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I would hope the costumes are done - the San Diego ComicCon is come and gone.
Whatever happened to Nicky? 
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I haven't seen him in awhile. I hope all is well with him.
But every time I see that dang apron, I wonder how much fun they had with it on set. I canNOT imagine Hugo Weaving being presented with that as part of his costume and NOT having some fun with it, some kinda way...  Bloody hell, I sure would've.
I mean, really, can't you just see: somebody flubs a line, McTeague yells, "Cut!" and V goes frippering off the set, daintily flopping that apron while he minces along... Evey goes face down in her eggy while guffaws are heard from off-camera...
Or Gordon bursts into the set, yelling, "Honey! I'm home!" and sweeps V into a dip, planting a big wet one on Guy Fawkes' lips...
DANG, I want some outtakes... 
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But every time I see that dang apron, I wonder how much fun they had with it on set. I canNOT imagine Hugo Weaving being presented with that as part of his costume and NOT having some fun with it, some kinda way... Bloody hell, I sure would've.
Well, there's always the infamous photo that someone made into the following avatar:
And yes, I want outtakes!!
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Yes, and I'm still trying to grasp exactly what that symbol means. Is it like flipping a finger or something? To me, growing up where I did, it's just...the number 2.
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Well, MissV4V, but that is with palm forward. I gathered from another discussion that back of hand forward has...different connotations, less polite...at least in the UK...but nobody actually said what...
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Ah. I found it. Was looking for another UK euphemism and stumbled upon this in a slang lexicon:
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flash the V's
Vrb phrs. An action of contempt, an insulting gesture. Involves raising the hand and making a V-sign with the index and forefinger, with the back of the hand facing away from the giver.
I assume this is indeed something similar to the American use of the middle finger in a like gesture.
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I assume this is indeed something similar to the American use of the middle finger in a like gesture.
According to a Brit teen who was sitting behind me at the performance of The Tempest my group saw in Stratford-upon-Avon, the two-finger back-of-hand-outward salute is indeed a version of the middle-finger salute (which, by the way, dates back to the Roman Empire), but perhaps less harsh.
According to an episode of Wire in the Blood (BBC show) I rewatched a few days ago, it stands for "up yours." (The same episode gave me a few Veeky thrills, because of use of the letter V... but it'd take too long to explain.)
The very first time I remember hearing of it, Bush Sr. had managed to piss off an entire crowd of foreigners as he entered or exited his plane - in a misguided attempt to recreate Nixon's double-V-for-Victory stance, Bush flashed two V's...... with the backs of his hands facing the crowd. 
Aren't cultural differences fun? 
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The crew and other cast memebers were probably all a guy in a mask wearing a frilly apron, So as the cameraman went to take a pic he 'flipped them all off'.
And, the book, I'm assuming was put together by Americans, so them not knowing what this means (heck I didn't know what it meant till I read this forum) stuck it in there thinking it was 'cool' HW was giving a V sign.
At least, this is the way I like to think of it. It's a lot funnier this way
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Well, MissV4V, but that is with palm forward. I gathered from another discussion that back of hand forward has...different connotations, less polite...at least in the UK...but nobody actually said what...
Whoops! Maybe I should pay more attention! 
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