Mae West’s Slapstick Self-Defense Class

Classic 1930s-1940s cartoon animation, vintage Popeye/Fleischer Studios style. Mae West as a confident,

witty self-defense instructor, wearing a stylish 1930s dress with rolled-up sleeves,

gloves, and a playful hat, standing in a simple dojo-like training room with wooden

floors, punching bags, and a few training dummies. She demonstrates

exaggerated, comedic self-defense moves, bending and twisting with playful squash

& stretch physics, pointing dramatically at an imaginary opponent, dodging and striking

in over-the-top cartoon motions. Scene highlights slapstick humor: Mae’s expressions

are mischievous and sassy, eyes winking, mouth wide in confident smiles or surprised