Editing Mae West (section)

==In popular culture==
* In the 1935 Laurel and Hardy film ''[[Bonnie Scotland]]'', in response to the character Mrs. Burns saying to Mr. Miggs, "The next time you drop down to Glasgow, you must come up and see me some time," Stan comments, "It's Mae West."
* In the 1937 film ''[[Stand-In]]'', the stage mother ([[Anne O'Neal]]) who has her young daughter ([[Marianne Edwards]]) auditioning for Dodd ([[Leslie Howard]]) tells her, "Now, do the Mae West number."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ok.ru/video/259914926755|title=''Stand-In'' (1937)|website=ok.ru/video|date=April 23, 2017|access-date=July 19, 2020}}</ref>
* During World War II, Allied aircrews called their yellow inflatable, vest-like [[personal flotation device]]s "Mae Wests", partly from [[rhyming slang]] for "breasts" and partly because of the resemblance to her torso.<ref>{{cite book|last=Elster|first=Charles Harrington|author-link=Charles Harrington Elster|title=What in the Word?: Wordplay, Word Lore, and Answers to Your Peskiest Questions about Language|publisher=Harcourt Trade|year=2006|page=[https://archive.org/details/whatinwordwordpl0000elst/page/246 246]|isbn=978-0-15-603197-4|url=https://archive.org/details/whatinwordwordpl0000elst/}}</ref> A "Mae West" is also a type of round parachute malfunction that contorts the shape of the canopy into the appearance of a large [[brassiere]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Parachute Rigger Handbook |url=https://www.faa.gov/sites/faa.gov/files/regulations_policies/handbooks_manuals/aviation/prh_change1.pdf#page=340 |page=340 |publisher=[[Federal Aviation Administration]] |date=August 15, 2015 |access-date=September 17, 2023}}</ref>
* West is referenced in songs, including the title number of [[Cole Porter]]'s Broadway musical ''[[Anything Goes]]'' and in "You're the Top".{{sfn|Leider|2000|page=[https://archive.org/details/becomingmaewest0000leid/page/349 349]}}
* [[Surrealist]] artist [[Salvador Dalí]] created works inspired by West, including ''Face of Mae West Which May Be Used as an Apartment'' and the ''[[Mae West Lips Sofa]]'', completed in 1938 for [[Edward James]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/art/3604018/Object-of-the-week-the-Mae-West-lip-sofa.html |title=Object of the week: the 'Mae West' lip sofa |date=October 6, 2003 |newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |access-date=November 22, 2008 |first=Colin |last=Gleadell}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
* Several of West's comedy lines are used in the parody musical ''[[Wild Side Story]]'' (1973–2004).<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Stevens |first=Rob |date=October 26, 1979 |title=West Hollywood |magazine=Data Boy Pacific Southwest |page=76}}</ref><ref>{{cite|first=Göran|last=Sellgren|date=January 9, 1976|title=[[Svenska Dagbladet]]|p=14}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Kim|last=Ekemar|date=January 6, 1976|title=''Wild Side Story'' at Showcase Alexandra's Stockholm|url=http://libris.kb.se/bib/21675795?vw=full|p=8}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOV2tY8Scs08biLNoc3eCmGCy1C-I_5Ol|website=YouTube|title=Wild Side Story 1998 (CabarEng History)}}</ref>
* In 1982, actress [[Ann Jillian]] portrayed West in the television biopic ''[[Mae West (film)|Mae West]]''.
* In 2000, ''[[Dirty Blonde (play)|Dirty Blonde]]'', written by [[Claudia Shear]], opened on Broadway at the [[Helen Hayes Theater]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Dirty Blonde – Broadway Play – Original |url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/dirty-blonde-12573#OpeningNightCast |website=IBDB}}</ref>
* [[MAE-West]] ("Metropolitan Area Exchange, West") was a major [[Internet exchange point]] in the United States, with a corresponding [[MAE-East]] on the East Coast.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theage.com.au/technology/southern-cross-cable-network-commissions-third-us-access-point-20020819-gdfk0n.html|title=Southern Cross Cable Network commissions third US access point|date=August 19, 2002|website=The Age}}</ref>
* In 2016, West was portrayed by drag performer [[Alaska Thunderfuck|Alaska]] on season 2 of ''[[RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://mic.com/articles/153305/ru-paul-s-drag-race-all-stars-2-recap-snatch-game-returns-and-two-queens-rule|title=Who won Snatch Game on 'RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars'?|website=Mic.com|date=September 2, 2016 |access-date=February 13, 2019}}</ref>
* In 2017, West was the subject of an episode of the TV series ''Over My Dead Body'' on [[Amazon Prime Video|Amazon Prime]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B078WYJHJ9/|title=Watch Over My Dead Body |website=Amazon Prime Video}}</ref>
* West was the subject of the 2020 [[PBS]] documentary ''Mae West: Dirty Blonde'', part of the ''[[American Masters]]'' series and produced by [[Bette Midler]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Kennedy|first=Mark|date=June 15, 2020|title=PBS invites you to come up sometime and see a Mae West doc|work=The Chicago Tribune|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/featured/sns-pbs-mae-west-doc-20200615-3gtlc6tjjvchjihah2vcel3sta-story.html|access-date=June 16, 2020}}</ref>
* The Canadian dessert cake [[May West]] (formerly spelled "Mae West") was named in her honor. It remains popular in [[Quebec]] and parts of [[Ontario]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://vachon.com/en/pastries/may-west/#regulier|title=May West – Classic – Pastries – Home|website=Vachon|access-date=August 17, 2020|archive-date=August 4, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804083743/https://www.vachon.com/en/pastries/may-west/#regulier|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* A {{convert|52|m|ft|-high|sp=us|adj=mid}} sculpture in [[Munich]], completed in 2011, is titled ''[[Mae West (sculpture)|Mae West]]''.