Advantages: Witty commentary on today's society Disadvantages: The portrait is truer than it should be
, will this temporary job that was only meant to be a gateway to the serious journalistic job Andy once craved suck her in? Will she sacrifice her ethics to become accepted into a world she used to despise? In gaining her bosses respect and confidence will the "New Andy" lose that of her family, friends and boyfriend Nate? Will Andy learn there is a different side to the apparently shallow and cruel world of fashion?
Oh the questions!
Who is David Frankel?
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David is a native New Yorker and perhaps that lies behind his success with this film. This coupled with the fact that he is the son of former executive editor of the New York Times, made him well-placed to understand the world that we are introduced to in The Devil Wears Prada.
Until now, most of this Harvard Graduate's work has been in TV comedy ...
Advantages: Watchable, Some brilliant performances Disadvantages: Somewhat predictable
The Devil Wears Prada is the film adaptation of a book with the same name. I must confess to not having read the book, but I have seen the film so this is a film only review.
Our heroine is Andi (Anne Hathaway) who has recently earned a good degree and moved to New York to pursue her dreams of becoming a journalist. Unfortunately journalism proves very difficult to break into, so as well as sending her details to lots of magazines, she signs up with the Human Resources department of the company that owns Runway magazine. Andy is called when the work-a-holic cum slave-driver Editor-in-Chief Miranda Priestley (Meryl Streep) sacks her assistant and a replacement is needed rather urgently. Runway is essentially a fashion magazine (I imagine it to be like Vogue) but is taken very much more seriously by the employees. Miranda inspires ...
Advantages: A great read, funny and entertaining Disadvantages: None
Club? this book is punctuated by small illustrations at the beginning or each chapter and larger sketch drawings throughout the text again reminiscent of those found in the ?Boy?s Own? magazine stories or the pulp novels of the time. This is a small detail that really adds to the feel of the book.
Any fans of Gatiss from his time with the League of Gentleman could enjoy ?The DevilIn Amber?; his depraved twist of the classic crime novel genre sits well with that blend of dark comedy. The story itself is strong enough to keep fans of mystery writing intrigued and entertained to the very end and fans of rollicking good adventures populated by larger than life characters such as those in the Flashman Papers will also be delighted with the novel. The nature of Box?s character and associate sexual proclivities (although never too graphically ...
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