When I was 21 - I won a Masquerade Contest! I was Marilyn Monroe for a night; but didn't come home with an Arthur Miller or a Joe DiMaggio - I came home with a Cold!
Damn - wearing no underwear is so drafty!
Don't get me wrong - it wasn't a Look-a-Like Contest with 500 other Marilyn's - it was a crowd of Halloween Revelers hellbent for a good time!
And even though I was sweet & shy; "The Win" empowered me to blossom & my edgy persona started to form. Of course; I thought it was a one-night thing; not carry over into my dotage - but that's for the Eulogy!
Marilyn was alive at the time & Hot! Hotter than any other Movie Star thus far; including Rin Tin Tin!
In those days; Impressionists were the rage. While men were imitating Marlon Brando, George Burns & James Cagney; women were doing Bette Davis, Ethel Merman & Hell - Eartha Kitt was doing Eartha Kitt!
(I met her & she would've laughed - but that's another blog)
But those who were Doing (I mean that in the most PC way) Marilyn Monroe; were the Show Stoppers & even today - the Meat & Potatoes for the I-Am-What-I-Am RuPaul Crowd. Having been a Stand-up in San Francisco in the 80's; I give them all a thumbs up! ha ha
Far from ever being a Natural or Unnatural Blonde; I bought a Dime Store Wig & found a Gold Lamè sheath halter dress just lying around the house!
Topped it with long black gloves & a Boa to twirl around my neck at will; to accentuate poses for the Phantom Camera!
I used every nuance of Marilyn's breathy voice; coordinated her pouty lips that morphed into come-hither gestures & vamped & camped them for all its worth.
And what fun it was in front of a mirror. Well; that's until my Mother caught a glimpse of me & started looking for Nunneries!
Heck; in High School they called me "Monroe"; so I might as well imitate her. I was called other names as well: Doll, Shorty, Shrimp Boat & "Keep your eyes off my Test - you idiot"!
I had the first name to go with it - so I went with it. And why not; she was a beautiful voluptuous, sexy Movie Star. Hey, it could've been worse; they could have mistaken me for Lassie!
Since Marilyn's death; it's really amazing that we both have been quoted as saying the exact same things:
"It's not true; I had nothing on - I had the Radio on"!
"Well behaved women rarely make History"!
And "Husbands are chiefly good as Lovers when they are betraying their wives"!
She also said, "Isn't there any other part of the Matzoh you can eat"?
But you wouldn't have believed me!
Oh, before you ask - I haven't seen Michelle Williams in the new Movie "My Week With Marilyn" yet - I'm saving the 12.50 for a Down Payment on a new Boa!
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I agree with Fusun...you are definitely an Ava. :)
Two years later I left home & was a Married Woman!