00:00Hello?
00:01Well, look what TJ Maxx dragged in.
00:04Welcome to Ms. Mojo.
00:06And today, we're stepping back into the hallowed halls of runway
00:09to see why the cerulean-tinted world we knew in 2006
00:12has been completely inverted by the digital devil of today.
00:16Luxury retail is the only sector of the fashion business that still makes money.
00:20That's it. Retail.
00:21When audiences first met Miranda Priestly in 2006,
00:25they sat in the safety of the dark,
00:27judging a world of exclusionary glamour that felt like a distant, glittering planet.
00:31Ms. Miranda.
00:32Oh my god, I will pretend you did not just ask me that.
00:36She's the editor-in-chief of Runway, not to mention a legend.
00:39Fast forward 20 years,
00:40and The Devil Wears Prada 2 has a whole new message to share.
00:44The real devil isn't a dragon lady in a corner office,
00:47but the glowing rectangle glued to our palms.
00:50The original film asked what it cost to join the elite.
00:53The sequel wonders if there's anything left to join at all.
00:55You are here to help us through our current scandal.
00:59Click, click, click, click, every whack.
01:01But I did not hire you, and all I need to do is bide my time until you fail.
01:05Now, the real horror isn't just the price of admission,
01:08but the slow, relentless capitalistic decay of beauty and art itself.
01:13The old gatekeepers we love to hate are out,
01:15replaced by faceless algorithms and Silicon Valley overlords.
01:19In 2026, fashion isn't a clash of titans,
01:22it's a last-ditch fight to save the soul of art from being chewed up
01:26and spat out by the cold logic of the feed.
01:28That changed how our characters behaved,
01:32because it's changed how I behave.
01:34My life is changed by all these distractions,
01:39and the crumbling of certain institutions that I always depended on.
01:44Remember when fashion's soul was bound in glossy pages,
01:47heavy enough to double as a doorstop?
01:48This is the book. Now, it is a mock-up of everything in the current issue.
01:55And we deliver it to Miranda's apartment every night,
01:57and she returns, don't touch it,
01:59she returns it to us in the morning with her notes.
02:01That was 2006.
02:03Now the magazine has been replaced by a never-ending scroll,
02:06curated by AI and dictated by the whims of social media.
02:10It's a seismic shift from monarchy to marketplace,
02:13from the permanence of print to the fleeting dopamine hit of a double tap.
02:17Miranda clings to her beloved book as if it's a life raft,
02:21refusing to fully surrender to the digital tide.
02:24When you go to her house, no matter what anyone tells you,
02:27don't go up the stairs.
02:28Who'd be stupid enough to do that?
02:30No one.
02:31But the world has changed.
02:33Status isn't about who sells the most copies,
02:35it's about who racks up the most clicks.
02:37Excellence is old news.
02:39In this new world, engagement is key,
02:42and style is just another casualty of the algorithm.
02:44Runway is no longer the oracle,
02:47but just another gladiator in the arena,
02:49fighting for the only thing that matters.
02:51Your attention.
02:52Nigel, you're hanging in there by your fingernails?
02:55Do you remember when magazines were a thing?
02:56In the original movie, Nigel tells Andy,
02:58You still don't get it, do you?
03:00Her opinion is the only one that matters.
03:0220 years later, that's no longer true.
03:05We all remember Miranda's famous cerulean sweater speech,
03:08where she explains how a small elite group shapes the way everyone dresses,
03:12whether they know it or not.
03:14However, that blue represents millions of dollars and countless jobs,
03:19and it's sort of comical how you think that you've made a choice
03:22that exempts you from the fashion industry,
03:24when in fact, you're wearing a sweater that was selected for you
03:28by the people in this room.
03:29But now, those people are just parts of a bigger system,
03:32not the gatekeepers anymore.
03:34Today, influence wins over editorial approval every time.
03:38It's not about who's on the cover,
03:40It's about who or what is trending.
03:42By 2026, high culture and fashion journalism are fighting for survival.
03:47So Miranda Priestley and her enterprise are under siege, we could say,
03:53by a lot of different things financially, by cancel culture,
03:58all sorts of things like that when we begin this film.
04:01It's a different place than at the end of the last,
04:04where they were on top of the world.
04:06The sequel shows that for runway to stay afloat,
04:08it has to rebuild its integrity and everything it stands for.
04:12While planning the Milan trip, we watch in shock, but not really surprise,
04:17as cost cuts hit everywhere, including Miranda having to fly economy.
04:21That moment is the clearest sign that the high fashion altar
04:24has been replaced by a focus on engagement metrics and pay-per-click thinking.
04:29More than anything, it shows what the fashion industry has lost
04:32as algorithms take over the editorial world.
04:35We've traded a visionary tyrant for a faceless machine.
04:38Maybe it really is better the devil you know.
04:41I hope that's not what you're wearing to the dinner.
04:44That's all.
04:45As it turns out, the devil we didn't know doesn't wear Prada.
04:48It wears a Patagonia vest and cares more about user retention than artistic vision.
04:52The wardrobe says a lot in a movie like this,
04:55so this is someone who really doesn't get fashion,
04:58doesn't especially see the value of it.
05:00It's all about sort of the money, the future, the technology,
05:04and, you know, that is sort of a nightmare.
05:06The new villain isn't a tough boss.
05:08It's the decline of the cultural institution itself.
05:11In this world, the enemy is the optimization pushed by management consultants
05:15and Silicon Valley leaders who see a legacy brand like Runway as just another data point.
05:20But now, I'm ready to get ducks in rows, kick some concepts around with you, check boxes, lunch.
05:27When prestige is separated from power, fashion stops being art
05:31and becomes a sacred emporium of disposable, viral content
05:35made for the non-stop pace of digital culture.
05:37The film's hardest truth is the cold math of the platform era.
05:41Without advertisers, there is no runway.
05:45Now, power belongs to those who own the platforms,
05:47people modeled after today's most notorious tech leaders
05:50who treat heritage like a distressed asset.
05:53You slammed?
05:54No, not at all.
05:55I'll just get someone to make a reservation.
05:58Oh, cafeteria's fine.
05:59I have a couple calls that I should return anyway.
06:02Um, I will see you there in 10.
06:05In this loss of faith in institutions,
06:07Miranda's perfectionism feels like a lost symbol of integrity.
06:11Okay, she's tough, but if Miranda were a man,
06:14no one would notice anything about her except how great she is at her job.
06:17The movie becomes about finding and restoring the industry's soul,
06:21shown best through Andy's powerful speech
06:23after simultaneously reaching both a career high and low,
06:26her refusal to sell out with a tell-all book,
06:28and Miranda's talk with Benji Barnes about the future.
06:31It's unsettling to realize that in the age of AI,
06:35even someone like Miranda Priestly has to worry about job security.
06:38I play Emily Blunt's, I guess, love interest,
06:41um, and, uh, and, but he's not a great guy.
06:46Um, and he, he's, he's a tech billionaire,
06:50um, who's trying to get into media, who's terrible.
06:54Um, I don't know if anyone comes to mind.
06:56While it's good that the story asks us to think about
06:59what today's digital world is taking from art,
07:02creativity, and individual voices,
07:04the ending is bittersweet.
07:05It really does take money to survive in this digital jungle.
07:09If only we could find a billionaire who truly loves art
07:12to help keep our favorite institutions alive,
07:15we'd be all set.
07:15What can you tell us about Sasha?
07:18She's pretty fierce,
07:20and she doesn't take any prisoners.
07:22Oh.
07:23And she shows up when she needs to.
07:25Ultimately, this movie serves as an all-out inversion of its predecessor,
07:28arguing that in a world of disposable content,
07:31fashion must return to its status as a secular religion.
07:34And what they did, what they created,
07:38was greater than art.
07:40Because you live your life in it.
07:43Well, not you, obviously.
07:45If the industry has become a marketplace of competing ideals,
07:48then designers are its saints,
07:50and Miranda its flawed high priestess,
07:52providing a moral code of beauty
07:54in an increasingly ugly digital landscape.
07:57Nowhere is this clearer than in the new meaning of luxury.
08:00As Emily snarks, luxury is the last thing standing
08:03because it's become the ultimate badge of identity.
08:06The must-have accessory for a world desperate for connection
08:09by any means necessary.
08:10That your bag, your scarf, your perfume, your umbrella,
08:14write this down.
08:15It tells the world who you are,
08:16what you care about.
08:18And now, there's housewives in Banff
08:20who wouldn't dream of going out without one of our $3,000 totes.
08:23But even the most exclusive glamour has to evolve or die.
08:26The models were encouraged to mill around like starving goats
08:31in the parking lot of a methadone clinic in New Jersey.
08:35Well, what am I not allowed to say?
08:38Methadone?
08:38Oh, New Jersey.
08:39Miranda is still clinging to the size zero gospel of 2006,
08:43but the world of 2026 demands something she can't quite deliver.
08:47Real diversity and accountability.
08:49Pull yourself together, we have work to do.
08:51And by we, I mean you.
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09:18The big save for runway doesn't come from a viral gimmick or a tech bro hack.
09:22It comes from Andy, who chooses integrity over clickbait after a scandal rocks the brand
09:27and threatens to make Miranda the latest victim of cancel culture.
09:31Yes, in 2026, we don't just want to dress well,
09:35but we want to feel good about the impact the clothes on our bodies have on the world.
09:39So many different body types saw themselves in a moment in the script where,
09:42and it's so hard because I can't say what the scene is about,
09:45but like there's a song that Gaga wrote and like it's a beautiful, amazing song.
09:49By standing up for what's right and delivering a real apology,
09:53not just one for clicks,
09:55Andy lands the Sasha Barnes interview and rescues the magazine soul.
09:58Anyway, we are all well aware that running that story was a mistake
10:01and are taking immediate steps.
10:02I cannot actually get over this.
10:05It's really remarkable.
10:07A senior editor at Runway.
10:09You.
10:10Yep.
10:11The final message hits hard.
10:13In a world run by algorithms and tech overlords,
10:16the only way to keep fashion and art alive is to stay human and refuse to sell out.
10:21The devil might still wear Prada,
10:23but in 2026, the hottest thing on the runway is a conscience.
10:27It's not just a magazine.
10:31It's a global icon.
10:33A winding road that brings us back together again.
10:40Do you think the devil wears Prada 2 painted an accurate picture of today's landscape?
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