Mae West: Ultra-competitive

Starring Australian actress Melita Jurisic as the American icon MAE WEST, a new play “Arbus and West” is onstage in Melbourne until March 30th. Naturally, Mae would have stipulated that her name was placed first in the title. Let’s enjoy a spirited review by drama critic Cameron Woodhead. This is Part 4.
• • “Arbus and West mere mouthpieces for Sewell's 'ideas' play” • •
• • The play sometimes flounders • •
• • Cameron Woodhead wrote: Sewell uses the historic figures as vehicles for an 'ideas' play. 
• • Cameron Woodhead wrote: If you care about acting, you'll be struck by the craft on display. The play itself sometimes flounders to articulate its ideas in an authentic manner; the dialogue sounds more like what Sewell wants to import to the audience than what the characters might actually say.
• • Cameron Woodhead wrote: It isn't necessarily the sentiments themselves – one might well imagine Mae West expressing discomfort at a female photographer, just perhaps not using the word "bitch" as often as humanly possible, nor with such insistence on an ultra-competitive, "women beware women" world view.
• • Such bald dramatic over-emphasis • •  . . .
• • To be continued on the next post.
• • Source: Sydney Morning Herald, stage review; published on Monday, 4 March 2019.
• • On Tuesday, 25 March 1924 in San Antonio • •

• • On Tuesday, 25 March 1924 Mae West appeared on a vaudeville program at the Majestic Theatre in San Antonio, Texas.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • Mick Jagger’s daughter Georgia May Jagger loves Mae West films and the deep-fried food of her mother's Southern homeland, and she also likes reading rock biographies.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "I never get friendly with the men on the set."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • Rotten Tomatoes mentioned Mae West.
• • Moments of Female Empowerment in the Movies • •
• • Whitney Friedlander wrote: Hollywood doesn’t have the best track record on creating female characters, routinely giving them smaller parts and less screen time according to research collected by resource center Women and Hollywood. But what they do with that screen time? . . .
• • A+ innuendo in ”I'm No Angel” (1933) 90% • •
• • Whitney Friedlander wrote: With her sultry purrs, swaying hips, and mastery of the double entendre, Mae West could easily take up 90-percent of the spots on this list. But the sheer moxie of her role in 1933’s I’m No Angel is an inspiration to us all. “When I’m good, I’m very good, but when I’m bad, I’m better,” she flaunts to Cary Grant’s wealthy Jack Clayton in director Wesley Ruggles’ salty romp. Here’s hoping HBO is still working on that bio-pic about Mae West because the world needs her right now. …
• • Source: Editorial for Rotten Tomatoes; published on Friday, 1 March 2019
• • The evolution of 2 Mae West plays that keep her memory alive • • 
• • A discussion with Mae West playwright LindaAnn LoSchiavo — — 
• • http://lideamagazine.com/renaissance-woman-new-york-city-interview-lindaann-loschiavo/

• • The Mae West Blog celebrates its 14th anniversary • •  

• • Thank you for reading, sending questions, and posting comments during these past fourteen years. Not long ago, we entertained 3,497 visitors. And we reached a milestone recently when we completed 4,100 blog posts. Wow!  

• • By the Numbers • •
• • The Mae West Blog was started fourteen years ago in July 2004. You are reading the 4176th blog post. Unlike many blogs, which draw upon reprinted content from a newspaper or a magazine and/ or summaries, links, or photos, the mainstay of this blog is its fresh material focused on the life and career of Mae West, herself an American original.

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