Marilyn's pot belly is not attractive.
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denis-38 — 13 years ago(November 11, 2012 07:06 AM)
MermaidsMarilyn saw "SHIH" twice at special screenings, before the premiere in New York. Photos exist of her laughing and enjoying it. The quotes of her screaming about her weight, after the premiere, come from the fictions of Lena Pepitone's book (which years later she admittedin her broken Englishhad been totally fabricated.) If MM was so upset about her weight, one imagines she might have dieted more strenuously for "Let's Make Love" and "The Misfits." She didn't mind the weight because her bosom was bigger. But critics at the the time were merciless in their negative comments. (She lost TOO much weight, in my opinion, in '62.) Wilder and the cameraman did all they could to shadow and disguise her condition. But in some of those gowns, it was impossible.
The night of the "Hot" premiere she is radiant, and went on to party for hours after. (Unlike Pepitone's version, which has her running from the theater in tears, coming home and "ripping" her gown off.)
Shortly before her death she cited "Hot" as the movie in which she "got it across" as a comedienne.
If anything about her body upset her, it might well have been the fact that it's clear she is very pregnant, not simply plump. Losing the baby was traumatic for her. -
Captain_Augustus_McCrae — 13 years ago(April 04, 2012 04:13 PM)
I'd take a smile from Marilyn Monroe over a BJ from any of the sorry-@$$ scarecrows that are standard movie beauties of today.
"It ain't dying I'm talking about, it's LIVING!"
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GiaJake — 13 years ago(March 02, 2013 04:04 PM)
I never realized MM was pregnant in SLIH. But I always thought she positively glowed, and looked absolutely exquisite. How anyone can be critical of her weight, when the way she looked in those dresses would make anyone stop and stare, is beyond me.