'The Devil Wears Prada': What It Got Right (and Wrong)

How much is 'Vogue' really like The Devil Wears Prada? On the latest episode of the Back Row podcast, Amy Odell sits down with former Vanity Fair critic and the author of the Premiere Party newsletter, Richard Lawson, to analyze The Devil Wears Prada before the sequel drops. Amy interviewed more than 250 people to write “Anna: The Biography," including Anna Wintour's closest friends and collaborators. Richard worked at Condé Nast for a dozen years, and has stories. They remember the movie's origin story, break down each scene, and talk about what was totally real and what was totally made up. Listen to Part 2 to for their discussion of how the film impacted Anna Wintour's public image and how she really felt about all of it. Part 2 is available to paid subscribers at https://www.backrow.net/subscribe (which includes full newsletter access) or through Apple Podcasts (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/back-row-with-amy-odell/id1843400835) or Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/show/0wpDOgcuWKjpH9WxklNqI4). CHAPTERS: 01:30 — The Devil Wears Prada Origin Story 05:50 — How the Film Elevates the Book 09:10 — Richard’s Real-life Andy Sachs Experience 17:00 — The Movie’s Opening Montage 20:10 — Miranda’s Arrival: “A Million Girls Would Kill For This Job” 24:50 — Andy’s Boring Boyfriend 31:00 — What was it Really Like for Assistants in the Aughts? 34:20 — Would Andy Have Succeeded Without Miranda? 36:50 — The Story Behind the Cerulean Monologue 42:30 — The Harry Potter Book: Did