Inside Marilyn Monroe
by John Gilmore
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Author: John GilmoreEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2007-04-24
ISBN: 0978896807
Number of pages: 208
Publisher: Ferine Books
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Book Review: A truly great tribute to Marilyn Monroe...
Summary: 5 Stars
I ordered this book some months back on Amazon and when it
arrived through my door, I must confess I thought this looks like another
sensationalized/conspiracy type book that would probably be looked over once
& then put to one side (just proves first impressions don't always count) ...
I didn't even intend to write a review on it!
However, the minute I opened it I was just so impressed by it. I had a sneak
look at the end first & after that I thought I have to read it from cover to
cover, the end section is about Robert Slatzer & it was just so good to read
something in print that I felt should have been written 30 years ago!!! I
won't tell you what it says as I don't want to spoil the book for you but it
's a must read & I think it has been added to the books transcript later on
as the print is different from the rest, it's a chapter called "Send In The
Clowns." Since Marilyn's death there have been many. A totally shameless
shameful bunch of characters which we all know too well.
Anyways, the more I read the more I couldn't put it down, often going back &
checking to make sure what I was reading was there on the page & not just in
my head. I finished it in a night & a morning & couldn't wait to get to work
on what I wanted to say about it & even contacted the author. I felt I
needed to this person to know how much I loved his book & wanted to share my
thoughts with the world and anyone who would listen...
There's so much detail paid to Marilyn's family history & the infant Norma
Jeane, right through to the point of most popular film star in the world.
John takes us on a journey as if we were a witness to it... he writes
beautifully and with a great deal of sensitivity & he doesn't spare any
detail in describing her often difficult relationships with the individuals
in her childhood & the relationship with her mother, intimate details
including her marriage to James Dougherty & her pain during her menstrual
cycle & her other physical problems which few authors have touched on
previous. He doesn't portray her as a victim the way some authors have but
does talk about how exploited she was during her short lifetime. You come
away seeing a more human character & any flaws she had in her character were
thrust on her from things that were outwith her control.
John had a similar background to Marilyn & this comes across very clearly in
his text. You feel he really understood what she went through. He also met
her several times & despite having been in her company in Hollywood & New
York, does not claim to have been close to her & felt a bit intimidated by
her success & had "an inability to reach past his self-concerns which shut
him in his own cocoon." He admits to feeling, "timid & selfish for never
having reached past her fame to engage our spirits." This I felt was sad as
I think Marilyn would have benefited a great deal from knowing him. He could
have been so supportive to her, having been so similar in character. I wrote
to John, and noted my feelings on this with him and he wrote me a lovely
reply and said this: "Thank you for your comment about the projected
closeness Marilyn and I might have achieved. It has always felt like it was
in the cards, so to speak, when we might've worked together in the last
Jerry Wald picture. Out here, life gets measured by pictures. There are
moments when the energy or Marilyn is right across the table from me, I can
reach out my hand and touch it."
I will end the review with a quote from John's book on his first encounter
with Marilyn. He writes:- "Looking exactly like she'd stepped out of a
magazine gave me a hard time not falling for her instantly - whether I'd
admit it to anyone or not. Others had the same reaction, I knew, but there I
was, trying to look right into her eyes but I couldn't see her eyes worth a
heck because of the big black sunglasses blocking part of her face. I'd read
her eyes were blue with a cast of grey and I'd seen them shining a
seductive, playful way from a hundred photographs, but that first time of
seeing Marilyn was like seeing an angel. All she lacked was wings."
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