Then I watched that new movie "My Week With Marilyn". Wow... amazing. Michelle Williams was so amazing, sometimes I had to remind myself that she wasn't actually Marilyn. That movie inspired me. Suddenly, I constantly thought about Marilyn, what she would do, how her life was. It was tragic, and she became my new obsession. She still is. I went online and watched as many Marilyn movies as I could find. Even Monkey Business that barely has anything to do with Marilyn. I watched the Prince and the Showgirl. That movie is the main setting and plot of My Week With Marilyn, so naturally I had to watch it. It was really funny, and I kept merging the two movies together in my mind.
Then, like a good little nerd, I went to the library and checked out every book about Marilyn they had I (which wasn't much, only two books and Some Like It Hot the movie). One book is a compilation of a bunch of Marilyn's notes and notebooks and pictures and such, found by the Lee Strasberg's daughter in her attic. For those of you who don't know, Lee was Marilyn's #1 acting coach who received a lot in Marilyn's will, those notes included. I'm looking it over rigfht now and it's pretty interesting.
Marilyn is so inspiring. She was a truly gifted actress but no one could tell her so. She had a case of the lowest self-esteem America has seen in a while. I wish that I could have a fraction of her talent, but I don't want her life. R.I.P. Norma Jeane...
