Screenplay by Aline Brosh McKenna

Based on the novel by Lauren Weisberger

  • If you want to get the rules of a world across smoothly, a great technique is to make one character a fish out of water to whom the other characters must constantly explain everything. Here, the fish is Andy. 

  • Note how all the details about how to prepare the office and work for Miranda add a total fearfulness and deep dread (i.e. - gleeful anticipation) of her when she’s not even in the scene. 

  • From Emily’s overzealous explanation, we also get a sense of her superiority complex AND how the Paris trip means everything to her. Both setups come into play later.

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