It Was Hot

Rating: Null/10 (10 September 2004)

When I was in high school, I worked in a local bookstore in the evenings. One day I happened to come upon a book on Marilyn Monroe. Up until that time, I had a vague idea about who she was but I'd never seen a movie of hers or really knew too much about her. While paging through the book, I was astonished at the pure sexual energy that she generated, even in the printed form, in fact it was so raw that I was kinda turned off by it.
Around that time I saw that "Some Like It Hot" was going to be on TV. I tuned in, trying to fine tune the station (I'm dating myself) and was just able to receive a rather fuzzy picture. I watched in my bedroom and even though the picture quality was very poor, I sat mesmerized. That same sexual energy that Marilyn had in printed form oozed out from my TV set. She had a bright, white, glowing quality to her that just floored me.
This movie will always have a special place with me, being the first time I ever heard or saw Marilyn Monroe. After that movie, I was hooked on her for years and years. On a side note, a couple years ago I was able to view her belongings at Christie's auction house. That was the first time I really realized she was real person, and not some confection created by Hollywood.