Remembering the Early Days of Marilyn Monroe
It’s hard to picture Marilyn Monroe as anything less than the iconic, legendary, larger-than-life, outsized, flawless, ubiquitous, peerless image she has become. Even though she has been gone over 50 years, Monroe remains one of the world’s most recognizable faces. An entire generation of people have grown up since her passing who can identify her more easily than their own congressman (which is totally a good thing).
What has gotten lost in all the posters, t-shirts, calendars, make-up lines, shoes, dinnerware, and wine (yes, wine) that her likeness is used to hawk these days is the talent that Monroe possessed. She was, as the heavily beaten phrase goes, more than just a pretty face. She could sing, she could act, she could dance, and it is perfectly reasonable to believe that given time she would have made an impact as a film producer and creator as well. At least that’s what I think.
(You’ll probably realize before this article is over that I’m rather biased toward Marilyn Monroe. That’s perfectly okay. Don’t let it distract you from the fact that I am pretty much right about this.)
Monroe had natural talent that was carefully honed over time, and her acting was earning respect from even some of the most hardened critics before her death. The other critics, the ones who didn’t like her, suffered from the terrible…
