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“Blonde” is a pseudo-biopic of Marilyn Monroe, released on Netflix September 23. It made headlines after the MPAA slapped it with an NC-17 rating -- a first for Netflix

Star Ana de Armas responded: “WTF???? So many other shows and movies are way more explicit.” And Director Andrew Dominik shrugs off the rating entirely

But Screen Daily says the rating was totally deserved. Anyone surprised must have seen a completely different movie

Vulture agrees: Seriously? You guys *didn’t* expect an NC-17 rating for this? Get real

But Jezebel is skeptical -- the rating probably isn’t about the movie’s explicit content. It’s because our society over-sexualizes Marilyn Monroe like crazy