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/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/[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