“The Devil Wears Prada 2” And The Future Of Tastemakers (With Who? Weekly)
5/7/20261 hr 39 min
Description: “…You think that you've made a choice that exempts you from the podcast industry when, in fact, you're listening to a podcast that was selected for you by the people in the room…and Who? Weekly!” This week on the show, we’re joined by the hosts of Who? Weekly, Lindsey Webber and Bobby Finger, to discuss The Devil Wears Prada 2, starring a list of all-star Thems: Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway, Emily Blunt, and Stanley Tucci. 20 years on, much has changed in the worlds of Miranda Priestly and Andy Sachs; amidst the cratering value of traditional media, Miranda and Andy reconnect to save Runway Magazine from bad billionaires. Despite its depressing subject matter, the movie is still breezy, funny, and surprisingly well observed. As veterans in the NYC media wars, we get into our histories with the original, recount our encounters with billionaire magazine owners, do a Meryl performance review, discuss the film’s elegy for tastemakers like Anna Wintour, and why we all still want (and need) publications like Vogue and Runway. Next week we’re talking about sheep and cozy mysteries with The Sheep Detectives! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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First 90 secondsAlison Willmore· Host0:00
[upbeat music] From Blank Check Productions, this is Critical Darlings, a podcast about the movies everyone's talking about, one new release after another. Please welcome your hosts, Richard Lawson and Alison Willmore.
Richard Lawson· Host0:25
[clapping] Why is Marie Bardes' introduction always so good? [laughs] Thank you, Marie. That was my- [laughs] ... Miranda Priestly impression, if you couldn't tell.
Alison Willmore· Host0:34
It was beautiful.
Richard Lawson· Host0:35
Which you probably couldn't.
Alison Willmore· Host0:35
Beautiful. Exquisite.
Richard Lawson· Host0:36
Um, that should give you an indication of what movie we're talking about today. But before we do that, uh, producer Ben Frisch is here, but he's off mic because we have two other people in the room. Ben, say hi.
Bobby Finger· Guest0:47
Hello, good morning.
Richard Lawson· Host0:48
There he is. Yeah, yeah. That's our Nigel. [laughs] [laughs] Uh, so our two guests for this episode, I, I think they're the perfect guests to have, uh, for this particular movie. Um, they have written for glossy magazines. They are, in a way, fashion marketers. [laughs] [laughs] People say do quince has.
Alison Willmore· Host1:08
[laughs] That's true.
Bobby Finger· Guest1:09
[laughs] That's true.
Alison Willmore· Host1:09
I was gonna say Everlane. We've done a few brands.
Richard Lawson· Host1:11
Everlane too.
Bobby Finger· Guest1:12
Everlane quince.
Richard Lawson· Host1:12
Yeah. Um- Who doesn't do quince at this point?
Alison Willmore· Host1:13
Yeah.
Richard Lawson· Host1:14
They are the hosts of Who Weekly, a celebrity and media podcast. Lindsay Weber and Bobby Finger, hello.
Alison Willmore· Host1:19
Hi.
Bobby Finger· Guest1:19
Hi. A celebrity and media podcast. That's so generous. Thank you.
Richard Lawson· Host1:23
Well, right? I mean- It's true.
Alison Willmore· Host1:24
Well, that's, that's what journalists... That's, like, what we want people to think.
Bobby Finger· Guest1:27
That's what I want people to say.
Alison Willmore· Host1:27
But only our friends think.
Bobby Finger· Guest1:28
[laughs] Yeah. It's amazing.
Alison Willmore· Host1:29
Wait, how do you,