Marilyn Monroe is undoubtedly a legendary figure of American culture, yet another export of the capitalist giant, just like Coca Cola, KFC and their work model. A dominant model of femininity was built around her which lives on today: the sexy, dumb blonde. Yes, the blonde is a Hollywood invention and Marilyn Monroe was their test subject. When she got tired of living up to this stereotype and wanted to prove to everybody that she was more than a piece of meat, she got upset and ended up being the victim of a terrible plan, orchestrated by those in the highest echelons of the country.
The woman as an object of man’s desire, a puppet whose strings could be pulled on a whim. But if that woman decides to transgress that roll, then the strings could be pulled to put an end to her existence. Marilyn wasn’t a hysterical, schizophrenic woman with addictions to prescription medications and married men, as the authorities led everyone to believe in the 1970s; she was just a woman who wanted to be accepted for her values and her intellectual capacity.
It’s also not a secret, at this point, her affairs with John F. Kennedy, President of the United States of America, and later his brother, Robert Kennedy, the attorney general.
Peter Lawford, brother-in-law of J.F. Kennedy, was the one who introduced the President to the sex symbol. According to some biographies, media stories and feature articles published about Marilyn’s disappearance, Lawford was Kennedy’s golden key to Hollywood, who has been portrayed as addicted to infidelity, with a certain weakness for “blondes”.
Although media and the authorities tried to uncover what really happened on August 4, 1962, the truth always finds ways to come to light. Journalist Donald H. Wolfe, after a lengthy investigation, published a book which unveils the reasons which put an end to Marilyn Monroe’s life.
Marilyn didn’t die from an overdose of barbiturates which she herself administered, but by somebody else who did it to silence her. Donald’s version is that, following her split with the Kennedy brothers, they decided to silence her forever the only way they could. Marilyn knew too much about the intimate details of the Kennedy family, State secrets, corruption, communist lawsuits, especially Cuba and the USSR, mafia smuggling operations, especially regarding Frank Sinatra.
In a confession she made to her psychiatrist, Ralph Greenson, Marilyn said she had the necessary information to prove to the world that she wasn’t a bimbo. She carried a red diary where she took note of everything that happened in her life, including her discussions with politicians. In it, Marilyn reviewed her own life and those of people she knew.
According to a declaration by Greenson himself, Marilyn was willing to use the information she had to prove she wasn’t just a piece of meat. Although some think it was the tantrum of a spiteful, dumb bimbo, in fact, it was the pain of a jaded woman at being treated like an object.
So, her life didn’t come to an end because she wanted it to, but because of the wishes of those who were scared of the fact that a “dumb blonde” could actually have a brain and a voice to express herself.