The Devil Wears Prada 2 is capitalist art that hates capitalist art
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The Devil Wears Prada is one of the great millennial fairy tales. Released in 2006, the year before the financial crisis and Great Recession would come for us all, the movie (based on a novel inspired by writer Lauren Weisberger’s experience working for Anna Wintour at Condé Nast) posits a subversive fantasy: Our heroine Andrea […]
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CultureThe Devil Wears Prada 2 is capitalist art that hates capitalist artThe millennial fairy tale takes aim at corporate greed and the death of creativity. But it largely exists because of them.by Alex Abad-SantosMay 1, 2026, 11:30 AM UTCShareGiftThe Devil Wears Prada 2 run on millennial optimism while unearthing new evils. Macall PolayAlex Abad-Santos is a senior correspondent who explains what society obsesses over, from Marvel and movies to fitness and skin care. He came to Vox in 2014.
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