Comments on: Blah, Blah, Blahnik http://www.theottery.com/2006/07/blah-blah-blahnik/ "If an otter can't have fun doing something, it just simply won't do it." Wed, 07 Jan 2009 05:20:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: theotter http://www.theottery.com/2006/07/blah-blah-blahnik/#comment-140 theotter Mon, 31 Jul 2006 11:45:42 +0000 http://www.theottery.com/2006/07/blah-blah-blahnik/#comment-140 Hmmm . . . was I influenced by the fashion industry at age four, when I declared that my favorite colors were purple and yellow (yellow soon dropped out of the picture, but not before I'd discovered that my favorites were actually complementary colors!)? No doubt my shifting preferences as far as specific shades of purple have been formed by the trickle-down effect of fahionistas. Hmmm . . . was I influenced by the fashion industry at age four, when I declared that my favorite colors were purple and yellow (yellow soon dropped out of the picture, but not before I’d discovered that my favorites were actually complementary colors!)?

No doubt my shifting preferences as far as specific shades of purple have been formed by the trickle-down effect of fahionistas.

]]> By: K http://www.theottery.com/2006/07/blah-blah-blahnik/#comment-138 K Mon, 31 Jul 2006 04:02:22 +0000 http://www.theottery.com/2006/07/blah-blah-blahnik/#comment-138 i think you've accurately pinpointed the dilemma of choices that comes across as the main theme of "devil wears prada." unfortunately, since andy is supposed to the be protagonista and our access to resolving this dilemma, her character and the basis upon which she makes her choices are not well developed! i never got a sense of who the 'old' andy was (which her best friend could throw in her face)... but i also think that the balance of work (or hobbies, or passions) and quality time invested in relationships (personal life, perhaps, also community... as can be work) is one that we all struggle with at some level. since the film didn't present a very honest look at this for any of the characters, it wasn't so helpful. throwing my cell phone into the nearest fountain won't solve my problems! any job will have its seasons of intensity. we didn't get to see lilly on her late nights of getting her prints ready for the show or hanging it. i'm guessing she didn't have 8 hrs. of sleep the night before the opening! maybe that was part of the criticism of the fashion industry (although i am totally out of my depth making commentary here, because i have no clue how it functions)... if there is no time to step away from its hype and its demands. i thought the most interesting lines were miranda's explanation to andy how her decisions affected the color of the sweater she had to pull out of her drawer and wear in the morning. what did you think of that one, otter? is that why you like purple? ;) meryl streep was amazing. i think you’ve accurately pinpointed the dilemma of choices that comes across as the main theme of “devil wears prada.” unfortunately, since andy is supposed to the be protagonista and our access to resolving this dilemma, her character and the basis upon which she makes her choices are not well developed! i never got a sense of who the ‘old’ andy was (which her best friend could throw in her face)…

but i also think that the balance of work (or hobbies, or passions) and quality time invested in relationships (personal life, perhaps, also community… as can be work) is one that we all struggle with at some level. since the film didn’t present a very honest look at this for any of the characters, it wasn’t so helpful. throwing my cell phone into the nearest fountain won’t solve my problems!

any job will have its seasons of intensity. we didn’t get to see lilly on her late nights of getting her prints ready for the show or hanging it. i’m guessing she didn’t have 8 hrs. of sleep the night before the opening! maybe that was part of the criticism of the fashion industry (although i am totally out of my depth making commentary here, because i have no clue how it functions)… if there is no time to step away from its hype and its demands.

i thought the most interesting lines were miranda’s explanation to andy how her decisions affected the color of the sweater she had to pull out of her drawer and wear in the morning. what did you think of that one, otter? is that why you like purple? ;)

meryl streep was amazing.

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