Totally agree Bee that it’s ok to feel how you feel! Social media is so full of people who seem perfectly put together, and us normal folk really appreciate you being honest with us and living your reality rather than hiding jt under a brave face. You share so much of yourself, and we really appreciate it. Feel better. ❤️
As a fellow yellow-olive-fair-skinned lady, I greatly appreciate your videos. 🥰 Trying to find the right makeup/hair colors for my skin color has been an unsolvable puzzle for all the 2+ decades I've been messing with my hair and face. Sidenote: I have had food poisoning for at least 36 hours now, and I had 3 different appointments today that I couldn't miss and have been running around in a sweaty, dehydrated daze trying to do what I gotta do, so I am very comforted by this video..😂.. but I'm sorry you're going through that, too.
I think I am not able to watch blonde since everyone says its traumatizing. 😅 But I guess I won't miss anything. I love your new highlights in the hair. And your set turned out so great, gives me motivation to finally go back to curls.🌟
Couldn't agree more about Blonde. It was nothing but darkness. It seems many things focus solely on the mental health. They fail to show what people are capable of despite the illness. It portrayed her as a sad little lamb. I had to turn it off. Love your new hair! You're not alone with being sick and feeling totally over it. Hope you feel better soon 💕.
Great review, couldn’t agree more. I’ve never been so conflicted about a movie. I think the colour/b&w scene thing is because virtually every scene comes off the back of an image of marilyn and if colour faithful to the image
I love it, you look fabulous! I don't feel sick but I've recently gone back to work full time over 4 days so I'm up at 5am so I can get my 4yr old and 6 month old ready for childcare so I am feel really quite exhausted but I am sure I'll be used to it again soon ❤️ get well soon x
Oh my gosh…. I can’t describe how glad I am that someone else saw that Audrey Hepburn/Dove commercial and called it out. 🙏 I remember when that came out, and feeling my stomach start to twist and turn. 🤮
Stunning result Bee, super authentic! You and Sofia are both Soft Dramatics through and through so it's no surprise her style looks amazing on you. I think your idea of a "Blonde" film about, say, "Mamie Mansroe" would have been perfect and much more respectful.
I do wish there was a movie where they showed more of her intelligence and her career moves. Maybe a different film of her would be great. However this film seems to be made to focus on how awful the industry was to her and women in general in that time. As someone who has struggled with mental health issues I was okay with the stark brutality of it all. From the opening scene I understood that the fire was a metaphor for what Hollywood could really be, then/now (native Angeleno here). The cinematography was stunning! Ana De Armas was amazing. In the end it’s an artistic piece and we shouldn’t take it so literal yet if we do, it shows the power the filmmaker was able to convey on the viewer.
Hahahaha I miss the way Aussie’s use swear words in a throwaway manner. Other cultures take swearing so seriously I have to bite my tongue since moving overseas to not upset apple-carts 😂
@@MissBeeTownsend I haven't been able to give up swearing, I just add "I'm Australian" by way of explanation and most people accept that 😄. This reminds me of another favourite of mine that I haven't heard for a while: "It shits me to tears". Again, so colourful, so evocative.
I like the point you made when you said she was abused as a child, And now years later she or at least her image is being abused by a fil company. I agree very strongly also with the point you make that we as a community and as filmmakers have a responsibility towards the artists we portray. Netflix responsibly could’ve made a disclaimer that this was purely a work of fiction. ❤
I would love to see you go all blonde! I feel you on the maintenance, though. I went Marilyn blonde in college, and while it looked so neat with my Asian/Mediterranean skin tone, I can't imagine the work it would have been to keep it up long term.
This colour is so good on you! You do look like Sophia😍. Have you ever thought about dark reddish hair like Ava? Or red hair like Sophia in the 60s? I think you would rock those colors too! I wish you a speedy recovery too...
Love your hair I'm feeling in need of a hair change , really like the idea of having rita hayworth style red hair but like you I have dark hair and just don't think I will keep up with the maintenance of it lol
I haven't seen Blonde because the one friend who tried said she couldn't get through it. Based on what I've read about in reviews it seems like the director didn't even like Marilyn or her films (he called Gentlemen prefer blondes a "movie about well dressed wh*res.") He seems to be trying to make the point that men hurt her and exploited her, but then films it all in exploitative ways. It's almost as if he wants to punish her (and he alluded to that in another interview). Personally I think it would be very different if a woman director directed it. Someone who actually cared about telling Marilyn's story--yes, her sorrow and her mental health and substance use problems, but also her achievements, her friendships, her triumphs. Marilyn is so much more than the worst things that happened to her--and this movie also apparently invents bad things that did not happen, or have never been adequately verified.
I felt completely repulsed by Blonde. They made Marilyn so incredibly one dimensional. It felt like a sideshow of every awful thing that could've possibly happened to a person with none of the reprieve. They violated her. After watching for so long I wanted to turn it off but I felt like it was too late. Even though it was largely fictional, it's not how I want to look back on Marilyn. Afterwards I felt incredibly sad and like I needed to watch an actual Marilyn movie.
Love hearing your review of Blonde, it's a shame it focuses entirely on the negatives of her life, when despite all the sadness she experienced, she had some wonderful highs in her lifetime. Your hair looks absolutely stunning, and I love the makeup you did! You look so beautiful! (I can't believe you have flu and look this good :D ) Hope you feel better soon x
The only reason that I think the Dove commercial was okay, was that her family approved it and she really did love Dove chocolate so it didn’t twist her image in any way. Not that I like it. But it didn’t upset me like other horrible portrayals of famous deceased people!
Your hair is beautiful! Looks great on your face shape too. Hope you feel better!!! Get lots of rest 🖤 As for the movie, I found it so disrespectful and they could have at least cinched in her waist, tailored her clothes and given her the correct conical bra.
I had it cut specifically for this hairstyle. I take in pics of Liz Taylor, Gina Lollabrigida and Marilyn Monroe and explain that I will be ok curling it to achieve the style.
I agree that we should let the woman rest. The movie should’ve focused more on Joyce Carole Oates I think. Seems few people realize that it’s based off of JCO’s novel, and I would much prefer to see how this iconic author was moved by the legend of Marilyn Monroe rather than another regurgitation of that dead horse of a legend that Hollywood keeps exploitatively beating. But, I also haven’t actually watched the movie or read the book 😳 I’ve just never been interested in any fictionalized account of Marilyn. I genuinely enjoy her work and think she’s very underrated as an actor, so I much prefer learning about the real person and her artistic development. She created an entirely new and distinct interpretation of the bombshell archetype, and I can’t really think of any other modern artist who can match that achievement. Those mannerisms that have become so iconic- the doe eyes, the breathy voice, the quivering lips, the sensual physicality- if you watch her films you can see that she practically sculpted that character out of her raw talent. Pretty fucking cool. If someone wants to tell that story, I’ll watch it, but until then, I’d rather spend my time just watching her original work.
That would have been such an interesting take to focus on Oats! You’re so right about her reworking of the Bombshell archetype. That’s the other thing that is frustrating - defenders of the film say it’s an artistic interpretation but it’s not. It’s based on the book, and the mini series starring Poppy Montgomery made when I was a teen told almost the exact same story. Not original at all.
fun is fun and movies should take us away from real life for a sec and eat popcorn and drink a soda and smile... thats why we go to escape from real life for just a moment
This is why I personally like to not watch “Biopic” movies, it’s almost always Hollywood bullshit. I’d much rather watch a well done documentary or read a book about the person. I think I’ll pass on watching Blonde and just enjoy watching her work in Don’t Bother to Knock, Niagara, The 7 Year Itch, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, How To Marry A Millionaire, etc… the list goes on.
I read a review on the movie. Hollywood always just makes really depressing pseudo biopics. Every movie about an actor or a musician is always so depressing. Although I did enjoy My Week with Marilyn, even read the bk
I don’t really care about her but yes... let it go!!! shes gone and thats that never really thought she was the icon of the era and she made her own choices... I hate when people extend the things about a person to make a movie... carol shelby and his power in motor sport was miss represented by hollywood... I have no love for hollwood but they want drama, STOP watching and let go she was pretty but not perfect no one is
I just refuse to watch the film that’s how not down I am with whatever it is that this film is supposed to be. The trailer was enough for me to just be like…I’m good.
I know you are getting better. Maybe it would pay to rest up so you can benefit from being sick with strong antibodies and have some amunity for the rest of the winter.
I didn’t enjoy how they portrayed her career as something that just happened to her that she neither wanted nor worked at. Also trying to shoehorn her ‘Marilyn’ persona in as a dissociative state was so bizarre.
