It is said that gentlemen prefer blondes, but the men in the life of Hollywood's most famous and enduring blonde icon Marilyn Monroe, were far from gentlemanly. Their preference for blondes, if Marilyn' life is anything to go by, seems to be connected with sexual abuse and control. Hollywood both liberated and entrapped Marilyn and then attempted to destroy her. In Marilyn For Beginners, Marilyn speaks for herself-to her psychologist, to a reporter, and ...
