The original foul-mouthed funny lady paved the way for sex positivity, creative expression—and saved an entire movie studio
—produced by longtime admirer Bette Midler—celebs like Candice Bergen, Ringo Starr, André Leon Talley, Dita von Teese, Margaret Cho, and Natasha Lyonne talk about how West changed the game for women performers. We have our own thoughts to add to the discussion of West’s legacy. Here, then, are just some of the ways she left indelible marks on the history of show business.Like many actors working today, West got her start on the stage.
West only made a handful of pictures during this period, and the censors often took a hatchet to her wittiest lines and scenes before the films were released. In response, she would purposefully include some lines of extra dialogue into her scripts that she knew wouldn’t fly, so the less racy material would look tame by comparison and be left alone. By all accounts, she had a miserable time makingwith W.C. Fields in 1940, and it turned out to be the last successful film of her career.
While we’re on the subject of famous lines, it’s worth noting that one of West’s most often quoted catchphrases isn’t a direct quote at all but a paraphrase. In the film, West tells Cary Grant’s character, “Why don’t you come up some time, see me.” West was always inviting gentlemen to “come on up” and see her in various plays and films , but she never actually said it on screen the way most people remember.—both opposite newcomer Cary Grant.
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