Does IMDb check any of the quotes/trivia that are submitted for authenticity? I've read quite a few on Monroe's page that are contradictory or contain content/verbiage that weren't used in Marilyn Monroes lifetime! For example, "a size 0" in women's clothing. The size did not even exist when MM was alive!
shareYes the Internet and various Monroe sites are packed with false quotes. Not to mention all the Pinterest sites that feature photo after photo of somebody who is not Monroe--models, Jayne Mansfield, Diana Dors, Marilyn's head on another's body, vice versa. And then there are those who want to retouch and "improve" Marilyn to a point that the image no longer looks human. It's one thing to soften out a particularly harsh candid image--I have done that myself--but many fans take it to such an extreme. Marilyn's freckles, the peachfuzz on her face, other signs of normal humanity--gone!
Ah, well, at this point, more than half a century after her death, it's all about image and name recognition (often distorted) and what people think they know about her--which isn't much. I do take some solace in that Turner Classic Movies has shown "Bus Stop" and "The Prince and the Showgirl" with some regularity. Neither film has aged particularly well, but her performances at least stand the test of time.
"I like big butts and I can not lie, These other brothers can't deny"-Marilyn monroe
Denise is my name, security is my game, gotta watch these white girls so I can get paid-
LOL!
shareHaha!
shareI expected better from IMDb for some reason. Although I have edited a few trivia items, I would think TPTB would actually read the trivia before adding. My favorite internet "quote" is "Don't believe everything you read on the Internet" credited to Abraham Lincoln.
shareFake quotes are common, especially since dead celebrities cannot defend themselves. What I find sad is that a lot of people think Marilyn Monroe is cheap, tacky and fake because of certain quotes attributed to her... and they are not even her quotes in the end!
shareThat's what MK Ultra does.
her fans are like WHAT THE HELL?
Bruce Lee also has many fake quotes attributed to him, especially in this meme era.
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