15 years ago, I was watching a drunken fan, but now I am looking at the life of women in the workplace
Text/Ziyi
After 15 years, if you ask me, which movie is the most worthy of women in the workplace?
I would definitely recommend The Queen Who Wears Prada.
The film is based on Lauren Weissberg's novel of the same name, The Witch Who Wears Prada, directed by David Frankol and co-starring Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway and Emily Blunt, with a Douban rating of 8.1.
Douban has 1.006 million people to see, the comprehensive score is 8.1 points, Anne Catherwei was absolutely stunning that year, can be called a walking hanger, Aunt Mei won the American Golden Globe Award for "The Queen Wearing Prada", and was nominated for the 79th Academy Awards for Best Actress.
It is worth mentioning that the costume style of the two queens can also be said to be unique, although it is a 2006 movie, but each costume matching is still outdated today. It can even be said that this film is also very competent to use as material to enhance aesthetic and dressing skills.
On June 14, after the 15th anniversary of the release of "The Queen Wears Prada", the crew reunited online. Several of the lead actors, including Anne Hathaway and Meryl Streep, and director David Franco, look back on the story of that year's shooting.
It can be said that after so many years, they have hardly changed, and they are still so beautiful and generous.
Why is this movie so classic?
Because when I was young, I looked at the world of drunken gold fans and materialistic desires; when I grew up, I looked at the life of women in the workplace.
When material life and spiritual life conflict, how should we choose?
Maybe after watching this film, you can find your own answer.
The film mainly tells the story of a professional newcomer Andy (played by Anne Hathaway) who enters a top fashion magazine and works as an assistant for the domineering fashion queen Miranda (played by Meryl Streep).
Andy from the beginning of the position did not know anything, to the later in the fashion circle left and right, with ease, and then finally with the fashion circle to say goodbye, bravely pursue the life and goals he wants, in the end, is a college graduate, realistic life choices.
The two protagonists, Miranda and Andy, are so similar but so different, they seem to be the two ends of a mirror, representing two very different futures.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="16" > Miranda – "If you want to wear a crown, you must bear its weight"</h1>
She is the queen of the fashion world and the authority in people's hearts.
She always stands at the forefront of fashion and grasps the direction of the wind, and the entire industry is subservient to her.
Miranda's life can be said to be the life that all working women yearn for, and becoming her assistant is the dream of every girl who wants to enter the fashion circle.
She is always so shrewd and strong, with high vision, but at the same time she is also cold and arrogant. She demanded that she must be surrounded by beautiful people, exquisite costumes, gorgeous buildings, everything that can be materially done, she demands perfection.
But in fact, is Miranda really so perfect?
There is one scene in the film that is particularly impressive: Miranda, who has removed her makeup and has red eyes, sits on the sofa in a bathrobe and looks gloomy.
At this moment, all the queen brilliance of Miranda has faded, and she is just an ordinary emotional loser, a single mother who has disappointed her daughter again and again.
This shot is the most realistic depiction of Miranda, a portrait of Miranda's naked soul.
Without material and sensory modifications, Miranda's emotional life is as pale and feeble as her plain face.
Some people have compared Guo Jingming's "Little Times" to "The Queen Who Wears Prada", I think, maybe the luxurious material world that XiaoSi wants to restore has a little similarity, and the rest is not.
A lot of people are a little biased against the fashion industry, but what I see from the movie is that it, like all other industries, requires professionalism and values professionalism.
Human pursuit of beauty has made fashion an industry worth dedicating to its enthusiasm, and like others, people engaged in the fashion industry have their own grievances.
Due to the vagaries of fashion trends, the industry carries risks and uncertainties.
Survival of the fittest, survival of the fittest is the survival law of the fashion industry, it requires practitioners to be ruthless; it is also because of this, Miranda's cold personality, domineering queen temperament, can make her stand firm in this industry.
The extreme of the material world also determines the desolation of Miranda's spiritual world.
Although her superficial brilliance is envied by thousands of people, her true weight can only be like people drinking water, cold and warm self-knowledge.
Just like Su Mang, the fashion editor-in-chief after leaving office, she used to be a trendster in the entertainment industry, a weather vane in the fashion circle, and how many large-scale activities came from her hands, and the people before and after the infinite scenery.
But once she leaves office, she will only become the person who was cut in the group photo.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="67" > Andy – "Be Your Own Queen"</h1>
It is often said that Andy is a mirror of Miranda.
Miranda herself has said that Andy is very similar to her, mainly because they can always see the needs of others, which is a rare talent in the fashion industry.
But Andy is a more sensual and spiritual person than Miranda.
In the sensory enjoyment and emotional communication, she yearns for the latter: the life of being able to snuggle with her beloved and talk to her friends is the life that Andy really yearns for.
And this kind of life happens to be something that Miranda, a fashion elite, can't have.
In the play, with the success of Andy's career, her love life gradually becomes falling apart.
As the male designer in the play once said to Andy, "When your personal life is in vain, it's when you are promoted." ”
This sentence also applies to the successful workplace elite in reality.
Those strong women who only care about fighting in the workplace, working overtime, missing their children's education, and not caring about their families, perhaps behind their bright appearance, is the real life of a chicken feather.
So it's not hard to imagine what would happen if Andy continued to work in the fashion industry.
Perhaps, it is to break up with the boyfriend who seems to be unmotivated, and then soar in his career, have a pivotal position in the fashion industry, and eventually become another Miranda.
What finally made Andy realize this reality was the words that Miranda said to her in the car, and this clip is also the climax of the film.
In the car, Miranda confessed to Andy that she gave up the promotion of male designers for her own position, and she did not care, she personally ruined the dream of another person, only to seek her own ascension, because the reality is so cruel.
When your life is full of intrigues, deceitful, less pushing, and lack of warmth, it may be the time when you quit your emotions, let yourself be cold-blooded and ruthless, and desperately ascend to the throne.
At this moment, Andy finally found that this kind of life was not what he wanted.
Andy's boyfriend once said to her, "The person who can make you answer the phone at any time is the person you really love." ”
In the end, Andy throws away the phone Miranda used to call her, symbolizing that Andy has finally found what matters most to him, abandoning the part that others envy.
She gave up Miranda's "life that everyone wants" and returned to her heart, no one person or interest could support her, and Andy was her queen.
It was Andy's own choice.
Many people will feel that this choice is too extreme and not worth it, but I believe that Andy has no regrets in his heart.
There are many ways to live, but the most important thing is to pursue your heart and choose your own life.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="80" > about the choice – hopefully there isn't as much black-and-white</h1>
The ending of this movie is the only place that has been criticized.
Many people see that there will be some loss at the end, and everyone thinks that Andy's choice is not worth it, and it is a little sloppy.
At the age when we should strive the most, is it a pity to choose ease and easily give up the achievements that are at your fingertips?
From the perspective of a professional, 3 years before working, first give up some personal life, mix a position in the fashion circle, and then turn around and seek his dream of becoming a journalist, is not a more rational choice for Andy?
Some people like golden villas, like red wine and champagne, fragrant car fashion, even if they have to bear great pressure.
But there are also people who like to be bland, to come and go freely, to be unrestrained, even if it means the thinness of material life.
So, Andy or Miranda, who is the real winner?
All I can say is that they are all.
Miranda's road doesn't seem to suit Andy, but equally, Andy's path doesn't fit Miranda either.
Since life cannot be complete, no one has the right to say right or wrong about your life, whether it is choosing the senses or choosing the spirit.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="88" > conclusion</h1>
This classic film, originally adapted from the novel "The Devil Who Wears Prada", watched Andy from a young college student to the final brand-plus-body, fashionable professional image, the heart is quite emotional.
Whether it is as a workplace outfit or a work manual for workplace whites, it is extremely suitable.
Sometimes, choice is more important than effort!
I hope that everyone can be like Andy and Miranda, without regrets, and be the queen of their own lives.
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