Comments | bondo_ba: My introduction to Mae West

bondo_ba

My introduction to Mae West

Jan 05, 2011 12:06

For those keeping score at home, yes, I'm still watching the 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die. I've recently viewed She Done Him Wrong (1933), a king of monument to immorality and double dealing, a final bonanza protest against the Hays Code. It is delightful to watch Mae West fly in the face of the moral conventions of the day - or, more ( Read more... )

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bogwitch64 January 5 2011, 17:37:21 UTC

Mae West was brilliant in all ways. She's one of the women I truly look up to. I'm not saying she was an all around great person, but she was great in many ways.

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bondo_ba January 5 2011, 18:23:32 UTC

Thanks! And I agree fully. A courageous person way ahead of her time.

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bondo_ba January 5 2011, 18:22:51 UTC

I need to get my hands on an earlier film, then! And yes, an amazing woman.

msstacy13 January 5 2011, 19:41:05 UTC

A superstar of huge proportions who also had a lot of fans...
;)

As a writer, she claimed to do her best work in bed...

bondo_ba January 5 2011, 19:55:18 UTC

LOL. Yeah, the claim definitely fits the image!

tracy_d74 January 6 2011, 02:07:46 UTC

Mae was someone to be admired, as anyone who pushes the envelope.

YAY! You made your word goal. AWESOME! Now you just have 360 more days to go. No pressure. ;)

bondo_ba January 6 2011, 12:55:10 UTC

She was pushing the envelope at personal physical risk to herself (I doubt being arrested is ever a gentle process). I admire that greatly.

And the word count -Thanks!! I've reached the point where I'm not under much pressure, because I'm generally pretty good at getting the wordage in...