I love how Emily wasn't sour about Andrea taking her task of delivering the book but was more concerned about her doing the job right to protect against Miranda's wrath. Like I saw in another comment, she may be mean, but she *never* sabotaged, Andrea. Instead, she helped her, and the only time she was truly angry was when she took the role of Paris Emily so desperately prepared for the moment Andrea joined Runway. She may be a bit mean, but Emily is truly a remarkable character.
I like how you try to justify this shitty, deplorable job with terrible people instead of figuring a way to deal with toxicity. Have you people even looked at studies of job efficiency in relation to happiness and a benevolent boss. No, of course not, you’re all uneducated morons in love with a fictional thunder cunt.
I never understood why she just didn't leave the book on the first table with the flowers closest to the door. And leave the dry cleaning in the first closet next to the stairs. Her goal was to do the job and leave quickly. That's why Miranda made her get that unpublished manuscript as punishment.
Precisely. It's her job to do what she is told. You were also right with the unpublished manuscript as a punishment. Miranda said "You can do everything. Right?" pertaining to her going beyond what she is told to in delivering the book. In accomplishing that impossible task she needs to have sex with thay guy who helped her get the manuscript.
The “table with the flowers” is misleading. Which table? That’s the ever popular “fetch me a rock”; don’t be sour is the rock I bring you is not what you asked. She shouldn’t have followed the twins upstairs, but how was she to know which table with flowers was the right one?
I always find it interesting how Miranda says to her husband "The cell phones didn't work, no-one could get a signal" yet this sort of excuse would not interest her in the slightest if she was ordering her minions to do tasks.
But this is accurate perfectionist are that way because no one tolerates thier tiniest mistake. Then they become a perfectionist to protect themselves from that trauma. So it's actually spot on, to get sense of why she is the way she is. If her husband was compassionate it would have contradicted the character
@@siyandadlamini496 why should he be compassionate to a compassionless woman? 1. He's at the end if his rope, which is a shit time to look for compassion for failings. 2. She could've used the same energy to contact him that she demands everyone else use to further Runway. #priorities
I like Andrea as a character, but I would've actually listened to Emily, leave the book and cleaning on whatever closet and table seemed right as fast as possible, and politely refuse the girls. I would've bolted for my life if I saw Miranda walk past.
You missed the point….the point was to show how absolutely ridiculous Miranda’s request was and how she is frankly a poor excuse for an employer and moreover a human being.
@@Thundernymph how was miranda's request difficult? all she had to do was put dry cleaning in a closet and a book on a table, it's not miranda's fault that emily didn't specify which closet and which table
In all honesty, we get TOLD that she's smart, a lot, but never really get SHOWN that she's smart. There are some instances for sure, but for this task I don't see why she, being a smart person, would ever choose to go upstairs when Emily told her not to even talk to anyone. Makes zero sense
Miranda's voice while talking to her husband always surprised me. She sounds defeated and begging, and it's so contradictory to her usual character. I've always thought it's because Miranda is deeply afraid of losing another husband, to the point where she becomes the submissive in order to make peace. Especially after watching that deleted scene, you can really see how speechless she is rendered while around him. She struggles to control him, to showcase some sort of authority because she's aware of how it drives others away. Meryl is such a good actress istg.
LOL no she sounds more concerned for her daughters and the press rather than her husband. Most people in the comment section, have no clue what these type of women are like and their analysis is flawed. She’s not trying to control him. She’s making excuses because he’s not a priority and she knows that. She’s trying to convince him that she cares about him but she doesn’t.
Yeah because it's a relationship. It's by definition a partnership and her partner feels let down. She feels like it's her fault and she's probably hard on herself, not just on her assistants.
Let's talk about Miranda's husband... Miranda rules with an Iron fist at work but she suffers internally, she suffers deeply and GREATLY in her family life, she rarely spends time with her daughters and her husband seems to be at the breaking point of divorce by the tone, arguments and look on his face. Especially with his short clear dialogue: "I sat waiting for you almost an hour..." (I assume she missed their anniversary or special date or meeting) and the line "I knew what EVERYONE in that restaurant was thinking... there he is, waiting for her AGAIN." (this has happened more than twice... The rich and public knows them, clearly Miranda unintentionally humiliates her husband EVERY time by missing their dates, people may gossip of possible cheating, workaholism, or lack of love in the most rich couple in New York, clearly any partner or person would feel humiliated). Despite his limited screen time, I love how the husband looks down at Andrea quickly, realizes she is an employee since she has access to the house and is carrying the work book .... and then glances even more disappointed at Miranda...and finally walks away... I could read in his quick face expressions as he leaves that he is like: "just great...even your employees and book need you after work hours and come to interrupt our argument...this is ridiculous Miranda! WE AIN'T GOT PRIVACY NO MORE NOW! I'll leave you so you can sort this out!" Despite their limited screen time, the husband and daughters make Miranda the most weak and vulnerable person ever. Simple yet effective scenes. Everyone has flaws and weaknesses , no matter how "perfect" they sell their image.
Indeed, every human being is vulnerable to something or someone ... no matter how powerful they might seem. In this case, Miranda rules with an Iron fist at work but she suffers internally, she suffers deeply and GREATLY in her family life, she rarely spends time with her daughters and her husband seems to be at the breaking point of divorce by the tone and look of his face. Especially with his short dialogue: "I sat waiting for you almost an hour..." (I assume she missed their anniversary or special date) and the line "I knew what EVERYONE in that restaurant was thinking... there he is, waiting for her AGAIN." (more than once... The rich and public knows them, clearly Miranda unintentionally humiliates her husband EVERY time by missing their dates). Despite his limited screen time, I love how the husband looks down at Andrea and then looks even more mad at Miranda...and walks away... I could read in his quick face expression as he leaves that he is like: "just great...even your employees and book need you after work hours and come to interrupt our argument...this is ridiculous Miranda! WE AIN"T GOT PRIVACY NO MORE NOW! I'll leave you so you can sort this out!"
There's a deleted scene at the Met Gala where her husband shows up drunk and insults the publisher of Runway in front of everyone. It shows him to be petty and insecure.
@@sha11235 Still she knows how Miranda is or really she should have an idea on how Miranda is since she worked for her this long. Did Andy honestly think Miranda was going to be all cool with her? Really Andy shouldn't have listened to the twins 🤦♀️
Idk this scene really shows her Naïveté. There is only one closet directlyyyy in front of the end of the staircase. A smart person would check both closets anyway. And by deduction you would assume where the book would need be placed would be in the same area as well, so the table with the three flower arrangements. Either way like everyone said, Emily never tried to sabotage her. Andrea completely disregarded Emily’s instructions she gave by even acknowledging the twins.
I disagree. There is nothing wrong to say hi to kids but she could have chosen to do her things fast and moved on. She should have deduced more or called the Miranda/Emily for instructions by going out of the house and using the phone. That's a decent thing to do. It was already a breach of boundary by letting an employee having the key. The twins looked like devils already. As if they have heard about people getting fired or something after coming to their house.
For a strong person who probably wouldn’t care if one of her assistant couldn’t complete a task due to “there was no cell phone signal” when it comes her turn she sure wanted someone to understand her situation. Sometimes I don’t understand people who act like this. They think the world revolves around them.
Why would she sabotage her? The point of two assistants is that it spreads the work out between two people instead of one. If Emily sabotaged her then it’s just more work and flack for her.
Emily’s paranoia about Andrea delivering the book is funny because under normal circumstances it’s a simple thing to do. There’s a car that takes you to her home (which turns out to be like a palace); Andrea has to put some dry cleaning away and leave a book. It’s a measure of the fear that people have of Miranda that this becomes an ordeal and the sad thing is that plainly Miranda’s private life and home is only an extension of her job; everything and everyone is secondary to maintaining an image of fearsome control and sleek chic and nothing is spontaneous or warm. Her children are evil ginger twins and her husband wears a suit at home. No slippers, no roaring fireside evident and all the surfaces are spotless and arranged with a superficial visual precision. Even the flowers look perfectly coiffed. Andrea is far too intelligent to be taken in by this artifice and can’t believe Emily’s anxiety. This privileged world is nothing more than a puppet show. Andrea is earning her role as Miranda’s run around, but she hasn’t sold her soul yet and she is still eating carbs.
wow great analysis! I really enjoyed reading this, and adding the details about her husband's suit and the perfectly neat home. the last sentence is on point, too, Andy retained her identity and never went 100% into the fashion world. Like miranda said, she was able to decide for herself instead of being blinded by glitz
I love that this is one of the very few scenes where we get to see Miranda´s more private and intimate life. But everything is so subtle...all the shots are super fast and we just have barely a couple of frames of Miranda´s home in all the movie, as if it was a blink. There is not even a point where you can have a full picture of the place...everything is cut and you don´t get a wide shot of the entirety of the home. It´s like you are watching it from Andy´s perspective, but also, as if the movie didn´t want you to be more involved into Miranda´s private world...they just wanted you to be there, superficially, for a second. Hell even a character as important for Miranda as his husband, literally has 10 seconds of screen time in the entire movie.
Same, I thought she said AirBnB, but that would've been way too early lol. I also now get a 30 Rock and Arrested Development reference out of this, so that's fun. 😂
To me that was the DEATH STARE of "how dare you... you are soooooo FIRED!!!!!!!!!!!" I could feel in Andy's face yelling internally" "God, I wish I was dead...or Swallow me ground and spit me in China!"
She could have left it at the table nearest to the closet where she hung dry cleaning. That way the person picking up dry cleaning would notice the book
2:46 *My God! That look from Miranda to Andrea froze up my spine. Meryl Streep, you were divine in that role. I can't imagine another actress doing "Miranda" as well as Meryl Streep. We know when an actor is magnificent when he does just that, he can express everything through a simple look (even if doesn't say anything). I could feel all of Miranda's fury from here that Andrea had gone upstairs, and she still witnessed something private (As Emily said that Miranda is very reserved and doesn't like strangers in her house). Now imagine an outsider walking freely through the house and still witnessing a private discussion.*
@Magnectlyn Monroe huh? I was texting my friends by 2004/5 and I was still a teenager then. Granted, those were the days when our cell service provider charged per text so I was careful coz my parents had given me the cellphone for emergencies only, but Andy and Emily were assistants to the editor in chief of a high-profile magazine. She could’ve easily texted OR called to confirm. She’s worried about keeping it quiet? Well she has the key. Go outside, check with Emily, then come back in. If anything, Andy should’ve just placed the book on the first table that was right in front of her (it was next to the first closet across the stairs and was closest to the front door). Why would she get confused with other tables that were further away from the door lol. It’s just a movie so I get it but in real life, no sensible person would be that incompetent in such a ‘dilemma.’
The twins were so loud telling her to come up. She got panicked and wanted them to be quiet besides since the twins helped her with the closet they gained her trust so she did what the twins said quickly
There’s a reason why Emily told Andrea NOT to look at anybody OR talk to them. Because she knows that Miranda’s daughters are spoiled troublemakers, and that they’ll toy with anybody who’s entering the house. But then again, Emily didn’t exactly specify which flowers Andrea was supposed to leave the book by.
Logically, it SHOULD be the table in the hallway right outside the closet where she put the dry cleaning. That is also right infront of the stairs. Why? Because everyone in that household will pass by where that table is located before they reach the front door to go out. Therefore that table is where it will have the highest chance of being noticed by Miranda before she heads out for work or if she comes downstairs (assuming her office is on that same first floor). That is the BEST location to put the book. Putting it on any other table further INSIDE the house in one of the rooms would make it less noticeable (not everyone enters every room in their house each day). The hallway table is where most of the foot traffic goes on: it's by the coat closet, it's beside the stairs, and it adjoins the front door to the further rooms inside the house.
The most logical answer then would be to open the door and place them at the door, lock it and leave. Whatever happens inside the house is none of Andreas damn problem. Miranda can choose wherever the fxk she wants to put it or she could use a doorbell for once. If you see some kids at home and they ask you to give the book, you would even think it is better to hand them only. Although I would have called them down lol and if they wouldn't I would leave it at the door. Fxk your tables.
Emily and Andy both have cell phones. They should've just stayed on the line with each other during Andy's first delivery walkthrough, then Andy can do it by herself after that. (but of course, if that happened, we won't have the rest of the movie lol)
Granting that Emily is someone who would answer her calls. Its a simple task so no need to annoy someone for a simple task. Thats just show how you can't handle simple thing on your own.
given the context, seriousness and intensity of the whole situation, i would just assume it’s the flower table closest to the closet…as though im not even allowed to look and step even further than that space
I'm here after watching the Anne Hathaway and Emily Blunt Variety interview. I love this movie and I cannot believe I've never seen the bloopers before!
i liked Andy mostly but she was such a dunce in this scene.. all she had to do was what made the most sense, Emily told her which door it was right? and the table closest to the door was obviously the correct one, one of the ones she looked at wouldn't have even had room for the book and the other one was in a totally different room.
Emily’s description was pretty vague especially when she didn’t make clear which door and table for Andrea to complete her tasks. If she truly has been inside Miranda’s house for so many times before she shouldn’t have failed to mention the most important things accurately. Andrea didn’t forget things, she did take notes on what Emily told her, but Emily’s information must be clear and accurate in order for Andrea to rely on. Clearly Emily has failed to do that. However, Andrea should have listened to Emily about talking to anybody inside the house. She clearly instructed Andrea to be invisible and discreet inside the house but she was so gullible that the twins were able to pull a prank on her and eventually caused so much trouble for Andrea.
On the flip side Emily has been in that house so many times it never crossed her mind to be more specific. It's like when you've done something so many times and you're explaining it to someone else it's so second nature to you you're going to leave small details out.
Andi's attitude at the end really pissed me off. She didn't take her mistake seriously, and didn't understand or even CONSIDER that Emily would take the fall if Andi screwed up (which she did). Andi really is the second most self-absorbed person in the movie; the first, of course, being her asshole boyfriend.
@@gingerisevil02 well as u can see, andy is easy to push and influence she went upstair because the twins said so, that they will give the book to miranda. Its also very explanatory, andy just want to finish her assignment thats why she accepted the offer of the twins.
RUPEE I get that she did it because she was over thinking it and afraid to get in trouble so she ended up walking right into it, but it makes me wince. It was obvious what table she wanted the book set on. And it’s still a boundary that she overstepped and it makes sense Miranda would’ve been angry she intruded in her personal space. I know why she did it, my question was aghast wincing at this scene lol. It was a rhetorical question. Your analysis is spot on, I’m aware of why she did it, this scene stresses me out and makes me cringe lol.
This type of personality cult is always so ridiculous to me. Why, WHY? You’re there blowing your brains out over doing everything “perfectly”…meanwhile, she’s probably on the toilet somewhere having a noisy, day-ruining diarrhea attack. Human beings are so goofy…
Hahahah I was telling this to everyone on this board…..they are morons and frankly it makes me realize why someone like Hitler did all the damage he did in this world.
This movie was the first time i recognized Emily Blunt as an actress and she PLAYED EVERYBODY AGAINST THE WALL. Such a great accomplishment for a nearly unknown actress
I read fashion magazines only for lifestyle articles not so much for clothing and accessory trends. I read Harper's Bazaar, Vogue, Marie Claire & Elle (wasn't so much a fashion magazine). Good Housekeeping, Cosmopolitan (for relationships) etc have a lil bit of fashion but they are for "women". Femina & Savvy are women's magazine (a lil bit of everything). Femina is actually an australian or south african magazine (its international- bennet & coleman)
I see comments about how Emily was always looking out for Andy and that she was not fully a “mean girl” 😂 Okay… you guys know that she did that for selfish reasons right? She wanted Andy to do well so she wouldn’t get fired, otherwise, it would jeopardize her chance to go to Paris (she said it herself)
@@gustavohorn2194 She was specific. Andy shouldn’t have been too trusting on the twins. When the twins said “Emily does it all the time”, it should have been a red flag because Emily never said that. So… 🤷🏻♂️
@@algebra22 Table with the flowers? There were three of those. Closet across from the staircase? There were three doors as well. Not specific enough. It was on Emily's best interests that Andy performed this task accordingly so she should've briefed her thoroughly, which she clearly didn't.
Its pleasant that Emily didnt sabotage her, mostly because that give us a different scenario that the typical movies with the mean girl. Its something about the different script, not abou the "good" that a fictional character was, but how satisfying that fictional character was.
Honestly, i don't know why people go into deep discussions about the moral of fictional characters, like THIS was EVERYTHING THAT MATTERS. I give a shit, it's fictional, you don't have to do hour and hours and a testament explaining if a FICTIONAL character was good, or pick the right couple...I mean, you can have an opinion about this, but it's not the main thing. The thing that matter, first of all, is that would be a good character for the trama, that fit well and gives you emotions.
I hate it when people give instructions without taking into account all the possibilities it could be interpreted. It shows they’re oblivious or simply don’t have the ability to imagine the scenario the other person will experience. For Emily she’s delivered the book before so just saying closet and flowers may make sense. But from Andy’s perspective, she definitely would be confused
The twins tricked Andrea into this mistake, which resulted in Miranda trying to covertly fire her by giving her the impossible task of getting copies of the unpublished Harry Potter book for them. I'm not saying the twins knowingly manipulated events... but we can't rule it out! They may have learnt a thing or two about scheming from their mother! 🤔
"the closet across from the staircase" - There was a door right at the foot of the stairs, and a table with flowers right next to it. Sis, it wasn't that hard.
A woman who has spent her entire life being dedicated to the goal of perfection and success in profession, powerful and intimidating at work; yet here and in that Paris scene where she talks with Andy, meaning whenever family and personal matters are concerned, she's at her most vulnerable and incapable of handling things. It's truly sad - a human who has found solace only in lifeless things such as clothes and has almost forgotten what it's like to live among other humans. A prequel with Miranda's life and rise to fame would be extremely interesting. To see how this woman became as lively as a coatstand. An amazigly written character and an eternally remarkable performance from Meryl. Also, that look Miranda gives Andy when she realises she has seen... terror, shame, anger, fear all at once. Like she's been exposed for the first time. Love it.
Who have been watching the movie ”,could you conclude the main reasons that lead the totally different results of Andy(Andrea)’s mission of “Sending Book to Miranda’s home” and “Achieving Novel Book for Miranda’s kids”.
I would leave the book on the table with the flowers. 😂😂😂Just playing. I mean leaving it on the glass one with the two yellow flowers. Looks more like an ordinary table to me.
