Many film buffs around the world would describe blonde bombshell, Marilyn Monroe as "irresistible." With her impish charm, Monroe set many men's hearts on fire and stole thunder from her contemporaries. "Photographs have been produced under such circumstances that they were physically forced to correspond point by point to nature"" (Berger 1984). In contrast, images of Marilyn Monroe have been plastered all over the world with little or no variation. She was a product manufactured by the press and movie industry who went overboard after her tragic death in 1962. Mercenaries have either torn her to shreds, or catapulted her to dizzying heights, all with a view to the acquisition of gain. What remains to day is a lucrative growing industry trading on her memory or the myth that was supposedly Monroe "an iconic sign" of the 20th century.
In semiotics, a sign is "the marriage between the signifier and the signified" (Smith 1964) and the image of Monroe, is a quintessential example of this relationship. She was the representation of the female body in classic Hollywood cinema. The sexual pose in this image, her extreme whiteness and make-up, and her peroxide blond hair bear witness to a new born fetish for woman. It gives conduct for analysing her and her myths, which are encoded in her image. Her image as the signifier provides the whole meaning and concept of herself, a denotation that was simply Monroe. At a connotative level, however, her cosmetic and artificial expression in her photograph also holds an element of masquerade. Her image creates a marvel that captures the eye and distracts it from what was hidden underneath, bolstering her image as "the luscious, undulating brainless female" (Victor 1999). Fetishising Monroe's photograph deflects attention from female 'lack' and changes her from a dangerous figure into a reassuring object of flawless beauty. There are some aspects of an image that we think of as non-representational, actually function as symbolic signs and often carry connotative meanings; for example pink for femaleness and black for evil.
Marilyn Monroe Many young girls dream of growing up to become an idolized, beautiful, and sexy movie star. ... Marilyn Monroe's mother was Gladys Baker. ... Dougherty that she had a new name, "Marilyn Monroe." ... In Hollywood, Marilyn Monroe became an instant legend. ... Marilyn Monroe worked hard at her Hollywood stardom. ...
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Bolander "dad" and "mom" respectively (The Legend of Marilyn Monroe, 1964). ... Despite her hostility towards the foster homes Norma learned to act how her caregivers, including wanted her to (The Legend of Marilyn Monroe, 1964). ... After 12 foster homes, and many temporary stays with various families Grace agreed to take Norma into her home (The Legend of Marilyn Monroe, 1964). ... And thus Marilyn's 15-year movie career started in 1948 with her quick scene in Scooda Hoo! ... Marilyn felt stuck as an "idiot sex symbol", (The Legend of Marilyn Monroe, 1964) which reflected in her consta...
Marilyn Monroe is a true Hollywood legend. ... Grace loved and adored her and often told Norma Jean "You're going to be a beautiful girl when you get big...an important woman, a movie star." ... From this point on she would be known by her fans as Marilyn Monroe. ... In 1954 Marilyn's big break and her most popular movie was"The Seven Year Itch"with that memorable "skirt blowing" scene. ... But no matter what happened, that night it was a sad and horrible thing that happened to Marilyn Monroe. ...
This famous quote by Marilyn Monroe displays her unique personality in all forms. ... Marilyn Monroe's childhood was scarred by many emotional struggles. ... Marilyn Monroe was originally publicized as a dumb blonde, then as a Hollywood sex symbol. ... She divorced James and one year later she had her first movie contract. Norma changed her named and Marilyn Monroe was born. ...
Marilyn Monroe. ... Her legend summoned many different images, all different, but in someway all fitting. ... She dominated the age of movie stars to become, without question, the most famous woman of the 20th Century. ... Marilyn Monroe was five feet five and a half inches tall. ... Britney is seen as a modern day Marilyn Monroe only because of her sex appeal. ...
Legends about the breast have appeared in a variety of cultures, from Greek, Indian, to Native American myths, they all contain stories that involve biting a breast. ... Women with larger chests were viewed as sexual beings, such as Marilyn Monroe in "How to Marry a Millionaire". Movie stars such as Monroe, Brigitte Bardot, and Sophia Loren fit this category. Small-chested movie stars were a minority that included Katharine Hepburn and Audrey Hepburn. ... While Marilyn Monroe was type casted as a gold digger and a bimbo, Katharine Hepburn played such characters as a missionary and a political ...
Figure 2 - JFK Image two the JFK portrait was done by Andy Warhol, he portrayed many celebrities in this way which also included Jackie Kennedy JFK's wife and Marylyn Monroe the worlds most famous actress, who JFK was said to have had an affair with. Andy Warhol's painting, like Rauschenberg's shows Kennedy as a iconic figure, this could be due to the appropriation, the fact that Kennedy's image was used so much, in magazines photo journalism etc made his image inhuman, a representation of the Kennedy legend, an object of the American peoples gaze. ... Warhol uses red, w...
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