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* MoodyTrailerCoverSong: The teaser is set to a moody and slower reprise of "Diamonds are a Girl's Best Friend", the upbeat song performed by Marilyn in ''Literature/GentlemenPreferBlondes'' (the music number of which with the pink dress is also at least partially recreated in the film, as seen in the teaser).

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* MoodyTrailerCoverSong: The teaser is set to a moody and slower reprise of "Diamonds are a Girl's Best Friend", the upbeat song performed by Marilyn in ''Literature/GentlemenPreferBlondes'' ''Film/GentlemenPreferBlondes'' (the music number of which with the pink dress is also at least partially recreated in the film, as seen in the teaser).
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* BitchInSheepsClothing: Joe [=DiMaggio=], as behind the facade of a LovableJock, is a rancorously jealous DomesticAbuser JerkJock who abuses Norma/Marilyn out of SlutShaming for her public status as a MsFanservice.

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* BitchInSheepsClothing: Joe [=DiMaggio=], as behind the facade of a LovableJock, is a [[CrazyJealousGuy rancorously jealous jealous]] DomesticAbuser JerkJock who abuses Norma/Marilyn out of SlutShaming for her public status as a MsFanservice.



* MyGirlIsNotASlut: Joe [=DiMaggio=] is both horribly jealous and an abusive asshole, which is why he backhands Norma Jeane after Cass and Eddy try to blackmail him with old nudie photos of her. He loses his shit again and beats her worse after he watches her filming the MarilynManeuver from ''The Seven-Year Itch''.

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* MyGirlIsNotASlut: Joe [=DiMaggio=] is both [[CrazyJealousGuy horribly jealous jealous]] and an abusive asshole, which is why he backhands Norma Jeane after Cass and Eddy try to blackmail him with old nudie photos of her. He loses his shit again and beats her worse after he watches her filming the MarilynManeuver from ''The Seven-Year Itch''.
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The film's release on Creator/{{Netflix}} is noteworthy in that it is the first on the streaming platform to carry an [[UsefulNotes/AdultsOnlyFilmRating NC-17 rating]]. It received a brief limited theatrical release starting on September 14, 2022[[note]](making it qualifiable for [[UsefulNotes/AcademyAward the Oscars]])[[/note]] before Netflix on September 28, 2022.

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The film's release on Creator/{{Netflix}} is noteworthy in that it is the first on the streaming platform to carry an [[UsefulNotes/AdultsOnlyFilmRating [[MediaNotes/AdultsOnlyFilmRating NC-17 rating]]. It received a brief limited theatrical release starting on September 14, 2022[[note]](making it qualifiable for [[UsefulNotes/AcademyAward the Oscars]])[[/note]] before Netflix on September 28, 2022.
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* BitchInSheepsClothing: Joe [=DiMaggio=], as behind the facade of a LovableJock, is a rancorously jealous DomesticAbuser JerkJock who abuses Norma/Marilyn out of SlutShaming for her public status as a MsFanservice.

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* RapeAsDrama: Norma Jeane is shown being raped by a studio executive only known as "Mr. Z" (implied to be Darryl F. Zanuck) before he casts her in ''Film/AllAboutEve''. [[spoiler:Later, a drugged-up Norma Jeane is all but kidnapped and brought to President Kennedy, who forces her to perform oral sex on him]].

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Norma Jeane is shown being raped by a studio executive only known as "Mr. Z" (implied to be Darryl F. Zanuck) before he casts her in ''Film/AllAboutEve''. ''Film/AllAboutEve''.
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[[spoiler:Later, a drugged-up Norma Jeane is all but kidnapped and brought to President Kennedy, who forces her to perform oral sex on him]].



** Despite many rumors, there's no hard evidence that [[spoiler:Marilyn Monroe ever had a sexual relationship with John F. Kennedy.]]

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** Despite the many rumors, rumors surrounding the two, to the point of entering pop culture, there's no hard evidence that [[spoiler:Marilyn Monroe ever had a sexual relationship with John F. Kennedy.Kennedy, let alone this film's particular claim that she was kidnapped and brought to him to be forced to perform oral sex on him.]]



** The three-way relationship between Norma, Cass Chaplin, and Eddy Robinson is an invention of Joyce Carol Oates, although Cass Chaplin and Norma did date for a while. [[spoiler:Also, this film has Cass dying before Norma, while the real Charlie Chaplin Junior died in 1968, six years after her death.]]

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** The three-way relationship between Norma, Cass Chaplin, and Eddy Robinson is an invention of Joyce Carol Oates, although Cass Chaplin did claim that he and Norma did date dated for a while. while while she was an up-and-coming star. [[spoiler:Also, this film has Cass dying before Norma, while the real Charlie Chaplin Junior Jr. died in 1968, six years after her death.]]
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Mother of mercy, ditto with Edward G. Robinson Sr.!


** Stars in the sky cut to a shot of wriggling sperm. Norma Jeane has gotten impregnated through her throuple relationship with Charlie Chaplin Jr. and Creator/EdwardGRobinson Jr.

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** Stars in the sky cut to a shot of wriggling sperm. Norma Jeane has gotten impregnated through her throuple relationship with Charlie Chaplin Jr. and Creator/EdwardGRobinson Edward G. Robinson Jr.
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Oh, don't drag Charlie Chaplin Sr. into this mess.


* HistoricalVillainUpgrade: There is no evidence that President Kennedy or Creator/CharlieChaplin Jr. [[spoiler:raped Marilyn Monroe or tricked her into thinking her dad was writing to her, respectively.]]

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* HistoricalVillainUpgrade: There is no evidence that President Kennedy or Creator/CharlieChaplin Charlie Chaplin Jr. [[spoiler:raped Marilyn Monroe or tricked her into thinking her dad was writing to her, respectively.]]
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* PopStarComposer: Music/NickCave and Warren Ellis did the musical score as they previously did for Dominik's film, ''Film/TheAssassinationOfJesseJamesByTheCowardRobertFord''.

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