Mae West: Stunningly Honest

Shocking and controversial in its time, a play by MAE WEST continues to be revived for open-minded audiences. This recent production was on the boards in Cape Cod. This is Part 1 of 9 segments.
• • Theatre Review: Doing the Time Warp in Mae West’s Play “The Drag" • •
• • In the 1920s, having “a gay old time” was kind of complicated. • •
• • Howard Karren wrote: “This side’s Friday,” vamp extraordinaire Mae West once quipped, pointing to her upper right thigh, then, pointing to her left thigh, “This side’s Sunday. Why don’t you come see me over the weekend?”
• • Howard Karren wrote: Well, why don’t we? Outer Cape fans of scandal and debauchery can come see a funny and stunningly honest stage play that Mae West wrote in the late 1920s, focusing on homosexuality, on any Friday through Sunday (and Thursday, too) through June 5 (Pride Weekend) at the Provincetown Theater.
• • “The Drag” by Mae West ― continued • • …  
• • Source: The Provincetown Independent; published on Wednesday, 25 May 2022.
• • On Monday, 4 July 2022 • •

• • Mae West, attired as “The Statue of Libido,” reminds us all to embrace the spirit of liberty, as she did.
• • On Saturday, 4 July 1970 • •
• • While the motion picture "Myra Breckinridge" was not a hit, the media exposure engendered a "Mae West revival," explained The New York Post on Saturday, 4 July 1970. 
• • July 2004: Mae West Blog launches • •
• • What are we up to, writing about the Brooklyn-born bombshell for eighteen years now?
• • We’re here to keep Mae mavens up to date, correct errors, celebrate each revival of a play she wrote, post the latest Westian stage and book reviews. And answer our fan mail!
• • The light’s still on. Come up and see Mae every day.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • About "Myra B." Mae West said: "They didn't use enough of me or my material until the budget had been run up high."
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "If a picture of mine didn't get an X rating, I'd be insulted."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • An Australian newspaper mentioned Mae West.
• • "Unable to See Mae West" • •
• • "Aborigines at Darwin — Town in Darkness Through Strike" • •
• • Darwin, Monday — The electric light supply has been cut off to-night, and the town is in darkness because the two employees of the town council of the power-house have gone on strike because their demand for increased wages has not been acceded to.
• • Residents of Darwin are unearthing hurricane lamps, petrol lamps, candles, and electric torches to light their homes. The picture theatre was unable to show its films to-night, and crowds of aborigines who came into town to see Mae West in "She Done Him Wrong" were turned away disappointed. …
• • The Argus (Melbourne, Australia); published on Tuesday, 2 July 1935
• • 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 18th anniversary • • 
• • Thank you for reading, sending questions, and posting comments during these past eighteen years. Not long ago, we entertained 3,497 visitors. And we reached a milestone recently when we completed 5,000 blog posts. Wow! 
• • By the Numbers • •
• • The Mae West Blog was started eighteen years ago in July 2004. You are reading the 5,029th 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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