[Marxism] France vs. America and the death of Arthur Miller

[Brian Shannon <Brian_Shannon@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

There will be many appreciations of Arthur Miller, who died last night 
at the age of 89, in the days to come.

Some--most likely most--Americans will be surprised to find that he was 
married to Marilyn Monroe for five years.

What? I thought that she was married to Joe DiMaggio, the great 
American baseball player! Here's a not untypical assessment.

"It very well might be the match of the ages, a romance that will go 
down in history as the most magical ever. Joe DiMaggio and Marilyn 
Monroe provided Americans with a real life fairytale. Unlike most 
fairytales, it did not end 'happily ever after.' Yet, it ended in 
classic Joe DiMaggio fashion, the aching lover mourning for his 
beautiful bride. It’s the stuff heroes are made of..."

So why in America is this the great love story, while the five-year 
marriage with Monroe is ignored?

In France, it would be the other way around. Or, shall we say, the 
public would have a more “nuanced” understanding.

BTW, Miller’s autobiography "Timebends" is a somewhat confusing first 
read. If you read it again, its greatness as an autobiography of the 
man and his period is inescapable.


from Brian Shannon

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