Marilyn Monroe in Popular Culture

Marilyn Monroe In Popular Culture

Marilyn Monroe's life and persona have been used in film, television, music, the arts, and by other celebrities.


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Famous quotes containing the words popular culture, marilyn monroe, monroe, popular and/or culture:

    Popular culture is seductive; high culture is imperious.
    Mason Cooley (b. 1927)

    So we think of Marilyn who was every man’s love affair with America. Marilyn Monroe who was blonde and beautiful and had a sweet little rinky-dink of a voice and all the cleanliness of all the clean American backyards.
    Norman Mailer (b. 1923)

    First, I’m trying to prove to myself that I’m a person. Then maybe I’ll convince myself that I’m an actress.
    —Marilyn Monroe (1926–1962)

    Kings govern by popular assemblies only when they cannot do without them.
    Charles James Fox (1749–1806)

    ... good and evil appear to be joined in every culture at the spine.
    Flannery O’Connor (1925–1964)