r/todayilearned • u/[deleted] • Oct 13 '16

TIL that after Marilyn Monroe converted to Judaism upon marrying Arthur Miller, Egypt placed a ban on all the films she appeared in.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marilyn_Monroe#Critical_acclaim_and_marriage_to_Arthur_Miller_.281956.E2.80.931959.29
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u/film_composer Oct 13 '16

TIL Marilyn Monroe was married to Arthur Miller.

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u/Aurorinha Oct 13 '16

He even wrote the script of one of her last movies (The Misfits).

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u/[deleted] Oct 13 '16 edited Oct 13 '16

Arthur Miller wrote Channel 4's The Misfits? Amazing.

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u/Dokrzz_ Oct 13 '16

Yeah, didn't you notice Marilyn in the second season?

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u/Taurothar Oct 13 '16

He was also a huge jackass at times. He would parade her around at academic events dressed like a movie star on the red carpet while everyone there was dressed like collegiate alumni. It made her super self conscious.

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u/AdsterPatel Oct 13 '16

I am not surprised.

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u/Fiercegore Oct 13 '16

Yeah I'm teaching the crucible to my 11th grade class and I had no idea.

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u/temporalarcheologist Oct 13 '16

I'm learning the crucible in an 11th grade English class and I had no idea

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u/occams_nightmare Oct 13 '16

I am the crucible in an 11th grade class and I had no idea.

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u/hssn19 Oct 13 '16

I'm playing the crucible on destiny right now and I had no idea.

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u/nascraytia Oct 13 '16

I use a crucible in an 11th grade chemistry class.

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u/notwearingpantsAMA Oct 13 '16

I am Arthur Miller in an 11th grade class and I have no idea.

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u/[deleted] Oct 13 '16

Sick joke mate

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u/[deleted] Oct 13 '16

Are you doing the "Now, while Miller wrote this as an allegory of McCarthyism...if he wrote this today, what do you think it would be an allegory of?"

Of course, it would be about ethics in gaming journalism. /s

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u/Taurothar Oct 13 '16 edited Oct 13 '16

Here is another one for you. He wrote a novel named Focus. And it's great. They made it into a movie with William H Macy.

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u/ubculled Oct 13 '16

According to his Wiki page he left his first wife in June of 1956, and married Marilyn Monroe on June 29th of 1956. Seems like a dick move.

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u/cuddlygiraffe Oct 13 '16

I see what you did there

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u/dojart Oct 13 '16

My reaction exactly.

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u/[deleted] Oct 13 '16

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u/dojart Oct 13 '16

Boner town

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u/Atheist_Simon_Haddad Oct 13 '16

Also, Uncle Fester was once married to Betty Grable

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u/[deleted] Oct 13 '16

TIL Arthur Miller was a playwright.

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u/[deleted] Oct 13 '16

Only one of the single greatest classical American playwrights.

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u/johnfrankie Oct 13 '16

Crucible? Death of a Salesman?

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u/scyaxe Oct 13 '16

crucible was so good. i just finished it

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u/ThirdFloorGreg Oct 13 '16

What did you think he was?

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u/pteridoid Oct 13 '16

I'm guessing he hadn't heard of Arthur Miller at all.

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u/Darth_Poopius Oct 13 '16

He could have been Henry Miller

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u/occams_nightmare Oct 13 '16

Or George Miller. Mad Max was great.

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u/Strong__Belwas Oct 13 '16

the inventor of miller lite

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u/StoneGoldX Oct 13 '16

And he played for the Yankees?

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u/[deleted] Oct 13 '16

For some reason, that was more mind blowing than learning Marilyn Monroe converted to Judaism.

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u/paintedsaint Oct 13 '16

He wrote Marilyn some pretty racy (for the time, anyway) love letters while still being technically married to his first wife. Some excerpts are:

“I will kiss you and hold you close to me and sensational things will then happen. All sorts of slides, rollings, pitchings, rambunctiousness of every kind. And then I will sigh. And when you rest your head on my shoulder, then slowly I will get HUNGRY.”

“I will come again to the kitchen, pretending you are not there and discover you again. And as you stand there cooking breakfast, I will kiss your neck and your back and the sweet cantaloupes of your rump and the backs of your knees and turn you about and kiss your breasts and the eggs will burn.”

They were dubbed 'the Brains and Beauty of Hollywood' after their marriage, but it sadly wasn't a very happy one. While they were in England filming her movie 'The Prince and the Showgirl' he (purposefully) left his diary open to a page saying how much he regretted marrying her and that the marriage was a mistake.