The Devil Wears Prada 2: Is Miranda Priestly A Feminist Icon Or A Toxic Boss?

Miranda once told Andy she was the greatest disappointment of her career. Twenty years on, the question isn’t whether she was right — it’s what Andy did with it.

Laura Gommans and Elliot Bloom chat about The Devil Wears Prada and the new sequel and what they have to say about ambition, high fashion, and the specific cruelty of wanting things that cost more than you can reasonably pay. We discuss the consequences for Miranda who is now no longer untouchable — threatened by corporate money that sees a fashion magazine and thinks: overhead. Her methods belong to another era. So does her certainty.

Both films ask what we owe the people who pushed us, even when the pushing was cruel. Whether Miranda is a feminist icon or a toxic boss may matter less than what she made possible.

Plus a hot take from one of our listeners on whether screenwriters get enough credit for the worlds they create.

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The Devil Wears Prada (David Frankel, USA, 2006). The Devil Wears Prada 2 (USA, 2025).