Marilyn Monroe: The Sixty Year Itch

Amanda Hallay
Amanda Hallay
LIM College

Amandaย Hallayย is a professor of fashion and cultural history at LIM College, a consultant for the Museo de la Moda in Santiago, Chile, and a consultant for the movie, TV, and gaming industries. She was formerly the European Trend Analyst for The Doneger Group, the International Fashion Editor forย Coutureย andย Men Modeย magazines, and the Paris correspondent forย International Textiles.

 

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August 5, 2022, 4:00 pm

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August 4, 1962: a movie star dies tragicallyโ€”an event sadly not unknown in Hollywood history. Yet Marilyn Monroeโ€™s untimely passing at the age of thirty-six was worthy of the international headlines it received. It shocked a world that had known her through movies, interviews, photographs, and scandalous headlines: a world which had already made her an icon. Yet the end of the actressโ€™s life was the start of her journey into myth: her status as a symbol of both The American Dream come trueโ€ฆ and The American Dream gone horribly wrong.

On the 60thย anniversary of her death, cultural historian Amanda Hallay discusses the evolution of Marilyn Monroeโ€™s legend, and why we seem unable to truly say โ€œgoodbyeโ€ to Norma Jean.

 

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