{"id":30488,"date":"2013-03-08T06:00:52","date_gmt":"2013-03-08T11:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.moviefanfare.com\/?p=30488"},"modified":"2014-07-12T10:25:04","modified_gmt":"2014-07-12T14:25:04","slug":"marilyn-monroe-overrated-or-underrated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.moviefanfare.com\/?p=30488","title":{"rendered":"Marilyn Monroe: Overrated or Underrated?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Few movie stars can boast an iconic status like<a title=\" Marilyn Monroe\" href=\"http:\/\/www.moviefanfare.com\/tag\/marilyn-monroe\/\"> Marilyn Monroe<\/a>. Does that mean she&#8217;s one of the greatest actresses of all time? 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