Marilyn’s ‘Playful Side’

Daft headline of the week: “Portraits reveal a playful side to Marilyn Monroe,” said the heading on a news story, published on Tuesday, about some previously unseen photographs*. It just about could have got away with “show”, but the word “reveal” definitely implies that nobody has hitherto suspected that Monroe had a playful side. This headline was obviously written by one of the three people in the world who have not seenĀ Some Like It Hot.

The Independent

* In yet another journalistic gaffe, nearly every writer that covered this story has described these Eve Arnold prints as ‘rare’ and ‘unseen’. In fact, all the photos have been published previously.

The originals are not currently on display, but prints can be viewed and ordered at branches of Castle Galleries across the UK.




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