> When she sings with Duke Ellington’s band in Belle of the Nineties<p>That performance is chilling. No one can say she didn’t understand the blues.<p><a href="https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=CpS5aPlgWa8" rel="nofollow">https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=CpS5aPlgWa8</a><p>It feels obvious to me that she and Groucho Marx, then Bob Hope a little later, had styles that presaged the much more naturalistic acting traditions that are thought to have begun with Marlon Brando and James Dean.<p>Don’t know of any dramatic actors who figured it out that early.
> Three years later West made one more film, The Heat’s On, then swished off the screen for many years, save two late-career efforts that will go unmentioned here.<p><i>Myra Breckinridge</i> (1970) <<a href="https://youtu.be/ywcr3lYuVo0" rel="nofollow">https://youtu.be/ywcr3lYuVo0</a>> and <i>Sextette</i> (1978) <<a href="https://youtu.be/as6Iv5R1G0M" rel="nofollow">https://youtu.be/as6Iv5R1G0M</a>>.
It's unfortunate that the article doesn't link or embed a singe audio example of her voice.<p>"Come up and see me sometime"
<a href="https://youtu.be/xY9QxFDwiL0?t=40" rel="nofollow">https://youtu.be/xY9QxFDwiL0?t=40</a>
Since this was on HN I thought it was going to be about the Internet Hub.<p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MAE-West" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MAE-West</a>
Am I dating myself by thinking of this when I read the article title?<p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MAE-West" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MAE-West</a>
In the UK, Mae West is famous for being one daughter of serial killers Fred and Rose West.<p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_West" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_West</a>