Speaking of book vs adaptation, while I normally side with the former, I can name at least two instances of me cheering with unabashed glee at the hollywood machine ripping the source material from the author’s hands like a pit bull. Image-wise at the very least.
I can appreciate The Devil Wears Prada for not expecting me to go “yass queen” at the abusive workplace environment just because the perpetrator happens to be a woman (which is also the one issue I have with the film). But at the same time Andy is such an unlikeable character she kind of just ruins everything good about the book. Like, I don’t know, I’m not particularly in love with my job either, but maybe if you stopped feeling sorry for yourself and looking down on everybody for two goddamn seconds, you wouldn’t be so miserable all the fucking time. Which admittedly isn’t the advice I would give to a living person, to a fictional character though? Yes. Suck it up.
Like, someone would ask this girl if she’s having a good day at work or doing this or that, just one teeny tiny line of dialogue, one harmless question, and you just know it’s about to be followed up by a DIABOLICAL behemoth of a soliloquy, a solid ass wall of text that begins with a “erm, I don’t know, AM I HAVING A GOOD DAY?”, contains nothing but whining and ends with a “so, YEAH. Guess, I AM having a good day. Thanks for asking, bitch” like shut the fuck up
Or at least have the balls to actually say it out loud idk
Also, this might be a surprise to some, but book Andy’s hella homophobic. Mainly because the author’s hella homophobic (but thinks they’re not), so there’s that.
And then there’s Legally Blonde.
Don’t. Read that shit. Just don’t.
If LB the movie or LB the musical means anything to you at all, steer clear.
I’ve seen people say that original Elle being a terrible person is just a reflection of the author’s own terribleness, but personally I don’t think that’s the case.
I think Elle is a parody. An insult. The avatar meant to embody the idea of a woman the author fucking despises. And it’s such a cruel way to treat your own protagonist, I’m so glad they rehoused her.