Mae West: June 1932

The June 1932 issue of Vanity Fair featured MAE WEST and Queen Marie of Romania in a spoof dialogue — illustrated by Miguel Covarrubias.
• • Impossible Interviews—no.7
• • Marie of Roumania vs Mae West
DOWAGER-QUEEN MARIE: . . . I feel so neglected these days. Nobody reads what I write, nobody wants my autobiography, takes my picture for the newsreel, or interviews me, or asks me to endorse a cold cream. Nobody cares if my little heart breaks — into print.
MAE WEST: What I mean, Sister, lemme put you wise. Royalty don't get you any place, any more. Today they only want the kind of a Queen they can hold on their laps. Lookit me, for instance. Every other inch a Queen, from hips to whoozis.
MARIE (proudly): Do you mean I'm not a Queen?
MAE WEST: In that outfit, Sister, you ain't even a two spot. Why, you haven't got a royal air.
MARIE (thoughtfully): You may be right although Carol gave me the royal air a year ago.
MAE WEST: If you want to be a real Queen like I am you got to grin and bare it! Take off those black veils. Be yourself, Queen! Show 'em a royal flush!
MARIE: Then will I really be a Queen, like you, Mae?
MAE WEST (reassuringly): Of course, dearie. Aren't we all sisters under the skin?
• • Source: Vanity Fair Magazine [June 1932 issue]
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