ah, classic cinema

Tuesday, August 24, 2004, at 08:57AM

By Eric Richardson

So in the first installment of my censorship class we watched two films: Baby Face and Belle of the Nineties. Now before today I was only vaguely familiar with Mae West. I knew who she was, and I knew a bit of her reputation. That is what it is, but here's what I couldn't get over:

Mae West is a female Rodney Dangerfield. Their acts are exactly the same. Mae West here is Rodney Dangerfield from Caddy Shack. Think about it. If you watch for it it's pretty eerie.