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Spoilers ahead for the plot ofBlonde.
There are films that are only loosely inspired by a persons life (thinkVelvet Goldmine).
As for how effective that is?
Your mileage may vary.
Others think its punishing for no good reason, sucking Monroes nuance away in favor of her sorrow.
But which parts of the film are actually based on truth?
And what is for dramatic flourish?
Lets break it down.
There was a lively smile in his eyes, and he had a thin mustache like Clark Gable.
Now, there is some evidence that she used that word in that context.
But did she call her lovers Daddy?
Spoto quotes her first husband, James Dougherty, saying that she did: She called me Daddy.
Love and kisses, Your Baby.
Chaplin actually died six years after Monroe did.
According to Casillo and Spoto, Monroe was sexually involved with Kazan before she was ever with Miller.
She and Miller reconnected after she moved to New York, following her divorce from DiMaggio in 1955.
Was Monroe really paid less than Jane Russell forGentlemen Prefer Blondes?By all accounts, yes.
After all, she quips, sheisthe titular blonde.
The next day, she came to work withbruises that had to be covered up.
She was often late and would request a lot of takes to get her performance right.
Her freak-out inBlondehappens while shes filming the musical number I Wanna Be Loved by You.
Wilder, meanwhile, remembered that the filming of that scene went pretty easy.
He even films from the inside of the vagina, spread open by a speculum.
That last sentence involves a lot of conjecture, but its not as if abortions wereuncommon in Hollywoods heyday.
Hes on the phone and barely pays attention to her as he cajoles her into a blowjob.
According to Spoto, Monroe and Kennedy met, at most, only four times.
Did they ever have sex?
Once again, it seems as ifBlondeleaned more into metaphor than fact.
