Marilyn

Aug 30, 2012 Lizzi rated it 4 of 5 stars

Banner is determined to get to the truth of events, and mostly succeeds. Her ambition with this book is really admirable and she does her best to understand and explain why Marilyn was the way she was. Feminist thoughts very interesting too, worth discussing at length. Full review here: http://littlewordsreview.wordpress.co...

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Jan 12, 2013 clarenina rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: americana, bio, non-fiction, 2013, film

An absorbing look at the contradiction that was Initials MM that contained much information that was new to me. It was also great to read a perspective not preoccupied with that tired trope in which MM is depicted as a victim of Hollywoodland and menfolk. Instead, the book centres more on her psychological make-up and the author's feminist readings of MM as an icon. My only criticism is that there is a degree of repetition (quotes, general information, anecdotes) which I found a little distracti...more

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Jul 25, 2012 Tara rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: reviewing, re-reading

This is an ambitious, scholarly study of Marilyn Monroe, looking both at the narrative of her life and her place in history. While I don't agree with every part of it, I found Banner's perspective to be brilliant at times. She gives the reader a sense of why Monroe is so hard to pin down as a character, and how she seems to embody so many contradictions. This is a thoughtful, provocative read, analysing MM as an American icon. But if you're looking for a more straightforward biography, this may...more

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Dec 19, 2012 Jen rated it 4 of 5 stars

Marilyn Monroe is a bit of a guilty pleasure for me so it follows that I've read everything about her, watched all of her films, etc. I really liked parts of this book such as her raise to stardom, her marriages, her addictions, her mental illness- all of which are examined outside of the male glance. It's so nice to see MM as a woman in today's definition of womanhood. She slept her way to the top? Lot's of actresses do that! She was bipolar/schizophrenic/depressed/unknown mental illness? Lot's...more

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Dec 15, 2012 Natalie rated it 5 of 5 stars

This book is so popular that I had to wait several weeks to get it from the library. It is the most recent semi-academic book about Marilyn and Banner is a specialist on her and her politics. Yes, Marilyn as both a woman and an icon was/is terribly political. The book follows the typical biography outline, beginning with Marilyn's grandparents. Slowly, the early years of her development unfold and we learn about the tragic events of her childhood (including her abandonment by her mother and mole...more This book is so popular that I had to wait several weeks to get it from the library. It is the most recent semi-academic book about Marilyn and Banner is a specialist on her and her politics. Yes, Marilyn as both a woman and an icon was/is terribly political. The book follows the typical biography outline, beginning with Marilyn's grandparents. Slowly, the early years of her development unfold and we learn about the tragic events of her childhood (including her abandonment by her mother and molestation by an older man). At this point, Banner alludes to some psychoanalyses of Marilyn based on her childhood. Although this can be commonplace in biographies, Banner succeeds at psychoanalyzing Marilyn with the practiced expertise and sensitivity of the scholar that she is.
My favourite chapter in this book is by far the most academic one, wherein Banner describes Marilyn's rise to fame as simultaneous with her growth in power as a business woman. Marilyn did contribute to feminism and to equalizing the roles of men and women in the business world by heading her own production company and thereby having control over the profits from her films. Although she often portrayed coquettish, innocent "dumb blonde" characters on and off camera, her naivete was indeed feigned. She exaggerated these roles and got away with the greatest of deceptions, as well as a lot of money. Men were duped and drooling, while she built an empire.
This wealth did not bring her enough joy to offset the traumas of her youth and the loneliness she felt as an adult. Banner suggests she was not sure who she really was, making it easy for her to emulate hollywood starlets. Though she may have become empowered thanks to her own sex appeal, it was really her only choice, as she felt others had decided her identity before she had time to fashion one herself.
She did have an independence about her that set her apart from others, and this she often expressed through fashion, hair and make-up. She started many trends by creating looks that flattered her face and figure and she wasn't afraid to go beyond what was considered acceptable (obviously).
This book does a wonderful job of showing the passion of Marilyn and I think it is a great read, especially for women.(less)

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Aug 29, 2012 Allison rated it 4 of 5 stars

If you are looking for a gushy, glitzy tell-all recounting the splendor of Marilyn Monroe's Hollywood existence, this is not the book for you. Rather, it's a moving study of Marilyn's conflicted personality and the effects of her trauma and mental illness. Banner, a Monroe "scholar" of sorts, examines the oft overlooked contradictions separating the woman herself from her movie star persona, and susses out her true character, a figure that seemed to hover somewhere between "Norma Jeanne" and "Ma...more

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Aug 05, 2012 Beatnik Mary rated it 3 of 5 stars

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Biographer Lois Banner herself admits that there is little we don't already know about Marilyn Monroe. The details of her childhood, her private and public affairs, and her death have captivated us all for decades. So the challenge for anyone writing a new book about her is not in finding enough source material, but in finding anything new to say. Does Lois Banner manage it? Yes and no.

She's certainly done her research. She makes clear which sources (which...more http://www.cozylittlebookjournal.com/...
Biographer Lois Banner herself admits that there is little we don't already know about Marilyn Monroe. The details of her childhood, her private and public affairs, and her death have captivated us all for decades. So the challenge for anyone writing a new book about her is not in finding enough source material, but in finding anything new to say. Does Lois Banner manage it? Yes and no.

She's certainly done her research. She makes clear which sources (which include previous biographies, personal interviews and Marilyn artifacts from the author's personal collection) she finds reliable and which she disregards as suspect. While I appreciate her strong points of view, often rooted in genuine if fanatical admiration for Marilyn (the author is the head of a Marilyn fan club), sometimes her conclusions seem to come out of thin air.

For example, when discussing Marilyn's childhood, she claims that the rate of childhood sexual abuse since the mid 19th century has held steady at twenty per cent, as it is today, but she does not back that statistic up with anything. When writing about Marilyn's mother Gladys, whose mental illness led her to be institutionalized, Ms. Banner asserts that "we all hear voice in our heads every day" and usually it's completely normal. Further, she suggests that since Gladys described herself as perfectly normal, she probably was.

At times she seems too focused on defending Marilyn from criticism or on painting a specific picture of her as a self-empowered heroine. When talking about Marilyn's early days as a studio call girl who was expected to go to parties for high powered men and provide sexual favours to them to please the studio or advance her own career, she insists that these call girls were "not powerless" because at least they could choose their sexual partners and which acts they agreed to perform. That's hardly a huge amount of power to be bragging about.

Other times she overstates the difficulties Marilyn may have faced, or at least made them seem unique or unreasonable. For instance, she excuses Marilyn's poor behaviour on movie sets (she wasn't rude so much as she was late, unprepared, and frequently incapable of remembering her lines) by explaining that "back then" movies were made with cost saving measures in mind, such as filming scenes out of sequence according to location or technical difficulty, making actors start filming as early as seven a.m., which required an even earlier make up and costume call time, or sometimes requiring actors to film six days a week. The implication is that actors in the old studio system, such as Marilyn, were put under undo strain while filming. But the reality is that films are made exactly that way today, so it's hardly unusual.

I can't really fault Ms. Banner for loving Marilyn too much, since most people writing--or even reading--a biography of Marilyn Monroe probably do, myself included. Marilyn Monroe: The Passion and the Paradox is not objective by any means. It's somewhere between a true biography and an extremely well-researched love letter. But fans of Marilyn probably won't mind that obvious bias.

Disclaimer: I received a digital galley of this book free from the publisher from NetGalley.com. I was not obliged to write a favourable review, or even any review at all. The opinions expressed are strictly my own.
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Sep 24, 2012 False Millennium rated it 3 of 5 stars

People speculate how much Marilyn would have changed in the turbulent catalyst of the 1960's. Would she have become a feminist? Taken on and ruled over the studio powers and men that left her feeling like a used piece of meat? I think she would have fought to retain her physical beauty until the game was up, then became another Bardot and love the little kitties of the world. Or a recluse. But frankly, with her rampant drug and alcohol use, I don't think she would have survived the '60's. It wou...more

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Aug 19, 2012 Debra Martin rated it 3 of 5 stars

When I first received the hardcover book, I was excited to read it. I was always fascinated by Marilyn Monroe and eagerly looked forward to finding out new details about her. Ms. Banner certainly has loaded the book with a lot of information, but I was a bit disappointed that there wasn't really anything new.

Marilyn was a complicated woman and her experiences in her childhood certainly shaped the woman she became Ms. Banner contends. I was surprised by comparisons the author makes between Marily...more

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Aug 08, 2012 Adam Tschorn added it

This is the second book on Monroe penned by the USC professor of history and gender studies, and one that she spent a decade researching. It's a dense, detail-packed book, so much so that in recounting Monroe's early years and the people in her life as she was shuttled from home to home, it's easy to lose track of all the players and places.

But Banner's throughline isn't hard to follow: The woman who started life as Norma Jeane Mortenson worked hard at creating and then meticulously honed to per...more

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Jun 30, 2012 John rated it 5 of 5 stars

Fifty years after her death, Marilyn Monroe remains one of Hollywood's most beloved figures. Born as Norma Jean Mortenson, she grew up in several foster homes, became a model during World War II, and made her mark in movies. But America's biggest sex symbol had a dark side. Her personal relationships were tumultuous, her rise to stardom was costly, and her emotional weakness and physical ailments would plague her to the end.

None of this is very new. After all there are literally dozens and dozen...more

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Jul 17, 2012 Anna (Gatsby's Girl) rated it 2 of 5 stars

Marilyn Monroe is still on of the most recognized sex symbols to come out of America's history and make her way into the world conciousness. This book is an attempt to analyze the different aspects of Marilyn's personality: her troubled childhood, the dueling longings for a successful career and a family of her own, the partying contrasted with the religion, the dumb blonde versus the very smart girl. The author, Lois Banner, takes a feminist approach and treats the material like a slice of wome...more Marilyn Monroe is still on of the most recognized sex symbols to come out of America's history and make her way into the world conciousness. This book is an attempt to analyze the different aspects of Marilyn's personality: her troubled childhood, the dueling longings for a successful career and a family of her own, the partying contrasted with the religion, the dumb blonde versus the very smart girl. The author, Lois Banner, takes a feminist approach and treats the material like a slice of women's history that is in need of understanding. Banner managed to gain material that has never been seen before, interviews with Marilyn's personal friends, and facts previously ignored by other biographers. Banner has also gotten new details about Marilyn's childhood, abuse, and all of her other personal tragedies. I went into this biography expecting to read something new and fresh to the world's enormous collection of books about the myth and realities of Marilyn Monroe. The stuff about her childhood as Norma Jeane Mortenson was horrific. I couldn't imagin a child being shifted around that much, abused, neglected and NOT coming out of it with major problems as an adult like Norma did. But once we started getting into her movie career, it was the same old stuff that is rehashed everywhere. I don't care what the synopsis for this book says, it was not anything that was new enough to interest me. Not to mention that the author spends a lot of time analyzing Marilyn's every action and word instead of just reporting the facts. This was less of a biography and more of a very amateur psychological analysis. Seriously, what businees does she have purporting to know the inner thoughts and screw-ups of woman who has been dead for half a century? This book was just not for me. If you want to see Marilyn nitpicked to death and be bored out of your mind I encourage you to keep going after finishing the second half of the book. Otherwise, don't even bother.

VERDICT: 1.75/5 Stars

*I received an Advanced Reading E-book Copy from the publisher, via NetGalley. No money or favors were exchanged for this review. This book was published July 17th, 2012.*(less)

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Jul 08, 2012 Catherine rated it 3 of 5 stars

August 5 will mark the 50th anniversary of the death of Marilyn Monroe and 50 years later the attention on both her life and death is still strong. In Marilyn: The Passion & the Paradox, Lois Banner goes beyond the plethora of material already published about this glamorous American icon. While it might be hard to believe that there is anything left unknown, Banner’s research includes numerous newly discovered and previously unused resources. She also goes to more ancillary sources such as c...more

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Sep 03, 2012 Katherine Stewart rated it 4 of 5 stars

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When I was 14 years old, I bought a book about Marilyn, written by a person I had yet to hear of, Gloria Steinem. It was filled with beautiful, yet painful, images of a woman who I was captivated by. The images were taken in the final months of Monroe's life and, ever since then, I have always had an interest in Marilyn -- especially the inner conflicts of a woman who appeared to have it all, yet suffered from deep anxiety, depression, self doubt, gynecological problems and relational issues.

I...more When I was 14 years old, I bought a book about Marilyn, written by a person I had yet to hear of, Gloria Steinem. It was filled with beautiful, yet painful, images of a woman who I was captivated by. The images were taken in the final months of Monroe's life and, ever since then, I have always had an interest in Marilyn -- especially the inner conflicts of a woman who appeared to have it all, yet suffered from deep anxiety, depression, self doubt, gynecological problems and relational issues.

I heard Lois Banner on NPR, and while I was not impressed with her interview (Banner came across as overly defensive of her scholarship, and somewhat narcissistic), I was intrigued by the topic at hand: a feminist cultural analysis on the life, death, and imagery of Marilyn. I mean, how could this be anything but absolutely fascinating??

Sadly, the book was a bit of a let down. Banner is frequently redundant in her sharing of nuts and bolts type information. She offers some of her own analysis, which often creeps into the direction of psychoanalysis (which Marilyn underwent over the course of her adult life). However, Banner is no psychoanalyst, and her analysis is often weak and careless. It's laughable how she assumes to know (or at least firmly believe) Marilyn's intents when it came to exertion of agency and purpose in some episodes of Marilyn's life, yet in others (where even a novice therapist would focus in immediately) she throws up her hands -- "one would wonder why Marilyn did _____".

Banner is a historian, grounded in feminist social/cultural criticism -- and if she had remanded grounded here, it would have made for a much tighter biographical narrative and analysis. Additionally, she seems to have narcissistic aims in her writing, and inserts herself in the narrative at points. I found this to be totally unnecessary -- and this made for some confusion in defining the book's purpose and goals. I can only assume she was attempting to express some form of empathy with Monroe, but this seems out of place when considering what the book was purported to be.

All this said, I still enjoyed reading the book and learned quite a bit. I *do* appreciate the feminist exploration of the paradoxical nature of Marilyn's self, personalities, and activities. I wish there had been a lot more of it. While the chapters on her early life are a bit meandering, I really enjoyed the later chapters, especially the ones on her time in New York and her final days in Los Angeles.

In the end, I feel like I have a better understanding of Marilyn, and am now curious to watch and re-watch a number of her films, now that I have a better understanding of the context of her life during those points in time.

I waffled between 3 and 4 stars..... and decided to bump it up to 4, because even with the many flaws of this book, it is still highly readable and fascinating. (less)

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May 04, 2013 Elan Elizabeth rated it 5 of 5 stars

Marilyn is the love of my life, and this is the best birthday gift I could have gotten. After reading this book, i feel like i know so much more about her then i had learned from any other biographies on her. I love the research put into this book, and the amount of material it covers. It really does explain her in a way that seems more real. She really just needed some one to love her for who she was. Unlike other Marilyn biographies, I find she is looked at more as a person, rather then a just...more

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Jan 14, 2013 Jenny rated it 5 of 5 stars

Author Lois Banner is a women's studies scholar who wades through all the fluffy glamour gossip layers and presents Marilyn Monroe as two people -- Marilyn the character and Marilyn the actor and all her dreams.
A very good read with interesting, albeit repetitive, every day goings ons.

The index leaves a little to be desired. I've been trying to re-discover Marilyn's dream role, which she never had the opportunity to play. I re-read some of the book in the library stacks and she wanted to play G...more

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Aug 30, 2012 Sharon rated it 1 of 5 stars

Way too long....repetitive throughout the book and boring. In fact, in many places, I would say to myself, "hey wait a minute, did I lose my page?" I just read about this incident or person and the author had moved on...only to return to that person/incident to go into more detail. ehh:(

Back in the 1970's, I remember reading a book about Marilyn, and really enjoyed the read. I wish I could remember which book it was...not that I would want to read the same book again.

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Oct 16, 2012 Julie_ian_curtis rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: i-has-it, non-fiction

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Jul 13, 2012 Satia rated it 1 of 5 stars

If there were a way for me to give this book negative stars, I would do so. And do so quite happily. This book is vulgar and exploitative. It is speculative, sensationalist, and salacious. It is not an academic let alone a feminist look at Monroe's life. An offensive read from cover to cover. For more:

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Never fear. This book will be put to good use. Normally I give books to friends, family, or the local library. This one will be used for starting fires in ou...more

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Jun 14, 2012 Carl Rollyson rated it 5 of 5 stars

Even if you have Marilyn Monroe fatigue, you should read Lois Banner's book. She had access to new primary sources--much of it in a filing cabinet that only recently became accessible to biographers. Banner generously mentions that she drew on my research, especially concerning Monroe's study of acting. You will also learn a good deal about the impact of Christian Science on the young Marilyn Monroe. In many ways, this was a woman ahead of her time even as most people thought of her as simply an...more

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Feb 26, 2013 Mary rated it 4 of 5 stars Recommends it for: Anyone interested in Marilyn Monroe

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I have read many books on Marilyn Monroe throughout the years and I do not claim to be a MM expert but would say I have retained quite a bit of information on the subject of Marilyn. I do not always believe everything I've read, especially the many "conspiracy theories" of her death and the differing timelines of her last days but I must say that of ALL the books I have consumed on the subject of Monroe, I found MARILYN:THE PASSION AND THE PARADOX to be the most informative and appears to have b...more I have read many books on Marilyn Monroe throughout the years and I do not claim to be a MM expert but would say I have retained quite a bit of information on the subject of Marilyn. I do not always believe everything I've read, especially the many "conspiracy theories" of her death and the differing timelines of her last days but I must say that of ALL the books I have consumed on the subject of Monroe, I found MARILYN:THE PASSION AND THE PARADOX to be the most informative and appears to have been extensively researched by the author, Lois Banner.
Banner is an acclaimed author and the first woman president of the American Studies Association, winning the ASA's Bode-Pearson Prize for Outstanding Contributions to American Studies. Banner is a major collector of Marilyn Monroe artifacts and in addition to MARILYN:THE PASSION AND THE PARADOX, she has also authored MM-PERSONAL, which discusses items from MM's personal archive. Lois Banner is a professor of history and gender studies at USC.
The book is written in chronological order of MM's life, beginning with the young Norma Jeane Mortenson. It covers almost every aspect of Norma Jeane's life from birth to her marriage to Jim Dougherty and her successful career as a West Coast model in painstaking detail. I feel this book contains more information about these years in Marilyn's life than any book I've read before it.
Banner explores the many faces of Monroe. We are introduced to the energetic, charming, seductive and perfectionist that Marilyn was and then the many contradictions of this persona. The author convinced me that Marilyn was many things other than just a glorified sex symbol of her time and while MM loved this status she also loathed it, convinced that all men used her. This book brings to light the many complexities of Marilyn Monroe, her strengths and weakness, the "happy" Marilyn vs the "dark" Marilyn. Lois Banner, through her exhaustive ten years of research, seems to explain who the real Marilyn Monroe was along with the paradox. Banner writes, "She spoke about her many selves, but she seemed confused about who she wanted to be." Perhaps Marilyn explains it best herself:
"A lot of people like to think of me as innocent, so that's the way I behave to them. If they
saw the demon in me, they would hate me...I'm more than one person, and I act differently
each time. Most of the time I'm not the person I'd like to be--certainly not a dumb blonde
like they say I am; a sex freak with big boobs."
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Nov 17, 2012 Literary rated it 4 of 5 stars

Mandy's Review:

Like many people, I have an interest in Marilyn Monroe. Lois Banner's version of Marilyn Monroe's biography has gone into more depth than any other Marilyn biography that I'm aware of. She has taken the time to join the Los Angeles Marilyn fan club where members shared their collections. She then interviewed Marilyn friends and associates. Researching American and European archives, she was allowed access to never-before-seen collections. She bought many Marilyn items on eBay and...more

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Oct 15, 2012 Lisa rated it 3 of 5 stars

Excellent ideas but very poorly edited book that repeats information and is rife with misspellings, which unfortunately detracts from the strength of the research work. Banner is a fan with a strong academic background who clearly cares passionately about her subject, so it's especially disappointing that this book is so slipshod at times. There is serious scholarship here that almost gets lost in the mix. I wanted this book to be better than it was and am confident that with proper editing it w...more

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Aug 16, 2012 Susan rated it 3 of 5 stars

Written by a feminist, this book was an interesting account of Marilyn's life. Some of the writing was a little, I don't know, familiar? Like the author would refer to a place she lived, like Hawthorne, and she wrote that it was described as a slum but " I lived there and I know it wasn't like that." I don't know, to me that seemed odd. It was very heavily annotated and I would love to see some of the primary sources used to research this book, like the things Marilyn wrote.

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Feb 05, 2013 Dale Stonehouse rated it 2 of 5 stars

Maybe I have read too much about the subject here, but I really did not learn much from this bio. The author claims to have found new sources and there are a few, but mostly she trashes the work of other Marilyn biographers (except Anthony Summers) and spends way too much time tooting her own horn about being so right when others were so wrong. For a first-time Marilyn reader this might be very good, and maybe I expected too much. I did like the emphasis on Monroe's intelligence, which has been...more

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Aug 04, 2012 Nancy Stringer rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Lois Banner suggests that the sexual abuse and the disrupted home life left a legacy of insomnia, nightmares, troubled sexuality and violent mood swings that affected Marilyn Monroe throughout her life.

"I knew how third rate I was. I could actually feel my lack of talent, as if it were cheap clothes I was wearing inside. But, my God, how I wanted to learn, to change, to improve." Marilyn Monroe

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Apr 24, 2013 Jillian is currently reading it

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I'm about halfway through this and I nearly gasped when Marilyn quoted one of my favorite lines from Khayyam about the need for personal independence in relationships.

I also got a bit of a jolt when she cited Abraham Lincoln, saying, "Calling a tail a leg doesn't make it a leg." I once had someone tell me that "just because someone says you have a tail, doesn't mean you have a tail." This book is giving me goosebumps.

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Nov 30, 2012 Autumn rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: celebrities, cultural-history, feminism, ladies, movies, social-class, never-finished

Not sure if I should have picked this one as my initial dive into Marilyn studies. I can't tell if her entire life was in fact defined by endometriosis or if the author is just being a feminist scholar about it. And Banner is super excited about proving how extremely bisexual she was. There's also lots of repetition and some more tenuous conclusions are drawn. On the other hand, it's nice to read about her outside of the male gaze/patriarchal lens. So, I give it a solid meh and will maybe try th...more

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May 10, 2013 Stephanie rated it 5 of 5 stars

This is a perfect biography on the blonde icon. I did not want to put it down! If there is one Marilyn memoir that should be read it is this one. It is told realistically and without bias and touches on all subjects Marilyn, from her rocky beginings to her glamourous rise and her sudden fall. This book was sheer perfection.

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Nov 16, 2012 Theresa rated it 2 of 5 stars

I read as much of this as I felt like, and I enjoyed the photos. Banner is a wonderful historian, but even she couldn't get me all that interested in Monroe. I've never understood the mystique surrounding her, and I've never cared much for celebrity bios. Plus I didn't like how Banner used "I" in the narrative. Instead of making the story feel more intimate, I found it alienating.

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