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This 4 page paper uses the movie “The Devil Wears Prada” as a “springboard” to consider the impact of fashion on young women, and why fashion is important. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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surface appearance. This paper uses the movie as a "springboard" to consider the impact of fashion on young women, and why fashion is important. Discussion The film inspires several lines
of thought: first, that real beauty has nothing to do with outer appearance; second, that too often young women are so influenced by the necessity of being physically "perfect" that
they develop eating disorders that can be fatal; and finally, that fashion is not frivolous, but very important. The film is a lot smarter than one might think from the
subject matter; its not just another "queen of mean" variation on Cruella de Ville, this time with Meryl Streep in the Glenn Close role. Instead, Miranda Priestly (Streep) is not
a complete monster; rather, the film shows us that fashion "is a serious business in America, and Runway [the fictional magazine Streep edits] means to remain the bible of that
industry. Only a killer editor who takes no prisoners can maintain those standards" (Honeycutt, 2006). For the people who work at this magazine, the job definitely comes first, before spouses,
children, social life and any sort of relationship (Honeycutt, 2006). The film thus invites us to consider not just these characters, but the entire American work ethic. Many books over
the years have discussed the way in which American companies express support for families, but then expect their employees to put their jobs first; those that do not are usually
labeled as being "uncooperative" or "not team players," and their careers are sidetracked. Thus the film can be seen as an indictment of an entire way of thinking, not just
of the fashion industry. The film makes it clear that Miranda Priestly isnt mean for the sake of being nasty; she uses her ruthlessness to weed out those staff members
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