• • Why Don’t You Come Up Sometime and Queer Me? • •
• • Reclaiming Mae West as Author and Sexual Philosopher • •
• • Mae’s vamp character • •
• • Chase Dimock wrote: Mae West patterned both her outward vamp image and her trademark double entendres on Bert Savoy’s act. Mae West’s status as a sex symbol, was ultimately a form of drag in of itself.
• • Chase Dimock wrote: Even before “The Drag” had been staged, the play embroiled Mae West in controversy. West’s previous play “Sex” was currently in a successful, year-long run in New York, but when word of the casting call for “The Drag” came out, a call that attracted hundreds of fairies and queens from Greenwich Village because the play ends with a 20 minute, largely improvised drag show, West’s plays finally elicited the attention of local authorities.
• • Jail time as publicity for Mae • • ...
• • His article will be continued on the next post.
• • Source: As It Ought to Be
• • Chase Dimock, who teaches Literature and Composition at College of the Canyons, is Managing Editor of As It Ought to Be.
• • On Saturday, 10 September 1921 • •
• • "The Mimic World," a musical revue Mae West performed in, opened on 17 August 1921 at the Century Promenade Roof on Central Park West at West 62nd Street. Originally designed as a rehearsal space, this outdoor auditorium could seat 500.
• • "The Mimic World" closed on Saturday night, 10 September 1921.
• • In 1930, the building was razed to make way for the Century Apartments.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • When the news media reported that a stroke had caused Mae West to suffer a speech impairment, she and Paul Novak were registered in Good Samaritan Hospital under the press-dodging names of Gloria and Paul Drake.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "I wouldn't do a picture if it weren't right for me."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • A California daily mentioned Mae West.
• • “Mae West is OK” • •
• • Los Angeles (AP) — Hollywood sex symbol Mae West, who three weeks ago suffered a mild stroke that left her speech impaired, is in satisfactory condition in Good Samaritan Hospital sources said.
• • Hospital officials have steadfastly refused to confirm that the 88-year-old blonde actress is at the facility, but one hospital source who asked not to be identified told The Associated Press Tuesday that Miss West will remain in the hospital indefinitely. The report was confirmed by a source close to the actress, who called the stroke “fairly minor” and described Miss West as “restless and bored" with her hospital stay. . . .
• • Source: Item in The Desert Sun; published on Wednesday, 10 September 1980
• • 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 4,000 blog posts. Wow!
• • By the Numbers • •• • The Mae West Blog was started fourteen years ago in July 2004. You are reading the 4039th 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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