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In ‘Blonde,’ Arthur Miller is Marilyn Monroe’s Jewish husband, and we all know what that means (don't we?)

JL;DR SUMMARY Drawing from the film adaptation of Joyce Carol Oates's novel "Blonde," the article explores Arthur Miller's portrayal as a "Jewish husband" to Marilyn Monroe. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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IdentityJewish StereotypesRelationshipsHollywoodNetflixMarilyn MonroeJoyce Carol OatesArthur MillerAdrien BrodyBlonde

Places mentioned

Brooklyn, New York, United States
"Magda, her? Miller says, in his familiar Boy Grew in Brooklyn accent."
New York, United States
"introduced spilling a stackful of pages near the Astor Place subway entrance"
Hollywood, California, United States
"is more direct. Though never named as such, Bobby Cannavale plays Joltin Joe DiMaggio and Adrien Brody is Arthur Miller. The two men serve as polarized totems of Norma Jeanes love life."

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