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didn't really ring true to me. In the screenplay, it was her friend Nigel giving her the incentive to press on, to invest her all. In the movie, the biting dismissive wit of that Nigel really should have been the icing on the cake to send Andy running from the building, from publishing and from New York entirely.

I'm not sure how it works out in the book, but my darling husband is on a mission to get me said novel so I can see exactly how this worked for the creator.

Between the two, I was more emotionally invested in the movie than the script, and I credit that to Meryl Streep more than anything else. Like I mentioned before, that one moment of humanity we see at the end (and also when she finds out about the divorce), in a way endeared you to her despite her nastiness.

My Miranda had no such streak. So it may have been seeing it play out differently on the big screen that touched me.

Either way, I'd recommend both. If you're an aspiring screenwriter, I'd definitely recommend reading the script in addition to seeing the movie.

Things like less shots and less speaking parts made sense not only for the story, but for the budget.

It also speaks to the necessity of certain screenwriting tools, such as flashbacks (which, in the screenplay everything from Paris backward was told in flashback), and showing how sometimes a more linear timeline can actually serve the story better.

The Devil Wears Prada, screenplay and movie, each get three stars, but for entirely different reasons.

For the screenplay, it was giving us emotional ties to our supporting cast.

For the movie, it was fleshing out Miranda and making her the one you love to hate.

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