>He was giving people what they wanted from him, I suppose. In light of the way things turned out you wonder what price he paid for inhabiting that role.

Wow, a pretty keen take Mike. Yup, when a mere human receives the projections of so many it can overload them. It's similar for lottery winners. And the problem for Jim Morrison was that he thought he was "Jim Morrison". Perhaps if "Marilyn" had continued to identify with Norma Jean primarily things would've turned out differently. When some badge of honor gets pinned on us we've gotta have some inner structures ready to handle that higher amperage or we'll might just explode.