Mae West: Hearst

MAE WEST as a moral menace — — it seems absurb doesn't it?
• • Nevertheless, during the 1930s, influential citizens such as the powerful muck-raking tabloid publisher William Randolph Hearst called on Congress to do something about the Mae West menace. Hypocritical Hearst comes to mind during August — why? — because he died on 14 August 1951.
• • Religious leaders, too, condemned Mae West as a negative role model, and forced the Hollywood studios to curtail or sanitize her films. Catholic church spokespeople complained about ambiguous lines such as: "Between two evils, I always pick the one I haven't tried before"; "Why don't you come up and see me sometime"; and "Is that a gun in your pocket, or are you just glad to see me?"
• • After decades of battling over a moral minefield such as Mae West, however, some priests seemed to have turned to other matters involving bad behavior quite unrelated to Tinseltown.
• • Share your Mae West memories on Friday evening 17 August 2007, when a guided tour will explore Manhattan's WEST-side during the "Mae West Side Story" walking tour. The event — — open to the public — — is timed to salute Brooklyn's own sexpot on her birthdate. [See the Annual Mae West Gala posting below.]
• • Only 9 more days until Mae's birthday!
• • Come up and see Mae every day online: http://MaeWest.blogspot.com/
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