Blonde the Marilyn Monroe biopic thats was as highly anticipated for its NC-17 rating as it was for Ana De Armas uncanny resemblance to the icon finally premiered on Netflix on Sept. 16. The Andrew Dominik helmed film is not your standard biopic its based off the Joyce Carol Oates book of the same name and is said to be a feminist reinterpretation of Monroes life but its already garnering controversy for its graphic portrayals of sexual assault abortion and suicide.
As with anything controversial and hyped people have opinions. Emily Ratajkowski is the latest celebrity to share her thoughts on the film calling out the biopic for fetishizing female pain in TikTok she posted on Monday.
So I have been hearing a lot about this Marilyn Monroe movie Blonde which I have not seen yet but I am not surprised to hear that its yet another movie fetishizing female pain even in death Emrata said in the video. We love to fetishize female pain. Look at Amy Winehouse look at Britney Spears look at the way we obsess over Princess Dianas death the way we obsess over dead girls and serial killers. Watch any CSI episode and its like this crazy fetishization of female pain and death.
She went on to share a rallying cry with her followers I think we all need to be a little more pissed off she said. In the videos caption she added So done with the fetishization of female pain and suffering. B*tch Era 2022. Adrien Brody who stars in the film as playwright Arthur Miller a one time spouse to Monroe told The Hollywood Reporter the movie is supposed to be a traumatic experience because its told from Marilyns point of view. He noted that both the book and the novel are rife with themes of exploitation and trauma Brody told the outlet. Marilyns life unfortunately was full of that.
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