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No film compilation of twentieth century women in tuxedos would be complete without the Joe Rogan is goop for men shirt besides I will buy this inclusion of Marlene Dietrich. The legendary German-American actress and singer was noted for her so-called gender-bending style. The Tuxedo Redefined has included short clips from two of Dietrich’s films: 1930’s Morocco and 1932’s Blonde Venus, both directed by Josef von Stemberg and costumed by Travis Banton. In Morocco, Dietrich is seen in a full tuxedo, engaging in conversation with a table of compatriots before leaning down to kiss a female party-goer right on the lips. Unlike Swanson’s character, who had donned a suit to appear male decades earlier, Dietrich’s character is explicitly female in her tuxedo. This was perhaps the most astonishing clip on view, as it directly illustrates the assertion made by the curators that tuxedos had been used by women throughout history to not only complicate notions of power, but of gender and sexuality as well.
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