The line came from one of Marilyn Monroe. In an interview with NPR, Annie Clark said,
"I was reading Marilyn Monroe's journals, she wrote down the sentence, 'Best, finest surgeon – Lee Strasberg, come cut me open,' because she was studying with Lee Strasberg at the Actor's Studio at the time, and he was a tremendous mentor to her. And I just thought that was brilliant and really strange. I definitely wanted this particular song to sound like someone was kind of in a Benzedrine and white-wine coma – like a housewife's cocktail."
You are correct. She also introduced the song at her album opening show in LA by saying that the song was inspired by Marylin Monroe (perhaps because she was concerned about what it might say about her - "I spent the summer on my back" indeed!).
You are correct. She also introduced the song at her album opening show in LA by saying that the song was inspired by Marylin Monroe (perhaps because she was concerned about what it might say about her - "I spent the summer on my back" indeed!).
However, that does not preclude my analysis (in a previous comment) from also being correct: there is a rather pronounced vein of "impassive suffering" throughout Annie Clark's work, much of which reminds me of a healthy adult processing a subtly difficult childhood. Marylin Monroe exhibits the same symptoms of "impassive suffering" in...
However, that does not preclude my analysis (in a previous comment) from also being correct: there is a rather pronounced vein of "impassive suffering" throughout Annie Clark's work, much of which reminds me of a healthy adult processing a subtly difficult childhood. Marylin Monroe exhibits the same symptoms of "impassive suffering" in her journals, so AC chose to write about it.
The line came from one of Marilyn Monroe. In an interview with NPR, Annie Clark said,
"I was reading Marilyn Monroe's journals, she wrote down the sentence, 'Best, finest surgeon – Lee Strasberg, come cut me open,' because she was studying with Lee Strasberg at the Actor's Studio at the time, and he was a tremendous mentor to her. And I just thought that was brilliant and really strange. I definitely wanted this particular song to sound like someone was kind of in a Benzedrine and white-wine coma – like a housewife's cocktail."
You are correct. She also introduced the song at her album opening show in LA by saying that the song was inspired by Marylin Monroe (perhaps because she was concerned about what it might say about her - "I spent the summer on my back" indeed!).
You are correct. She also introduced the song at her album opening show in LA by saying that the song was inspired by Marylin Monroe (perhaps because she was concerned about what it might say about her - "I spent the summer on my back" indeed!).
However, that does not preclude my analysis (in a previous comment) from also being correct: there is a rather pronounced vein of "impassive suffering" throughout Annie Clark's work, much of which reminds me of a healthy adult processing a subtly difficult childhood. Marylin Monroe exhibits the same symptoms of "impassive suffering" in...
However, that does not preclude my analysis (in a previous comment) from also being correct: there is a rather pronounced vein of "impassive suffering" throughout Annie Clark's work, much of which reminds me of a healthy adult processing a subtly difficult childhood. Marylin Monroe exhibits the same symptoms of "impassive suffering" in her journals, so AC chose to write about it.