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Mae West will be remembered as one of Hollywood's biggest symbols, and the American Film Institute known as her the 15th best actress of the 20th hundred years in its Top 100 list, but she also transcended the entertainment industry and became a crucial part of Americana itself. Over the course of seven ages, Mae redefined the boundaries of sexuality in ways that made more conservative Americans of the early 20th century uncomfortable, and for good measure she does so boldly and in people's encounters. Full of witty rejoinders and one-liners that both flaunted and celebrated her sexuality, she eventually managed to help usher in a more open era, even as the standards of the time found her so questionable that she was often subjected to censorship (which she once quipped "made a lot of money" for her). Mae and some of her films have been extensively acknowledged with spurring the implementation of the notorious Hays Code, which censored lewd and obscene materials in Hollywood films for several years, but she continued to be defiant. Even near to the end of her life and career, when cast in a job where she actually is romantically pursued by a British isles man, her elderly identity wisecracks that she expects to have the ability to say what Paul Revere does: "The Uk are arriving." Although Mae West is mostly remembered for being one of the 20th century's first & most important sex symbols, she was a versatile entertainer who made it in different venues across the country and across the years. Like many young stars at that time, Mae were only available in vaudeville and stage in New York before heading west to Hollywood. In fact, by the time she starred in films, she was nearing the age of 40, well after most star actresses possessed seen their jobs peaked. Nonetheless, Mae persisted to portray vixens that drove men nuts on screen for many years, all while being a comedienne and even writing her own has and materials.
