#indecency

[newyorkthegoldenage]

Last night they were acting Moliere in Fourteenth Street; Dickens was being played through the auspices of Nigel Playfair. Further uptown, George M. Cohan was unveiling the latest George M. Cohan musical comedy. But Broadway, being eternally curious, turned out in greatest numbers at the Biltmore Theater in Forty-Seventh Street, where the result of Mae West's latest encounter with the drama was being performed. This was the exhibit—play is not precisely the word—with a vaudeville background, whose preliminary trip through the Bronx and Queens had been followed by rumors that here was something that might arouse the police to action.

So began the review by an unnamed theater critic for the Times on October 2, 1928. It appeared, not in the arts section, but following a front-page story about the police ... taking action.

The play was Pleasure Man, a reworking by Mae West of her earlier play The Drag. It dealt not with vaudeville, as the critic said, but burlesque, and finished with a lavish drag ball.

Cops were stationed at all theater exits and just as the play was ending, reserves surrounded the front. When the cast tried to leave, they were arrested—56 in all, including West, who also acted in the show.

Of course this attracted audience members (some in evening dress, the Times noted) from other theaters nearby. The presence of cabs and other cars waiting to pick up theater-goers and actors added to the chaos.

Flashlights exploded as news photographers tried to capture the actors being led into paddy wagons. The police had to make five trips to get everyone to the station house on 47th St., where they were charged with indecency.

By 2:30 in the morning, Actors Equity posted bail. West's was $500, which may have been more than the others because she was doubly guilty, having written the play as well as acted in it. The producer, director, and theater staff were not arrested.

For some reason, the cops let the next day's matinee start, but raided it halfway through and arrested everyone once more. They had their own theatrical flair.

The trial wasn't held until April of 1930, and resulted in a hung jury. By that time West was a star, having triumphed in another play of her own called Diamond Lil. The next year she went to Hollywood.

Top photo: J.D. Doyle via Digital Transgender Archive Second photo: NY Daily News

#vintage New York #1920s #J.D. Doyle #Mae West #Pleasure Man #vintage Broadway #vice squad #indecency #Broadway scandal #drag performers #drag queens #vice arrest

[shaenongarrity]

America! From Fly Me to the Moon.

#manga #indecency

[lastofthepencilpushers]

"Gross" Indecensy?

Hope you got the pun.

#cartoon #comic strip #judge #dog #monkey #gross #indecency #pun

[wolfspaw]

#indecency #older people #that like indecency #just a bunch of old fools

[warlenys]

i actually do not think aziraphale is gonna kiss crowley all tenderly he is gonna rip his glasses off throw them on the floor grab his collar and kiss crowley with the same ferocity he kissed him with. aziraphale is ravenous. he’s already had his first taste. that shit is not gonna be sweet and gingerly. it’s gonna be pornographic. like the ox

#i would take anything obviously but #i just. aziraphale needs to be as violent as crowley in his emotions #he spends so much time making everything good and sweet but it isn’t who he is #he wants to be gross and indecent and angry #and he deserves to be #just my take #good omens #azcrow #+

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[digitaldion]

My latest article has just been published. Be warned, it is somewhat indecent, and deliberately so! You can read it here: https://www.counterpointknowledge.org/the-indecency-of-the-world-cup-in-qatar-making-a-f-ing-difference/ The article is entitled: ‘The Indecency of the World Cup in Qatar – Making a F-ing difference?’ #decency #indecency #worldcup #qatar #football #soccer (at Faculty of Theology, Stellenbosch University) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cl5nUA3tcbl/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#decency #indecency #worldcup #qatar #football #soccer

[kitamars]

horrible donut etiquette

he asked for it

#THEY WILL GO TO JAIL FOR PUBLIC INDECENCY #they’re so annoying (affectionate) #im going ti die #help #vash the stampede #nicholas d. wolfwood #vash x wolfwood #vashwood #trigun #trigun maximum #ok bye

[holylulusworld]

Indecent Proposal masterlist

Summary: Your boyfriend wants to be part of their empire. You are the pawn he’s willing to sacrifice.

Pairing: Mobster!Stucky x fem!Reader

Warnings: angst, language, mentions of illegal activities/mafia business/murder, violence, blood, strong reader, arranged relationship, wish for children, shady deals, shitty boyfriend, possible smut in future chapters (including mlm), polyamory, pansexuality, more to be added

A/N: I don't have enough ongoing series. So...suffer with me...

Indecent Proposal (1)

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Indecent Proposal (15.2)

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[newyorkthegoldenage]

Mae West, star and playwright of Sex, as she left the West Side court, February 10, 1927. She had been held on $1,000 bail for a further hearing on her play, which was deemed "unfit for public showing." Sex and two other plays on Broadway had been raided by the cops the night before and the principals hailed (and some hauled) into night court.

Photo: Bettmann Archive/Getty Images/Fine Art America

#vintage New York #1920s #Mae West #vice squad #Feb. 10 #February 10 #vintage Broadway #vintage theater #indecency #arrest #celebrity arrest

[caballero-de-libra]

Alguien dijo una vez; si deseas algo muchísimo, déjalo libre. Si esto vuelve a ti, es tuyo para siempre. Si no es así, entonces es algo que no vale pena.

Film: Indecent Proposal (1993)

#editions #indecent proposal #propuesta indecente #film #1993 #propuesta indecorosa #adrian lyne #demi moore #woody harrelson #frases #notas #citas #textos #pelicula #movie #cine #arte #amor #drama #romance #vintage #retro #aesthetic #oldies #pop #español #quotes #writings #melancolia #relaciones

[criptochecca]

Moni Ovadia, one of the most important voices of the Italian Jewish community, socialist, antizionist and actor, had to resign last week from his role as the Director of the Ferrara Theatre because of the backlash against him.

Translation of title

“They call me a traitor but I follow the lessons of Moses”

“They are replying to a horror with a crime. The deaths of Gaza are fuel on terrorism. Netanyahu? A fascist. Those who use the Shoah to justify the crimes of Israel are the worst of the antisemites. Two States? Idiocy.”

#i have my issues with Ovadia but I have a lot if respect for him #and the fact that he had to resign because of what he said about Israel #it’s absolutely indecent #i hope he won’t cancel his show this december

[galactic-rhea]

Bisexual lightning only means you have one foot in the dark side and the other in the light side, riiiiight?.

#they're gonna be arrested for indecency in public #who knows what was going in that speeder #star wars #padmé amidala #anakin skywalker #anidala #sw #star wars fanart #my art #art #digital art

[gunpowdercarousel]

Karlach's funny because most of her voice lines are just her being goofy and silly and innocent, but then out of nowhere she'll suddenly say - in the sexiest tone of voice you've ever heard in your life - "Let's cook with fire, baby." and it's like okay excuse me, ma'am, who gave you the goddamn right to do this to me right now?

#baldur's gate 3 #baldur's gate iii #karlach #seriously i did not ask for all these feelings in the middle of combat #ma'am we are fighting a bulette #now is not the time for these indecent thoughts

[transpool-moved]

i think its fun to imagine that they get arrested as their personas only

#drew it on the wrong app so i didnt color it sorryyyy but not really #spideypool #smdp #barbie #my art #arrested for public indecency btw. just cuz of the suits #didnt realize until after i posted this that sciderman had already beat me to it. sad. well!

[circumvision]

#indecent proposal