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The Baby Vamp!

If you love to talk about sex, and happen to be a connoisseur of the black & white Hollywood era, you might know who she is.

The Baby Vamp: Mae West



For the uninitiated, well, Madame Mae would've put Britney, Paris and Christina to shame with her legendary sultry savviness. Mae West was definitely a naughty girl, but she was really in a league of her own.

Sarong Party Girl is fun and interesting I'm sure, but give me Mae, any day.

Talking about sex, to Madame Mae, was "a basic human rights issue." And the suave, progressive way she handled the topic made her a legend.
(Stuff she said will still make a big bunch of Singaporeans blush I assure you)

How sultry was Mae West?
She earned the nickname "The Baby Vamp" at the Michael-Jackson-Lawsuit age of 12, with her lascivious dance moves in vaudeville. When she was 34, she went to jail for 10 days because of "public obscenity."

How cool was Mae West?
While incarcerated on Welfare Island, she was allowed to wear her silk panties instead of the scratchy prison issue. She served a mere eight days, with two days off for good behavior.

She did not like her small role in the film "Night After Night," but was appeased when she was allowed to rewrite her lines. In her first scene, a coat check girl exclaimed, "Goodness, what lovely diamonds."

West became an instant sensation when she replied, "Goodness had nothing to do with it, dearie." -- wikipedia
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Here's a list of classic Mae West-isms I stole from my blog pal, the fierocious journalist-to-be, Irene.

Enjoy!



"Why don't you come on up and see me sometime...when I've got nothin' on but the radio."

"A hard man...is good to find."

"When I'm good I'm very good, but when I'm bad I'm better."

"It's not the men in my life that counts -- it's the life in my men."

"I go for two kinds of men. The kind with muscles, and the kind without."

"So many men... so little time!"

"Too much of a good thing... can be wonderful!"

"A man in love is like a clipped coupon -- it's time to cash in!"

"Marriage is a fine institution, but I'm not ready for an institution."

"It's better to be looked over, than overlooked!"

"Good sex is like good Bridge... If you don't have a good partner, you'd better have a good hand."

"To err is human -- but it feels divine."

"His mother should have thrown him away...and kept the stork!"

"I don't like myself, I'm crazy about myself!"

"I like two kinds of men: domestic and imported."

"When a girl goes wrong, men go right... after her."

"I'm the lady who works at Paramount all day... and Fox all night."

"Is that a gun in your pocket or are you just happy to see me?"

"I used to be Snow White... but I drifted."

"Save a boyfriend for a rainy day, and another, in case it doesn't rain."

"I've been rich and I've been poor... Believe me, rich is better!"

"It's hard to be funny...when you have to be ‘clean’."

"I like my clothes to be tight enough to show I'm a woman... but loose enough to show I'm a lady."

"She's the kind of girl who climbed the ladder of success... wrong by wrong."

"Those who are easily shocked... should be shocked more often."

"When choosing between two evils, I always like to try the one I've never tried before."

"You ought to get out of those wet clothes... and into a dry martini."



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posted by audaciousjoy @ 9:11 PM