The older I get, the less I sympathise with Andy's friends and boyfriend. They toss around her phone when her boss is calling, yet have no problem with accepting lavish gifts. Also, her boyfriend is upset that she missed his birthday, despite her having no real control over it.

@AlwaysSadé

Ай бұрын

At their age, I wouldn't expect birthdays to be that serious

@michanone

Ай бұрын

I watched a part of it when it was on TV long ago. And I just stumbled into it when the scene with the phone played out. I hadn't seen anything leading up to it and I couldn't watch any more. It reminded me of bullies instead of friends. Took me years to give it another try, only because of that scene being the first thing I saw.

@jazza724

Ай бұрын

100% agree

@oooh19

Ай бұрын

@@AlwaysSadéyea weren’t they recent college grads? But then again maybe that’s WHY it was a big deal. As a child they might have had a huge party with their family or classmates. As an adult they would want to still celebrate but with a few friends or a significant other.

@violetlavi2207

Ай бұрын

He wasn’t that upset about the birthday though. They were all disappointed, but that’s because they were ALL getting together to celebrate, and for dinner too (aka they made reservations, and it looked like a fairly upscale place). Really, they weren’t that unreasonable aside from that terrible scene of throwing her phone around

Fun fact, in the books, Andy and Emily become friends and business partners in the sequel

@sabihasayeed1670

Ай бұрын

Wow that sounds so cool. Now I wanna read the books!

I hate her friends and boyfriend. A friend would support you in your career and talk with you privately about their concerns, they wouldn’t actively sabotage you by tossing your ringing phone around.

Unpopular take but Andy did not deserve that job at the start. Who comes to a job interview at a magazine without researching the magazine and not knowing who the editor is? She dressed like a slob and said ‘this is who I am’ but I love wearing my oodie, do I wear it to the office? No.

I agree with your take about the movie's ending. It almost regresses Andy's character development. Instead of actually showing us that she learned via being opening to other's perspectives (fashion industry), it's almost as if she didn't learn anything and is content to go back to her insecure and mocking ways. For better or worse, she became a more confident person because she allowed herself to see a different side of the coin, she allowed herself to be uncomfortable in a different space than where she usually is. So giving her this ending, that she is like, "omg, this job did suck, you were right", just undermines all her character development.

@sabihasayeed1670

Ай бұрын

I think Andy did see that the job sucked (because it did), but she also knows that she did learn some things from that experience. She changed in both good and bad ways. And she decided to leave before the bad started to weigh more on the scale and she turned into an Emily. She took the positives of what she learned from experience at Runway and carried them forward into her life. She's still young, she will make more mistakes, and learn more things along the way.

The annoyance I felt when Andy’s friends took her phone and passed it around the table when she’s literally is getting a call from her boss😭

To be fair, I think the body standards presented in the movie are intended to sound ridiculous and show how divorced this insulated fashion world is from the rest of reality. To Runway, six 6 is an absolute whale. To everyone else, six is perfectly normal and healthy, and we’re meant to look at Anne Hathaway and be baffled by their skewed perception. And Andy conforming to that standard and being proud of hitting that size 4 is meant to show her shifting priorities and perceptions, not tell the audience that this is objectively a step in the right direction for her. Emily proudly proclaiming her new diet is to just not eat is to show how unhinged she’s gotten, not promote that as a good lifestyle. I’m pretty sure Andy’s choice of complement, “skinny,” was chosen particularly by her knowing that’s what Emily would respond to. “Beautiful” is relative. “Skinny” is a metric people like Emily can “objectively” appreciate.

@sabihasayeed1670

Ай бұрын

I agree. That's how I've always perceived it since I started watching this movie as a pre-teen. 😅

i still felt that miranda was somewhat humanized, these types of bosses and those who serve them ruin several lives, contributing to mental and physical health issues, hating work in general, etc etc. they just simply cannot accept that sometimes what they want won't happen, they want it anyway, at any price. terrible people.

@bsmith7

Ай бұрын

I mean, at the end of the day, they are human. They struggle and have problems and insecurities as well, they simply mask them with cruelty and callousness. Miranda may be a movie villain, but where's the identity struggle for Andy if Miranda wasn't humanized? The entire point is how easy it is to become selfish and cold when only looking out for your own career, that would be dismantled if Miranda was characterized as simply the stereotypical evil villain with no layers to her character

I’ve always loved this movie, but for some reason I thought it was a guilty pleasure. Then in the last few years I found out through social media that it’s actually widely loved and accepted as a good movie

@sabihasayeed1670

Ай бұрын

Maybe you thought it was a guilty pleasure because "girly" and "fashion-y" things are seen as shallow in our society. :(

3 minutes in and this video is a slay just like the devil wears Prada

@SerenaSkybourne

Ай бұрын

stop it youuuuu

@bbrenduhh

Ай бұрын

That’s all.✋🏼

I remember watching this for the first time on DVD when I was 11 and thinking "wow her friends suck" like I was so mad on her behalf. Mind-boggling to think adults wrote that ending that reinforces her friends' and ex-bf's perspective.

I really disliked her boyfriend, he was - as you highlighted - very insecure and incredibly unsupportive. The fact that he was also in NYC, one of the most cut throat cities in the world and working in a restaurant, which is also once of the most competitive industries, you would have thought he would be able to identify what she was going though and help her.

Question, how many times did you see this movie before you finished compiling notes to make this video? The rewatch value this movie has is incredible on its own. But I’ve also been watching it for like 20 years and my experience with it has grown with each stage of my life. So what’s been a lifelong experience for me, you so perfectly captured. As always, I’m in awe. Please continue doing what you do 👏🏼

@loveart429

Ай бұрын

I second this!

Found you for your reactions based on Rory Gilmore Saw this video title and I /agree Subbed :D

A true modern classic!

Love the alana comparisonnnn

Loved this video! I think the title should instead be “why Andy’s friends were the real villains of devil wears prada” or something like that 💗

@SerenaSkybourne

Ай бұрын

I love you babe! 🥰 Thank you for reminding me because I was supposed to change the title yesterday and I forgot 😢

I think the fat shaming is a big part of the world building in the movie. It is supposed to create a world where you are not enough. Even Miranda isn't enough in that world. Everyone is trying to prove they are enough by pointing out how someone else isn't. It's a critique on the fashion world's crazy demands of perfection. It is a product of its time, so there was a different approach to that, but I think it really captures that time. Because if it was made today and set in today, the approach would be different, even if the critique was the same.

@angeliprimlani9389

Ай бұрын

I agree the fat shaming is part of the toxic work culture and the constant body checking is supposed to be delusional. It's insane and that's the point.

The belts don’t look exactly the same, the difference is in the buckles. The brilliance of that scene is showing how Andy only sees the surface level color similarity and not the clear buckle difference

Spot on. I also got pissed off when her friends took her phone. That whole scene was pure anxiety. And how they kept calling Anne Hathaway fat? To me, she looked the same size as Emily Blunt. Maybe a little smaller because she isn't as busty.

HI how did u know i just rewatched half of this film literally yesterday shdbbdbd

There's something so clever about the dynamics between Andy and everyone at Runway because at the end of the day, they genuinely love her (not that Miranda would ever admit it)

So the Villians are Andy, Miranda, and French Runway Magazine, which is published by Pinguen and Vouge Publishes.

My fav movie so glad u covered it 😊

The book was so goodz they did a really good job on the movie as well

this movie is seminal! everything works in it

have you ever seen this movie? if not go watch it!!

@Danielle2Cats

Ай бұрын

I have a few times. I love it. ❤️

@SerenaSkybourne

Ай бұрын

@@Danielle2Cats same

@karenveatrice6478

Ай бұрын

I was introduced to it by my fashion design teacher and I ended up liking it a lot

@angelaholmes8888

Ай бұрын

Yes I watched it a few months after it was released

@fotini6100

Ай бұрын

Yes, many times!

I have always believed that her inner circle is evil. Especially the boyfriend, he is just a big man child, she was better off without him.

Please watch promising young woman 😢

@bbrenduhh

Ай бұрын

Now that’s a change in vibe from this. It’s good but much heavier content.

Ahhh i love this

Well, chef boyfriend aside, her friends did not respect her or Miranda at all. As a former manager that struck me.

if nate and her friends were actually ~good~ i wouldn't even mind the ending and her going back to square one

Hmm wasn't all the stuff she gave her friends just free swag brands sent to Runway that they were going to get rid off anyway??

I hated her bf and friends. They were supportive at all and it was such a good/cool job

100% slay 💅💅💅

UGLY BETTY WHEN!???? You have NO EXCUSES now!!!!!❤❤❤❤🎉🎉

I loved this movie but i hated the ending and the message that ending sends also the boyfriend was such an ick

Yes, I HATE the ending! She'd outgrown her BF and friend circle. Yes, she did some sketchy things, but she also worked hard, defended and tried to warn Miranda, and ultimately earned the respect of Emily and Miranda and got a job she wanted. (But, yeah, Miranda was a terrible person. ☺️)

Watching on my tv . My fav movie . Miranda maybe evil but she’s a hard worker .

Honestly, the way this movie was talked about at the time and still just shows how people dismiss the importance of traditionally female jobs, if Andie had this exact same job on Wall Street, I doubt men would be as dismissive and eye rolling at the hours and demands of the work as they were because it's just 'fashion'

This is a long one. Sorry. My unpopular opinion is on the friends and boyfriend. Don’t get me wrong, what they did at the restaurant is not ok and some things Nate said wasn’t the best. I get that. When it came to Nate’s job, yes it was demanding, but for the most part they were home relatively at the same time. With Andy’s job, he barely saw her because she worked even later than he did. When he said, “congratulations, you’re free”, this felt like the one time he supported her. I think anyone who constantly hears you not only venting about the job, but hating it and having breakdowns over it, I would say the same thing, but differently. He knew she never wanted to do this and it was causing stress. My god, she was cheating for her boss’s daughter. How can you respect that. When it comes to the “I don’t care if you pole dance all night, as long as you do it with integrity”. Sometimes people use extremes to make their argument. Right or wrong is another discussion. He saw that she constantly sacrificed and changed herself and not being happy. She lost her dignity, integrity, and morals. As for the art friend, she was upset about her missing Nate’s birthday, but she did not rub it in. She was being understanding. And I would react the same way if I witnessed my friend having an emotional affair while she is dating my other friend. And even though this is just for a year, you do miss your friend and it is normal to want some attention. And we only saw a couple of scenes with them. The time off screen maybe where they are supportive, but we only see Andy’s perception of the friends in the toughest time in her life.

10:10 that’s really goofy in my eyes to say that SHE HAD NO CHOICE. She absolutely had a choice she just chose to make bigger money than most ppl therefore make content she didn’t enjoy, show off her body etc. personally I don’t see anything wrong with showing off your body for clicks and stuff like that BUTT you can’t say she was up against the wall to do those thing cuz she wasn’t lol. Ppl can chose the job they do in most cases and if someone would like to make a shit ton of money on KZread for example and then they do stuff to accomplish a success on said platform that’s up to them 🤷🏽‍♀️

No job should have you sacrificing your social life everyday. Every now and then, yes, but I think society has warped our minds to think it is ok to be married to our jobs. No. That is not healthy. No aspect of your life should dominate everything. As for the ending, Andy got the job she wanted. Nate got the job he wanted. I feel this is the one time they were on the same page.

i always see people defending the weight loss subplot with "that's the point! it's unhealthy standards of beauty!" and while i do think that was supposed to be the point, imo it totally failed. andy's weight loss is only ever framed as good in her workplace AND in her relationship, without anyone ever questioning whether losing weight when you're already that skinny is a good thing. i think they should have added a scene where her boyfriend nate calls it out and says he's really worried about her because she's being unhealthy/starving herself/obsessing over calories. then nate would have had at least ONE redeeming scene, and the viewers could see the other side of the glorified disordered eating narrative the film (inadvertently?) portrayed.