Mae West: Enjoyed Sex

MAE WEST had many admirers: some who enjoyed her and others who understood her. John Seal, who recommends “Sextette,” explains  how to appreciate this campy comedy. This is part 4 of 9.
• • Making a case for “Sextette” • •
• • Mae West: “Sextette” takes full advantage of her reputation • •
• • John Seal wrote: Mae West was a living legend in 1978, a well-preserved model of libidinous, liberated femininity. This film—based on a play written by West and briefly staged at Chicago’s Edgewater Beach Playhouse in 1961—takes full advantage of her reputation as a woman who enjoyed sex and had no regrets about it.
• • John Seal wrote: Though generally shot in soft focus, West doesn’t look bad, and delivers her dialogue with twinkling eye and ribald tongue.

• • John Seal wrote: Playing the straight man (in more than one sense of the word), co-star Timothy Dalton is outstanding, as is a surprisingly svelte Dom Deluise, whose mile a minute delivery and improvisatory riffs are amongst "Sextette’s" highlights.
• • Mae West: Marlo Manners coxed with the crew • • ...
• • John Seal's 9-part analysis of ”Sextette” will continue.
• • Source: Berkeleyside; published on Tuesday, 15 June 2010.
• • On Monday, 22 January 1934 in Times Square • •
• • It was a festive Monday evening, on 22 January 1934, when Mae West and Eddie Cantor and many other stars entertained at the New Amsterdam Theatre — — at the 52nd annual benefit for the Actors' Fund.
• • Mae West, a longtime member of Actors Equity, left them one-third of her Estate. However, they were unaware of this and never received the funds Mae had intended.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • All Hollywood is laughing at the song parody which Mae West has composed about her recent front-page marriage rumors. It's a wow and not for public consumption.  
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said:  "It takes two to get one in trouble."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • An article on Icons of the Century mentioned Mae West.
• • Carole Horst wrote: Without Mae West, Hollywood would not have the model for an independent, smart, sexy bombshell. Without West, Hollywood would not have quips like “When I’m good, I’m very, very good. When I’m bad, I’m better.”
• • Carole Horst wrote: Mae West personified the sexually liberated woman at a time when that could get you arrested — and Mae was, for her play “Sex.” . . .
• • Source: Variety; published on Sunday, 16 October 2005
• • 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 16th 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 4,600 blog posts. Wow! 
• • By the Numbers • •
• • The Mae West Blog was started fifteen years ago in July 2004. You are reading the 4,654th 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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