MAE WEST’s plump, curvaceous body was a vital element in her comedy. Academics have emphasized that “excessive body is one of the qualities of female unruliness, suggesting that she is unwilling or unable to control her physical appetites.” Japanese film historian Mio Hatokai discusses how Hollywood publicists and fan zines responded to this “fatness” in 1933. This is Part 10 of a lengthy piece.
• • Laughing off the “Fatness” ― Mae West’s Body Image and Female Spectators in the Early 1930s • •
• • Mae West: Her female fan base was captured by this • •
• • Mio Hatokai wrote: What exactly was it, then, about Mae West on-screen that captured the hearts and minds of American young women?
• • Mio Hatokai wrote: Contemporary film fan magazines suggest that Mae West’s curvaceous body was a subject of great interest for them.
• • Mio Hatokai wrote: To put it more precisely, in the midst of excessively body-conscious film fan culture, Mae West’s body image and how she benefited from it (diegetically and otherwise) appealed to young female spectators.
• • Mae West: Caused a sensation • • ...
• • Mio Hatokai’s lengthy article will continue on the next post.
• • Source: Academic anthology on film stars released by Waseda University, 2015.
• • On Friday, 1 November 1946 • •
• • "Sigma Chi Makes 'THE' Mae West New Sweetheart" • •
• • On Friday, 1 November 1946, Mae was in Ithaca, New York with diamonds and frills.
• • Mae West was formally made the latest "Sweetheart of Sigma Chi" in a ceremony held at that fraternity following her one night stand at the Strand Theater. Flustered by the honor, Mae West answered a Cornell Daily Sun reporter's query as to whether she had ever been in a fraternity house before with this reply: "before what?" When asked if she would be able to visit the campus before she departed Ithaca, the glamorous actress countered "what time does it open?"
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • Mae West inspired this quirky British artist. Edward Burra's startling "Portrait of Mae West" came to life thanks to "Belle of the Nineties," a motion picture he viewed several times during the mid-1930s.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "I soon saw that I was a prisoner of my publicity and success."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • A newspaper mentioned Mae West and her stage play.
• • "Mae West Busy Re-writing Play" • •
• • London, October 21 — Mae West left the Palace Theatre, Manchester, tonight, returned to her hotel and began re-writing her 20,000-word play "Diamond Lil."
• • The play ran for three years (sic) in New York City, but critics were not impressed at the British opening. …
• • Source: Barrier Miner; published on Wednesday, 22 October 1947
• • 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 17th anniversary • •
• • Thank you for reading, sending questions, and posting comments during these past seventeen years. Not long ago, we entertained 3,497 visitors. And we reached a milestone recently when we completed 4,800 blog posts. Wow!
• • By the Numbers • •
• • The Mae West Blog was started seventeen years ago in July 2004. You are reading the 4,855th 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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