Mae West: Drag Racy

When there is a revival or a staged reading of a controversial MAE WEST play, people flock to the venue. This is Part 7 of 7 segments.
• • “Banned 1927 Mae West Play Gets a Reading at Vermont Pride Theater” • •
• • “The Drag: A Homosexual Comedy in Three Acts” • •
• • Mae West’s credo was about self-acceptance • •
• • Dan Bolles wrote: "That's something that we're only now discovering," Holbrook said. "That you shouldn't hide behind someone, because you're hurting them."
• • Dan Bolles wrote: As for those more progressive present-day attitudes toward sexuality, she believes West would approve.  "I think one of her main things was accepting one's sexuality, embracing it and being more open about sex in general," Holbrook said. "I see that in the dialogue in this play."
• • Dan Bolles wrote: The original print version of this article was headlined "Drag Racy | A once-banned Mae West play gets a staged reading in Randolph, Vermont"
• • “The Drag” by Mae West was presented at Vermont Pride Theater.
• • This seven-part article by Dan Bolles has now been concluded with this post.  
• • Source: Seven Days Vermont; published on Wednesday, 22 January 2020.
• • On Monday, 16 April 1934 • •

• • Here's what Mae was doing on Monday, 16 April 1934, during the height of the Depression: the Paramount Pictures star had ordered and signed for a 1934 V-12 Cadillac Town Cabriolet. The specifications indicated: a black chassis; wire wheels; the top (or roof) in Landau black leather; upholstery in black leather.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • Styled as “the blonde bombshell of filmdom," Jean Harlow would usher in a new category of sexy starlets who were usually buxom, often blonde, and frequently full-figured. Others — — like Mae West — — and, to a degree, Jean Harlow, established a genre of sexual, defiant characters on the silver screen.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: “If I wanted local color, I sure got it in that [jail] place.”
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • “The Singular Boldness of One Mae West” • •
• • Rachel Wager-Smith mentioned Mae West.
• • Rachel Wager-Smith wrote: “She then served eight days in jail, eating dinner with the warden and his wife [sic] and ultimately getting two days off for good behavior. . . .
• • Note: This error-riddled article (which refused to post my corrections) mentioned Warden Schleth’s “wife,” who never met Mae. Depressed and lonely on Blackwell’s Island, Mrs. Schleth committed suicide months before Mae West arrived.
• • Source: InSession Film; published on Wednesday, 16 October 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 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 4,400 blog posts. Wow! 
• • By the Numbers • •
• • The Mae West Blog was started fifteen years ago in July 2004. You are reading the 4,454th 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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