tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18439960.post5337625744178611928..comments2024-03-10T10:56:38.185-04:00Comments on the passionate moviegoer: marilyn and the bulliesjoe baltakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11467420961490314339noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18439960.post-40986058596381264392017-08-11T16:16:07.496-04:002017-08-11T16:16:07.496-04:00Absolutely, Bill. Terrific casting.Absolutely, Bill. Terrific casting.joe baltakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11467420961490314339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18439960.post-30805591417141105092017-08-11T15:35:24.085-04:002017-08-11T15:35:24.085-04:00Joe, I think Marilyn would have made the perfect D...Joe, I think Marilyn would have made the perfect Dolly Levi. Just imagine her in the "Hello Dolly" number with Louis Armstrong! She would have been the right age when the film was made.Bill Millernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18439960.post-60364759916668044852017-08-06T14:29:42.732-04:002017-08-06T14:29:42.732-04:00Joe! If "they" (whoever "they"...Joe! If "they" (whoever "they" are) gave Pulitzer Prizes (or Academy Awards) for blog posts, your post on Marilyn would certainly win. I am still reeling from all the wonderful ideas and thoughts which you presented. Another Marilynnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18439960.post-56614470770138175102017-08-05T20:49:18.633-04:002017-08-05T20:49:18.633-04:00I had to laugh when I read this, Joe, because I ha...I had to laugh when I read this, Joe, because I had the same reaction about Baldwin and Fey discussing how problematic Monroe was. I guess I expected empathy, not judgment.Mitchell Melfordnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18439960.post-46017286522345257262017-08-05T20:21:54.733-04:002017-08-05T20:21:54.733-04:00Didn't realize how dead Marilyn Monroe was. I...Didn't realize how dead Marilyn Monroe was. I love to disagree with you on some stuff or else I'd think we were twins separated at birth but I don't think MM had the chops. Or the temperament. Or maybe even the talent to get the parts you envisioned for her. Kikinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18439960.post-78859454282984029812017-08-05T18:21:06.192-04:002017-08-05T18:21:06.192-04:00I would like to think that, like Doris Day and Kim...I would like to think that, like Doris Day and Kim Novak, she would have backed away from the spotlight and retired, perhaps alone, perhaps with someone who finally appreciated and respected her.Charlottenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18439960.post-55798379973211029062017-08-05T18:04:38.518-04:002017-08-05T18:04:38.518-04:00I'm not sure how Marilyn would have ended up. ...I'm not sure how Marilyn would have ended up. Joe is optimistic. Mike is perhaps more realistic. And Marvin seems sure that she would not have gone the horror route. I don't know about that. It's a puzzlement.Sheilanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18439960.post-38962261416450878272017-08-05T13:36:30.307-04:002017-08-05T13:36:30.307-04:00Marvin- You are so right. Her career could have g...Marvin- You are so right. Her career could have gone in any number of directions. I chose one based on my fantasy of what she could have accomplished if given half the chance. -Jjoe baltakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11467420961490314339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18439960.post-44777904079919480402017-08-04T22:07:28.356-04:002017-08-04T22:07:28.356-04:00Joe,
Thank you for the jawdroppingly (is this a w...Joe,<br /><br />Thank you for the jawdroppingly (is this a word?) wonderful and incredibly analytical tribute to Marilyn on the eve of her death.<br /><br />I found your list of roles that she might have played (had she lived) to be brilliant, both for the types of roles/films listed, as well as for the types of roles/films NOT listed.<br /><br />I can not imagine Marilyn going the psychological horror route that so many aging actresses have embraced in WHATEVER HAPPENED TO BABY JANE?; HUSH HUSH SWEET CHARLOTTE; WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH HELEN?; THE NANNY; WHATEVER HAPPENED TO AUNT ALICE (or whatever the Geraldine Page/Ruth Gordon film was called); DIE DIE MY DARLING.<br /><br />Apparently you agree with this, too. (For full disclosure purposes, I saw and loved all the above psychological horror films. Still, Marilyn would not have gone that route.)<br /><br />Nor did you list big budget films of the time ("religious" films come to mind and/or films by directors like Cecil B. DeMille) which contain casts of "thousands," including 30-second cameos by aging actors and actresses.<br /><br />You truly outdid yourself on the Marilyn post, Joe.<br /><br />Thanks for taking the time to write such a thought-provoking piece.<br /><br />Marvin J. Halpern<br /><br /><br /><br />Marvin J Halpernnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18439960.post-83413694812707791822017-08-04T16:45:29.959-04:002017-08-04T16:45:29.959-04:00One word, Mike: Oy!One word, Mike: Oy!joe baltakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11467420961490314339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18439960.post-21877157845069092072017-08-04T16:31:01.053-04:002017-08-04T16:31:01.053-04:00On the other hand, she might have wound up like he...On the other hand, she might have wound up like her one-time roommate and fellow blonde bombshell Shelley Winters: Fat, crazy and an occasional panelist on "Hollywood Squares."<br /><br />"I'll take Marilyn Monroe to block."<br />"I might have gone to James Dean for the win, but this might work out."mike schlesingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15824197221204862706noreply@blogger.com