Introduction
The Devil Wears Prada focuses on the courage of employees who do not care about the job’s specifics, even though they are interested in getting it. This does not prevent them from success because of their confidence and high qualifications. The devil is expressed in the head editor Miranda, and Andy is a desperate girl searching for a job. The film tells the story of how the chief can be stubborn, but the courage of potential employees can surprise them.
Miranda’s Personality
Miranda Priestly is the chief of a fashion magazine and a strict boss who demands the impossible and the perfect. She is feared, admired, and dreamed of working for many, but she will never be satisfied. Her unwillingness to compromise makes her the ultimate professional in her field: details are everything. These traits intimidate Miranda’s employees because the supervisor sets incredible heights that are challenging to climb. Most of them admire her and want to grow and become like her. Despite the rigidity of her approach, they don’t quit one by one but find new and new ways to do the impossible. It looks like Stockholm syndrome, which appears in companies with an authoritarian management style.
Miranda seems to be a successful woman: she is independent, has complete control over her own life, and is respected by all who have dealt with her. Miranda has given up a great deal for a successful career: perhaps she once thought that there would come a time when she could relax. She does what others cannot do at the cost of her happiness. On the one hand, there is admiration, career, attention, and recognition, but on the other hand, there is constant sacrifice.
Andy’s Personality
When Andi arrives for an interview at Runway magazine, she is greeted by Emily, the editor-in-chief’s right hand. The girl informs her that “Miranda fired the last two assistants after a few weeks” (Frankel). It should have raised questions for Andy, but she was cocky and bold, so she proceeded. Human Resources referred her directly to Miranda because the senior assistant was incompetent and because Andi was a newbie the shark employees wanted to test.
She might seem like a nightmare for any employer: lots of ambition, little experience. But her excellent personal qualities are more important: she is decent, learns quickly, admits her mistakes, works hard, does the impossible, gets things done, doesn’t waste her boss’s time unnecessarily, and understands her place perfectly. The incredible thing about her is how she separates herself as an employee and herself as a person. She lets her more experienced colleagues criticize and even ridicule her because that is how she learns from them. But she does not allow herself to be disrespected as a person. She has successfully passed the selection process because of her determination and courage and always maintained her humanity. Miranda discerned an inner strength and respect in her that other candidates didn’t have, wanting to blindly conform to the company’s ideals.
Film’s Questions
The critical issue is unfriendly corporate culture and a demanding boss who cannot agree. Confronting angry, insecure coworkers is terrifying because every employee is gnawing for space instead of support and cooperation. It is perhaps the most frightening feature of the company in the film because the lack of culture leads to employees being locked into their psychological problems. In addition, the head of such a company is just like a hard worker: Miranda has respect for herself, but she cannot find it for others because there has never been a supportive corporate culture around her.
Conclusion
The Devil Wears Prada depicts the important problems that arise when an organization is improperly designed. Miranda Priestly is strong-willed and intelligent but tough and has psychological problems; she is generally unhappy. Andy is a fresh face in the publishing house; she impresses Miranda by being assertive, courageous, and respectful of her personality. The film raises the question of how adverse corporate culture can impede the development of organizational growth.
Work Cited
Frankel, David, director. The Devil Wears Prada. Twenties Century Fox, 2006.