Marilyn Monroe: The Passion and the Paradox--by Lois Banner
Marilyn Monroe......An entertaining, but deeply confounding woman. She was rooted in sex appeal and glamour but inside always had an extreme doubt of herself. Feeling imperfect, and afraid of being abandoned. She was scandal and beauty. Hope and fear. Loving and quick to pull away.
She used her body to get where she needed to be in life. Let people think she was a dumb blonde if it suited the situation but inside was deeply spiritual and intellectual. After reading the book I wondered is that not what all women do in this era...? Maybe not the sleeping with executives but..to a certain extent there's still an air of "men get the better hand" prevailing. So as women we use our sex appeal, our curves, our flirtatious smiles to get a step ahead. Allow people to place us in categories and give us labels so that later we can shatter what they think they know?
Often I've wondered if the past will always haunt me. The things in my own life that I was not at an age to change will forever be a cloud hanging over my head. Wondered at times about what will become of me, does your past automatically control your here and now. Marilyn's did. It seemed her life was steeped within her past. She could never fully escape the fears laid upon her as a child...even something simple as becoming another "crazy, insane" member of her family....
Random undercaffeinated thoughts after finishing the book.....
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