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John Gilmore’s Marilyn: PAUL: So much has been written and said about Marilyn’s comedic genius. How did you view her talents then as opposed to now? Would you agree that her true calling was the comedy genre? Internally she seemed to want so much more than that career-wise. In the end, do you believe Marilyn resented being labeled a comedienne as much as a sex symbol/dumb blonde? JOHN: Reaching the apex of her abilities as a performer was remarkably projected through comedy. The inextinguishable light of her performances is more pronounced today as she outshines those that emerged over the last decades, steeped more and more in acceptance on a level of mediocrity, thus Marilyn’s priceless moments reflect like giant diamonds-impenetrable in their perfection. It was a natural ability like juggling or doing flips. There are moments in the tap dancing of Eleanor Powell that you’re swept off your feet-swept away by something that offers the same brilliance as the diamonds of Marilyn’s little funny moments. No one can touch her in this, as no one can touch Eleanor Powell’s astonishing moments where the truth of that individual’s creative expression is achieved. So what I’m saying is that these particular moments resonate in human chords, and trace therein some indelible residue. PAUL: Had Marilyn been able to have a child, how do you think being a mother would have changed her view of herself and the world? Would she have retired from show business to focus on being a mother, or would she only momentarily have devoted herself to maternal instincts and eventually be lured back into the spotlight? JOHN: I can’t answer because it is a hypothetical question. A hypothesis can never be proven to be true and what you’ve asked doesn’t come with observable information. I can’t make hypothetical guesses about anything even though many people want to know “What would James Dean be like today if he’d lived?” or “Would Marilyn have still been a star?” None of that has ever been, therefore can never be and a guess is simply an individual’s projection. Introduction
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