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In the decades following her death, she has often been cited as both a pop and a cultural icon as well as the quintessential American sex symbol. There is apparently some doubt as to whether or not Marilyn actually wrote the words in this book, or if someone else did it for her. Though officially classified as a "probable suicide", the possibility of an accidental overdose, as well as of homicide, have not been ruled out.

Porque será que o ser humano só reconhece o talento dos verdadeiros artistas depois de eles estarem mortos? There has been so much trash out there about this tragic woman, including the latest 'Blonde' artistic fantasy. She then went on to study at the Actors Studio to broaden her range and her performance in Bus Stop was hailed by critics and she received a Golden Globe nomination. It by no means aims for thoroughness, and in fact simply offers a series of brief, haunting accounts of episodes in her life, most of which have little or nothing to do with her stardom.Elton John's famous tribute to her story, Candle In The Wind likens her to a candle in the wind "never knowing who to turn to when the rain came in " and at least in this story which certainly captures her vulnerability, we see that to be true. Hecht's abandoned work was later revised and published by photographer Milton Greene, who established rights to the manuscript and whose photos of Monroe are included in the book. A legendary actress, comedienne, and sex symbol, she has been one of Hollywood’s most talked-about performers ever since she first crossed the silver screen.

I just don’t see how this infantile, blushing voice belongs to the same person who reads Turgenev, Zola, Proust, Joyce, Camus, Mann, Aristophanes, Aristotle, and Lucretius, or to the same person who started her own production company and broke an unfair contract with a gigantic film company and started something of a revolution in the film industry. Based on what amounts to little more than a coffee table book, My Story definitely made me hungry for more details about Norma Jean Baker/ Marilyn Monroe. Marilyn is a powerful chameleon who had a profound impact on the mortals she came into contact with.

Eventually, though, Hecht seemed to see her emotional reaction as an advantage for him, for as he remarked, “the moment a true thing comes out of her mouth, her eyes shed tears. Monroe's anecdotes focus on her impoverished childhood as an orphan in Los Angeles, her struggle to prove she could make a living as a motion picture actress and some of the experiences she had along the way.

In 1999, Monroe was ranked as the sixth greatest female star of all time by the American Film Institute. From its unflinching account of her desperately poor childhood to its firsthand look at the inside of the Hollywood fame machine, My Story gives us the Marilyn nobody else saw. And there's one anecdote--about a nice young war veteran hawking miniature silver stars in Union Station who asks Norma Jean to marry him--which sounds just like one of Hecht's "cold city with a warm heart" vignettes, straight out of something like his own Miracle in the Rain.The heartbreaking part is that the great acceptance and recognition she so longed for did finally arrive . And that “women’s friendships with each other are based on a gush of lies and pretty speeches that mean nothing. No entanto esta personalidade é uma das personalidades que mais me tem inspirado ao longo da minha curta vida. I can't believe I'm gonna say this, but I can tell you that as of this moment, this woman has become one of my favorite characters! By using the Web site, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by the Terms and Conditions.

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