Mae West: Making It Longer

MAE WEST is so well-quoted that you can find her witticisms stacked up in Bartlett's, spicing up current newspaper columns, and even decorating a colorful collection of European scarves. The funny thing about movie lines, though, is how often they are altered during repetition, including the most beloved declarations penned by the Brooklyn bombshell herself.
• • Fred R. Shapiro writes: Another notable instance of the progression of cinematic phrasing toward greater euphony is a line of Mae West’s. For her play “Diamond Lil,” West wrote: “Why don’t you come up sometime?” The later film “She Done Him Wrong” made it longer: “Why don’t you come up sometime and see me?” We know it today as “Why don’t you come up and see me sometime?” . . .
— — Excerpt: — —
• • Article: "‘Movie Misquotations"
• • BY: FRED R. SHAPIRO | Columnist
• • Published by The New York Times | www.nytimes.com
• • Published on: 15 January 2010
• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
• • Come up and see Mae every day online: http://MaeWest.blogspot.com/
________
Source:http://maewest.blogspot.com/atom.xml

Mae West
• • Photo: • • Mae West • • none • •
• • Feed — — http://feeds2.feedburner.com/MaeWest
NYC
Mae West.