Who is wearing Prada?
Meryl Streep’s appearance is really interesting. From the perspective of female images, this character image does not belong to the "witch-mother-sacrifice-slut" quaternary system, because this Miranda is clearly a man. Whether it is the deterrence she caused or the way of doing things. The "naming" dispute between her and Andrea is also very interesting, but the name "Andy" that Andrea chose in the end also shows her desire to be masculine. These two characters actually correspond to each other, the opposition between the common people and the nobles, the rewriting and return of their identities, and the typical dramatic way. After reading it, the "Devil" wearing Prada is neither Miranda nor Andy, but a word called "fashion", which represents the tone of "Runway" or "Vogue" magazine itself: a kind of aristocratic life Way. The reason why it is "Devil" is because it is trading people's souls with money. Whether it's Miranda or Emily, or Andrea who was once "lost". Then the office politics revealed from this shows us once again how valuable it is for people to stick to their beliefs.
Andrea never lost
In the last paragraph, "lost" used quotation marks because Andrea was not lost. She is always a woman who insists on herself, even if she makes changes, it is based on her own choice. Although she always claims "I have no choice", this is just an excuse. Existentialism teaches us: "Even if you give up Choice is also a choice." Andrea chose to keep her job and prove herself. In some people's eyes she is a drill camp (Emily), some people think she is depraved (Lily, boyfriend), some people It seems that she is smart (Miranda), but these are not her intentions. She was just for self-realization, even for cheating and finally resignation that seemed to wake up. In this seemingly back story of the prodigal son about change and refusal to change, there is no lost prodigal at all, only a determined middle-class member who keeps choosing for himself.
Feminism is still not feminism.
In such a film in which women are the protagonist, with a look at feminist film theory, it is found that women are still in a position of being "gazing", and Miranda, the only woman with the power of action, is actually a man. The character Andrea does not look like a woman in any place other than being used as a clothes rack. On the contrary, her boyfriend has a more resentful temperament, whether it is a birthday party where a pigeon is placed or when Andrea sleeps at night. . From this point of view, Andrea is more representative of the universality of small people who look up to the lives of the nobles on behalf of the middle class, and Emily's jealousy is even more a woman's way of behavior. From this, I know that this film is still sold to those middle-class gentry in the United States. They are the biggest ticket holders.
Finally mention acting skills. Hathaway played well. In "Brokeback Mountain", she accidentally became Jack's woman, so she couldn't show the bitter woman. However, the red dress is really amazing; in this film, the sparrow becomes the phoenix. The scene is very eye-catching, but she is smiling all the time. Although she is good-looking, she is not as beautiful as the smile that her beautiful Streep shows after 90 minutes of face-shaking. .
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