The impact of Mae West-through her films, attitude, and aphorisms (“Too much of a good thing can be wonderful”; “Is that a gun in your pocket or are you just happy to see me?”)-continues to reverberate through American popular culture fifteen years after her death. The only good woman I can recall in history was Betsy Ross. In the thirties, she was a lightning rod for debates over morality and censorship. “Too much of a good thing can be wonderful.”. It isn't what I say, but how I say it, and how I look when I do it and say it.I'll try anything once, twice if I like it, three times to make sure.When choosing between two evils, I always like to try the one I've never tried before.And, one of my favorites, since I've already posted on,There are many wonderful biographies in addition to the films--and many websites. This made her an emblem during the battle for film and radio censorship midway in the decade and ostensibly led to her decline. Powered by,The Writer Christine de Pizan at Her Desk,About the Daybook in Women's History Project,Mae West: "Too Much of a Good Thing Is Wonderful".Too much of a good thing can be wonderful.Marriage is a great institution, but I'm not ready for an institution yet.She's the kind of girl who climbed the ladder of success wrong by wrong.When women go wrong, men go right after them.There are no good girls gone wrong, just bad girls found out.Is that a gun in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?Is that a banana in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?It is better to be looked over than overlooked.Keep a diary, and someday it'll keep you.Love conquers all things except poverty and toothache.I've been rich and I've been poor. A pithy and innovative look at what Mae West means, Too Much of a Good Thing is must reading for fans, film buffs, and anyone interested in how popular culture evolves and circulates in the United States.This work explores the shifting figurations of the image of Mae West in 20th-century popular culture.

We may be off the gold standard someday.You can do what you want, but saving love doesn't bring any interest.Any time you got nothing to do and lots of time to do it, come on up.Anything worth doing is worth doing slowly.Kiss and make up--but too much makeup has ruined many a kiss.Brains are an asset to the woman in love who's smart enough to hide 'em.Say what you want about long dresses, but they cover a multitude of shins.Cultivate your curves--they may be dangerous but they won't be avoided.The curve is more powerful than the sword.I'd like to see Paris before I die. Simple theme. Ramona Curry's "Too Much of a Good Thing: Mae West as Cultural Icon," published in 1996, is a university press publication that examines Mae West's contributions to the Feminist Movement and evaluates her role as a female icon of the twentieth century. The Nineties have brought new appreciation for Mae West's comic style as a parody of social dictates and gender conventions. Please try again.There was a problem loading your book clubs. Moving beyond a detailed examination of Mae West’s place in American popular culture, Curry illustrates how icons of pop culture often distill contested social issues, serving diverse and even contradictory political functions. First she analyzes how a star image emerges and spreads through a culture; second, she reexamines West’s role in the development of film censorship during the 1930’s; and third, she uses West to address existing theories about sexual representation dealing with such issues as spectacle, excess, parody, and camp) and explores who West’s transgressions of gender, class, and racial expectations have made her a popular figure for man contemporary gays and feminists.Avatar of girl power or sexual plaything? Who needs "no" men?Save a boyfriend for a rainy day--and another, in case it doesn't rain.Some men are all right in their place--if they only knew the right places!I like a man who's good, but not too good--for the good die young, and I hate a dead one.I feel like a million tonight. This treatment of West is a typical academic text with good research of textual sources, but with little or no interviews and featuring theory that is hit or miss.After viewing product detail pages, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in.Top subscription boxes – right to your door,© 1996-2020, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. For many, Mae West is memorable only for her screen roles, particularly Lady Lou in.But West not only starred in these films (and a few others before the enforcement of the Hays Code made her blatantly sexual persona disappear from the screen), she created them. Long before Hollywood, she not only performed her greatest role--Mae West--she wrote and produced her own plays, and most of her films were based on her own scripts.There is so much to say about West--but instead of me writing about her, I think it's best to let West speak for herself. The ambiguity of being Lara,A foundational media studies text—now with a new introduction. In the seventies, the complexity of her portrayal of gender made her a controversial figure for both the gay rights and feminist movements. In addition, Too Much of a Good Thing takes a historical look at West’s disruptive power as a comedian, a primary source of her continuing appeal. The kind with muscles, and the kind without.I only have "yes" men around me. We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others.Unable to add item to List. In the thirties, she was a lightning rod for debates over morality and censorship. Although West has remained an important figure, her image has fulfilled varied cultural functions. Amid this analysis of West's iconography, Curry offers the interesting and well-presented thesis that Paramount let West go in 1936 not because the new Production Code made her ribald films impossible but because the major film producers realized that cooperating with the Production Code was an excellent means of ensuring that production stayed in their hands. If you don't have a good partner, you'd better have a good hand.When it comes to finances, remember that there are no withholding taxes on the wages of sin.No gold-digging for me. Please try again.You're listening to a sample of the Audible audio edition.Something went wrong. During the 1930s, West represented transgressive sex crossing racial and gender lines.