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<blockquote data-quote="ClassyCo" data-source="post: 441042" data-attributes="member: 7">I&#039;ve never actually thought about it this way, but you&#039;re right. Mamie is never directly questioned about her &quot;friendship&quot; with Marilyn. I might be wrong, but I&#039;m wanting to say I recall an interview from when Mamie was younger (say, in the 1980s) when she says she &quot;barely knew&quot; Marilyn. I&#039;m not entirely sure, so I might be wrong on the details.I do know that Mamie has always placed herself inside Jayne&#039;s story, whether it be by declining the lead in ROCK HUNTER on Broadway, or by saying the two shared career advice with one another. Mamie has used Marilyn and Jayne to crawl out of obscurity. This, I think, comes from Mamie&#039;s own overstating of her importance in the era, and we&#039;ve said, the interviewers&#039; lack of knowledge of anything before 2000. I must admit there was a time where I felt Mamie was a stronger contender to dethroning Marilyn from her status as Hollywood&#039;s resident blonde bombshell, but I&#039;ve since reassessed my view. Jayne, as I see it, was Marilyn&#039;s only real &quot;threat&quot;, and even that window of time was quite brief.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ClassyCo, post: 441042, member: 7"] I've never actually thought about it this way, but you're right. Mamie is never directly questioned about her "friendship" with Marilyn. I might be wrong, but I'm wanting to say I recall an interview from when Mamie was younger (say, in the 1980s) when she says she "barely knew" Marilyn. I'm not entirely sure, so I might be wrong on the details. I do know that Mamie has always placed herself inside Jayne's story, whether it be by declining the lead in ROCK HUNTER on Broadway, or by saying the two shared career advice with one another. Mamie has used Marilyn and Jayne to crawl out of obscurity. This, I think, comes from Mamie's own overstating of her importance in the era, and we've said, the interviewers' lack of knowledge of anything before 2000. I must admit there was a time where I felt Mamie was a stronger contender to dethroning Marilyn from her status as Hollywood's resident blonde bombshell, but I've since reassessed my view. Jayne, as I see it, was Marilyn's only real "threat", and even that window of time was quite brief. [/QUOTE]

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