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** A RealLife example: Inflatable life jackets are sometimes referred to as a "Mae West" due to them making the wearer appear as large breasted as she was.

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* ReferencedBy: WebVideo/KarolinaZebrowska points out that [[VideoGame/ResidentEvilVillage Lady Dimitrescu]]'s look takes a lot of inspiration from Mae West.

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** Since she's such a favorite of {{Drag Queen}}s, it's no surprise that she's been imitated a few times on ''Series/RuPaulsDragRace'', most notably by Alaska on All Stars 2, and Aiden Zhane on season 12.
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* ReferencedBy: WebVideo/KarolinaZebrowska points out that [[VideoGame/ResidentEvilVillage Lady Dimitrescu]]'s look takes a lot of inspiration from Mae West.
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* {{Typecasting}}: In most of West's appears on Television and her last two films she's still playing Mae West even to the point that in ''Film/MyraBreckinridge'' she is playing to her role.

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* {{Typecasting}}: In most of West's appears appearances on Television and her last two films she's still playing Mae West even to the point that in ''Film/MyraBreckinridge'' she is playing to her role.
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* DawsonCasting: West didn't start movies until she was 39 and she was playing characters younger than her age, even trying to pull it off in Film/{{Sextette}} where she's meant to be 28.
* {{Typecasting}}: In most of West's appears on Television and her last two films she's still playing Mae West even to the point that in Film/MyraBreckinridge she is playing to her role.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The Drag West's play about Homosexuality was to go to Broadway after a successful run out of town but after West's arrest in Sex and threats from Police Mae gave in.
** West was offered Belle Watling in Film/GoneWithTheWind and Norma Desmond in Film/SunsetBoulevard,but she refused.
** Her episode of Person to Person wasn't aired due to her nude statue on her piano.

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* DawsonCasting: West didn't start movies until she was 39 and she was playing characters younger than her age, even trying to pull it off in Film/{{Sextette}} ''Film/{{Sextette}}'' where she's meant to be 28.
* {{Typecasting}}: In most of West's appears on Television and her last two films she's still playing Mae West even to the point that in Film/MyraBreckinridge ''Film/MyraBreckinridge'' she is playing to her role.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The Drag ''The Drag'', West's play about Homosexuality homosexuality, was to go to Broadway after a successful run out of town but after West's arrest in Sex ''Sex'' and threats from Police police, Mae gave in.
** West was offered Belle Watling in Film/GoneWithTheWind ''Film/GoneWithTheWind'' and Norma Desmond in Film/SunsetBoulevard,but 'Film/SunsetBoulevard', but she refused.rejected both roles.
** Her episode of Person ''Person to Person Person'' wasn't aired due to her nude statue on her piano.
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* DawsonCasting: West didn't start movies until she was 39 and she was playing character younger than her age, even trying to pull it off in Film/Sextette where she's meant to be 28.

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* DawsonCasting: West didn't start movies until she was 39 and she was playing character characters younger than her age, even trying to pull it off in Film/Sextette Film/{{Sextette}} where she's meant to be 28.
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* DawsonCasting: West didn't start movies until she was 39 and she was playing character younger than her age, even trying to pull it off in Film/Sextette where she's meant to be 28.
* {{Typecasting}}: In most of West's appears on Television and her last two films she's still playing Mae West even to the point that in Film/MyraBreckinridge she is playing to her role.
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* TheCastShowoff: In most of West's movies she re-wrote her own lines and many of her movies were based on un-produced stage plays.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The Drag West's play about Homosexuality was to go to Broadway after a successful run out of town but after West's arrest in Sex and threats from Police Mae gave in.
** West was offered Belle Watling in Film/GoneWithTheWind and Norma Desmond in Film/SunsetBoulevard,but she refused.
** Her episode of Person to Person wasn't aired due to her nude statue on her piano.

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