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This page looks plain and unstyled because you're using a non-standard compliant browser. To see it in its best form, please upgrade to a browser that supports web standards. It's free and painless.  The Devil Wears Prada--the reviewkim | 17 July, 2006 09:09
On Saturday night my man and I saw the Devil Wears Prada. Since I am no Anthoy Lane, despite my desperate wishes otherwise, herein are a few thoughts, in bullet point form, on my impressions of this movie: In the history of the magaine publishing I would bet my career that the entire amount of makeup worn by the character Emily, (the first assistant of the Editor in Chief of Runway magazine (the movie's fictional Vogue), there was never one woman who wore so much makeup. In fact, I would say that the amount and variation of makeup that she wore in the movie is collectively the same amount that the entire staff at Vogue wore in the year 2005. People in Editorial Do Not Wear Makeup. Including Makeup Artists. Or they'd better look like they don't. Please see Aerin Lauder, Anna Wintour, Pat McGrath, Gucci Westman. Don't look at Charlie Green. She's famous for Victoria's Secret, anyway. Doesn't count. There would never be a time in the history of the world that Anna Wintour, Glenda Bailey, or anyone would be caught dead with chalky white-pink eyeshadow and a gray-blue crease. Never, ever, ever, ever. I don't get Meryl Streep's makeup in the movie. It went along with the fairy tale, but not in the spirit of the actual profession. To me, she looked a little more Cruella. But I'm sure that was intentional. The wardrobe was amazing, improbable, glossy and large. But it was not directional. No, it wasn't. I admire Patricia Feild's work, her spunk, her store (I shopped there as a kid--a camp counselor told me that I looked "punk" when I was 11, which I did because I was wearing a Patricia Feild garment) but I think she went along with the idea of this being a fairy tale for the masses. Which it was. But I don't know if Anna Wintour would wear that. I know, it wasn't Anna Wintour. Okay, right. I sure hope that they start training
actors again. Just because you are devastatingly beautiful to look at,
doesn't mean that you can't be grounded in your circumstances. I
thought the writing was a little tidy, the set-ups too predictable, so
there's that. With all that hard working, nobody really had to do much
in the script. It was predictably laid out. Meryl Streep is my hero, my
idol, a woman to admire from every vantage point. But she didn't really
have any challenges in the film, so of course she stood out. She is
Meryl Streep. You can plunk her anywhere and she will be the most
fascinating person in the room. Oh, do I love her. And speaking of predictable, how can you make a movie about women and offer the two choices of being successful and horrible person or moral and broke? And since when did a chef--the craziest and most passionate of professions a person could choose--get mad because his girlfriend was working too long and too hard? They should have made him an accountant, or a 9-5 kind of a guy. Despite my many complaints, I left walking on a cloud. The movie was funny and great to look at and I got invested in all of the character's problems and was happy they resolved. I loved it.
DWP in mental health means "duty to warn & protect" - heh, heh, heh. Anyhow, in that linked photo to the Emily actress, she looks quite fresh and pretty. Completely opposite on film. Your last three paragraphs here sum up my exact thoughts. And my husband loved it, too. He did ask how close that was to real magazine publishing and I said I really had no idea but I didn't think they wore that much makeup. So thank you! Susie | 17/07/2006, 09:21
I know! It was hard to find a photo with her with all that stuff on her eyes and the hair...but I wanted to show the actress anyway. Trey--they would never wear that much makeup! Kim | 17/07/2006, 10:12
In the book her boyfriend was a teacher, I think. I haven't seen the film (it's not out here yet). insouciance | 17/07/2006, 11:32
I would have to agree with the makeup part - it looked soooo heavy. Even on the nights when I go out and I am dressed to the nines do I EVER wear that much makeup let alone running around an office. themakeupgirl | 17/07/2006, 18:32
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