When told she was not the star of the film, Marilyn Monroe was quoted: "Well whatever I am, I'm still the blonde."
Marilyn Monroe reportedly suggested the line "I can be smart when it's important, but most men don't like it."
The title suggests that women have to be a certain way to be attractive to men and that a womans appearance is judged by men.
Stereotypes of the dumb blondes- sexualised, only there for male pleasure, Male gaze, objectified.
Sings Diamonds are a girls best friend- suggests women are superficial and shallow.
Two main females rather than one main man one supporting woman.
Lorelei believes in only dating rich men and falling in love with them later, whereas Dorothy is a romantic who keeps falling in love with poor men. Each thinks the other is foolish when it comes to relationships, but they accept each other’s differences and are loyal to each other before any other man in their lives.
The Brunette actress Jane Russell was paid more than Marilyn Monroe for the film- classier also a sex symbol but respected more than Monroe was.
Monroe: $500 a week
Russell:$200,000 for the whole film.
Jane Russell: More statuesque than other sex symbols.
Howard Hughes said, "There are two good reasons why men go to see her. Those are enough." - Objectified. male gaze
"Sex appeal is good—but not in bad taste. Then it's ugly. I don't think a star has any business posing in a vulgar way. I've seen plenty of pin-up pictures that have sex appeal, interest, and allure, but they're not vulgar. They have a little art to them. Marilyn's calendar was artistic.". sexually and intellectually confident in an era that tried to force patriarchal notions of morality
Marilyn Monroe: Was misunderstood and only remembered for the negatives such as how she died or her appearance and rumours of surgery and affairs. An early feminist. People assume she was the same as her stage persona when in fact she was intelligent and loved to read. She was an early civil rights activist. She used her fame to make a segregated club book Ella Fitzgerald to sing guaranteeing that she would attend every night and bring the press with her, this meant Ella Fitzgerald would never have to play small clubs again.
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