Pamela Blair which later opened at the Kennedy Center to critical acclaim. She also appeared in "Sugar", the stage musical version of the film "Some Like It Hot", in which she played "Sugar Kane", a role made famous by Marilyn Monroe. In 1974, Blair was invited by Michael Bennett to participate in the workshops from which "A Chorus Line" was developed. The character of "Valerie Clark" was in large part, based on her own life, although the surgical enhancement came from another dancer. "Val was based on Mitzi Hamilton, who actually underwent surgery to enhance her figure, and Pam Blair, whose mixture
Untitled from Marilyn Monroe pop culture and materialism, Warhol rejects Abstract Expressionism celebrating independent art that holds true to consumeristic aesthetic. This was done through borrowing by Warhol from a promotional still of the film "Niagara" (1953), raising questions on the extent of artistic appropriation. In "Untitled from Marilyn Monroe", Warhol deconstructs a film star and her artificial media typecast. Warhol transformed Monroe's ubiquitous typecast as an enduring sex icon and femme fatale into a creative silkscreened print. The borrowing by Warhol from a promotional still raises questions on the extent of artistic appropriation. This objectification of Monroe was possible in a society which