#4 Norma Jeane: Discovering Truths
An episode of the Marilyn: Behind the Icon podcast, hosted by Gary Vitacco-Robles, Nina Boski and Randall Libero, titled "#4 Norma Jeane: Discovering Truths" was published on May 6, 2020 and runs 13 minutes.
May 6, 2020 ·13m · Marilyn: Behind the Icon
Summary
An analysis of Monroe’s efforts to ground and rebuild her life through a new home and relationship, and correcting her unstable past impacted by her family’s serious challenges.
Episode Description
Co-Producers Nina, Randall, and Gary analyze Monroe’s remarks about her childhood as “grim” and her efforts to ground and rebuild her life with DiMaggio in a new home in Brentwood as a corrective experience for her unstable childhood. Gary describes the Bolender household as rigid and punitive. Randall reviews the relationship between Monroe’s mother Gladys, and her best friend, Grace McKee and the episode’s re-creation of their peripheral work in the film industry in the 1920s. The co-writers analyze the matriarchy of Monroe’s family during a changing time in American history. Gary provides a timeline of the chaos in the lives of Monroe’s mother and grandmother.
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