Marilyn's pot belly is not attractive.
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jac91604 — 14 years ago(March 03, 2012 05:37 PM)
It is a fact that Marilyn was pregnant and she blamed the miscarriage on the film and the physical activity required in so many scenes.
If you have ever seen the footage of her leaving the hospital after losing the baby she looks so vunerable and sad that your heart breaks for her. -
brd1979 — 14 years ago(March 15, 2012 09:45 AM)
Got this movie off Netflix because I hadn't seen it in a long time, & I can't stop putting it on slow-mo when we first see her character on the train. When she shuts the curtain & her booty bounces, WOW! That's hot. That silky black dress fit her curves perfectly in my opinion. There is nothing wrong with a woman who is "chubby." Just more to love, that's all
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denis-38 — 13 years ago(May 20, 2012 09:13 AM)
Dear MermaidsMarilyn did not discover she was pregnant until filming was underway. When they went on locationshe still pretty trimshe said, "Oh, all this fresh air will be good for the baby!" (She had gained weight during her two years off the screen anyway, so her pregnancy showed immediately.)
The "pig" remark is TOTALLY made up by Marilyn's maid Lena Pepitone, who could barely speak or understand English. According to Pepitone's booknow regarded as fact, alasMM raced from the theater crying, TORE off her gown at home, and screamed she looked like a "fat pig" How could this be? Monroe had already seen the movie TWICE at private screenings (pics exist of her laughing and enjoying herself) She knew what to expect.
And rather than crying, she joyfully went off to party with Arthur and friends after the premiere.
She miscarried after the film was completed, and was probably well into her fifth month.
Her reservations about the movie had nothing to do with her appearanceshe remained plump through "Let's Make Love" and "The Misfits" Rather, she felt hers was only a supporting role, and that her initial qualms to making the film, were correct. (She was similarly disappointed by her small role in "Let's Make Love.") -
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.