Mae West: Tangarra Credits Mae

MAE WEST inspired and influenced numerous people. Listen to Tangarra. This is Part 1 of two parts.
• • “Tangarra, Recognized as Buffalo’s First Female Impersonator, Looks Back at a Past That No Longer Exists” • •
• • Written by Mary Kunz Goldman, Elizabeth Barr, and News Staff Reporters
• • John E. Minzer [22 October 1912 – 17 April 2004] — a.k.a. “Tangarra” • •
• • Tangarra met Mae West in 1939 • •

• • Buffalo News wrote: Late on a cold Buffalo, NY afternoon,  the man who calls himself Tangarra sashays through his apartment, walking the walk that Mae West taught him.
• • Buffalo News wrote: "It's step, bounce, step, bounce," he giggles, blue eyes shining beneath his silvery toupee. His voice is a high treble.
• • Buffalo News wrote: "Mae West told me how to walk. She said, "Don't put your hands on your hips, put them down here.' " He caresses the sides of his thighs. "Massage it, like," he imitates Mae West instructing him. "And then she'd strut, bounce, strut, bounce."
• • Buffalo News wrote: Tangarra struts and bounces in his tan trousers past his Grecian fountain and into the hall, trilling his bird-like laugh.
• • Buffalo News wrote: According to Tangarra, he met Mae West in 1939, when both were working in New York clubs. Mae gave him a big, feathered hat so he could copy the millinery pattern. And she signed his playbook, which showed her decked out in Chinese attire for a number called "An Occidental Woman in an Oriental Mood for Love."
• • Buffalo News wrote: "That's probably worth a lot of money," Tangarra reflects, gazing lovingly at the photo.
• • Buffalo News wrote: But John's memories of a career as Tangarra, though, are worth far more than that. …
• • Tangarra’s fascinating story will be concluded tomorrow with Part 2. Don’t miss it.
• • Source: The Buffalo News; published on Sunday, 11 March 2001.
• • On Tuesday, 4 January 1938 in Los Angeles • •
• • ... the only proper protection ... • •
• • The Los Angeles Herald Examiner used to run a "Views and Reviews" column.

• • It was on Tuesday, 4 January 1938 that readers noticed a short item deriding Mae West: "The name of Mae West — — much more of a miss than a hit — — has been banned from use on its radio programs by the National Broadcasting Company.
• • Such action is the only proper protection for the homes of decent American citizens. ..."
• • Quite startling and horrifying, yes?
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • It used to be rare that actresses used their real names, thinking that for one reason or another they would not sell tickets. But here are eight women who did:
• • 1. Mae West; 2. Elizabeth Taylor; 3. Ingrid Bergman; 4. Olivia de Havilland; 5. Glenda Jackson; 6. Sally Field; 7. Jane Fonda; 8. Gina Lollobrigida
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: “When you got the personality, you don’t need the nudity.”
• • Mae West said: "A girl in the convertible is worth five in the phonebook.”
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • The Hollywood Reporter mentioned Mae West.
• • Mae West in Paramount's "She Done Him Wrong" — Now Shooting. …
• • Source: The Hollywood Reporter, "Today's Film News"; published on Tuesday, 3 January 1933
• • 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 5,100 blog posts. Wow! 
• • By the Numbers • •
• • The Mae West Blog was started eighteen years ago in July 2004. You are reading the 5,149th 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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