The Lifetime movie on Marilyn MONROE is actually good. Part 2 right now, strait jacket, JFK.
It started Saturday and they appear to be re-running it since. Hence, previous references to Susan SARANDON, who plays the mentally ill mother. They've also run a mini-documentary afterward, straightforward and stark, still shocking details like SINATRA arranging a weekend party with her as the main course.
& by "good" I mean not-maudlin, honest acting and telling of a story in a way that refreshes what we thought we knew and were tired of. I don't mean salacious enjoyment of sad lives. (I'm still bummed over the new tell-all re: Judy.)
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Kelli Garner stunned as Marilyn Monroe in Lifetime's The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe. Credit: Ben Mark Holzberg
Jeffrey Dean Morgan plays Joe DiMaggio in the Lifetime miniseries The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe.
Credit: Ben Mark Holzberg
http://www.usmagazine.com/entertainment/news/marilyn-monroe-lifetime-movie-ends-with-tragic-death-read-the-recap-2015315
Bonus Lifetime moment: When DiMaggio asked Monroe's mother, Gladys (Susan Sarandon), for her daughter's hand in marriage, she said yes and quipped, "Oh, by the way, you did tell him can’t have children, right?” and then exited the room. Get Sarandon that Emmy!
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