Marilyn Monroe Biography

Author: Bai Di
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Publish Date: 2005-04-01
Features: "Time" magazine once wrote that Marilyn Monroe's unique charm lay in the way she made men who were at a distance from her desire her—if there had been someone as perceptive as me, they might have done well too. Through death, women who had previously resisted sexual attraction joined her plea—simple yet noble, the desire to be taken seriously. "Time" magazine of the United States once had a special issue on the 100 most influential people of the century, and Marilyn Monroe was listed among them. She went from actress to icon to a licensed trademark, with only Elvis and James Dean being able to compete with her in market share. In this sense, she has transcended criticism, like Coca-Cola and Levi's jeans. A woman who committed suicide at the age of 36 and only starred in a few films became an epic commodity. Films, photographs, and even the real Marilyn are unchangeable. Thus, a former sex symbol remains, to this day, alongside King Kong, Coca-Cola, and Levi's jeans, as a symbol of American culture, and her greatest achievement in the past 60 years, especially the 40 years after her death, is the continuous description and use of her. Billy Wilder, a Hollywood director, once had a brilliant remark to describe Monroe's camera presence: She had a relationship with the camera like fish to water, and she was always eager to engage with it.