Things MARILYN didn't want YOU to KNOW

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  • @Liolia22
    @Liolia22 Před rokem +4820

    Fellow long time Marilyn Monroe fan here! A few notes from having read numerous books and watched countless documentaries about her (plus most of her films starting with Don’t Bother to Knock, Niagara and on):
    * The Bluebook Agency referred to her as “the chinless wonder”, that’s what Aly was referencing in that section about her chin implant.
    * I agree it was likely Lytesse (sp?) who taught Marilyn to move her mouth & face that way. She was also doing her own version of the Old Hollywood “transcontinental” accent, which made her pronunciation a bit funny, since there was a some British influence to it. She was following trends of that era, though Marilyn’s version sounded kind of cheesecake/cutesy. The accent can be heard clearly in Katherine Hepburn, as an example. Or she could have been copying her idol & the reason MM started acting, Jean Harlow. I don’t recall if Aly mentioned her here…
    However, once she began work in The Actor’s Studio, focusing on method acting (similar to Marlon Brando, Heath Ledger, etc.) she learned how to act in her roles in a more natural, easy way. She still added unique touches to her characters but she looks a lot less stilted, more organic. Sadly, the method was overwhelming to her fragile psyche, and it took her down a dark road psychologically, which worsened her mood swings and trauma-related struggles. 😔
    * Regarding her being called “The most beautiful woman in the world” and how some commenters are saying “they don’t agree/don’t see it.” It’s possible you may be missing the point:
    There have been *countless* physically attractive, even gorgeous, women actors in Hollywood. Like, they’re aesthetically more pleasing to you than MM, especially given that beauty standards have shifted across the decades. (though they remain difficult or unattainable, as always 😑)
    Yet…there is a biopic coming out about MM’s life and career as we speak. There seems to be one coming out at least once a decade. Her style and aesthetic is replicated repeatedly by Hollywood actors/musicians in photo shoots, etc. Yet most of those other famous beautiful actors can’t say the same.
    So is she the most beautiful? If not, then why are we so drawn to her as a society? That’s what got me curious about her. What made her iconic?
    I believe we are attracted to her (aka, find her attractive, literally and figuratively) because of her energy and how she emits that at the camera and on the screen. In movie scenes, the eye naturally gravitates to her if she’s on screen. She portrays a sense of innocence and softness alongside her sexual image. And that juxtaposition is rare. She was also very publicly vulnerable in an era when most stars managed to keep their struggles a secret. And she did refine her look to a T, and had immense control of her image in most of her films, as well as how each role was played. She was also the first woman in Hollywood to own a production studio.
    She was terrified of being filmed, but loved being photographed, but she still stayed in acting.
    By the way, I don’t recall her ever referring to herself as “the most beautiful.” She knew and talked about being a sex icon, how it’s a double-edged sword and how she wanted most of all to be “a great actress.” So let’s be clear on that: she never gave herself that title. We did, as a society.
    * Regarding comments seeming to somewhat talk down to or make fun of Marilyn for all of the changes/tweaks she made to her body, be it through procedures or her movements/behaviors/posing:
    She was an artist. She was (coercively) over-medicated and deeply insecure at her worst, but she was a shrewd business woman at her best. She was meticulous with her appearance, and she studied her craft and perfected her instrument (for an actor, that’s their body). So for us to sit here & look down on her? Do we look down on Daniel Day Lewis for his obsession with his craft? No.
    I admire her for going beyond the surface, and learning not just what her angles are, but studying human anatomy, and how the bones and muscles connect and move, the entire concept behind body language. Because remember, it wasn’t just about stills, she was working with movement, too. She was known for this, along with her aforementioned method acting studies with Lee Strasberg at The Actors Studio in NYC.
    Anyway, thanks for reading and considering my points! Clearly I love MM (Norma Jean Baker’s creation!) as a person, thank you, Aly, for your video on this! 🤍🤍

  • @AB-sm1qf
    @AB-sm1qf Před rokem +7056

    I think that’s why she was mentally exhausted. Her whole thing was a beautiful act. She made herself into a masterpiece. Becoming living art killed her.

    • @lilliangilbert4252
      @lilliangilbert4252 Před rokem +89

      She was a perfect ten, and period, whether she made herself into MARILYN MONROE. RIP, YOU WHERE THE SEXIEST AND STILL ARE. EE LOVE YOU MARILYN 💗

    • @AB-sm1qf
      @AB-sm1qf Před rokem +234

      @@lilliangilbert4252 Uh…ok then. Ahem. Moving on.

    • @XXFL4MINGD34THR4GEXX
      @XXFL4MINGD34THR4GEXX Před rokem

      @@AB-sm1qf bitch is craaayyy 🤣🤣🤣

    • @kellyhenderson9972
      @kellyhenderson9972 Před rokem +100

      I think her personal struggles from childhood and accidentally mixing narcotic medication with alcohol met to her demise.

    • @j0yk115
      @j0yk115 Před rokem +5

      @@lilliangilbert4252 ah...

  • @Atheria444
    @Atheria444 Před rokem +6809

    I’m exhausted just hearing about everything she felt she needed to do to look good. I can’t imagine living under that stress every single day.

    • @aaronbynum8968
      @aaronbynum8968 Před rokem +125

      The thing is she wasnt the only one at that time shes just the one that grew in popularity

    • @dailybls
      @dailybls Před rokem +84

      It was simply her job, I don’t think it was a source of stress, at least not anymore than anyone's job is for them. After all, she succeeded in her job, in being beautiful, right to the end. So she knew she was doing ok.

    • @hollym4051
      @hollym4051 Před rokem +202

      ​@@dailybls But in a normal job you get to go home and no one follows and photographs you everywhere you go, but for her it never stopped. Always cameras, always people watching her and media ready to pounce the moment she doesn't look her best. I think that would severely affect most people. Just a thought.

    • @alkvirjkinta2987
      @alkvirjkinta2987 Před rokem +28

      Dear, most of these videos, movies have a lot of speculations, it's not facts. Obviously she had insecurities throughout her life like everyone at some point, but because she is famous, everyone is just assuming now days as if they knew her, I'm sure the people that knew her a bit, would disagree with most of what people are saying about her.

    • @luciasaunders9736
      @luciasaunders9736 Před rokem +30

      Marilyn was making enormous amount of money with her looks. You'd do the same if you'd be in the same position.

  • @kingjulienfeetenthusiast
    @kingjulienfeetenthusiast Před rokem +454

    She's intelligent and ahead of her time. Her influence is so strong that she's still relevant until today, being talked about, being used as a reference/inspiration, what a woman.

    • @celticmyst1169
      @celticmyst1169 Před 7 měsíci

      Man

    • @thecoolintroverttv8381
      @thecoolintroverttv8381 Před 7 měsíci +2

      ​@@celticmyst1169oh no

    • @user-mn5kk9vt1o
      @user-mn5kk9vt1o Před 4 měsíci +2

      In a common sense way. She had no formal education.

    • @user-mn5kk9vt1o
      @user-mn5kk9vt1o Před 4 měsíci +5

      Jayne Mansfield is what you call intelligent and head of her time by knowing several languages and a musician.

    • @natashka1982
      @natashka1982 Před 3 měsíci +6

      Also sleeping around with people's husbands.

  • @Tishitarajput
    @Tishitarajput Před rokem +260

    All i understand from this is that she is hardcore perfectionist and even minor things affected her also these little things which she cared about so much made her a very creative and intriguing character in her movies

  • @tamiz8895
    @tamiz8895 Před rokem +4146

    She was a master at manipulating her body and features so that her flaws became an asset. It’s still amazing to me how intuitive and bright she was…way ahead of her time.

    • @iconslegends5230
      @iconslegends5230 Před rokem +96

      She was very smart and also very ironic

    • @iconslegends5230
      @iconslegends5230 Před rokem +11

      @@Melinda8162 Maybe, you wanted to attack her! 😂

    • @glassworld9543
      @glassworld9543 Před rokem +32

      Not really. Back then when people had work they dint share it with the public. And perfection was thee ideal image back then for everyone.

    • @elouise5593
      @elouise5593 Před rokem +25

      ​​@@Melinda8162 Yes she was very intelligent, she read many books to educate herself. Are you jealous, maybe?

    • @Melinda8162
      @Melinda8162 Před rokem +1

      @@elouise5593 Who said I was talking to YOU? I wasn't even talking about her.

  • @julijakeit
    @julijakeit Před rokem +2138

    I always say that Marilyn's best role was herself. There was no Marilyn Monroe, it was a role played by Norma Jean. Imagine the stress of playing an actress 24/7 who has to play in real movies...

    • @billieerickson2868
      @billieerickson2868 Před rokem +24

      You mean the stress of an actress playing a part as real life...? RIP MM/ NJ ❤

    • @iTeacupPanda
      @iTeacupPanda Před rokem +47

      I mean no discredit to Marilyn . . . but honestly that was a large stress to plenty of actresses during that time. All of these women were reinventing themselves and trying so hard to make it and hoping all their problems would be solved. That they could finally get to that point and have what they saw some other actress do that made them thirst to be an actress. To be that beautiful woman that people talked about who was swimming in luxury and living the dream.
      People lived entire lies and honestly women weren't the only ones. Plenty of male actors were told to be more masculine and put to high standards and made into sexual prey.

    • @dianetanner1880
      @dianetanner1880 Před rokem +15

      Imagine being under the control of psychopaths 24/ 7 without recourse.

    • @alexadellastella5247
      @alexadellastella5247 Před rokem +26

      As an autistic woman diagnosed in my lates 30s and who have been camouflaging myself, I know what it feels like! And it is torture

    • @kirk1007
      @kirk1007 Před rokem +4

      Have you seen her in The Misfits. Her last and best role. Incandescent

  • @TubeHeiress
    @TubeHeiress Před rokem +305

    Whatever her insecurities or flaws may have been, she was glorious to look at.

    • @AsimZafar-ol3id
      @AsimZafar-ol3id Před 9 měsíci +2

      Yes because, to be copied u need wisdom n as we know we have no second marilyn monoro she is just one n only person, a highest iconic personality in beauty industry.

    • @GIGI_NYC
      @GIGI_NYC Před 5 měsíci +1

      I’m not a Marilyn fan but totally agree with this

    • @Ty.686
      @Ty.686 Před 3 měsíci +1

      “Glorious” you said it best

    • @jamietingey7498
      @jamietingey7498 Před 14 dny +1

      Dear Lord she was a glorious sight to behold

  • @RaveBabyFuu
    @RaveBabyFuu Před rokem +143

    a lot of people don't know she used 9 different layers of lipstick to make the perfect lip. i remember it included a lot of lip liner, powder and petroleum jelly among other things.
    she also proved she could model in anything by sporting a potato sack for a photoshoot because someone said she wouldnt be able to pull it off.
    poor girl went through a lot. 😮‍💨

    • @kirstymackenzie2437
      @kirstymackenzie2437 Před 11 měsíci +5

      Wow! That’s interesting. That’s how I do my lips! Lipliner and powder and lipstick! Not 9 layers though!

    • @ludastout2852
      @ludastout2852 Před 8 měsíci +4

      I usually use 2 - 3 different 💄s to make a really beautiful color. Some woman even ask me what's kind of lipstick I use. And it has to be Estee Lauder or Guerlain.

    • @kirstymackenzie2437
      @kirstymackenzie2437 Před 8 měsíci

      @@ludastout2852 Too expensive. For me its Rimmel! 💋

    • @WillBlindYouWithLight
      @WillBlindYouWithLight Před 3 měsíci +2

      Yes
      Also white eyeliner outlined by black

  • @wabi_sabi52
    @wabi_sabi52 Před rokem +2592

    They called her "The Chinless Wonder." After her chin implant surgery, a casting agent asked her what happened to it and she claimed to have fallen on her chin. The agent responded "Well you ought to have fallen on your chin three years ago."
    Such a cruel industry, particularly at that time.

    • @mariaremedio1422
      @mariaremedio1422 Před rokem +33

      Wabi_ sabi she never had chin implant surgery that was her real chin. She only had surgery on her nose she wouldn't go that far.

    • @carmenhunter4380
      @carmenhunter4380 Před rokem +328

      @@mariaremedio1422 her plastic surgeon's records were released a few years ago and they described a chin implant surgery. Also nose surgery and saline breast injections to make them fuller.

    • @zenitsu1909
      @zenitsu1909 Před rokem +34

      @@carmenhunter4380 it’s lie 🙄🙄do you realise such surgery not exist in 50s ?

    • @carmenhunter4380
      @carmenhunter4380 Před rokem +208

      @@zenitsu1909 I don't know what surgery did or did not exist in the 50s. I am from the 1980s, and I dont read up on surgery as a hobby or anything. Who knows what kind of experimental techniques were tried behind closed doors. Unless you were there I don't see how u can be so convinced it's a lie.

    • @zenitsu1909
      @zenitsu1909 Před rokem +24

      @@snsh7207 well people look awful with such type of surgeries even nowadays, i guess everyone want to convience themselves that marylin wasnt natural and gifted

  • @asukalangleysoryu8449
    @asukalangleysoryu8449 Před rokem +3024

    it’s crazy how many imitators she has for things that were actually her insecurities.

    • @curiositydidntkillme
      @curiositydidntkillme Před rokem +233

      Which really is the biggest example of exactly why we need to worry less about ours too

    • @skylaralexis7699
      @skylaralexis7699 Před rokem +172

      That’s because she took her insecurities and managed to turn them into something the rest of the world found beautiful, even if she didn’t. Shows what an artist she really was.

    • @nini-qc1qd
      @nini-qc1qd Před rokem +101

      @@skylaralexis7699 "life is 90% confidence and the thing about confidence is that no one knows if it's real or not". I hope she's happy now, wherever she is:)

    • @plume1639
      @plume1639 Před rokem +11

      A lot of her imitators and admirers have been drag queens. Same for Cher, etc. You have to wonder.

    • @CHERRY-zk8hv
      @CHERRY-zk8hv Před rokem +3

      @@nini-qc1qd maddy is that u?

  • @hilljack2yackie
    @hilljack2yackie Před rokem +38

    I have terrible social anxiety+panic disorder. Watchin her interviews it felt the moves she makes not only in her face but in her body showed a lot of anxiety more than anything else. But that’s just me. Watchin this video gave me anxiety so it makes sense because I can’t imagine how she really felt…….

  • @brownierv367
    @brownierv367 Před rokem +87

    She had literally ALL my insecurities (we both are romantic, and the thing with the face and the eyes and the legs and the hands is just the same to me), and could've never imagined something like that cuz she was extremely beautiful
    She must've been exhausted, she tried her best to reach perfection but she was already perfect

  • @intrigued8188
    @intrigued8188 Před rokem +2058

    She is the epitome of what happens when one is criticized. No one ever thinks there is something wrong with them until someone else tells them so.

    • @nancybreaux9684
      @nancybreaux9684 Před rokem +71

      Exactly we are fragile beings.

    • @yeuxdebiche3915
      @yeuxdebiche3915 Před rokem +69

      or until you see yourself on camera!

    • @pash9956
      @pash9956 Před rokem +24

      Michael Jackson case in point.

    • @Saffron-sugar
      @Saffron-sugar Před rokem +78

      The more beautiful you are the more criticized you are.
      For example: I was never told that I was “too fat“ except when I was at my slimmest.
      Just know that when people start picking at little details on you, they are envious or you are close to perfect.

    • @mumumeme8496
      @mumumeme8496 Před rokem +7

      not true. we can develop low selfworth from a very earlyy age on, children very much are in the picture of what thee norm is and what isn't .

  • @CaseyAvalon
    @CaseyAvalon Před rokem +1575

    It's sad that the industry that showed us her beauty told her she didn't have enough of it.

    • @lamoinette23
      @lamoinette23 Před rokem +63

      They still do this. It hasn't changed. My cousin had an agency drop her because she had hair on her arms.. they screamed at her over it. They go out of their way to cause insecurity.

    • @yvettefukuda95
      @yvettefukuda95 Před rokem

      That industry is against natural, it doesn't bring enough money..

    • @wulfsorenson8859
      @wulfsorenson8859 Před 10 měsíci +3

      @@lamoinette23your cousin shouldn’t enter a look based industry then duh. In that world your product is your appearance.

    • @lamoinette23
      @lamoinette23 Před 10 měsíci +4

      @@wulfsorenson8859 She's a successful actor.

    • @wulfsorenson8859
      @wulfsorenson8859 Před 10 měsíci

      @@lamoinette23 yes where your physical appearance is your currency. Acting skills are considered secondary to how you look on screen…Also there are alot of highly jealous and toxic middle aged women working at those agencies too - they will go out of their way to demean younger prettier white women under the guise of looking right for the job. I’ve worked in that industry and the women were ALWAYS the most toxic - especially to other women.

  • @birdy369
    @birdy369 Před rokem +135

    The more I learn about her the more respect and admiration I have for her. The girl was DEDICATED to the performance - on screen and off. I remember reading in a book about her once, something about how she was walking down the busy streets of New York with a friend, at a time when most of America would certainly recognize her - but nobody took a second glance...
    Then she turns to her friend and says something like,
    "Do you want to see me become her?"
    Suddenly people were stopping and noticing, immediately recognizing her.
    Nobody had to name her "Most Beautiful in the World".
    She didn't even have to think as much herself.
    She simply knew how to flex, accentuate - how should I say this...
    If all these little efforts with pulling this muscle here, talking with a mouth shaped in this way, having her hair like this, having this thing here like that - if all of those singular things were say, keys on a piano,
    Then all Marilyn did was learn to play perfectly everyones favorite song. It didn't matter if you didn't like piano - you bobbed your head to the music she was playing.
    I hope that makes sense lol. I grew up around 8 Beautiful sisters, a mother and grandmother who wouldn't dare leave the house without makeup on, etc etc. There are just some women in the world, who know how to wield their femininity in ways that only femininity can be wielded.

    • @nicoles7800
      @nicoles7800 Před 3 měsíci +2

      That friend was Truman Capote!

  • @kathleenmckeithen118
    @kathleenmckeithen118 Před rokem +108

    I was born in 1948. I watched her movies when I could and thought of her as very beautiful but vulnerable and fragile. When she got married, or went into the hospital because of a nervous breakdown, those events were always in the newspapers. I knew about her mother, her childhood and I felt so sorry for her. I don't know what all of her problems were, of course, but I'm very sorry she didn't grow up in a happy family and have a chance at a long and happy life with a family of her own.

    • @Trancymind
      @Trancymind Před rokem +3

      Hi Kathleen. I have a question to ask you. Have you ever seen/heard of another actress who looked like Marilyn Monroe? This actress had natural blonde hair with light blue eyes and she had no plastic surgery done on her. She was offered a hollywood contract but she turned it down once she immediately found out about the hollywoods promiscous lifestyle. Few people in USA and Canada know about her. She was a latina babe with wife material type credentials. She was very humble and a likeable person in general that she actually won the miss congeniality award in the miss universe contest.

    • @kathleenmckeithen118
      @kathleenmckeithen118 Před 10 měsíci +2

      @@Trancymind No, I'm afraid I have never heard of her. What was her name?

    • @Trancymind
      @Trancymind Před 10 měsíci +1

      @@kathleenmckeithen118Maribel Arrieta. She was a salvadoran. Like I said she was a natural physically and mentally compare to Marylin Monroe. There was a reporter who asked this question to Maribel, 'Are you trying to copy Marylin Monroe?' Maribel answered with this, 'I think she (Marylin) is trying to copy me.' Lol. What an answer! Lol.

    • @kathleenmckeithen118
      @kathleenmckeithen118 Před 10 měsíci +2

      @@Trancymind Thank you! I will look her up😊

    • @Millierusso
      @Millierusso Před 9 dny +1

      What a responsible statement. I would like to question you about her death. At that time, what was the world feeling? How did people talk in places? Was it something impactful?

  • @kimmy3469
    @kimmy3469 Před rokem +1472

    Marylyn also had a serious condition of poly cystic ovarian disorder. Her cycles were so painful she had to take serious pain killers to get through them. PCOD is also notorious for causing facial hair and hormonal imbalances. Her autopsy revealed severe scar tissue and endometrial uteru fibroids. She had a tragic life but was so fragile physically and emotionally.

  • @atuvera9021
    @atuvera9021 Před rokem +2191

    One thing that i've learn from people like Dita Von Teese for example, is that glam is not effortless, is completely fabricated and controlled. That's the thing we should be aware of: Glam originated as a personification of an idea of luxury linked to beauty and i absolutely love it. I love Marilyn Monroe and even more Norma Jean for her creativity in creating such an icon that still inspires many other artists to this day❤️
    Edit: i don't speak or write in english often, so of course corrections are welcome. Kindness and understanding is also appreciated.

    • @deborahcurtis1385
      @deborahcurtis1385 Před rokem +23

      controlated? Oh you mean controlled!

    • @alh9569
      @alh9569 Před rokem +33

      Your comment reminds me of a video by Contrapoints titled “Opulence”. She makes that same point that glamour and opulence is the aesthetic of wealth that many aspire to imitate or become.

    • @shade247
      @shade247 Před rokem +20

      It’s all artificial. It’s not good

    • @FraBra88
      @FraBra88 Před rokem +26

      Yes! I too remembered Dita describing glamour as a constrouct thing, a witchcraft of sort, somenthing you have to work for very hard. I rembered her words during this video.

    • @janewind7708
      @janewind7708 Před rokem

      @@shade247Why? All our culture and legacy are artificial. Otherwise, we must return to the forest and live with chimpanzee.

  • @user-cv3dl2gi8z
    @user-cv3dl2gi8z Před měsícem +7

    Marilyn Monroe looked picture perfect Hollywood royalty 😎

  • @lukas01986
    @lukas01986 Před rokem +30

    In other words, the studio heads treated her like a freak of nature and they built the image we know from scratch.
    No wonder she went nuts.

  • @robinpeterson106
    @robinpeterson106 Před rokem +1481

    I love the story told by one of her friends about when they were walking in NYC and Marilyn was without makeup and her hair wasn't perfect, and no one knew who she was. She asked her friend, "Do you want to see her?" Her friend didn't know what she meant but then all of a sudden there was Marilyn. She actually stopped traffic, and everyone knew who she was. Her friend said that she had never seen anything like it in her life.

    • @AlyArt
      @AlyArt  Před rokem +138

      Wow I didn't know that story!

    • @spigney4623
      @spigney4623 Před rokem +37

      Amazing! Where did you hear this?

    • @spigney4623
      @spigney4623 Před rokem +7

      @@yueyuelii thank you!

    • @yueyuelii
      @yueyuelii Před rokem +3

      @@spigney4623 no problem! :D

    • @marian6593
      @marian6593 Před rokem +26

      Yes, I remember reading this too.

  • @valkyriesardo278
    @valkyriesardo278 Před rokem +492

    I've heard she was highly intelligent and well-read even though quite immature in her social life. I can believe she had a sharp mind. She was gifted at comedy and I don't think that is possible without a keen and quick mind.

    • @siren369xstar8
      @siren369xstar8 Před rokem +8

      Ok ok she is even smarter than Einstein 🤣🤣🤣

    • @onceinawhile7
      @onceinawhile7 Před rokem +8

      She played an infantile character so often that anything passably intelligent coming from her seemed genius. Low expectations are easy to exceed

    • @sambuzbee9738
      @sambuzbee9738 Před rokem +32

      @D K that is hella rude. To create and maintain the persona 'Marilyn Monroe' was genius, we are still talking about her, she's infamous....also she was typecast doesn't mean that's all she was, a dumb blonde. She was funny & articulate & liked to associate with intellects, & she married Arthur Miller, she loved his mind....

    • @markfennell1167
      @markfennell1167 Před rokem +12

      Marilyn is a genius. I have read some of her diaries. Her mind and her depth of soul is profound

    • @mckitty4907
      @mckitty4907 Před rokem +26

      @@siren369xstar8 Einstein was overrated and a jerk too, he stole ideas from his wife who was a much better student and more brilliant and used her.

  • @Luna-ii4mx
    @Luna-ii4mx Před 4 měsíci +9

    7:18 That pic of her is absolutely beautiful and natural. Love to see her realistic

  • @jazhillxo1668
    @jazhillxo1668 Před rokem +44

    She was born in the wrong time.. today she would of thrived she definitely paved the way ❤

    • @missvida6251
      @missvida6251 Před 10 měsíci +13

      Today, she’d still met the same fate! These chicks out nowadays won’t live to be 50 or hell even 40

    • @amethystdream8251
      @amethystdream8251 Před měsícem

      Those of us who can relate to Marilyn have not been having the easiest of times. To those who only see aesthetics it may look perfect I suppose.
      The other comment's energy explains the difficulty lol

  • @user13256
    @user13256 Před rokem +272

    i cant imagine paying so much attention to how i look and trying to constantly think about the insecurities and how to hide them. so exhausting just thinking of it idk how she did honestly makes me so sad

    • @hollystiener16
      @hollystiener16 Před rokem +26

      It sounds psychotic to me. I care about how I look, but she was obsessed. Nothing is worth that.

    • @Melinda8162
      @Melinda8162 Před rokem +1

      @@hollystiener16 True.

    • @Brainergamerzoffical
      @Brainergamerzoffical Před rokem +8

      She can't have even her own smile😔

    • @avawatson4494
      @avawatson4494 Před rokem +2

      Being a myth always comes from pain..

    • @zvezdoblyat
      @zvezdoblyat Před rokem +5

      You guys are being dramatic. I had the opposite problem with my smile, and fixing it took maybe 1 hour of effort. And fixing the way I walk since I used to take steps with my feet turned inwards, that took 1 week of consciousness effort. If there's something you want fixed, I don't see the issue with fixing it. It's not psychotic or obsessive at all

  • @thesummerland6165
    @thesummerland6165 Před rokem +489

    she had more than physical beauty, she had a lot behind her eyes, she was a luminous soul, she was a survivor and self-made from a horrible abusive childhood in poverty to acting, comedienne, and an icon

    • @starchildofthe90s7
      @starchildofthe90s7 Před rokem +3

      Not really 😂😂😂😂

    • @mana4717
      @mana4717 Před 11 měsíci

      what's an icon? A dead but sparkly image for fooling people

    • @monikaallan4546
      @monikaallan4546 Před 10 měsíci +1

      She might have been self/made but tragically did not survive

    • @iconnique
      @iconnique Před 8 měsíci +3

      @@starchildofthe90s7ah another insecure person on the internet

  • @furlycee
    @furlycee Před 11 měsíci +12

    God I wish she was still alive. She is such an icon and seemed like a genuinely beautiful wonderful person

    • @mana4717
      @mana4717 Před 10 měsíci

      What's an Icon?

    • @suzyj.3389
      @suzyj.3389 Před 9 dny

      She was so beautiful. Love the movie Niagra!

  • @eeeriebrilliance
    @eeeriebrilliance Před rokem +9

    I love this! You're so knowledgeable and thorough. Not only secrets that no one ever guessed Marilyn incorporated but also helpful hints that we can all use, too. Thank you!

  • @geannepayne1617
    @geannepayne1617 Před rokem +944

    I ve always wondered why Marilyn always did that weird thing with her lips when she smiled and talked …Thanks for a great explanation!

    • @IEVAKambarovaite
      @IEVAKambarovaite Před rokem +55

      This video is absolutely fascinating. So well researched and I feel what Aly sees with her eyes is mostly unnoticeable by a regular person. She's truly gifted.

    • @deborahcurtis1385
      @deborahcurtis1385 Před rokem +35

      She was pouting while she was talking. Very clever.

    • @lahaza6515
      @lahaza6515 Před rokem +38

      I remember seeing that when I was a kid & being really turned off by such an obvious affectation.
      Almost as if it was insulting because she seemed to be making the assumption that her audience was so
      naive they wouldn't know it was caricature.

    • @LiMaking
      @LiMaking Před rokem +6

      lol I might be adopting that way of speaking bc I've always not liked how I look when I smile.

    • @LiMaking
      @LiMaking Před rokem +42

      @@lahaza6515 too many really have no clue. I had a guy weirdly confess to everyone on discord that he thought Marilyn was the most beautiful woman (as if it was something unusual), and I just didn't know how to respond. I felt like, ok.. yeah that was basically her job, to make you feel that way. And he went on and on going" I just can't explain it, the way she naturally walk, the way she naturally talks, it makes me feel soooo..."
      Dude seriously thought she was all natural.

  • @gabrialjackson5878
    @gabrialjackson5878 Před rokem +11

    Wow Aly here REALLY knows her stuff. I would have never known Marilyn had been so developed. Aly perfectly illustrates there is no such thing as perfection.

  • @andrewwazagow9120
    @andrewwazagow9120 Před rokem +9

    This is one hell of a fantastic documentary ! I , as life long admirer of the immortal beauty of Marilyn , could never understand the huge difference between her early , young face , and the one when she had become a movie star. I have discovered on my own many subtle points and features , particularly from the way she moved or how she controlled her mimics , but the great many others always had been mystery to me. Thank you so much for your really eye opening revelations ! Great job !

  • @user-ex1ps6iq7l
    @user-ex1ps6iq7l Před rokem +517

    I always felt sorry for her. She had many personal struggles and deep wounds. We probably only know the half of it.

    • @AseAleisha
      @AseAleisha Před rokem +9

      I wish there was a time machine

    • @soloman6712
      @soloman6712 Před rokem +11

      I still have a lot of deep feelings of sorrow and crying for her.

    • @dianetanner1880
      @dianetanner1880 Před rokem +10

      Her childhood trauma set her up for compartmentalization, leading to her successful programming.

    • @jodiejohnson2408
      @jodiejohnson2408 Před rokem +1

      User-ex, I appreciate your compassion and empathy. It speaks well of you. Bless🌝❤

    • @zzzbbbooo
      @zzzbbbooo Před 8 měsíci +1

      Like a lot of people do...

  • @valkyriesardo278
    @valkyriesardo278 Před rokem +268

    One story I heard....A woman complimented Marilyn on a brooch she was wearing. Marilyn immediately removed the brooch. "If they are looking at this, they are not looking at me." True story or not, it is a good point to keep in mind.

    • @jodiejohnson2408
      @jodiejohnson2408 Před rokem +36

      I've heard similar stories. She didn't paint her nails for the same reason. She didn't want one aspect of her appearance to stand out and draw focus, rather, she wanted to create a whole overall look and impact. 🌝

    • @johnlucas773
      @johnlucas773 Před rokem +15

      @@jodiejohnson2408 I'm pretty sure I've seen her with painted nails in movies. Just not super long and overdone with jewels and everything crazy like they do nowadays.

    • @jodiejohnson2408
      @jodiejohnson2408 Před rokem +11

      @@johnlucas773 in a film, playing a character? Plus there are always exceptions. It is just something I read somewhere that I thought went along with removing the broach story. I don't claim to be an expert. 🌝💅

    • @PallasAthene12
      @PallasAthene12 Před rokem +9

      Whereas Marlene Dietrich would apparently wear a pendant on a long chain so it would draw the eyes towards her bust.

    • @user-yo3rw5eu2n
      @user-yo3rw5eu2n Před 11 měsíci +6

      ​@@PallasAthene12yeah what's wrong with drawing attention to the bosom lol. I like wearing large earrings but I put on too much weight during covid that I won't wear them anymore because any length will draw attention to my double chin lol. Makes a big difference

  • @JennBX1
    @JennBX1 Před 7 měsíci +3

    Wow! What a great analysis of one of my favorites. You really poured your heart into the making of this. Lots of great facts and beautiful pics! 👍👍👍

  • @jeronimoacosta9094
    @jeronimoacosta9094 Před rokem +5

    I'm amazed at how thorough your analysis is, great work! Poor Marilyn, rest in peace Queen ❤

  • @gigitonsvajv
    @gigitonsvajv Před rokem +218

    I was a female teen in the 1980’s and vast amounts of girls were making their own “beauty moles.”

    • @beautyonabarnbudget
      @beautyonabarnbudget Před rokem +25

      I got a natural beauty mole above the right side of my lip(its barely visible in my pfp) A teacher tried to wipe it off once. Lol

    • @LaVidaesfria_
      @LaVidaesfria_ Před rokem +3

      Beauty marks are Beautiful to me I have one on my upper lip and on my lip as well

    • @ivy-gi9gg
      @ivy-gi9gg Před rokem +3

      @@LaVidaesfria_ aaa i’ve always wanted a mole above my upper lip, it looks soo pretty

    • @TheRapnep
      @TheRapnep Před rokem +3

      But sometimes it's above her lip, and other times, it's on her chin. In earlier, younger pictures, she doesn't have a mole at all. Did she draw it on? 🤔

    • @gigitonsvajv
      @gigitonsvajv Před rokem +4

      @@TheRapnep I suppose that’s the “beauty” of it though. You can draw one on wherever you want. 😂 excuse my nerdy pun of the word beauty.😂

  • @jeffjonesmusik
    @jeffjonesmusik Před rokem +169

    Fascinating. It’s very interesting to know that her beauty and glamour wasn’t effortless - and how much time and attention she put into simple things like walking and speaking

  • @tammiehammett5054
    @tammiehammett5054 Před rokem +2

    Great video! This is the first one of your videos I've ever seen. You did a really great job at mimicking what she did with her mouth and the way she smiled. That must have been so exhausting to always feel as if you couldn't really be yourself.

  • @MotifConsulting_Denver
    @MotifConsulting_Denver Před rokem +4

    Your videos are the best. You're so analytical and must be a very curious person by nature. You also do a great job of explaining things.

  • @michellejarvis7878
    @michellejarvis7878 Před rokem +357

    Nice video. It's crazy how focused she was on her look. But it was her job, and the job of everyone around her. These old stars were extremely intelligent women operating in a fairly hostile environment. I'm impressed by how well they did. The price of fame and riches.

  • @littleblizzard7591
    @littleblizzard7591 Před rokem +111

    I’ve always felt so sad for her. Abused by her family, taken advantage of by everyone around her. I wonder if any of her husbands genuinely loved her for Norma Jean or if they were all just infatuated by Marilyn and excited for the status of her being their wife.

    • @melissagarza2376
      @melissagarza2376 Před rokem +19

      I think the only one that truly loved her was Joe DiMaggio… he had her buried and sent her roses 🌹 for many years after. 😢❤
      She is an icon in every sense of the word… still relevant to many for many reasons, not just her beauty & style, but the mark she made as an actress and celebrity in the golden era.

    • @mevox
      @mevox Před rokem +9

      @@melissagarza2376he put flowers on her gravestone every week! He definitely loved her the most.

    • @Nancy-uc2tu
      @Nancy-uc2tu Před 5 měsíci +1

      Joe DiMaggio loved her very much.

    • @rickall4773
      @rickall4773 Před 5 měsíci

      Joe allegedly was also jealous and controlling,. I read in several biographies that he had a blow-up during the famous scene where her dress flew up as she stood on the grate. Guess that stuff ended their marriage. @melissagarza2376

    • @user-ym3xf6xp4c
      @user-ym3xf6xp4c Před 5 měsíci

      I think Di maggio loved her but hated Hollywood and the dirty old men running it. Miller was mentally destructive towards her you can see he was. She clung to him he judged her and wrote cruel things on paper. As for the barbiturates. Psychiatry is a culpable institution based on fantasy.

  • @TheBlackDahlea
    @TheBlackDahlea Před rokem +150

    She read the book “The Thinking Body“ which helped her come up with her movement and posture. I read that book, it is not an easy read.
    There is so much people don’t know about this woman. Just pick up the book “Fragments“, it’s written in her own hand. It explains a lot ❤

    • @zvezdoblyat
      @zvezdoblyat Před 10 měsíci +1

      Who is the author of "the thinking body"?

    • @jinx111
      @jinx111 Před 9 měsíci +12

      this comment made me start reading "fragments" and jeez ur so right she writes so eloquently and halfway thru the book of reading her poems i could feel her sadness and understand through what she was saying and how she was writing the poems how lonely and scattered she felt-- she was very clear about it. such a bittersweet haunting poet with so many sad lines. i haven't even finished it yet and i can already hear in her words the sadness and heaviness getting worse as her life went on and people kept doing her wrong. what's worse is it's clear to see she still struggled to find meaning and balance and growth despite also battling her overwhelming feelings of despair and insecurity and loneliness. she was a beautiful but sad soul. she was run down from the beginning, but still continued to mentally fight.

    • @user-mn5kk9vt1o
      @user-mn5kk9vt1o Před 4 měsíci +1

      @@zvezdoblyat Mabel Elsworth Todd. 1937 Edition. I hope.

  • @cynsmi
    @cynsmi Před rokem +9

    Amazing. One has to appreciate her dedication to refining her self/body to achieve her success. Changing how one smiles. My goodness. Really a artist.

  • @joaris333
    @joaris333 Před rokem +724

    Wow... She was absolutely tormented by her agency. Her mental health was probably in dire straits trying to keep up with this. It's borderline obsessive to look at yourself so critically (changing the way she smiles, size her forehead, her teeth color, her weight). My heart breaks for her and anyone today (celebrity and non-celebrities alike) who feels that they have to create a whole new image to be accepted or successful. There was never a moment where MM could just live in peace, damnnnn. Makes me feel deep relief that I'm not subjected to that, but it's absolutely tragic that others are! EDIT::: I found this video absolutely fascinating, so don't get me wrong. Aly your videos are always amazing and I love how you frame this for everyone to understand and it makes me appreciate your channel even more. Because it's not about perfection. I just wish folks like Marilyn had people around her, like you, when she was alive.

    • @janahcoaching
      @janahcoaching Před rokem +22

      It was the studios, no agency. They paid her badly, even when she was bringing more money in than any other actor. In the mid 50s she basically did escape to NY, and did not come back for years and the studio finally gave in and let her aprove her directors. But compared to what they later paid Elisabeth Taylor for Cleopatra (don't forget that production nearly ruined the studio) it was absolutely nothing, considering she was THE star for so many years.

    • @AeonAlchemy1010
      @AeonAlchemy1010 Před rokem +7

      I think she was really good at playing with her physicality and making it work for her. She subjected herself to it and became an icon because of it.

    • @dailybls
      @dailybls Před rokem +19

      She chose that life. She was already married to a nice regular guy, she could have stayed home and had babies. She divorced him to be a star. That's a fact.

    • @janahcoaching
      @janahcoaching Před rokem +14

      @@dailybls She would have stayed married, but he would not let her be an actress and a wife. She married at 16, was a teenager with no experience and found the modeling work interesting. Who would not? After working in a factory. Once she was divorced, she needed money.

    • @Delphi333
      @Delphi333 Před rokem +8

      Every actress at the time went through basically the same thing. A studio wants returns on their
      Investment and if you get into their business you know what’s required.

  • @irenecostantini5763
    @irenecostantini5763 Před rokem +231

    Marilyns body changed throughout her career. She went from very lean to heavy to lean again. It is pointless to say sizes because the system of sizing changed from then until now.
    She had a chin implant, her nose shaved and made less bulbous , she also had her teeth fixed they were shaved down and widened. She had an overbite corrected too. She had something done to her ears but Idk what.
    She wouldn’t let them laser her widows peak. She liked it. The studios lasered widows peak off on almost all the actresses. Rita Hayworth is one that stands out. The studios liked a high forehead and round hairline. Marilyn knew Rita before and after it was done and Marilyn felt it took away Ritas ethnic look.
    She lived with Shelley Winters early in her career; Shelley said Marilyn would put makeup on, and take it off endless amounts of times. She played with colors and different styles. She tried out the different makeup looks the actresses used in print ads. She also learned all about contouring and makeup for black and and color. She also practiced her looks in the mirror for hours on end. Smiling, and talking watching how her eyes and face moved. She often did her own makeup, there were few makeup artists that she trusted.
    She wore five different shades on her lips and used eyeliner to line them.
    She was very upset when she learned Some Like It Hot would be filmed in black and white. She had perfected Sugars look for color film.
    She used to work out with weights and run everyday. Very uncommon for women in the 40s/50s. Especially women that weren’t professional athletes.
    She behaved and did so many things way ahead of her time. Now many things she did are normal. Back then it was very controversial.

    • @jodiejohnson2408
      @jodiejohnson2408 Před rokem +11

      Irene, what an interesting and insightful comment. I enjoyed reading it. Thank you! 🌝

    • @spiritualsideup4428
      @spiritualsideup4428 Před rokem +5

      Why did the studios invest so much time and money on an average girl with no real acting skills though? That's a lot of work and money. Who sponsored it all?

    • @alexw1698
      @alexw1698 Před rokem +20

      @@spiritualsideup4428 Wha...average girl? Are you serious? Literally the first thought everybody had when she first walked into the studio asking for a job was that she was the prettiest little girl of them all. And it's how they made their fortune, by seeing beyond what people needed and what they were capable of.

    • @silvergust
      @silvergust Před rokem +11

      ​@@spiritualsideup4428 actually, marilyn was EXTREMELY underestimated when she first got a contract. she built herself up from the actual hard work she did when she wasn't being put into roles, made connections with the right people, and with a little help crafted a timeless public persona that fit in well with the general old money beauty aesthetics but would also make her a distinct act. and it worked. and like another commenter said, many people thought she was very beautiful even before she became marilyn

    • @AwakenWorld999
      @AwakenWorld999 Před rokem

      Definitely went up and down in size....

  • @tvpivm
    @tvpivm Před rokem +3

    this has to be one of the most informative videos i've ever seen!! congrats on the amazing work

  • @gabrialjackson5878
    @gabrialjackson5878 Před 9 měsíci +2

    This super comprehensive breakdown is so interesting that I keep watching. Fascinating, I also had no idea Marilyn was such a constructed character. Great job 👏

  • @wolfangel369
    @wolfangel369 Před rokem +627

    No one has perfect proportions, perfect symmetry etc...we all need to accept our flaws and imperfections and embrace our individuality. So sad she was "taught" how she had to change...she shouldn't have had to change anything. She was beautiful as she was xxx

    • @kiranjitKaur61
      @kiranjitKaur61 Před rokem +6

      Jayne Mansfield was known as having the Perfect Body. JM did not have any cosmetic surgery done ever. JM was amazing and as if a Superwoman whom had it All. JM had a naturally stunningly beautiful face and won all of her various Beauty Contests. Perfection within the Body/appearance DOTH exist. Anything is indeed Possible! What a Woman JM was and looked to be.

    • @chynnadoll3277
      @chynnadoll3277 Před rokem +4

      Sharon Tate came pretty darn close.

    • @heathernikki5734
      @heathernikki5734 Před rokem +4

      @@kiranjitKaur61 Marilyn had more appeal 💅

    • @kiranjitKaur61
      @kiranjitKaur61 Před rokem +1

      @@heathernikki5734 I doubt that very much. Jayne Mansfield had it All. Jayne Mansfield was apparently a Genius. Her Proportions/Statistics in General were Amazing ! A Superwoman was Jayne Mansfield.

    • @Aztec339
      @Aztec339 Před rokem +6

      @@kiranjitKaur61 I think Grace Kelly was probably pretty darn perfect looking.

  • @ananananabop
    @ananananabop Před rokem +182

    You're so good at seeing and explaining detail! I feel so sad for Marilyn, it must have been mentally exhausting to keep control of all those different aspects of her body.

    • @sarina5363
      @sarina5363 Před rokem +4

      It's only exhausting in the beginnig. Then you get used to it and do it all automatically.

  • @kellyharper367
    @kellyharper367 Před 8 dny

    I always noticed these things... but didn't think much about them. Thanks for the info!

  • @IMarie-xs5dg
    @IMarie-xs5dg Před rokem

    Great video! So many things I didn't know about her! Keep up the great work and thank you for sharing.

  • @lavenderbee3611
    @lavenderbee3611 Před rokem +478

    Fascinating, Norma made Marilyn a work of art down to the finest detail. Superstardom is a gift and a curse, you cannot possibly be the same person after these life experiences. She was a clever woman and it wore on her being portrayed as the dumb blonde always. I will say one thing, Marilyn's plastic surgery was more tasteful than the modern starlets. Less is more when it comes to this kind of surgery. Betty Brosmer had such an amazing body that it didn't look real -- she was an early bodybuilder and fitness enthusiast.

    • @anitasyvalahti1730
      @anitasyvalahti1730 Před rokem +19

      I agree, she was a clever woman. She did best in his acting career. I think same, as you, Marilyn´s plastic surgery. Les is more, like you said👍.

    • @jodironey9814
      @jodironey9814 Před rokem +3

      Betty Brosmer looked like she had Barbies’ measurements.. she looks like she had plastic surgery to change measurements but I don’t know how she looked earlier in life. Could be just good genes and body sculpting through weight lifting I guess! I just was shocked at her picture on this site! Beautiful but looks unattainable naturally! IMO! Loved this information on the beautiful Norma Jean! 🦋💘🌼

  • @rainbowqueen1872
    @rainbowqueen1872 Před rokem +456

    Glamour is nothing more than the art of illusion and MM was living proof of that. I always noticed that twitchy tremulous thing she would do with her upper lip too. It was one of her rather sweet idiosyncrasies… then I learned that it was actually her attempt to lower her smile and elongate the space between her nose and upper lip! Watching this reminds me how just about everything Marilyn did was contrived. I don’t know how on earth she managed to remember to do everything at once like that ( maybe that’s why she later had so much trouble remembering her lines, lol) but she certainly managed to convince everyone that it all came naturally -and that was her skill.

    • @thelegendofthem6120
      @thelegendofthem6120 Před rokem

      Um can u point to where she does this. Resource?

    • @ThePlataf
      @ThePlataf Před rokem +21

      I've never been able to take to MM. To me, she's always posing and posturing, like a storefront mannequin. That baby voice and wide-eyed naivety is just grotesque on what was obviously a very adult female body.

    • @onceinawhile7
      @onceinawhile7 Před rokem +10

      @@ThePlataf same! Like a child in a woman’s body. When she acted normal she was stunning but her showy and infantile mannerisms make me very uncomfortable

    • @Faith5150
      @Faith5150 Před rokem +1

      @@ThePlataf that’s what happens to women who fall under the control of agencies, studios, and an entire industry that’s run by men. The mannerisms and such that made up “Marilyn” were there because they were ultimately the demands of men that wanted them. And men love the sweet innocent little girl bit, add it to a sexbomb body? They’re in their twisted heaven. That still stands today. Just look at all the “school girl fantasy” porn that exists. It’s disgusting.

    • @mvvx313
      @mvvx313 Před rokem +1

      @@onceinawhile7 same lol

  • @marilynwillett804
    @marilynwillett804 Před rokem +6

    You can see pictures of her as a teenager--already stunning.

  • @johannav2002
    @johannav2002 Před 9 měsíci +1

    Your videos are always my favorite. Thank you so much!!!

  • @naomi6056
    @naomi6056 Před rokem +496

    this video makes me feel so much more comfortable with myself! i love what you make, Aly, you've really changed my life!

    • @sarahmoon9857
      @sarahmoon9857 Před rokem

      That's her objective, because most of the things are bullshit.

    • @justthathappygirl
      @justthathappygirl Před rokem +10

      another woman's insecurities shouldn't make you feel "comfortable" ever. work on yourself instead

    • @sarahmoon9857
      @sarahmoon9857 Před rokem +2

      @@justthathappygirl 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

    • @skittles-rg4qj
      @skittles-rg4qj Před 6 měsíci +1

      @@justthathappygirlright like what💀💀💀

    • @AJ-zs2ij
      @AJ-zs2ij Před 5 měsíci

      girl WHAT😂😂😂

  • @celestialcircledance
    @celestialcircledance Před rokem +128

    Its safe to say that she was imperfectly perfect and how beautiful and glamorous would we all be if we had we a modeling agency coaching us on our best angle and our own team of stylists , surgeons and orthodontists ?

    • @jchur7128
      @jchur7128 Před rokem +5

      Not necessarily- take a look at Hollywood celebrities

    • @user-jf7ej5py1u
      @user-jf7ej5py1u Před rokem +23

      Do you know how hard it is without any photoshop, no trickery of the light to be the most photographed woman in the world and not take one single bad photo? Of all the photos I’ve ever seen of her I have not seen ONE bad photo of her. Even without makeup, gorgeous. Like really think about that. That’s extremely hard to do. Give credit where credit is due. She was always stunning at any given time.

    • @celestialcircledance
      @celestialcircledance Před rokem +9

      @@user-jf7ej5py1u There might not be photoshop but it sounds like very little is left to chance including probably lighting . However Its not just enough to have a team behind you , and I give her a lot of credit for being willing to do the work !

    • @mvvx313
      @mvvx313 Před rokem +12

      @@user-jf7ej5py1u theres was air brushing in the 50s to make the skin and makeup look extremely smooth. Nearly all her pictures were touched up.

    • @ofaquitaine2098
      @ofaquitaine2098 Před rokem +4

      @@user-jf7ej5py1u I've got several bad pics of her that I found trowelling through Pinterest over a couple of days. Really brings things into perspective.

  • @valbankz292
    @valbankz292 Před rokem +1

    Loved the video & education on the theatrical techniques ❤️👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼🌹

  • @callemorgan
    @callemorgan Před rokem

    This was very informative! Thank for sharing all of these details. So much I didn’t know!

  • @Lauryn-Bay
    @Lauryn-Bay Před rokem +69

    I cannot imagine the amount of research you did on Marilyn! All these detailes and facts are so interesting to watch and listen, thank you for creating such videos! 💕

  • @Truthseeker-kc8rd
    @Truthseeker-kc8rd Před rokem +251

    I have many of those insecurities. I cut my hair in lockdown and it curled the same way as Marilyn's when it was growing . Its when I started studying her.I studied her makeup and wardrobe and tried what can be worn in this age. It did me wonders. Just that curled hair turned heads. I looked younger but classy and sexy at the same time. Her look and glow up is the most successful glowup history ever witnessed.

    • @sabinaakhmedli7057
      @sabinaakhmedli7057 Před rokem +24

      Maybe you have similar type with Marilyn, but it is actually not for everyone. Good to you that you searched your best look ❤️

    • @quincycurlz
      @quincycurlz Před rokem +8

      Lol yes I think I will think of her as the " glow-upper of all times" hereafter;)

    • @goldeneyebby7477
      @goldeneyebby7477 Před rokem +1

      Wouldnt call it the most successful glowup when everything about her was fake her eyes her teeth her breast her voice her walk her hair color n now knowing she wore alot of wigs smh this was more of an disappointment to know everything about her is fake..

    • @no1nestandsalone387
      @no1nestandsalone387 Před rokem +5

      Interesting! I played with her makeup style a bit. Eyelashes and eyeshadow to make my eyes appear more seductive. And then did the whole energy thing where I opened myself up and showed outwardly that I had a lot of confidence like Marilyn. It turned a lot of heads.

  • @s.mcqueen8149
    @s.mcqueen8149 Před 11 měsíci +3

    This was superrr interesting, I enjoyed every second of this vid. Marilyn Monroe is still such a fascinating person for me.

  • @kealani6535
    @kealani6535 Před rokem +1

    Very good video!! Most people have no idea that celebrities have armies of people grooming and dressing them, coaching them on posing, speaking, etc.

  • @jermwerm2575
    @jermwerm2575 Před rokem +80

    I read that she talked with her lips to kind of draw attention to them and just her face in general. The way she moved her lips when she talked was very cute yet sensual and it was just another very calculated way of drawing people's eyes to her lips, which as everyone knows, is usually a signifier that you want to kiss someone, when you stare at their lips

    • @hollystiener16
      @hollystiener16 Před rokem +2

      Overcalculated is a great word for everything she did

  • @kickitlikekirra
    @kickitlikekirra Před rokem +51

    I knew she posed carefully (as most ladies in the spotlight did and still do) but I had never thought about how she relayed the same techniques to her running. You're totally right! OF COURSE that distinct Marilyn jaunt was her dealing with an insecurity!

  • @saraghhh
    @saraghhh Před rokem +1

    I was trying to figure how why Marilyn moved her lips funny when she talked and that’s how I found your video! So cool! Thank you for this explanation, and the other fascinating facts!

  • @shirinforghani3289
    @shirinforghani3289 Před 11 měsíci +1

    Verrrry beautiful.thank you.as a lady I sometimes think about, how different marylin is in at first times in comparison to later times.wow!!!!

  • @yvonnemariane2265
    @yvonnemariane2265 Před rokem +158

    She had a very tender heart and a total commitment to animating her own body to be most alluring -- I think she accomplished it better than anyone because of her sensitivity and appreciation of life She had sparkling blue eyes, often downplayed.

    • @woodyssnake8562
      @woodyssnake8562 Před rokem

      She let her boobs hang out, slept with other women's husbands and talked with a drugged slurr..you call it "most alluring and tender HEARTED" 🙄

    • @kiranjitKaur61
      @kiranjitKaur61 Před rokem +7

      I doubt that MM is Ever downplayed. In Any aspect.

    • @woodyssnake8562
      @woodyssnake8562 Před rokem

      @@diamonddrone7504 nice try renaming that awful behavior, her involvements with married men were just side effects of being a ho ho ho

  • @andriana8408
    @andriana8408 Před rokem +258

    I love the perspective that ideal doesn’t exist. So does in art, everything is just beautiful indiscriminately.

  • @MissLoba1969
    @MissLoba1969 Před rokem +2

    Wow @aly art this is fantastic thank you!

  • @BrandyIsadora
    @BrandyIsadora Před rokem +1

    I loved this. So informative. Thank you so much for sharing 🤍✨🫶

  • @Houseofpurebeauty
    @Houseofpurebeauty Před rokem +23

    Genius! That’s a lot of work to look ‘perfect’. Her whole person was an act. That’s kind of sad.

    • @deborahcurtis1385
      @deborahcurtis1385 Před rokem

      She was an actress. Which part of that don't you understand? She developed a series of characters, and that made her famous. There's a lot that's sad about her life, but mostly it's how people treated her. It's more about them than her. She was well aware that it was a performance, and a construct.

  • @suzanneobrien5279
    @suzanneobrien5279 Před rokem +70

    Thanks Aly, that was fascinating 🤩 I'd love you to do a whole series on Hollywood actresses with very strong looks.... maybe from the 1920s to the 70s?

  • @Setayesh.Sohrabi
    @Setayesh.Sohrabi Před 8 měsíci

    You explained that tragedy really smooth and sooting!
    She was a sad beauty!

  • @spookyvegan1402
    @spookyvegan1402 Před rokem +1

    Amazing 💜I love this video - she was so glamorous

  • @matthewdarnell3535
    @matthewdarnell3535 Před rokem +49

    Marilyn was beautiful! I think my favorite pictures are candid photos of her swimming with very short hair and no makeup. You can see her face clearly and it’s just a gorgeous face.

  • @FairnessFobe
    @FairnessFobe Před rokem +119

    Many years ago I heard a man, involved in film production, who had been on set of Marilyn's movies, say in response to a discussion about Marilyn's body shape, that "she had a thing she did with water, he intimated that he didn't know exactly what it was but he said Marilyn would leave a set on Friday & return on Monday thinner".
    Also, perhaps in the same documentary, the actress Shelley Winters said she & Marilyn shared an apartment when they were new to acting in Hollywood. She said Marilyn was insecure: what other people thought of her wasn't how she saw herself; others in Hollywood admired her for her beauty, her glamour & allure; women wanted to be her friend, to protect & guide her & men all wanted to date her. She was not a stranger to the "casting couch" & that didn't help her insecurity & self confidence.

    • @ST-rt1qm
      @ST-rt1qm Před rokem

      The "thing she did with water" was an enema to remove the poop from the intestines to make lower stomach flatter. Also read she used suppositories and that was a way she could've been drugged to look like an o.d. The book was about who and what killed Marilyn.

    • @genevieve.8581x0xo
      @genevieve.8581x0xo Před rokem +28

      She would do enemas for weight loss. That is probably what he was talking about.

    • @palafox2237
      @palafox2237 Před rokem +8

      Yes. The enemas are mentioned in older biographies of her.

    • @snehajagajith6409
      @snehajagajith6409 Před 11 měsíci

      Date her? More like some men wanted to use her as a sexual object.

  • @MelissaSue1998
    @MelissaSue1998 Před rokem

    I have always been obsessed w MM since I was a young girl…love ❤this video great job!

  • @davidlincolnbrooks
    @davidlincolnbrooks Před rokem

    Fascinating, Aly! Thanks.

  • @kathleenmaionchi2566
    @kathleenmaionchi2566 Před rokem +38

    I found this very very interesting. I had no idea that Maryland worked so hard on her looks. It's kind of a magical illusion that some of the actresses Pull off , plus their personalities that give them their beauty.. Thank you for this

  • @MzCharlijoules
    @MzCharlijoules Před rokem +6

    I haven't seen any comments of appreciation for your descriptive dialogues...so detailed..with visuals! Love it!!!

  • @marywemigwase3354
    @marywemigwase3354 Před rokem

    Your a doll for sharing this! And I thought I knew a lot about Norma Jean . Thank you again

  • @lindamcandrew1229
    @lindamcandrew1229 Před 5 měsíci

    Impressed by your knowledge on the beautiful iconic Marilyn Monroe,. I wasn’t aware of the many details about her so thank you! Marilyn will live on forever in hearts and minds of many she was one of a kind and so beautiful and sensitive.

  • @mblmbl1574
    @mblmbl1574 Před rokem +59

    Laughing to myself - if I had to remember how to properly smile, talk, pose, walk lol I couldn’t do it!

    • @jchur7128
      @jchur7128 Před rokem +6

      I don’t think Aly has given enough credit to Norma Jean who Always looked beautiful and elegant from the very first photo.

  • @nancytimpa1981
    @nancytimpa1981 Před rokem +51

    Allowing anyone to make you feel “less than” it the ultimate insecurity.

  • @filmbuffvictor
    @filmbuffvictor Před 6 měsíci +5

    Shelley Winters was her roommate when they were both starting out in Hollywood, and Shelley said that Marilyn observed how gorgeous and alluring Shelley looked when she had her lips slightly parted, head barely tilted back and keeping her eyelids lowered, which Shelley did intentionally for that desired, sultry effect. So Marilyn started replicating that.
    Shelley said Marilyn was hyperconscious of being beautiful at all times and couldn't stand looking anything other than perfect-- your video very much echoes that. I can't imagine contorting and controlling so many muscles in my face and thinking all of time of how to turn the body, and knees to appear the absolute best WHILE emoting and reciting lines. Incredible!

  • @miss__monique
    @miss__monique Před rokem +1

    I am a huge marilyn fan. I loved this video!!!

  • @MELLMAO
    @MELLMAO Před rokem +49

    What I love about Emilia Clarke is how amazingly expressive and genuine her facial expressions are. Marylin is also the most beautiful in photos and movies where she has a relaxed and natural facial expressions, it's so human. Also, they're both romantics

  • @ImagineWavesCrashing
    @ImagineWavesCrashing Před rokem +96

    When I saw the title, I honestly thought “why is this person drawing attention to Marilyn Monroe’s insecurities?”. I came to find something wrong with your video, but I immediately loved how you introduced it, explaining people always assume beautiful people can’t feel insecure or have insecurities. I notice people often make people, who they consider beautiful, feel bad for expressing their insecurities and thus, push them to hide themselves in some aspect. This reaction also tends to only make insecurities worse when others invalidate your emotional experience; it really opens my eyes to why, among other reasons, she ultimately took her own life. If you feel like people don’t understand your issues and that you have to always appear perfect, that is obviously very overwhelming. I am grateful for wider understanding. Thank you for sharing this information.

    • @johncoe6304
      @johncoe6304 Před rokem

      Yeah cat. Probably didnt have to do with the Kennedy association when she died. It was probably because she thought her lips were off .005 %...R-I-G-H-T.

    • @tilatsiddiqui3969
      @tilatsiddiqui3969 Před rokem

      Pointing out mr munro male traits

    • @mrpurple11
      @mrpurple11 Před rokem

      She really didn't took her on life it was most likely a similar death to the one of Judy Garland

    • @MY-lk1ih
      @MY-lk1ih Před rokem +3

      Idk if she really took her own life ......

  • @janish3059
    @janish3059 Před rokem +15

    Although I love Marilyn Monroe and have interest in everything that had to do with her, at the same time I feel bad that all these secrets that she did not want anyone to know has now been revealed to everyone.😢

  • @bridgetbarba4170
    @bridgetbarba4170 Před rokem

    This was an wonderful and informative video on MM about her looks and mannerisms. I learned a lot about her, things that I didn't even know. It seems like it took many hours of hard work to look like MM. Excellent research on my fave actress.

  • @janedoe2049
    @janedoe2049 Před rokem +322

    She actually was NO way more than 5'5.Back then the model agencies were adding the shoe height in the total height (my aunt was working in an model agency in 50s and this is something that she told me).As for the autopsy height 5'5+1/25' (still lower than 5'6) let's keep in mind that she was measured laying down and everybody is half to 1 inch taller when he/she is measured laying down due to spine extension, check it out for yourself! Gongratulations for the video, excellent work 👏 I learned things I didn't knew

    • @AlyArt
      @AlyArt  Před rokem +76

      Wow I wish I knew that before the video ) Anyway thank you for the comment - very useful ))

    • @ABadHairDay
      @ABadHairDay Před rokem +11

      I never knew that about the modeling agencies back then. Very interesting! Thanks for sharing.

    • @mstea3232
      @mstea3232 Před rokem +24

      My mom pin up modeleled in the 40s. She was 5 foot but her agency said she was 5'4 or 5'5 because she had long legs and a short torso. She had modeled in Hollywood with her sister. Her measurements were 32 A, 22, 32-33. She was 95 lbs. I can't even...I'm 55 and always wanted to be like her. I was wide waisted I thought and thick. Mom lived to 93 and looked great despite Alzheimer's and cancer. Just feel bad her and her friends chased impossible beauty standards. I did too. Now I'm at a age where I embrace my body, they're my mom's and grandma's shape. I don't care I have a little pot belly. Beauty is in the soul in the eyes. But I'll always be proud my mom was a pin up model to WWII soldiers and my Dad. May Marilyn rest in peace. .

    • @janedoe2049
      @janedoe2049 Před rokem +8

      @@mstea3232 Yes height wasn't that important back then,and it was common to add the hight of the heels to the overall height.Besides pin up's were photomodels so the only thing that mattered expept being photogenic, was to have a body with a good figure and propotions like your mother did, also a pretty face with harmonious features and a great smile, smile was very important! I am sure that your mom had a beautiful smile too!!.I agree with you with we should all embrace ourselves and keep in mind that having flaws is normal there is no flawless human on the earth, even Marilyn had some flaws.Rest in peace for Marilyn and for your mother
      Thank you for your insights!

    • @dextermoore278
      @dextermoore278 Před rokem +6

      Marilyn Monroe was 5"6.

  • @JM-ot8ux
    @JM-ot8ux Před rokem +8

    Yours is the most detailed and informed analysis of Marilyn, whose appeal has always intrigued me. Now I understand more! Thank you.

  • @cassandrastenner3746
    @cassandrastenner3746 Před rokem +1

    Thanku so much for all your hard work for us in this video.

  • @Sara-uu4wh
    @Sara-uu4wh Před rokem

    I love how detailed you are and the way you explaine it, Interesting video Thanks :)!

  • @sandrapicton6349
    @sandrapicton6349 Před rokem +15

    Thank you for a fascinating talk about Marilyn, I had no idea she did so much to create her unique look, what dedication it takes to do this!

  • @patrycjam.6460
    @patrycjam.6460 Před rokem +22

    I've been obsessed by watching every documentary about Marylin lately. I watched your first video about her iconic make up and now here's another one. I'm so grateful for this video Aly ❤️

    • @deborahcurtis1385
      @deborahcurtis1385 Před rokem

      *by watching every documentary. A document is something paper-based.

    • @patrycjam.6460
      @patrycjam.6460 Před rokem

      @@deborahcurtis1385 Ok, thank you 🙂

    • @siren369xstar8
      @siren369xstar8 Před rokem +1

      Marilyn loved to sleep with 2 disgusting married brothers!!

  • @karenalsbury167
    @karenalsbury167 Před 8 měsíci

    This was AMAZING...loved the info!!

  • @rosedewittbukater4203
    @rosedewittbukater4203 Před 8 měsíci +2

    I am enormously impressed! Your powers of observation are excellent! You could be a detective! Thanks for the great video!