Mae West: Dolly Parton

January-born diva Dolly Parton admires MAE WEST.
• • Back in June 2003, when Parton was expecting to portray the Brooklyn bombshell in an upcoming (though aborted) TV movie, she used a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the Dixie Stampede (a $28 million attraction in Orlando, Florida) to discuss the project with a reporter.
• • "I really relate to her,'' Parton said in a once-over-slightly interview in an upstairs conference room at her Dixie Stampede dinner theater, an establishment operated by her family.
• • "We have very similar attitudes toward life and business. It turns out she wrote a lot of her own material and so do I. She also had a healthy attitude about sex and men, and so do I,'' Dolly hurriedly told news man Jim Abbott from the Orlando Sentinel.
• • Like Mae West, Tennessee native Dolly Parton [born 19 January 1946] wears many hats — — including author, actress, singer, and high earner. Unlike Mae, Dolly probably needs a brassiere constructed by the likes of Roebling to keep her exaggerated silicone curves afloat. Self-enhanced but self-deprecating, Dolly enjoys saying, "It costs a lot to look this cheap."
• • Willem de Kooning's famous line — — "I always seem to be wrapped in the melodrama of vulgarity" — — could easily be Dolly's trademark. Ultimately, the TV producers felt she was too tawdry and low-class to portray the empress of sex.
• • Last weekend Dolly Parton's dinner theater, the Dixie Stampede, abruptly closed its Orlando branch after receiving a lucrative offer for the 13 acres of land it sits on. Over 200 employees found themselves out of work but it's quite a January birthday present for the multi-millionaire entertainer.
• • Come up and see Mae every day online: http://MaeWest.blogspot.com/
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Mae West: Abstract Expression

Many artists and illustrators drew MAE WEST. Perhaps the least admired painting of Mae was done by de Kooning, who died a decade ago in March 1997.
• • Born in Rotterdam (the Netherlands), Willem de Kooning [24 April 1904 – 19 March 1997] became known as an abstract expressionist. In 1964 he executed quite a peculiar item that was his version of MAE WEST. The 24" by 18" work was created with oil and charcoal on resin-coated paper.
• • Who would purchase such an oddity? In 1966, art collector Joseph H. Hirshhorn [1899-1981] bought it from de Kooning. Eventually, Hirshhorn donated "Mae West" - - along with other pieces - - to the Smithsonian Institution, where it now resides in the Hirshhorn building. That means you can come and see Mae in D.C.
• • After a life of alcoholism and various mental problems, in the 1980s de Kooning was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, and a court declared him unfit to manage his estate, which was turned over to conservators. He died on 19 March 1997 a month before his 93rd birthday.
• • Come up and see Mae every day online: http://MaeWest.blogspot.com/
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• • Photo: • • Mae West • • Willem de Kooning • • 1964 • •
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Mae West.