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2022 · 2h 47m · Drama
TMDB 5.9/10 (1,546 votes)
From her volatile childhood as Norma Jeane, through her rise to stardom and romantic entanglements, this reimagined fictional portrait of Hollywood legend Marilyn Monroe blurs the lines of fact and fiction to explore the widening split between her public and private selves.
Directed by Andrew Dominik
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Cast & crew political lean — 4 of 15 researched: 2 left · 0 center · 0 right · 2 no public record. Based only on cited public statements, endorsements, and documented donations.
“It was a blonde. A blonde to make a bishop kick a hole in a stained-glass window.”
“Black people would in private say that Nicole was ‘white trash,’ using her blond hair, her big breasts, her teenage pussy to woo a famous, rich, middle-aged black man away from the black woman who had sustained and nurtured him through the toughest years of his life.”
“It has been theorised that the blonde hair and blue eyes seen in Caucasians are recent adaptations, dating from approximately 11,000 years ago. The traits are thought to have evolved among northern European tribes at the end of the last ice age. Although both natural and sexual selection have played a part in the evolution of the blue-eyed blonde, sexual selection was probably the primary force.”
“For generations in this country, beauty was traditionally represented by three very distinct ideals in virtually all media: blond hair, blue eyes and fair skin... My cover shattered that notion forever... Women of color could boldly say to the world, 'Hey, look at me! I’m here and I have value and I am beautiful.'”
“My Lady’s hair is threads of beaten gold.”
“And round his heart one strangling golden hair.”
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