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Referenced as the novel on which the Netflix film starring Ana de Armas is based. Discussed as presenting Marilyn Monroe as a victim.

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Explicitly mentioned as a book both hosts admire, described as being about how Marilyn has been understood and presented rather than just about Marilyn herself. Referenced multiple times throughout the episode.

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Referenced when discussing how Marilyn Monroe has been caught up in conspiracy theories, connecting her to the paranoid style of American politics.

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Mentioned as an example of the cultural image of poor Midwesterners moving west to California, similar to Marilyn's mother's story.

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Mentioned alongside Dostoevsky as something Marilyn was reading as part of her intellectual self-improvement in New York.