If I’d followed all the rules,
I’d never have gotten anywhere.
Marilyn Monroe
The solo play Jackie off Broadway is a witty yet disturbing exploration of submission, power, and the hypocrisy of everyday life by Elfriede Jelinek. When I think of Jackie’s respectable public persona, I can’t help wonder how she denied her Marilyn inside.
From Pamela Keogh’s book Are you a Jackie or a Marilyn? Timeless Lessons on Love, Power and Style:
Jackie and Marilyn came of age in the 1950s when socially acceptable roles of women were few. Yet they both moved beyond the strictures of their time to become icons. In terms of style, Jackie and Marilyn are opposites–light and dark. Day and night. Sophistication and playful naiveté. If Jackie symbolized well-bred propriety, Marilyn was sex. While this way of thinking dictates that women are one of the other, the fact is that most of us, really, are a mixture of both.
The Jackie woman is strong, intelligent, socially impeccable, well married, and likely a mother who takes care of others. The Marilyn Gal is vulnerable, emotionally unpredictable, enjoys sex and high living, celebrity, glamour, fake lashes and champagne. She has seen both the glamorous and unseemly sides of the world so she is understanding of the foibles of human nature. She takes people and situations as they are: hoping for the best, but not that surprised when things don’t work out. Plus, you know she’s got a few gorgeous photographs of herself stashed somewhere.
…like this Powerful Goddess here!
JackieOffBroadway.com by the Women’s Project Theater runs until March 31, 2013 at the New York City Center. You’ll love Tina Benko–a powerhouse of a solo performer!!!
Click on “Leave a Comment” (above left) to share how you channel your inner Jackie and Marilyn.
xoxox
© Sharon Birke
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Powerful Goddess Portraits 
Mar 12, 2013 @ 08:22:44
I sure do enjoy a Goddess, either peeking out from under her hat brim or me taking a look under, but you already knew that; right Sharky? 😉
Thank Goddess that women’s roles has changed (for the better) so dramatically over the years. I’m not sure I would have enjoyed life as much in “the old days”. I guess it depends on what is inside a man and how he views women. For me it has always been the same, respect, equal and in so many ways the “better half”!
Mountain
ps…I prefer a mixture of both
Mar 12, 2013 @ 14:05:05
Every Goddess is blessed by men like you, Mountain!
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