Yesterday, a gadget to be held in the palm of the hand with mystical awe. Today, a gadget to be smelled and licked, to type necrophile love notes to its long-dead owner — letter by letter — with the tip of a taut, purpling appendage: Marilyn Monroe’s typewriter. One can’t help but wonder the profound thoughts she daintily typed upon it with her french manicured fingers, although perhaps significantly, the “d”, “u” and “h” keys are particularly worn.
Auction Marilyn Files [Vanity Fair via Geek Sugar]
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…Actually, if you look closer, the “J”, “F”, “R” and “K” keys are practically bent, and the type’s even worn down more than the others.
a taut, purpling appendage
Index finger with a string around it?
I’m just hoping the smelling and licking bit comes before the taut, purpling appendage.
On another note, I can’t help but wonder if this superannuated machine was at one time used–one way or another–by Arthur Miller.
Hmm, font name?
perhaps significantly, the “d”, “u” and “h” keys are particularly worn.
Awww, come on. She may have played the dumb blonde, but Marilyn was, from all accounts, a fairly intelligent person.
Ok I am a man and I find this post horrible offensive and misogynistic. She “played” a dumb blonde asshole. She might not be Einstein but want to own a he typewriter is no different than his watch. Both are major players in our cultural landscape be they in different fields.
“at one time used–one way or another–by Arthur Miller”
Rule 34 that!
I think rule needs to be made. If you are going to make a politically incorrect joke, at least make it somewhat funny instead of sadly predictable.
There was a point in her life where she wanted to be a writer and loved to hang with her dear friend Carl Sandburg who she often shared her writings with.