Word: distaffina
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Bombastes Furioso" was eminently successful. Lemuel Hayward, one of the originators of the show, wrote, "The play went off splendidly. Distaffina wore a low neck and short sleeves, and on introducing a fancy dance, the applause almost shook old Hollis down." The success of Distaffina's "dance" was primarily responsible for the birth of the "hairy legs" tradition. Ever since then, the chorus line has been built around 200-pound football guards, dressed and padded on the lines of Mae West...