Mae West: Flirty, Dirty

MAE WEST wrote “The Drag” and was proud to put “seventeen fairies on stage.” Banned in her era, the play has been making the rounds anew. This is Part 2 of 4 parts.
• • “The Drag” by Mae West in D.C. on Friday, 7 June 2019 • •
• • Clinical theories of sex • •
• • Sarah Hookey wrote: It is also an important relic of American LGBTQIA history, demonstrating both the coldly clinical, psychoanalytic theories of same-sex love and the constant policing, brutalizing, and suppression of openly LGBTQ+ people in the early 20th century by the law.

• • Sarah Hookey wrote: Best known for her eyebrow-raising double entendres, Mae West (1893-1980) was an actress, sex symbol, and writer known for flirty and dirty wordplay. Defying convention with her sex-positive comedic stylings, she was an incredibly successful star of the silver screen in movies such as I'm No Angel, Klondike Annie and Every Day's a Holiday.
• • Mae West's progressive queer politics • •  . . . 
• • “The Drag” by Mae West in D.C.  will be continued on the next post.
• • Source: Broadway World; published on Tuesday, 21 May 2019  
• • On Monday, 27 June 1949 • •
• • Richard Coogan was still appearing on Broadway in the role of Captain Cummings opposite Mae West in "Diamond Lil" when he auditioned for a TV series.  Coogan was cast as Captain Video on the DuMont Television Network on Monday, 27 June 1949. 
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • When the hue and cry over censorship arose, Mae West seemed to be the personal worry of most fans and Hollywood as well. Their fears were needless. Mae wasn't and isn't worried.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "Well, if you’ve got the goods, and you know how to deliver them, you don’t have to cry about the show business."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • Footwear News mentioned Mae West.
• • 10 Times the Platform Shoe Changed the World for Women • •
• • Shannon Adducci wrote:  The Great Depression may have plagued the decade, but it was also Hollywood’s golden era, and both the storylines and costumes had an over-the-top decadence to them. Ahead of the release of “The Wizard of Oz,” shoemaker Salvatore Ferragamo created his instantly iconic rainbow platform for Judy Garland.
• • Shannon Adducci wrote:  Meanwhile, Mae West’s double-decker platforms matched her larger-than-life persona.  . . .
• • Source: Footwear News;  published on Wednesday, 5 June 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 4,200 blog posts. Wow!  

• • By the Numbers • •
• • The Mae West Blog was started fourteen years ago in July 2004. You are reading the 4244th 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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