Say they told me you were stupid. You don't sound stupid to me.

I can be smart when it's important, but most men don't like it except Gus. He's always been interested in my brain. No, no that

much of a fool he's not. This famous scene from one of Marilyn Monroe's blockbuster hits,

Gentlemen Prefer Blond's, which hilarious movie by the way,

seems to encapsulate her world perfectly.

A smart woman portrayed as dumb by an industry she loved. It was just

the way of her life. Throughout the entirety of her career, movie executives cast her as the

sex bomb, the dumb blonde, the butt of every joke. Hell, one of her most famous

scenes is one where her skirt blows up in the wind and she doesn't say a word.

In reality, the young star was a trained actress who longed for more serious roles and fought her way through an industry that seemed hell-bent on exploiting every aspect of her life.

For many, Marilyn was simply a vessel.

She was a way to make money and not a real person with complex feelings and even a brain.

You admit that all your after is money.

No, I don't.

Aren't you funny? Don't you know that a man being rich is like a girl being pretty? You might not marry a girl just because she...

Even after she fought for her right to make her own decisions and control her own career, people reacted by just asking her about her body.

Well, speaking of measurements, are they still the same as one you left?

Have you gained weight as you lost weight?

The exploitation of Marilyn Monroe started early,

with her unpaid cover on Playboy, and only continued from there.

Even after her death, people have used her life

and her image as a cash prize. She was something to be exploited and sold to the

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