Marilyn Monroe Research Paper

Being a star can be hard, being a new star in the world of passing trends and short attention spans is even harder. A new star can be tempted by a lot in the world of fame, the promising career of many talents, the temptation only increases with beauty. If you’re hot you’re there, you’re in the light, if you’re not there’s just not enough room. Still, being pretty isn’t enough, dancing, singing, modeling, acting whatever you name it, they have to do. It gets to a point doesn’t it? Marilyn Monroe said that “Hollywood is a place where they'll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss and fifty cents for your soul.” and we see how Hollywood did just that to a smart blonde.
First off let’s just get this straight, Marilyn Monroe is not a true blonde, just like most of Hollywood, it is fake. Passing through husbands and scandals Marilyn is like any other in the spotlight, no matter the time period, yet she is praised for her looks no matter what she did. Re-quoted and rewritten Marilyn has grown from a beauty star to an icon, a title not many can achieve. Most people these days look over or are ignorant to the fact that Marilyn was actually very wise, even owning her own production company and sitting with a …show more content…
Pin-up pictures, eating habits, dresses, her personal monsters and any real dirt she seemed to have. The masses enjoy ripping apart a carcass after (and during) it’s life, no matter the substance behind the breasts it’s all about flesh. Of course the pictures were very pretty, the eating habits only slightly disgusting, the dress beautiful and her personal monsters myths and stories. What little the people care is uncanny, if she is some thirteen year old’s god, shouldn’t people know more about her? Of course the people back then were the same I’m sure, she once had to be sewn into a skin tight dress for a performance, yet I’m sure no one really cared as she looked