Netflix’s new movie about Marilyn Monroe, entitled Blonde, contains a graphic scene in which she is brutally raped by President John F. Kennedy, which has left some viewers disturbed.
The flick, starring Ana de Armas, Adrien Brody, Bobby Cannavale, Xavier Samuel, Caspar Phillipson, and Julianne Nicholson, was recently released in theaters and is set to hit the streaming platform on September 28, 2022; and while it showcases some true aspects of the late Hollywood starlet’s life, it is said to be a fictionalized take, based on the 2000 novel written by Joyce Carol Oate.
The movie garnered backlash after it was announced that it had received a NC17 rating back in August – which means children under 17 cannot watch the movie, even under adult supervision – especially because de Armas said she ‘didn’t understand’ why it was given such a severe warning.
However, now, it has been revealed that the movie contains multiple depictions of sexual assault and violence – including a horrifying fictional scene in which JFK, played by Phillipson, forces the actress to perform oral sex on him before pinning her down and raping her.
Netflix’s new movie about Marilyn Monroe, entitled Blonde, contains a graphic scene in which she is brutally raped by President John F. Kennedy, which has left some viewers disturbed
The flick, starring Ana de Armas (pictured), Adrien Brody, and Caspar Phillipson, was recently released in theaters and is set to hit the streaming platform on September 28
While it showcases some true aspects of the late starlet’s life, it is said to be a fictionalized take, based on the 2000 novel written by Joyce Carol Oate. De Armas is seen in the movie
During one part of the movie, secret service agents were seen dragging Marilyn into a hotel room, where President JFK (played by Phillipson) was waiting for her in bed.
‘Am I glad to see you, baby. It’s been one Hell of a day,’ he told her, before he took her hand and put it down her pants.
The president then grabbed the back of Marilyn’s head and forced her to perform oral sex on him for over a minute-and-a-half, while the camera focused on her shocked face – during which he called her a ‘dirty s**t’ and told her things like, ‘Baby, don’t be shy, come on.’
‘Just don’t puke. Don’t cough. Don’t gag. You have to swallow,’ a voice inside of Marilyn’s head could be heard saying, before JFK ejaculated in her mouth.
Afterwards, the president proceeded to throw Marilyn down on the bed and jumped on top of her as she let out a loud scream.
The scene then cut to her waking up in bed with bruises all over her body, before she ran to the bathroom to throw up.
Vulture described the moment as ‘incredibly tense, disturbing, extremely uncomfortable, and exploitative,’ while people on Twitter called it ‘sickening’ and ‘unnecessary.’
‘The graphic rape scene in Blonde is not for the sake of art. It’s for the sake of making up fantasies of a dead woman who once said to not make her a joke,’ wrote one Twitter user.
It has now been revealed that the movie contains a scene in which JFK pins Marilyn down and rapes her. JFK and Marilyn are seen together, alongside his brother Robert Kennedy, in 1962
The graphic scene also shows the president forcing Marilyn to perform oral sex on him while calling her a ‘dirty s**t.’ De Armas is seen in the movie
‘I have nothing against biopics that lean into the more farcical, but making up rape scenes to add to the story that is supposed to be critiquing sexualization just feels exploitive,’ said someone else.
‘Like, how are you critiquing the sexualization and dehumanization of Marilyn when you are falsifying events doing just that when they, as far as we know, never happened?’
Another person added: ‘I’m sorry, but it’s exploitation. The woman is dead and you’re using it as an excuse to show her nude half the time and make it practically a torture porn film.
‘The men who seem to support this film really seem to just want to see Ana De Armas nude. Yeah, great analysis of Marilyn’s life.’
‘I can’t believe Ana De Armas thinks Marilyn would be happy with this RAPE FANTASY FANFIC written about her and made into a movie,’ read another tweet.
‘This whole book could’ve been written without using Marilyn as a character. Let the woman rest in peace, Hollywood.’
The movie also reportedly features a scene in which film producer Darryl F. Zanuck rapes Marilyn, as well as a vaginal point-of-view shot.
Vulture described the scene as ‘incredibly tense, disturbing, extremely uncomfortable, and exploitative,’ while people on Twitter called it ‘sickening’ and ‘unnecessary’
The movie first garnered backlash in August after it was announced that it had received a NC17 rating – especially because de Armas said she ‘didn’t understand’ why
She said: ‘I can tell you a number of shows or movies that are way more explicit with a lot more sexual content than Blonde’
Director Andrew Dominik previously defended the film to Screen Daily, stating, ‘It’s a demanding movie. If the audience doesn’t like it, that’s the f**king audience’s problem. It’s not running for public office.
De Armas echoed his sentiment, telling L’Officiel magazine, ‘I can tell you a number of shows or movies that are way more explicit with a lot more sexual content than Blonde.
‘But to tell this story, it is important to show all these moments in Marilyn’s life that made her end up the way that she did.
‘It needed to be explained. Everyone (in the cast) knew we had to go to uncomfortable places. I wasn’t the only one.’
It has been rumored that Marilyn had a consensual love affair with the President, which was revealed in the previous Netflix documentary, The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes.
She famously sang Happy Birthday to him in a very seductive manner at a dinner party in 1962 – but just a few short months later, she was found dead.
For decades, people have speculated that Marilyn, who died from a ‘probable overdose’ at the age of 36, was killed over her secret romantic relationships with the president – and his brother, Attorney General Robert Kennedy.
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