Why Is Netflix's Blonde Movie Rated NC-17?

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The new Marilyn Monroe movie Blonde has been controversial from the start, but why does it have an NC-17 rating? Blonde stars Ana de Armas as Monroe, the «blonde bombshell» Hollywood actress from the 1950s and '60s who became a pop culture icon and sex symbol before her untimely death in 1962. Director Andrew Dominik (The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford) adapted the ambitious novel of the same name by author Joyce Carol Oates, which some have called the most definitive historical account of the late actress.

Netflix's Blonde has been the subject of controversy since it was announced, with the streamer shifting release dates early on due to the graphic content of the film after it was completed in 2019. Netflix brought in a new editor to help «curb the excesses of the movie» and prepare it for release according to Dominik, which he says actually ended up making the film better. Oates' 2000 novel is listed as fiction, but the author did years of research into the life of Monroe in order to tell a more detailed, warts-and-all account of the icon's life. Dominik approached the material with the same zeal and has been very frank and open about making the film an honest portrait, saying, “It’s controversial, there’s a bit for [Netflix] to swallow. It’s a demanding movie. If the audience doesn’t like it, that’s the f*cking audience’s problem. It’s not running for public office."

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With the release of the trailer for Blonde it was once again confirmed that the movie will carry an NC-17 rating, which lists the reason simply as "some sexual content" by the Motion Picture Association. The reasons behind that rating and the type of sexual content have yet to be