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PAUL: Would you call Dr. Ralph Greenson another of the many leeches who were "hacking off hunks of Marilyn," or worse, like some mind-controlling, brain-washing quack, emptying Monroe's life and mind of all her friends and people who loved and cared about Marilyn the person? JOHN: Totally. A weirdo so obsessed with her he lost sight of everything else; as long as he kept her sedated and Mickey Finned, he felt he could keep his hand securely in her and operate her like a hand-puppet. He saw her as his ticket into a fame he’d only dared to entertain. He cut her off from the support group because he wanted her dependent solely on him; not necessarily that those in the group “loved and cared” about her as a person, with the exception of Ralph Roberts who really “cared” about her as a person, but was a gentle man, easy to send on his way. PAUL: Would you agree that Marilyn's eventual overdose and death were hastened much more quickly as a result of Dr. Greenson's relentless manipulative indoctrination and probable over-medicating of Monroe? From the moment Greenson appeared in Marilyn's life, it seems that the amount and frequency of medications more than doubled. JOHN: Completely. He had his own “team” move in to take over Marilyn’s life in all ways, legal, financial, medical — with Greenson as the figure-head, dictating. PAUL: What happened to Dr. Greenson and were his case files on Marilyn ever opened or released to public view or to the pitiful scattering of Monroe's surviving relatives? JOHN: I don’t believe there were files as such; and certainly anyone outside of his immediate circle would have had legal access to such material. There are several rumors of versions of tapes supposedly made by Marilyn, and notes —a diary, but no such material has ever surfaced. I doubt that such ever existed. Speculation is far more enticing than fact, so all the “writers” drum up their speculative tales empty of actual support. PAUL: Who or what was your primary source for Marilyn's behavior and actions on the last day of her life? JOHN: Partly Pat Newcomb, but that was years ago, though I have had to discount much of what I was told. A couple of important confidants and people I am close to have shared information, and I have also said that I took some poetic license to make a guess as to what she was experiencing. PAUL: What was the "scrambling" that Arthur Miller had to do in order to avoid prison after his turncoat "pal", Elia Kazan, named him to the House Un-American Committee? JOHN: Whipping together a reasonable defense against charges and suspicions that he was actually an active Communist. PAUL: Do you know of any remarks or observations made about Monroe and Miller by Sen. Joseph McCarthy, the spearhead of that communist witch-hunt?
PAUL: Was John F. Kennedy's "dalliance "with Marilyn just that, a one night stand devoid of any romantic complications? JOHN: Yes. There had been a couple “celeb” fests in which they met, but all else was bull. There was never a sustained, on-going “romance.” PAUL: A lot has been written and said about their so-called "romance", which subsequently "broke" Marilyn's heart when it became evident that Kennedy only wanted his customary roll in the hay, and then disappeared behind his insulated role as President. JOHN: Marilyn had no emotional attachment to JFK; and screwing him that one night in Palm Springs as guests of Bing Crosby, was simply that. I know from Ralph that she and JFK talked about their individual medical problems, more than getting any solid screwing done. His back was so bad she had to sit on him, and then I imagine she probably bled on his crotch and called it off. Susan Strasberg told me Marilyn confessed it was a lousy time, and Susan said, ‘A lousy time?’ Marilyn said, ‘I mean a lousy lay…’ She had no feelings for JFK other than she’d stuck a feather in her cap, and he did, too. Introduction
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JOHN:
According to an FBI source, McCarthy wanted to “nail” them both,
though he lacked any evidence; so it was actually Hoover who initiated the
“investigation” into Miller and Marilyn, but came up empty handed.
