Re: Bus Stop
Posted: February 2nd, 2010, 9:58 am
Yes, Alison, I think you've got it: her range points up the way MM saw herself, so I'd say that Bus Stop is her best as "Marilyn the Star," and The Misfits is her best as "Marilyn the Actress."
I think it's a credit to her abilities that even as exploited and misused as she was professionally, she still managed to to be so exceptional at what she did, and we still want to see her. And I do agree about MM the woman. Despite her insecurities and her frustrating work habits, in all the reading I've done about her, and from all the people I ever spoke to who either knew her, or knew people who knew her, I've never come across a single bad word about her as a person or as a friend. She must have been lovely.
I think it's a credit to her abilities that even as exploited and misused as she was professionally, she still managed to to be so exceptional at what she did, and we still want to see her. And I do agree about MM the woman. Despite her insecurities and her frustrating work habits, in all the reading I've done about her, and from all the people I ever spoke to who either knew her, or knew people who knew her, I've never come across a single bad word about her as a person or as a friend. She must have been lovely.