03 October 2008

Calling Christopher Buckley...

So the USPS has a new Bette Davis stamp out, but it looks sorta funny. Why is her hand like that?



Well, in a move straight out of Thank You For Smoking, the USPS edited out a key part of the Margo Channing look:



Senator Finistirre: "We're not rewriting history, we're improving it!"

1 comment:

Celia Pleete said...

Wow...why on earth would anyone have their fingers like that unless a smouldering ciggy was between them? I think the cigarette would have made more sense - we all know Bette smoked like a chimney, why suppress that?