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Mae West
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Mae West
Life, career, major roles & legacy of this American actress/sex symbol.
3,600 words (approx. 14.4 pages) |
8 sources |
1994
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" It is interesting to note the absurd places where the battle lines of freedom are sometimes drawn: the cost of tea in Boston, a funny-looking house painter from Austria, a busty lusty "belle dame sans merci" named Mae West. Mae West, n?e Mae West (nobody ever had to invent an interesting bio for her), was the vaudeville comedienne who conquered Broadway in the 1920s, saved Paramount Pictures in the 1930s, and - almost single-handedly - took on the censors of artistic freedom with every movie she made. And to look at her legacy now: almost forgotten beyond nostalgia for a "camp queen," her pictures dated and denuded of their controversial context, remembered in the 1990s primarily as a warning of what Madonna threatens to become. Nevertheless, for a brief period in the 1930s Mae West was the line in the sand drawn between those supporting "decency in America" and those.."More papers on Mae West:
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Mae West (2012, January 15). Retrieved February 11, 2012, from http://www.academon.com/Research-Paper-Mae-West/20953
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"Mae West" 15 January 2012. Web. 11 Feb. 2012. <http://www.academon.com/Research-Paper-Mae-West/20953>
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