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One snap of my fingers and I can raise hemlines so high the world's your gynecologist.
— Patsy ‧ Absolutely Fabulous
Behind the line May contain spoilers.
Our reading
An editorial interpretation.
Exaggerating her own influence over fashion, the speaker boasts she could raise hemlines so dramatically that everyone's most private business becomes visible to the world. It's a flamboyant, self-aggrandizing joke about power over trends, using an absurd image to sell her own importance.
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