Comments on: Happy Birthday, Mr. President http://blog.oup.com/2012/05/happy-birthday-mr-president-marilyn-monroe-jfk/ Academic insights for the thinking world. Fri, 24 May 2013 18:48:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: OUPblog » Blog Archive » Mourning and praising Colony Records http://blog.oup.com/2012/05/happy-birthday-mr-president-marilyn-monroe-jfk/#comment-291636 OUPblog » Blog Archive » Mourning and praising Colony Records Thu, 06 Sep 2012 10:30:29 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=24776#comment-291636 [...] and “Glee” lunchboxes; and locked shrines in dank corners, filled with dusty Frank Sinatra, Marilyn Monroe, and Elvis Presley collectibles. The staff, depending on whom you talk to, is comprised either of [...] [...] and “Glee” lunchboxes; and locked shrines in dank corners, filled with dusty Frank Sinatra, Marilyn Monroe, and Elvis Presley collectibles. The staff, depending on whom you talk to, is comprised either of [...]

]]> By: Alice Northover http://blog.oup.com/2012/05/happy-birthday-mr-president-marilyn-monroe-jfk/#comment-277581 Alice Northover Wed, 30 May 2012 18:11:28 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=24776#comment-277581 @Pennywhistler Thank you for your comment. I have corrected the spelling of Jeane and thought I should address your other concerns. Unfortunately, the YouTube clip is not the best footage of the event (Martin Kemp was working from better), which may explain some of the perceived flaws in the account. Could any of our readers recommend resources to further study the event? You're correct that the affair was only a rumor (hence the quotation marks). Martin Kemp was referring to the perceived role of the perceived affair in her life and the contribution that made to her icon status. I apologize if that wasn't clear in the context. -- Blog Editor Alice @Pennywhistler

Thank you for your comment. I have corrected the spelling of Jeane and thought I should address your other concerns.

Unfortunately, the YouTube clip is not the best footage of the event (Martin Kemp was working from better), which may explain some of the perceived flaws in the account. Could any of our readers recommend resources to further study the event?

You’re correct that the affair was only a rumor (hence the quotation marks). Martin Kemp was referring to the perceived role of the perceived affair in her life and the contribution that made to her icon status. I apologize if that wasn’t clear in the context.

– Blog Editor Alice

]]> By: Pennywhistler http://blog.oup.com/2012/05/happy-birthday-mr-president-marilyn-monroe-jfk/#comment-277228 Pennywhistler Sat, 26 May 2012 20:41:02 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=24776#comment-277228 Well, let's see. She does not touch the mic. The crowd does not hush. They are practically yowling. Her name was Jeane, not Jean. She was not a pair of dungarees. "The “affair” with JFK that meant more to her than the philandering and charismatic president, is crucial to her death and after-life." Is it? Did it ever even happen? How do YOU know what it meant to her ... if it happened? Anything else you got wrong here, Mr. Kemp? It's not to late to apologize and correct. Well, let’s see.

She does not touch the mic.

The crowd does not hush. They are practically yowling.

Her name was Jeane, not Jean. She was not a pair of dungarees.

“The “affair” with JFK that meant more to her than the philandering and charismatic president, is crucial to her death and after-life.”

Is it? Did it ever even happen? How do YOU know what it meant to her … if it happened?

Anything else you got wrong here, Mr. Kemp? It’s not to late to apologize and correct.

]]> By: Fifty Years of ‘Happy Birthday’ | ES Updates http://blog.oup.com/2012/05/happy-birthday-mr-president-marilyn-monroe-jfk/#comment-276333 Fifty Years of ‘Happy Birthday’ | ES Updates Sat, 19 May 2012 18:52:40 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=24776#comment-276333 [...] performance for John F. Kennedy. Cultural historian Martin Kemp writes about the event for Oxford University Press. “In a glittering faux-nude dress tighter than her own skin and enveloped in a soft fur wrap, [...] [...] performance for John F. Kennedy. Cultural historian Martin Kemp writes about the event for Oxford University Press. “In a glittering faux-nude dress tighter than her own skin and enveloped in a soft fur wrap, [...]

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