Warning: spoilers
In the five years of marriage with the playwright Arthur Miller, Marilyn Monroe she wrote in her diary: “I have always been deeply terrified of really being someone’s wife, since I know from life that you cannot love another person, never, really ».
Whether it’s a temporary reflection of Marilyn Monroe or a philosophy of life, the dark morality is present in Blonde by Netflix, a no-nonsense tale of its story starring Anne of Arms. Directed by Andrew Dominik and based on the 2000 best-selling novel of the same name by Joyce Carol Oatesthe film examines Monroe’s life through her love affairs, real and imagined. Bobby Cannavale plays “the former athlete”, referring to her second husband, baseball player Joe DiMaggio. Adrien Brody she is “the playwright,” or the third husband, Arthur Miller. And Caspar Phillipson gives birth to “the President”, that is, the alleged lover John F. Kennedy.
Speaking to Vanity Fair, Oates compared Monroe to 19th-century literary character Emma Bovary in matters of the heart: “Both are young women who have a very romantic and probably unrealistic view of love,” she explained. “Marilyn was so insecure, so demanding, it was hard for anyone to love her or even help her.”
James Dougherty
James Dougherty and Marilyn Monroe on their wedding day in Los Angeles, 1942.Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images
Long before the most high-profile weddings, Marilyn Monroe had been betrothed to James Dougherty when he was 16 yearsperiod that Blonde jump completely. Theirs was a union of convenience, orchestrated by Grace Goddard, Marilyn’s guardian and friend of her mother, who was hospitalized in her institution for her entire life. When McKee and her husband announced their move to West Virginia, they offered Monroe (then known as Norma Jeane) the choice between marrying Dougherty, a 21-year-old son of a former neighbor, or returning to theorphanage where he had spent part of his childhood.
She chose to marry Dougherty in 1942: “My relationship with him was fundamentally insecure from the first night I was alone with him,” “she would later write of her first marriage, as reported by Vanity Fair in 2010. The couple seem to drift apart when Dougherty joins the Marines and she starts modeling. In 1946, she the actress filed for divorce and in the same year she signed a contract with 20th Century Fox. “If you hadn’t joined the Merchant Navy during World War II, you would still be Mrs. Dougherty today,” Doughtery said in her 2001 book. To Norma Jeane With Love, Jimmie.
Wait… Was Marilyn Monroe really in a threesome?
One of the most controversial elements of the film is the romantic entanglement that Monroe establishes with Charlie «Cass» Chaplin Jr. (Xavier Samuel) and Edward «Eddy» G. Robinson Jr. (Evan Williams) just as she starts to get famous. The trio, who call themselves “the Twins” and claim they “can’t be divided,” turns out to be when Marilyn’s agent urges her to keep the relationship a secret. But things don’t officially end until she gets pregnant and miscarries.
