“Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend” was imprinted indelibly on the memory of the big screen with Marilyn Monroe’s legendary 1953 performance in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, and has taken on a number of reincarnations and reinventions since, presenting a unique vision of sex and femininity to the viewer, an intriguing combination of desire and commerce. Two of the most notable revisions to date of Monroe’s “Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend” number have been Madonna’s 1985 “Material Girl” music video, and Nicole Kidman’s performance as the courtesan Satine in Baz Luhrman’s 2001 Moulin Rouge!
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