Mae West: Eccentric Persona

The British fans of MAE WEST can’t seem to get enough of the controversial blonde bombshell. Emily Hutt’s 50-minute cabaret style “tell all” on Mae West was offered on April 15th at a small jazz club in London and starred Bella Bevan. Though the one-night show is over, here is a review. This is Part 4.
• • Better Than Sex: The Story of Mae West • •
• • Mae West’s eccentric persona • •
• • Marianna Meloni wrote: Bella Bevan is a charismatic interpreter of Mae West’s eccentric persona and her performance flourishes in classics like ‘A Guy What Takes His Time’ and ‘I’m No Angel’. The execution of excerpts, rather than full songs, helps to keep the lively pace expected in a cabaret. However, after a few successions of music and spoken word, the show starts becoming samey.
• • Marianna Meloni wrote: Fortunately, with a succinct running time of only 50 minutes, the account reaches an abrupt end when the attention is still at its peak.
• • audience seemed startled • •  . . .
• • This review will be concluded on the next post.
• • Source: Review for Everything Theatre U.K.; published on Friday, 19 April 2019.
• • On Monday, 27 May 1935 • •

• • It was Monday, 27 May 1935 — — and Mae West fans were lining up to see the screen queen in "Goin' to Town" opening its exclusive engagement at the Capitol Theatre in Ontario, Canada.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • According to Mae West, she was the first liberated woman. “No guy was going to get the best of me,” she purred. “That’s what I wrote all my scripts about.”
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "I've got it on [Venus de Milo]. I've got two arms and I know how to use them.  Besides, dearie, I'm not marble.”
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • Motion Picture Herald mentioned Mae West.
• • Comedy Parade Tops "Town" Date • •
• • Comedy parade was staged by Irv Stein, Bay Theatre, Green Bay, Wis., on Mae West's latest, leading off with police escort and 25 high school boys in a marathon race starting at the theatre. Boys wore "Goin' to Town" back banners and were followed by another riding donkey bannered with "don't be an ass" copy.  Other youngsters on old-fashioned tandem bikes and tricycles carrying gag comedy banners also took part.  . . .
• • Source: Motion Picture Herald; published on Saturday, 6 July 1935
• • 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 4,200 blog posts. Wow!  

• • By the Numbers • •
• • The Mae West Blog was started fourteen years ago in July 2004. You are reading the 4221st 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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