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MADONNA: UNWILLING TO 'FESS UP

Above: Marilyn Monroe, 1953 Above: Madonna,1984; ripping off Marilyn Monroe

When asked about her copying off MarilynMonroe, Madonna likes to say that "if it wasn't for the blond hair, I don't know what people would do for comparisons." (source: appearance on Johnny Carson Show and Cosmopolitan interview)

Madonna has had to admit, when confronted by journalists (as she would not usually willingly admit to later in her career) that she has stolen from Marilyn Monroe.

Very early in her career though, it apparently did not bother her to reveal her fondness for Monroe, since she would state in some interviews that she grew up 'idolizing' Marilyn.

Madonna stole a lot more than the blond hair from Marilyn, or the dress, hair, and dance number from Monroe's "Diamonds are a Girl's Best Friend" sequence in the 1950s movie "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" in her "Material Girl" music video.

Very little can be chalked up to a coincidence in Madonna's world since she is a control freak who is reportedly very much in charge of her public image, so I find it very hard to accept the argument that what follows were 'accidents.'

Below is pictorial proof.

THE HIGHWAY SERIES

During the mid to late 1940s, when Marilyn Monroe was still going by her real name ("Norma Jean") and was not yet an actress, she posed for photographer Andre De Dienes.

De Dienes mentioned that he asked Marilyn to pose on the highway because to him it symbolized her future path and rise to stardom.

Most Monroe photo books carry at least several of the De Dienes pictures in their early chapters to show what Monroe looked like before she became a mega- star. These photos are not obscure even to the most casual of Monroe fans, so yes, Madonna has viewed these at one time or another.

Unfortunately, I have thus far been unable to find any high quality reproductions of this photo shoot and have to offer grainy images.

Above: Marilyn Monroe, mid- to late 1940s

Above: Marilyn Monroe.

From Life magazine photo shoot, 1950s; Avedon asked Monroe to pose like other movie stars (in this case, Theda Bara)

Above: Marilyn Monroe, late 1950s

Above: Debbie Harry of Blondie, circa late 1970s, early 1980s (before Madonna's 1983 record debut).

Harry was sometimes referred to as the 'Marilyn Monroe of punk,' and has said that she was a big Monroe fan

Above: Madonna, probably in the mid to late 1980s

Madonna has confessed in interviews to being fans of Monroe and Harry.