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Posted: 7/1/06 at 7:49pm
Yeah, there's another thread of positive reactions to the movie, but by younger fans. I'm just curious if anyone else felt transported back to another time, when this subgenre -- the single girl in the big tough city job -- was a staple. The classic, iconic prototypical one of the 50's: THE BEST OF EVERYTHING.
At a key point in the Hathaway/Streep friction, I couldn't help but feel the influential presence of archetypes played by Diane Baker and Joan Crawford. In fact, the Wintour homage that Streep delivers has a great deal of Joan's office monstre sacre about her. It was great to see what used to be called "a woman's picture." They aren't really made anymore.
The audience -- mostly over 50 -- was clearly delighted to be in the company of such glamour pusses. And curiously, the movie is very tame about matters of sex and even language. It's not very naughty by today's standards, which makes it oddly retro.
At a key point in the Hathaway/Streep friction, I couldn't help but feel the influential presence of archetypes played by Diane Baker and Joan Crawford. In fact, the Wintour homage that Streep delivers has a great deal of Joan's office monstre sacre about her. It was great to see what used to be called "a woman's picture." They aren't really made anymore.
The audience -- mostly over 50 -- was clearly delighted to be in the company of such glamour pusses. And curiously, the movie is very tame about matters of sex and even language. It's not very naughty by today's standards, which makes it oddly retro.
"I'm a comedian, but in my spare time, things bother me." Garry Shandling
Updated On: 7/1/06 at 07:49 PM
