10 Most Excellent Things: The Devil Wears Prada Page #3

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You know what they say?

Tiny man, huge ego.

No. And I've seen all this before.

Theyskens is trying to reinvent

the drop waist, so actually it's-

- Where are all the other dresses?

- We have some right here

- Stand, watch and listen.

- And I think it can be very interesting-

No. No, I just-

It's just baffling to me.

Why is it so impossible

to put together a decent run-through?

You people have had hours and hours

to prepare It's just so confusing to me

Where are the advertisers?

- We have some pieces from Banana Republic.

- We need more, don't we?

- Oh. This is-This might be-

What do you think of-

- Yeah.

Well, you know me

Give me a full ballerina skirt

and a hint of saloon and I'm on board.

- But do you think it's too much like-

- Like the Lacroix from July?

I thought that, but no, not with

the right accessories. It should work.

Where are the belts for this dre-

Why is no one ready?

Here. It's a tough call.

- They're so different.

- [ Miranda ] Hmm

[ Snorts, Chuckles ]

Something funny?

No. No, no. Nothing's-

You know, it's just that both those belts

look exactly the same to me.

You know, I'm still learning

about this stuff and, uh-

"This... stuff'?

Oh Okay I see

You think this has nothing

to do with you.

You go to your closet

and you select- I don't know-

that lumpy blue sweater, for instance...

because you're trying to tell the world

that you take yourself too seriously

to care about what

you put on your back.

But what you don't know

is that that sweater is not just blue.

It's not turquoise. It's not lapis.

It's actually cerulean.

And you're also blithely unaware

of the fact...

that in 2002, Oscar de la Renta

did a collection of cerulean gowns

And then I think it was

Yves Saint Laurent- wasn't it-

who showed cerulean military jackets?

- I think we need a jacket here.

- Mmm.

And then cerulean quickly showed up

in the collections of eight different designers

And then it, uh, filtered down

through the department stores

and then trickled on down

into some tragic Casual Corner...

and then trickled on down

into some tragic Casual Corner...

where you, no doubt,

fished it out of some clearance bin

However, that blue represents

millions of dollars

and countless jobs...

and it's sort of comical how you think

that you've made a choice...

that exempts you

from the fashion industry...

when, in fact...

you're wearing a sweater that was selected

for you by the people in this room...

from a pile of stuff.

So then I said,

"No, I couldn't see the difference

between the two

absolutely identical belts".

And you should have seen

the look she gave me!

I thought the flesh

was gonna melt off her face.

- [ Chuckles ]

- It's not funny

She's not happy unless everyone around her

is panicked, nauseous or suicidal.

And the Clackers just worship her.

- The who?

- They call them Clackers

The sound that their stilettos make

in the marble lobby.

It's like,

"Clack, clack, clack. Clack, clack."

[ Groans ] And they all act like

they're curing cancer or something

[ Chuckling ]

The amount of time and energy...

that these people spend on these insignificant,

minute details, and for what?

So that tomorrow they can spend

another $300,000 reshooting something...

that was probably fine to begin with

to sell people things they don't need!

God!

- I'm not even hungry anymore.

- What?

- That is why those girls are so skinny.

- Oh No, no, no

Give me that. There's, like,

eight dollars ofJarlsberg in there.

[ Sighs ]

You know what?

I just have to stick it out for a year.

One year.

And then I can do

what I came to New York to do.

But I can't let Miranda get to me.

I won't.

Easy there, tiger.

- Oh, good morning, Miranda.

- Get me Isaac.

I don't see my breakfast here

Are my eggs here? Where are my eggs?

Excuse me!

Pick up the Polaroids

from the lingerie shoot

Have the brakes checked on my car

- [ Truck Horn Honking ]

- [ Gasps ]

Where's that piece of paper

I had in my hand yesterday morning?

The girls need new surfboards or

boogie boards or something for spring break

- Hello.

- The twins also need flip-flops.

- Ow!

- Oh, my gosh!

Pick up my shoes from Blahnik,

and then go get Patricia

- Who's that?

- Good girl! Good girl! Good girl!

Get me that little table

that I liked at that store on Madison.

Get us a reservation for dinner tonight

at that place that got the good review

- Get me Isaac

- Thirty-six thank-you notes delivered today

- Where is everyone?

- Why is no one working?

[ Miranda's Voice Overlapping ]

Get me Demarchelier.

I have Miranda Priestly calling for-

Okay.

I have Patrick.

[ Sighs ]

Thank God it's Friday, right?

At least Miranda will be in Miami,

so we don't have to be on call this weekend

You know,

my dad's coming in from Ohio.

Yeah, we're gonna go out to dinner,

maybe see Chicago.

You doing anything fun this weekend?

Yes.

[ Piano ]

[ Andy ]

Yeah, Nate said it was great

He actually- He applied here, but they

wanted someone with more experience.

- Here.

- Huh? What's this?

I don't want you

to get behind on your rent.

- Dad, how did you-

- It's-

I'm gonna kill Mom.

[ Chuckles ]

Dad, thank you.

Mm-hmm.

- It's really good to see you.

- You too, honey.

So, you want to

start grilling me now...

or should we wait till after dinner?

I thought I'd let you at least enjoy

the bread basket first.

No, no, no. It's okay.

Go right ahead.

We're just a little worried, honey.

We get e-mails from you

at your office at 2:00 a.m.

Your pay is terrible.

You don't get to write anything.

Hey, that's not fair.

I wrote those e-mails.

I'm just trying to understand why someone

who got accepted to Stanford Law...

turns it down to be a journalist,

and now you're not even doing that.

Dad, you have to trust me.

Being Miranda's assistant

opens a lot of doors.

Emily is going to Paris

with Miranda in a few months...

and she's gonna meet editors and writers

from every important magazine.

And in a year, that could be me.

- All right?

- Mm-hmm.

Dad, I swear, this is my break.

- This is my- my chance.

- [ Cell Phone Ringing ]

This is my boss.

- I'm sorry, Dad. I have to take this.

- Take it. Take it.

- Hello. Miranda?

- My flight has been canceled.

It's some absurd weather problem.

I need to get home tonight. The twins have

a recital tomorrow morning at school.

- What?

- At school!

- Absolutely. Let me see what I can do.

- Good.

Hi. Um, I know this

is totally last minute...

but I was hoping that you

could maybe get a flight for my boss...

from Miami to New York tonight?

Uh-

- [ Dad ] It's right here Thank you

- [ Andy ] Yeah, any kind ofjet

- From Miami to New York.

- Thank you.

- Yup, I need it tonight. I need it-

- Ow!

- I thought you were going out the other-

- Sweetie! No.

- It's over here, honey.

- Tonight.

Hi I'm trying to get a flight tonight-

for tonight- from Miami to New York

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