>I've always thought that the character Mae West created was an
>exception in American sexual fantasy - a sexually agressive woman who
>was neither a victim or a villain. I'll bet somewhere there is a really
>good feminist analysis of Mae.
what's with a rumor i've seen circulated --that mae west was really a man?
the only 'source' i've seen is a variety entry from Merv Griffin, "Showbiz secret: That Mae West was a man, and John Wayne told me that! I didn't ask for his source." http://www.google.com/search?q=cache:qweDjmLl21gC:www.britannica.com/magazine/article%3Fcontent_id%3D144832%26query%3Djudy%2520garland+%22mae+west+was+a+man%22&hl=en
kelley