Mae West: Gyrating Wingback

 On Thursday, 18 April 2019, there was an article discussing MAE WEST’s chops as a comedienne. Let’s enjoy it together. This is Part 1.
• • The Mae West test • •
• • She was five feet high and built like a gyrating, well-upholstered wingback • •
• • Scott Marks wrote: 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.” And what other actress can you name who had a flotation device named in her honor?
• • Scott Marks wrote: It’s time to give other comedians a rest and put Mae West to the test.
• • “She Done Him Wrong” (1933) • •

• • Scott Marks wrote: She stood exactly five feet high and was built like a gyrating, well-upholstered wingback — she was sewn into her costumes — which is one reason contemporary audiences might be loath to see the sex appeal of Mae West.
• • Past 38 • • . . .
• • This article will continue on the next post.
• • Source: The San Diego Reader; published on Thursday, April 18, 2019.
• • On Tuesday, 1 May 1956 • •
• • "Mae West Says Every Man Has Sex Appeal," trumpeted the headlines around the country in Tuesday newspapers on 1 May 1956.
• • At the time, the Brooklyn bombshell was making the rounds on New York City's night club circuit and hitting other venues with her muscleman act. And the press obliged by pumping out interviews.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • Mae West was sex, drugs and rock ‘n’ roll before there was sex, drugs and rock ‘n’ roll.  After Mae West, the rest of us just tried to keep up.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "I've got a sense of humor. Nobody can say I haven't. But this thing is going too far."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • An article on fashion and style mentioned Mae West.
• • Elsa Schiaparelli [1890 — 1973] • •
• • Colin McDowell wrote: In the fifth installment of BoF’s fashion history series, we study the life of Chanel’s arch enemy, who flirted with surrealism and brought shock factor into fashion. Elsa Schiaparelli shot to fame by mixing in Parisian society’s right circles which took her all the way to Hollywood where she dressed Greta Garbo and Mae West.  …
• • Source: The Business of Fashion; published on Sunday, 23 August 2015
• • 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 4203rd 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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