My mother is old school – she says girls should show teeth when they smile. Especially if they’re lucky enough to have relatively good teeth. Teeth are a touchy subject with Asians. Because we are genetically predisposed to having f&cked up teeth. We are taught how to cut in line before we are shown how to brush properly.

As such, when one is blessed with teeth that don’t grow sideways, it is always encouraged to show them off.

This is why my mother loves Julia Roberts and doesn’t approve of the fashion girls who always smile with their lips closed. Like pretty Kate Bosworth. Who is now a fashion girl, who is now a muse for certain designers, who showed up at Letterman yesterday in a killer, killer black outfit (LOVE!), but worked very, very hard to conceal her teeth.

Teeth are bad. What does my mother know anyway?

PS. Kate’s appearance at Letterman yesterday was an improvement over last time, when she made headlines for turning sideways and disappearing – remember these?

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