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So then I read that she had a nose job, a chin job, and cosmetic dental work... possibly other stuff. I never knowed that, as iconomy would say. not sure where that second pic falls in with this stuff...
Nosejob is pretty typical standard Hollywood (I mean, even Angelina Jolie perfected her perfect face), and I "see" the difference it made on her making it less pudgy - but she had great teeth, what on earth did they do to those? And chin? wtf?
Marilyn does look like Angelina in that photo. Marilyn was so beautiful, before and after surgery.
I wonder what plastic surgery was like "back then." It wasn't so long ago, but I wonder if surgeons were as "artistic" and prolific as today. I think the nose job procedure was the most popular, and one of the techniques that have remained pretty much unchanged.
What great photos... here eyes DO look sad in the one with the hat. I'd never seen that pic before- it's amazing.
A very timely post for me, taz! We just picked up this DVD (I'd never even heard of the movie) this week and are planning to watch it this weekend, since it's supposed to stay gloomy and wet here.
I have always had an intense dislike of Marilyn Monroe. I've always chafed at the grand myth of Marilyn's saintly innocence and victimhood. I hate her kittenish, helpless and girly sexuality. I guess it's because I so strongly prefer broads. I think Lauren Bacall or Bette Davis are a thousand times sexier than Marilyn's cartoon breathiness.
I've always chafed at the grand myth of Marilyn's saintly innocence and victimhood.
I had to sit through a lecture in college from a professor who was in the midst of writing/directing a play about her life, and he was going on and on and on about how such victimhood was the sign of a true artist, holding up self-destruction as the only viable way to find one's true self.
It was really unpleasant.
(I don't really have an opinion on Monroe herself; I don't actually think I've seen any of her movies. But the whole "Suffering *is* art!" thing annoys the hell out of me, too.)
I think I agree with jrossi, though I don't really know much about Monroe, Bacall, or Davis. I do know that I prefer my women built for damage. You can't take "frail" hiking.
Taz, that photo w/ the hat is amazing. I find her so appealing. Not sure I find her to be saintly; maybe victimized. I suspect she had serious depression or bipolar disease. I like her iconic status.
I agree with theora, I think she was victimized by those who surrounded her, and profited from her. Not an innocent at all though, but perhaps misled. But also, as jrossi said, her cartoony, breathless voice can be so annoying. Must be why I'm not a huge fan of Melanie Griffith. I cannot stand her voice.
As for appealing stars, I'm all for Mae West. Not an outstanding beauty, but dammit, I'll bet she was a trip!
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