Hvad ligger bag Meryl Streep?

The question of a third film has been thrust on the cast a lot during their excruciating press tour. “I’m up for it!” says Meryl Streep. Meryl Streep vokser denne lørdag frem som et af de emner, der tiltrækker opmærksomhed i Denmark.

Fakta

• The question of a third film has been thrust on the cast a lot during their excruciating press tour. “I’m up for it!” says Meryl Streep.
• With fashion magazines on their knees, where does that leave The Devil Wears Prada 2 – and its famously relatable heroine?
• “Left New York for 15 years, not married – never found the right person, and my kids are at a doctor’s office on 85th,” she breezily reports to Emily when they reunite after 20 years. “They’re eggs,” she clarifies, adding that she is excited to have children.
• But the one unexpected detail in The Devil Wears Prada 2 that I can’t stop thinking about is this: Andy worries that she’ll never be in a position to unfreeze her eggs.
• And in that moment, I couldn’t help but wonder: was the woman who once had the job “a million girls would kill for” always this relatable?

Det vi ved

Detaljeret, With fashion magazines on their knees, where does that leave The Devil Wears Prada 2 – and its famously relatable heroine?

Konkret, But the one unexpected detail in The Devil Wears Prada 2 that I can’t stop thinking about is this: Andy worries that she’ll never be in a position to unfreeze her eggs.

Derudover And in that moment, I couldn’t help but wonder: was the woman who once had the job “a million girls would kill for” always this relatable?

Det er værd at bemærke, at Along with 99% of the other thirty- and forty-something journalists at the sequel’s London premiere last week, I was once a wide-eyed teenager watching the first film and dreaming of Andy’s life. “Everybody wants to be us,” Miranda smirked, and she was right.

På nuværende tidspunkt Last year, more than 3,000 journalism job losses were recorded across the UK and US.

Tallene

“Left New York for 15 years, not married – never found the right person, and my kids are at a doctor’s office on 85th,” she breezily reports to Emily when they reunite after 20 years. “They’re eggs,” she clarifies, adding that she is excited to have children.

Konkret, Condé Nast – which the film’s publisher, Elias-Clarke, is based on – recently shuttered Self magazine after 47 years, while layoffs described as an “absolute bloodbath” were made at the Washington Post under Jeff Bezos’s ownership.

Derudover And then there are the issues that have barely changed in this inaccessible field: the National Council for the Training of Journalists reported recently that 80% of journalists come from professional and upper-class backgrounds.

Det er værd at bemærke, at In a wincingly close-to-the-bone moment for her now-grown-up fans, the paper abruptly closes at the behest of billionaires.

Baggrunden

Det er værd at bemærke, at when a 43-year-old woman like Andy – with that middle-class background and a great career – still feels too wobbly to consider starting a family, what does that really say?

På nuværende tidspunkt Andy is confident in her singlehood, and has rejected both settling down before 30 and waiting until she’s coupled up before having a baby.

Detaljeret, It’s another way of acknowledging DWP2’s grown-up fans: more women are choosing to be single and navigate financial independence, despite still living in a world that doesn’t support this.

Konkret, as far back as 1940, in His Girl Friday, Hildy (Rosalind Russell) is a star newspaper reporter – and the only female one on staff – whose editor (and ex-husband, played by Cary Grant) asks her for one last scoop before she remarries and moves to the suburbs.

Derudover By the 80s, in When Harry Met Sally, reporter Sally gives a candid speech about changing her mind on not wanting to have a baby.

Opsummering

• When a 43-year-old woman like Andy – with that middle-class background and a great career – still feels too wobbly to consider starting a family, what does that really say?
• As far back as 1940, in His Girl Friday, Hildy (Rosalind Russell) is a star newspaper reporter – and the only female one on staff – whose editor (and ex-husband, played by Cary Grant) asks her for one last scoop before she remarries and moves to the suburbs.
• When Julia Roberts’s “two-faced, big-haired food critic” came along in 1997’s My Best Friend’s Wedding, we were in newer territory, rooting for a selfish, jealous female protagonist.