MARILYN MONROE
CASE STUDY
By: Valarie Brummert Psychology Period 9 6/1/03
BOOK REVIEW
There are few books that feature Marilyn Monroe speaking of her life in her words. "My Story", Monroe's autobiography, and "Marilyn: Her Life in Her Own Words" photographed and co-authored by George Barris, are perhaps the only two.
What is important about hearing Marilyn speak of her own life and comments on the events that led her to stardom? Everything. The most photographed, the most famous, and the most misunderstood Hollywood actress of all time, her voice and thoughts were lost in the controversy and mania that surrounded her career and now legendary status. Marilyn Monroe, it could be said, appeared, took our hearts, glowed, glimmered, and faded with few people then or now knowing anything about what the woman and the actress thought or felt about herself and life.
For this, I respect the book and definitely recommend it. Marilyn Monroe was to......
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