sex to please men, Madonna used sex to satisfy her wishes. She wore a sexy and hot wire-tapered corset and asked men to take out a lot of money to buy concert tickets.
Monroe, who died at the age of 36, borrowed most of her clothing from the brand, making her collection even rarer. In 2011, the wind-blown white dress fetched a whopping $4.6 million. Created the highest record of film clothing sales. The diamond-covered dress worn by Monroe in 1962 for President Kennedy's birthday celebration was later auctioned for $1.26 million, setting a Guinness World Record at the time. Every time an item that Monroe owned during her lifetime appeared at an auction, it would definitely be sold at more than twice the price of the previous auction.
Many people despised Monroe for showing off her sexiness, but more people sympathized with her innocence, because her sexiness was consumed by others, but it did not bring her a huge income, so that when she died, the inheritance left was only enough to pay the funeral expenses.
Monroe's life has been described as a sexy stunner, and sex has become her means of ascending and becoming famous. A few months before her death, she said in an interview with Life magazine: "All human beings are naturally sexual animals, thank God. It's a pity that many people despise sex and crush this natural gift."
No matter what the world throws at her Dirty water, but she has always maintained a pure and kind heart of an angel. In her short life of 36 years, Monroe has helped countless disadvantaged groups in need. She is not like many celebrities who are charitable and popular, nor is she selected as an ambassador by the United Nations because of her dignified public image. Inner care for the disadvantaged and sympathy for the needy. Monroe's perseverance, beauty, kindness, and honesty won the world's respect for her.
Andy Warhol's pop art for Monroe the year she died turned the sex goddess into a pop culture icon. Afterwards, various products with Monroe's head portrait were dazzling, very popular, not only popular in the United States, but also popular all over the world.
Fifty years after her death, Monroe is still a popular symbol that the world cannot avoid. From New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani's cross-dressing look at a charity dinner to Andy Warhol's screen-printed "artwork", the dressmaker's fiery red lips are everywhere. People often say: "Look, this is the new Marilyn Monroe," "She's wearing a Monroe-like dress," and "She's got blonde hair like Monroe." A few years ago, Michelle Obama had a similarly voluminous haircut that was tagged "Monroe style."
New stars or celebrities will imitate Monroe intentionally or unintentionally, but there will never be a sexy goddess and screen superstar like her in this world. She has reached an icon status that no one can imitate.
In May 2012, the 65th Cannes International Film Festival directly used Monroe as the theme of this film festival, and her image posters hung all over the streets of Cannes. Almost everyone equates Monroe's image with the words "movie star" during or around the festival. In 1999, "Playboy" selected the sexy star of the 20th century, and Monroe still ranked first. Coupled with the release of the movie "My Week with Monroe", a large number of novels and biographies, and the publication of memoirs, in fact, Monroe has never really left people's sight.
In the 50 years since Monroe left us, the meaning of the word "sexy" has continued to change and increase in connotations in the way human culture is transmitted. Talking about sexiness today doesn't stop at shape, looks and dress, but also creativity and expressiveness. Sexy is not only a kind of beauty and praise, but also a pursuit and demand.
Scarlett Johansson, known as "Monroe of the New Century", was praised by Woody Allen as a model of blonde woman with chest and brain. This is what Monroe yearned for back then. She didn't want people to treat her as a fool with big breasts and no brains. She wanted people to see her intellectual side and rational side, but this side was ignored by people. The public seems to lack a kind of cognitive ability. Monroe's appearance and limbs are innate, while Monroe's temperament and cultivation are reconstructed through continuous learning. It seems that Monroe was born at an untimely time. She stood up too early. If she was born today, there would be many people who would overturn the verdict of her writing.
August 5, 2013 is the 51st anniversary of Monroe's death. I wrote this article to tell the world that Monroe, who always played the role of a brainless and funny girl, was a sentimental and literary educated youth who loved reading. The sexy Monroe who is radiant in the entertainment industry is an intellectual woman who wants to live a peaceful life with the playwright. We love Monroe because of her sunshine and simplicity, and we commemorate Monroe because of her indomitable struggle with fate. Today, with the slogan "wisdom is the new sexy", we should re-understand Monroe and understand Monroe. If Monroe's sexy appearance is not supported by the inner core of wisdom, it is impossible to become a popular cultural symbol in the world anyway. What we have to do is to respect Monroe's wish that "I need people's attention, not only beauty, but also my progress." Only respect is the best memorial to Monroe.
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