The Devil Wears Prada: 10 Years LaterHow its portrayal of successful career women aged over time in an industry that seldom tackles the topic.
The Devil Wears Prada, which just turned 10 in June, did something pretty unusual we don’t often see in contemporary mainstream Hollywood films. It portrayed professional females — some, already at the top of their game and some, newly kicking off their careers — as they relate to their jobs and professional ideals. Sure, there were romantic interests and failed marriages as part of its story-line, but The Devil Wears Prada was predominantly about office-based female workforce: sitting in cubicles, running unglamorous errands and leading companies that define an entire industry. Whatever sub-plotting sprung off from Andy Sachs’ (Anne Hathaway) 11-month-long adventures as the assistant to Runway Magazine’s Editor-in-Chief Miranda Priestly (Meryl Streep) fed the main narrative: a young, fresh-out-of-college woman finding her career sea legs and establishing her professional identity.
And...
The Devil Wears Prada, which just turned 10 in June, did something pretty unusual we don’t often see in contemporary mainstream Hollywood films. It portrayed professional females — some, already at the top of their game and some, newly kicking off their careers — as they relate to their jobs and professional ideals. Sure, there were romantic interests and failed marriages as part of its story-line, but The Devil Wears Prada was predominantly about office-based female workforce: sitting in cubicles, running unglamorous errands and leading companies that define an entire industry. Whatever sub-plotting sprung off from Andy Sachs’ (Anne Hathaway) 11-month-long adventures as the assistant to Runway Magazine’s Editor-in-Chief Miranda Priestly (Meryl Streep) fed the main narrative: a young, fresh-out-of-college woman finding her career sea legs and establishing her professional identity.
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- 7/12/2016
- by Tomris Laffly
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
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