Marilyn Monroe comparison-ing

[Casbyness 48]

This is just a weird thing that's been bugging me for a while and so far I've not seen directly addressed before.

 

Once in a while I notice other Bronies comparing Rarity to Marilyn Monroe. For obvious reasons - the diamonds, the attitude, etc. General stuff that I'd hesitate to say is grounded in a shallow understanding of (or near total lack of exposure to) Monroe and her performances, like it's just a glance at two icons and their superficially common factors rather than any deeper link.

 

By contrast, what I don't think I've ever seen (happy to be corrected here) is anyone comparing Fluttershy to Monroe. This has been baffling to me for some time now, as Fluttershy's voice is almost an exact replication of the gimmick-voice that Marilyn Monroe used to deploy in her earlier movies, when she was cast as the ditzy innocent blonde.

 

Have other people caught this similarity before? As a prime example, just watch some parts of Monroe's work in "How to Marry a Millionaire" (arguably the best example) and I think anyone can hear the really obvious similarities.

 

I know it's just a weird point, but as someone who knows Monroe's films quite well it just feels werid when others make the quick Rarity-Monroe "glitz and glamour" linkage when for me there's a much more apt and interesting one to Fluttershy (and not just the voice either, also the animal kindness, shyness and general innocence elements).

[Ziggy + Angel + Rain 11,302]

I have actually made the Monroe / Fluttershy comparison before, but it was only after seeing her Discord-ed in "Return of Harmony."  This moment, in particular, inspired the comparison:

[Casbyness 48]

Oh good. For me, it's more like this sort of thing:

 

 

In her earlier films she threw a deliberate cutesy "exhale" into all her lines and struck facial expressions to match. This was before she realised there was more to acting than her early directors had explained to her, and dropped the fake bimbo act in favour of trying to perform more realistically and seriously for later movies.

 

I just don't know what to say to people who can't hear and see Fluttershy in that scene, or all the others in her early material.

[sweetolebob18 728]

I've always felt Rarity was more like Zsa Zsa Gabor (although she probably would have married Blue Blood).  Fluttershy is more the Marilyn Monroe type.  The one I'd really compare Fluttershy to is Judy Garland