All About Eve is one of my favorite movies.

I like it, because no matter how you dress it up- with the censored version that made it to the screen or the original version where Eve not only tastes but indulges in the bitter fruit of her wicked ways-

all of the characters remained patronizing and vapid.

Not to mention self indulgent.

So I really enjoyed seeing something like Eve show up and set the house on fire.

It’s also worth noting that the women in this movie- from Airy Fairy Karen to Self Adoring Margo to our Wonderfully Wicked Eve

 kicked some serious backside.

In High Heels no less.

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Morning Edition, January 21, 2008 · Said the real-life actress Celeste Holm, once upon a time, about the fictional actress Eve Harrington: “She had the manners of an ambassador and the morals of a pirate.”

Ruthless people: Anne Baxter plays Eve Harrington in the 1950 classic All About Eve; Celeste Holm (left) is Karen Richards, a friend she uses on her way to the top. Hulton Archive/Getty Images