Is anybody else tired of Marilyn Monroe???!!!

Soulful Soror · #1 06-17-2001, 11:55 AM

I think this month must have been her birthday or anniversary of her death or something b/c there's been mad documentaries & remembrances of her life...

And, they all say the same thing..."oh, she had an innocence about her"

, "she was IN LOVE with JFK, his brother, Joe Dimaggio, and every Tom, Dick, & Harry at the time"...or, that's what they CALLED it, apparently, when you slept around (in those days)

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I mean, don't get me wrong, her childhood may NOT have been the best & she died a sad, lonely, & unnatural death...but, dag...she was living FOUL (I mean, she REALLY played herself at JFK's birthday party).

What you dish out is almost ALWAYS guaranteed to come back to you! And, she had the nerve to want to be taken seriously as an actress....ACK!

Sorry...I had to vent...cuz she didn't add one iota to the betterment of the world (other than T&A, as many men will argue)

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Why don't they go on & on about Paul Robeson?? Sheeeesh!

Chi_ZETABBW · #2 06-17-2001, 01:29 PM

I don't care about Ms. Monroe one why or another. I say if you tired of her, change the channel, this applies to Elvis, John Wayne, or whoever else "THEY" choose to glorify that month.
But I will say this, I'm not sure what she did at Kennedy's party because I wasn't there, nor do I know anyone who was there, and I'm not a big fan of the Enquire. But she was a grown woman, who had the right to do what she wanted as long as she didn't hurt anyone. If she did something to hurt herslf, well that comes along with the lifestyle you choose to live. She wasn't very talented, she played on her looks, which is what I see a lot of actress/singers doing these days.

AKA2D '91 · #3 06-17-2001, 01:33 PM

There IS taped footage of the "Happy Birthday" song she sang to the THEN president JFK.

Even though we were not there, they (the media) HAVE IT ON TAPE!

tickledpink · #4 06-17-2001, 02:07 PM

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Originally posted by Chi_ZETABBW:
I don't care about Ms. Monroe one why or another. I say if you tired of her, change the channel, this applies to Elvis, John Wayne, or whoever else "THEY" choose to glorify that month.
But I will say this, I'm not sure what she did at Kennedy's party because I wasn't there, nor do I know anyone who was there, and I'm not a big fan of the Enquire. But she was a grown woman, who had the right to do what she wanted as long as she didn't hurt anyone. If she did something to hurt herslf, well that comes along with the lifestyle you choose to live. She wasn't very talented, she played on her looks, which is what I see a lot of actress/singers doing these days.

She sang this ultra sexy version of "Happy Birthday" to JFK @ his b'day party. I haven't seen it, but I'd be verrrry surprised if his wife wasn't there.

I don't particularily care for this aspect of Ms. Monroe either.

I read something on either Lycos.com or Excite.com saying that had she lived, she would have been either in her late 60's or 70 years old. I would like to see a computer generated image of what late stars would have looked had they lived.

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tickledpink · #5 06-17-2001, 02:13 PM

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Originally posted by AKA2D '91:
HE wasn't a WHITE WOMAN!

True soror!! You know,why do we have to wait for "them" to honor our own??? They're going to honor theirs and make sure that they are immortal. We should do the same. I say, instead of some of those "Arabesque" (sp?) movies that we see on BET, there should be more documentaries on great African Americans.

novella000 · #6 06-17-2001, 03:34 PM

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Originally posted by tickledpink:
We should do the same. I say, instead of some of those "Arabesque" (sp?) movies that we see on BET, there should be more documentaries on great African Americans.

But looking at the recent trend at BET (

), the trivial crap may be ALL we see on that station... UGGGH!

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Chi_ZETABBW · #7 06-17-2001, 05:34 PM

OK, I have seen clippings of that over the years. As I said, she had no talent, and she worked with what she had, which was her looks.

Ania · #8 06-17-2001, 06:46 PM

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Originally posted by exquizit:
IMO.....I think they go over board on most of the stars that died some sort of strange death but....I Kinda like Marliyn...She reminds me of the time when the public actually adored a thick women. She was a size 12-14 ya know. She was a freaky lil thing but so many people are..just on the DL

I always liked MM, even when I was a child (I have no idea why, had to be because I thought she was pretty).

Thank goodness, I don't have cable so I don't have to bothered with the super dead stars repeats! How annoying!

Anyway, MM was actually a size 7-8. The cut of dress sizes were actually smaller in her day. So in her day a size 12-14 is equal to a size 6-8 today.

Soulful Soror · #9 06-17-2001, 07:15 PM

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Originally posted by Chi_ZETABBW:
I say if you tired of her, change the channel

Oh, no doubt...it just annoys me to find it on TLC, The History Channel, E!, A&E, etc...I meant, give me a break.

Imperial11 · #10 06-17-2001, 08:18 PM

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Originally posted by Chi_ZETABBW:
As I said, she had no talent, and she worked with what she had, which was her looks.

Uh-uh. Her looks weren't her claim to fame.....her breasts were!!!!!!!!

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exquizit · #11 06-17-2001, 08:23 PM

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Originally posted by Ania:

Anyway, MM was actually a size 7-8. The cut of dress sizes were actually smaller in her day. So in her day a size 12-14 is equal to a size 6-8 today.

Hmmmmmm. All I know is that after a bit of searching I found that Mrs. Thing seems a tad too thick for a 6,7, or 8....but whatever, she's not as "po as a race horse" and that's cool

AKA2D '91 · #12 06-18-2001, 12:00 AM

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Originally posted by Soulful Soror:
Why don't they go on & on about Paul Robeson?? Sheeeesh!

HE wasn't a WHITE WOMAN!

exquizit · #13 06-18-2001, 12:49 AM

IMO.....I think they go over board on most of the stars that died some sort of strange death but....I Kinda like Marliyn...She reminds me of the time when the public actually adored a thick women. She was a size 12-14 ya know. She was a freaky lil thing but so many people are..just on the DL

Lovely · #14 06-18-2001, 10:02 AM

I read a biograpy of Dorothy Dandridge and she stated that she and Marilyn Monroe studied together in some venue and Dorothy said Marilyn took her work very, very seriously and was disappointed that she wasn't allowed to do more dramatic roles with a fuller range, not just a "dumb blonde".
I always thought she couldn't act, but I think she may have been type cast and not allowed to pursue something more dramatic, kind of like Butterfly McQueen or other Black actresses back them and now.
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SweetestDiva · #15 06-18-2001, 10:10 AM

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Originally posted by exquizit:
Hmmmmmm. All I know is that after a bit of searching I found that Mrs. Thing seems a tad too thick for a 6,7, or 8....but whatever, she's not as "po as a race horse" and that's cool

For real.. those don't look like no 7/8 hips. The joys of being built like a sista.