The Devil Wears Prada’s Miranda Priestly, at first may come off as the stereotypical villain boss who terrorizes everyone in the office just to be a “bitch”, but her “Everyone wants to be us”(98:02) confidence makes us look past her wicked attitude. Miranda is extremely precise and passionate in her beliefs of fashion, always knowing the exact details to make each outfit better. Miranda exemplifies most of the characteristics of what Chuck Klosterman, in “Villains Who Are Not Villains” defines as the “suave, slick, capable confidence man” (42) except for the fact that Miranda is a woman. Miranda Priestly not only appeals to us because of her supreme confidence and power, but also, because of the way she overcomes her vulnerability to become …show more content…
The newspapers verbally attack her confidence by calling her a “dragon lady” and “snow queen.” (80:20-82:20) These titles are given to her because she is so obsessed with her work life that she pushes away her marriage and social life. Women have usually been perceived as taking care of the home duties and the men are out running the companies. Miranda is the opposite; she is in a position of power in a company. If she were male, she would have been seen as a symbol of succession and would be loved by the media for the hard work. Instead, Miranda is scrutinized for working so much and embarrassed by the media for pushing away her family. After Miranda tells Andy what happened, Andy asks Miranda if she would like her to cancel the event and Miranda, without hesitation, says, “don’t be ridiculous.” (82:00-82:20). Though Miranda is very upset she quickly overcomes her vulnerability and gets back to her agenda. This scene demonstrates Miranda’s confidence on a whole new level. Not only was a huge part of Miranda’s life ruined, but she is also blamed for it and her confidence is verbally attack. Miranda, somehow, still ends up outsmarting everyone and saving her job, which makes her even more appealing to