Mae West: Formidable Attitude

“In real life, I’m very boring, so I made up the walk and the talk,” said MAE WEST.
• • British freelancer Dr. Sabina Stent, whose area of study included “Women artists, Surrealism, and unconventional females,” penned a fascinating essay on Mae’s customized double-decker footwear. This is Part 27 of 27 parts, the grand finale.
• • “Get the Idea, Boys? Mae West’s Shoes” • •
• • Mae West could inject attitude into any sentence • •
• • Sabina Stent wrote: Later in I’m No Angel, West walks across the room, from one door of her bedroom to just off-camera. It is the purest six seconds of West you are likely to see, hugely memorable when we think of her persona. With one hand on the hip of her fitted black gown, she sashays across the stage and says the five immortal words, “Bellulah, peel me a grape.”

• • Sabina Stent wrote:  Mae West could inject attitude into any sentence, and this is a magnificent example of her potency. Combined with her flawless stage exit, we have the ideal encapsulation of Mae West and one of the most strident examples of her walk. It is impossible not to be won over by this formidable powerhouse of attitude — even if we never see the 9-inch Pepine heels.
• • This long essay by Sabina Stent has now been concluded with this excerpt, part 27.
• • Source: Majuscule, Issue 2; posted in December 2019.
• • On Monday, 24 January 1938 • •
• • According to Time, Mae West's cinema earnings in 1936 were $323,000, about as much salary as Bethlehem Steel's president, Eugene G. Grace, and the chairman of its board, Charles M. Schwab.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • A "letter to the editor" in The Los Angeles Times argued over a published article in their Sunday paper on 24 January 1993: “MAE and MADONNA: Come Up and See a Real Star Sometime.”
• • Your article comparing Mae West and Madonna was bizarre. Writer Carl Anthony must be a Madonna groupie to elevate her to the status of Mae West, who was a real star.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "It is better to be looked over than overlooked."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • An article on a boxer mentioned Mae West.
• • ESPN wrote: Born on 31 March 1878, John Arthur Johnson transformed himself from the docks of Galveston, Texas, to early 20th-century glitterati. He had his own jazz band, owned a Chicago nightclub, acted on stage, drove flashy yellow sports cars, reputedly walked his pet leopard while sipping champagne, flaunted gold teeth that went with his gold-handled walking stick and boasted of his conquests of whites — — both in and out of the ring.
• • ESPN wrote: Jack Johnson kept the company of some of his era's most desired women, most of them white. Moulin Rouge star Mistinguette. German spy Mata Hari. Sex symbols Lupe Velez and Mae West. Johnson was romantically linked to all. ...
• • Source: ESPN.com; posted on: Wednesday, 24 January 2001  
• • 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 15th anniversary • • 
• • Thank you for reading, sending questions, and posting comments during these past fifteen years. Not long ago, we entertained 3,497 visitors. And we reached a milestone recently when we completed 4,300 blog posts. Wow! 
• • By the Numbers • •
• • The Mae West Blog was started fifteen years ago in July 2004. You are reading the 4,395th 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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