Summary

The section “In Sympathy” contains the text of a sympathy letter from Norma’s father to her.

In the section “Sugar Kane 1959,” Norma Jeane’s thoughts were jumbled as she sang her lines in Some Like it Hot. She felt trapped and wondered why her character was funny to others. She also wondered why people thought men dressed up as women were funny. She wondered why people loved Marilyn when she despised her. Marilyn had killed her babies. Norma Jeane had a breakdown on the set when she forgot her lines. She beat her own thighs, screamed, and tore at her hair.

Norma Jeane borrowed a car and went looking for her father. She began to wonder if his letters were a cruel way for him to play with her. She became so lost she...