It was a sweltering day in Palm Springs, and a few intrepid tourists braved the unforgiving sun to snap selfies at the stilettoed feet of a colossal Marilyn Monroe, her white dress seeming to billow up in the hot dry wind.
Some of them had heard she was not likely to be standing there much longer.
“That’s why we came today — to take pictures,” said Lauri Hatcher, who used to live in Palm Springs and returns each year.
“Because it makes me super sad.”The statue — a 26-foot tall, 17-ton Monroe in her famous subway grate pose from the 1955 movie “The Seven Year Itch” — had bitterly divided the desert city.
Some objected that it blocked views of the Palm Springs Art Museum and confronted visitors leaving the museum with Monroe’s exposed underwear.
Persons:
Marilyn Monroe, ”, Lauri Hatcher, ” —
Organizations:
Springs Art Museum
Locations:
Palm Springs