Was Marylin Monroe a sex symbol?

Question

I wnted to be marylin monnroe for halloween but my parents were like no cuz you dont want to be a sex symbol

Answer 1

Norma Jean aka Marylin Monroe is completely misunderstood. She was labeled and defined only by her roles in films.

In all her film roles, from NIAGARA to THE MISFITS (1961), Monroe portrayed an object of desire and exhibition. Her basic character grew out of the dumb blonde rchetype, but Monroe's dumb blonde could not be pinned down to any particular origin or social class. She was defined only by what was shown on the screen, with neither a previous history nor seemingly a future. Frequently her characters were nameless (LOVE HAPPY, 1949, THE SEVEN YEAR ITCH, 1955), further accentuating her status as an object. She usually had no discernable job and when she did, it was a female-relegated profession such as chorus girl, actress or secretary.

But to the dumb blonde stereotype, Monroe added a sense of innocence, naturalism and overt sexuality. Her sexuality was never seen as a threat, but as something harmless and benevolent. Time magazine's sanguine response to Monroe's Playboy centerfold summed up her appeal: "Marilyn believes in doing what comes naturally."

Along with this kindly, innocent sexuality went a vulnerability; Monroe's characters were often humiliated at the expense of a voyeuristic pleasure, whether being lassoed like a cow in BUS STOP (1956) or exposing herself unknowingly in SOME LIKE IT HOT (1959). At the height of her fame, Monroe sensed the limited range of her screen persona and clearly desired to change it: "To put it bluntly, I seem to be a whole superstructure without a foundation." Forming Marilyn Monroe Productions in 1956, she produced BUS STOP and THE PRINCE AND THE SHOWGIRL (1957). But her personal problems, with failed marriages to baseball star Joe DiMaggio and playwright Arthur Miller and increasing reliance on drugs to combat depression and physical ailments, served to forestall any serious change in her career.

The public wanted Marilyn as they had discovered her in 1953, and that was what they got in LET'S MAKE LOVE (1960). She was still capable of memorable work, especially with top directors like Billy Wilder (SOME LIKE IT HOT) and John Huston (THE MISFITS), but her personal demons, or precarious involvement with people in high places, eventually overwhelmed her. On August 5, 1962, she was found dead of an overdose of sleeping pills. Monroe's was a tragedy in which her public, the media and the Hollywood power brokers all share blame. As Laurence Olivier once remarked, "Popular opinion and all that goes to promote it is a horribly unsteady conveyance for life, and she was exploited beyond anyone's means."

That is an excerpt from her mini boigraphy.

Another reason why she was so fastly dubbed as a sex symbol is because she was sexually abused as a child. You can read more about her here.

http://www.hollywoodauditions.com/Biographies/marilyn_monroe.htm

Mailyn isn't a sex symbol. That's just was she was thought to be. For instance - someone at school calls you a whore - although you really may not be, that's what the public percieves you to be.

Go as Marylin Monroe. She was a beautiful actress and a wonderful rolemodel. Good luck and Happy Halloween.

Answer 2

She was a sex symbol because she enjoyed have sex with anyone and anything! Even carrots for Pete's sake!

Answer 3

She was a vice symbol, to be precise. Choose a more honorable character

Answer 4

She was, but the times were much different when she was around. Sex symbols are much different today than they were "back in the day".... god I hate that expression.

Answer 5

In the 60's.
But I don't see how.

Answer 6

I Believe she did drugs aswell .. So bad idea.

Answer 7

Yes she was,, and she was very beautiful.

Answer 8

she still is for her admmireres

Answer 9

She sure was! And is!