#MarilynMonroe died in 1962 on the cusp of the sexual revolution. Nearly 100 years after her birth, it’s become clear that she was its herald. “Despite her celebrity and success, and for all the pleasure and devotion she poured into her work, the arc of her life bent toward tragedy,” writes Variety’s Owen Gleiberman. “That doesn’t mean that we need to view Marilyn as some eternal victim, the way the overstated biopic ‘Blonde’ did. But it does mean that now, after the earthquake of the sexual revolution and the revelations of #MeToo, we might view Marilyn differently than we did before.” Click the link in bio to read the full column, presented by authentic.