Mae West: Eccentric Eva

At the end of last year, British scholar Dr. Will Visconti was writing about MAE WEST. This is Part 4.
• • Public indecency and the making of Mae West • •
• • Eva Tanguay — — an ‘eccentric comedienne’ • •
• • Dr. Will Visconti wrote: At the same time as Mae West was launching plays as an alternative to the paucity of satisfactory opportunities available to her, there were several other sensational or sensationalised acts running. Most prominent among these was the performer Eva Tanguay, who was billed as an ‘eccentric comedienne’ and was renowned for her energetic style, flamboyantly bizarre costumes and innuendo-laden songs.
• • Dr. Will Visconti wrote: Eva Tanguay had made a name for herself with the song “I Don’t Care,” which played up her insouciance and sexuality, but was rendered more palatable to audiences because of her shape and manner. In the same way, Sophie Tucker, whose style was influenced by Eva Tanguay, and in turn was compared to Mae West, played with notions of sexiness through her delivery or songs and joking references to her looks.
• • bawdy songs • •  …
• • His article will be continued on the next post.
• • Source: Talking Humanities, S.A.S., University of London; published on Thursday, 7 December 2017.
• • On Saturday, 19 October 1935 • •
• • Joe Breen and John Hammel exchanged yet another letter about Mae West's latest controversial project "Klondike Annie" on Saturday, 19 October 1935.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •

• • Mae West also presents a few of her characteristic songs in her new Paramount picture "Goin' to Town." The erstwhile Belle of the Nineties sings "He's a Bad Man," "Love is Love in Any Woman's Heart" and "Now I'm a Lady," a blue tune written in a minor key in which Mae tells us she has reformed..
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "Gay boys are taking over the business."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • Vogue mentioned Mae West.
• • Hamish Bowles wrote:  Susan Sontag found camp, for instance, in Busby Berkeley movies and in the he-man actor Victor Mature, in Mae West and General Charles de Gaulle, in Swan Lake, Flash Gordon comics, Caravaggio, chinoiserie, and the entirety of the Art Nouveau movement.  …
• • Source: Vogue; published on Tuesday, 9 October 2018
• • 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 4066th 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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