You are not trying
—— Film Review
So quit, I can get another girl to take your job in five minutes…one who really wants it. Andy, be serious. You are not trying. You are whining…You have no idea how many l egends have walked these halls. And what’s worse, you don’t care. Because this place, where so many people would die to work, you only deign to work. And you want to know why she doesn’t kiss you on the forehead and give you a gold star on your homework at the end of the day. Wake up, sweetheart.
--foreword
Andy Sachs, a girl graduated from North Western University, came to New York to be a journalist and sent letters out everywhere. However, she got a job to be an assistant for Miranda, the editor in chief of Runway, by chance. Runway is one of the most famous magazines, so old-fashioned Andy was laughed at by her colleagues at the outset. She didn’t like this job, although a million girls would kill for it. She thought fashion had nothing to do with her and was not willing to change herself for this job. She just needed to stick it out for a year and then she could get a job at any magazine she wanted.
Andy worked for Miranda day and night, not only to be Miranda’s second assistant but also to be her nurse on call. She had to prepare for her breakfast, hang her clothes and bag, serve for the twins and so on. She was tired of this job and didn’t know what else she can do. Because if she did something right, it’s unacknowledged, Miranda didn’t even say thank you ; but if she did something wrong, Miranda would become vicious. (quoted from movie)Andy felt unfair and she would like a little credit for the
fact that she was killing herself trying. When she was blamed by Miranda once, she turned to Nigel for help. However, Niger pointed out that she was not trying, and she was just whining. Then she changed her attitude towards this job and became fashionable to adapt to Runway. There was no doubt that she was an excellent girl and made great progress little by little. Eventually, she surpassed Emily and was admitted by Miranda, the devil wears Prada. Think of myself, I was disappointed when I knew I would be an English teacher in primary school. In fact, my dream is to be a useful person in this society and I have my own time. Even now I don’t know what is my real dream. To be honest, I learned English just to take exams and the fact is that I tried my best to get good grades by using exam-oriented skills when I was in high school. I never thought for myself to keep trying. I am used to whining and complaining. I will complain that I get the unfair result but nothing else. This movie gives me a stroke and the conception of “trying” become impressive in my mind.
Question
Why did Andy stay at Runway when she was laughed at by her colleague, but quit when she got promotion?
Andy wanted to stay at Runway at first because if she sticked it out for a year, she could get a job at any magazine she wanted. But when she adapted to this life, she found something ugly in the field of entertainment. She also didn’t want to live an exquisite life at the cost of losing boyfriend, family, friends and trueness.
Was Miranda a devil?
I would like to regard her as a queen rather than a devil. She was just doing her job at any rate. No one can do better than her as the chief editor of Runway.
