[Stanwood_Dave]

"Cher is the Boomer Generation’s version of Mae West."

I was born 1953, so as a member {Boomer Generation’s} in good standing, or more importantly, still standing above ground, as opposed to below ground:

Just what is it, that Cher will be known for, 83 years from now?

Mae West was / is best known for her line "Is that a pistol in your pocket, or are you just glad / happy to see me."

It's from the 1933 film, She done him wrong, starring Mae West and Cary Grant. Mae actually says, "Is that a pistol in your pocket, or are you just glad to see me"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Is_that_a_gun_in_your_pocket,_or_are_you_just_happy_to_see_me%3F#cite_note-61

Gehring, Wes D. (1999). Parody as Film Genre: "Never Give a Saga an Even Break". Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 39. ISBN 0-313-26186-5.

In my humble opinion, at best Cher will be remembered for is the night Sonny & Cher appeared on Late Night with David Letterman.

On November 13, 1987, ten years after their divorce, Sonny and Cher appeared on Late Night with David Letterman. The duo stopped by for an interview and to sing their hit “I Got You Babe.”

https://waitwhatsadial.com/2013/08/16/sonny-and-cher-on-late-night-with-letterman/

[Bullish]

I'm about as old as you are and I never got Mae West. A little before my time for sure but I love some of the old comedy movies like Laurel and Hardy, WC fields and Marx bros. etc. But I never even got a half a chuckle out of anything by Mae West. She was so wooden of an 'actress' they could have dressed up a manikin and read the lines for her and you wouldn't see any difference.

I never saw what anyone of that period saw in her. Oh and I also thought she was fat and ugly so how did she get a reputation as a 'sex symbol'? That always kind of nonplussed me.