Marilyn was a genius
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Sophienoire — 8 months ago(August 04, 2025 05:15 PM)
very true. it was like that back then and it is still like that today bc our patriarchal society says beautiful hot sexual sensual women can't be smart! many men are straight up terrified of beautiful successful women who are also intelligent, so they gotta talk them down.
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Sophienoire — 8 months ago(August 04, 2025 05:10 PM)
she definitely got depressed by the world and its people, yes. as a product of her time (misogyny of 1950's America) she was treated poorly throughout her life and when she became famous, her public image as a bimbo and sex symbol who was having affairs with JFK and other powerful men, didnt help either and wore her out mentally. she was also on drugs and alcohol and suffered from insmonia so she probably just got tired of it all.
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Sophienoire — 8 months ago(August 04, 2025 05:20 PM)
the leading men of Hollywood who paid her salary forced that image on her tho, like they forced pretty much every aspiring actress at that time, but a few actresses survived that and became stars with a long-living career or they refused their bosses' doctrines and never made it in Hollywood, while Marilyn was also mentally ill which led to her untimely death.
after all tho, Marilyn Monroe is now a true Hollywood icon.
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Sophienoire — 8 months ago(August 04, 2025 05:38 PM)
i know what you're saying, but you can still see how wrong the system is that bore cases like Marilyn, systems that seek out star potential, birth stars, build them up, glorify them so the consumers, the viewers, the fans, us as the people throw money at their company, and then ultimately destroy them. Marilyn was merely a product and was treated as such, a goods for the people to consume, a merchandise to make lots and lots of money out of. that's Capitalism for you.
i don't blame Marilyn for doing what she was told in a profession she chose to pursue, yes, bc for Marilyn acting was a passion, a lifelong dream. she loved what she was doing and lived for it, so yeah, she did what it takes to be at the top and stay at the top. and last but not least, she did this for a living. it was her job. and she was a hard worker. plain and simple.
it's tragic that fame wasn't doing her good tho and she should have realised that, a lot earlier. i agree that was her fault, but she was also mentally ill and that got exploited by her bosses. so i do not put blame on her, but i put all the blame on the system.
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sheetsadam1 — 8 months ago(August 04, 2025 05:16 PM)
Women in general and women who look like Marilyn especially are never taken seriously. It was worse back then, but it's still an issue today (not to turn this into a political rant, but note how AOC is written off as an airhead by the right-wing media). Hedy Lamarr was another excellent example. I doubt people realize even today how ****ing brilliant she was… as they mindlessly use technology she helped pave the way for.
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