Fabulous. Fierce. Completely fuckworthy. Ladies and gentlemen, Miranda Priestly - Ice Bitch Extraordinaire.
Miranda Priestly just intrigues me. Maybe it’s because it’s the first Meryl Streep DVD I owned, or maybe it’s because I write fanfictions of the Devil Wears Prada. I don’t know what makes me love this woman so much. Maybe it’s the fact that she’s untouchable; she’s so powerful. Power is an attractive thing, yes? But it’s beyond that. I know that she’s not untouchable. I know that she is human. But with the way she’s so poised, well mannered and elegant… you would not believe a devil would come out of her. And that’s what I love. She breaks the stereotype. Men were always known for being the ones with balls. If they’re tough and ambitious, they’re called men; they’ve claimed and marked their territory. But when a woman does the exact same thing, she’s considered bossy, bitchy, over demanding. Okay I’m rambling. I don’t know how to put it in words. But… Miranda Priestly is the perfect example of having everything you want and nothing you need. She has everything in the palm of her hand. People idolize her, she molds the world when it comes to fashion. Yet, you get a glimpse of how her life really is. When Andy walks in on her and Stephen fighting, she gives Andy hell the next day with that Harry Potter fiasco. It’s just her way of being defensive. It’s Miranda being Miranda. I used to think of people like her to just be uptight and ungrateful snobs. I was completely wrong. These people have worked their way to the top, and as they climbed the ladder, their standards rose higher. They just became accustomed to demanding the best, and when that doesn’t come up, they let all hell loose. They do things for a reason that sometimes takes us longer to understand. Because a lot of the time… they give the world what they think they want. But they just starve themselves more of what they actually need. By being able to tell that from nearly 2 hours of film is something incredible. When the movie ends, you realize the characters aren’t real, but their personas are. The name may not exist, but that attitude does.
