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Marilyn Monroe was a study in contradictions. She was the giddy, cooing blonde who became one of America’s haughtiest sex symbols, as well as a woman haunted by a thorny relationship with her mentally ill mom and the pressures of fame. The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe, a two-night mini-series on Lifetime, tries to peer into the woman behind the legend, opening up the scars that most viewers couldn’t see under the flash and sizzle of the big screen. However, the mini-series is too disjointed and melodramatic to completely work as a biopic. Nevertheless, Kelli Garner is masterful as Monroe, digging into the pain and vulnerability of a cultural icon without ever succumbing to mere impersonation. It’s a terrific performance, the magnetic core of an otherwise muddled misfire.

Based on J. Randy Taraborrelli’s biography, The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe aims to be an all-encompassing retelling of the actor’s life and times. As a young girl, Norma Jeane Mortenson hid behind curtains to retreat from her mother, Gladys (Susan Sarandon), who suffered from severe paranoid schizophrenia. When she spent time with aunt Ida (Gloria Gruber) and guardian Grace (a wasted Emily Watson), the young girl would cut pictures of movie stars out of magazines, and dream of attracting the same stares that Jean Harlow received.

However, as Norma Jeane sprouted into a woman – and got assigned a new stage name – her mother continued to torment her. Upon getting a small wage to be a magazine cover girl, she showed these pictures to Gladys, who then tore up the issues, explaining that her modelling was far from what God intended. Regardless, the young Norma Jeane was destined to become Marilyn Monroe, as her playful flirtations at photo shoots and auditions soon found a steady group of admirers, including sleazy producers and casting agents.

Laurie Collyer’s mini-series is at its most engaging during Monroe’s rise from a winking pin-up girl to one of Hollywood’s biggest (and highest paid) starlets. She uses her sunny charm to break into the business, but also had to flaunt her body for a variety of powerful men. The film doesn’t flinch when depicting the predatory sexism of the film industry. Considering the mini-series spends some time (in its second installment) dealing with the physical abuse of Monroe’s husband, Joe DiMaggio (a near unrecognizable Jeffrey Dean Morgan), it is peculiar that the lewd attitudes toward Monroe during her ascent to fame barely seemed to trouble her.



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