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The Religion Marilyn Monroe Found Meaning In Isn't What You'd Expect

Marilyn Monroe's marriage to Arthur Miller was celebrated by many commentators, periodicals, and public figures and lauded as an ideal union between a great beauty and a literary genius. However, Monroe was understandably rather uncomfortable with the supposed contrast, with comments by a speaker at the couple's wedding apparently causing some offense, according to History Today. Though Monroe had already attracted interest both good and bad from the wider world, thanks to her status as a bona fide Hollywood bombshell, her union with Miller brought her under fresh scrutiny, as did her new Jewish identity.

As noted by Biography, Miller had long been identified as a potential communist sympathizer due to a number of meetings he had attended in the 1940s, and, though he was never an official member of the American Community Party, the playwright was forced to defend himself in front of the House Un-American Activities Committee. As Miller's wife, Monroe, too, fell under the suspicion of having Communist ties. Meanwhile, Monroe's conversion to Judaism was making her new enemies, including Egypt, that upon receiving news that she was now Jewish, formally banned her Hollywood films from being shown in the country (per Meyers).

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