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if you only know Marilyn from films like gentlemen
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prefer Blondes or the Seven Year Itch
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then some of these earlier roles might surprise you
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one thing that a lot of people don't realise
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about Marilyn Monroe
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is that she was not an overnight success
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she worked for a long time
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toiling and small roles as a contract player at Fox
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that she got the chance at a small
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but influential role in The Asphalt Jungle
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directed by John Houston what I said yesterday was
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wasn't really the was it the truth
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that was also the same year
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she had a small role in all about Eve
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and in both of those roles
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she really showed what she could do
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if she just had a chance at more complex characters
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and it's especially interesting to watch her in 1950
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Two's Clash by night which was directed by Fritz Lang
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because she plays a factory worker
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very different role from the
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the glamorous Marilyn roles that we're used to seeing
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later on in her career
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she's wonderful and give such a grounded performance
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but her star making role really came in 1952
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with Niagara directed by Henry Hathaway
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who knew exactly how to play up all of her glamour
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and beauty
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get out the fire hose but again it's
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it's a very different betrayal
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than we would see her do later on
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it's it's a much more realistic performance
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and she plays a truly vicious femmetal
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got to be tomorrow do you hear me
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be at the place as soon as it opens
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I love Marilyn's performance in Niagara
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because she manages to use her persona
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you know her sexiness
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her beauty as a weapon in this film
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her character is ruthless and she's calculated
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and she's playing with fire and she knows it
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thanks for being so nice I sure appreciate
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this was the first time Marilyn was seen in colour
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and she really stands out
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particularly with the blonde hair
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with the pink dress a lot of people forget that
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Marilyn
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was really instrumental in creating her own persona
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creating the character that was Marilyn Monroe
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she was savvy when it came to publicity
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she knew exactly how to play up her image
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how to use it for characters like she did in Niagara
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and also how to appeal to audiences
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that ensured that she would go on to become an icon
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this was before she started doing all the affectations
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that she would become famous for
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the over anunciation of syllables
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the breathy voice she uses her real voice
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her grounded voice and shows real acting talent
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and I think that's a surprise to some people
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who equipped to write her off as just a simple
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blonde bombshell haven't you bothered me enough
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your big banana head in the Asphalt Jungle
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and also flash by night
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Marilyn was really holding her own
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with all of these powerhouse actors
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especially from the world of film noir
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like Louis Calhern and Barbara Stanwyck and Robert Ryan
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and she really fits into all of the ensemble
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she doesn't stand out she really fits her roles
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and she is just as pivotal
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and important as those other actors are
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in the film Joe wants me to marry
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I gathered that but I hate people bossing me
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you marry a phone the first thing he does is boss you
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Barbara
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Sandwich said that she saw the magic that Marilyn had
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that she really had something special
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when she stepped in front of the camera
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that it was just a shame
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that she couldn't get out of her own way
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she was so nervous
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she was always very insecure about her performances
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particularly on clash by night with Fritz Lang
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who was a very very tough director
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but regardless she gave these wonderful performances
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that are so three dimensional
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and realistic you know
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you're a girl with a lot of variations
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if you go and none of it can be true
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it's interesting to consider
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what kind of career Marilyn might have had
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if she didn't go into the world of comedy
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I love her comedies and definitely
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all of the affectations she took on
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made her into this singular star
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this iconic image that we all remember today
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but she stayed within the noir genre honestly
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I could imagine her being someone like Gloria Graham
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being able to play these ruthless
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glamorous characters and vulnerable
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broken abused women
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I think Marilyn really had
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that vulnerability to her character
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and she was able to portray that
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in the couple of noir films that she made
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but I would have loved personally
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to see her continue noir
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although I'm a fan of all of her work
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