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Mae West: Dirty Blonde

Documentary

TV Movie

Lenguage:84 min

Duration:en

Release date:Jun 16, 2020

Calificacion:6.8

Description:

Mae West achieved great acclaim in every entertainment medium that existed during her lifetime, spanning eight decades of the 20th century. A full-time actress at seven, a vaudevillian at 14, a dancing sensation at 25, a playwright at 33, a silver screen ingénue at 40, a Vegas nightclub act at 62, a recording artist at 73, a camp icon at 85 - West left no format unconquered. She possessed creative and economic powers unheard of for a female entertainer in the 1930s and still rare today. Though a comedian, West grappled with some of the more complex social issues of the 20th century, including race and class tensions, and imbued even her most salacious plotlines with commentary about gender conformity, societal restrictions and what she perceived as moral hypocrisy. Mae West: Dirty Blonde is the first major documentary film to explore West's life and career, as she "climbed the ladder of success wrong by wrong" to become a writer, performer and subversive agitator for social change.

Cast

Mae West
Mae WestSelf (archive footage)
Margaret Cho
Margaret ChoSelf
Dita Von Teese
Dita Von TeeseSelf
Natasha Lyonne
Natasha LyonneSelf
Ringo Starr
Ringo StarrSelf
Kathy Najimy
Kathy NajimySelf

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