by Shelt Garner
@sheltgarner
The big thing I noticed about The Devil Wear’s Prada 2 was how chaste it was. There was barely even alluded-to sex. Which makes you wonder if this is the New Normal for modern stories or if a marketing ploy to women and gays who love the franchise.
Though, as far as I know, both women and gays have a lot of sex (someone has to) so…lulz? Maybe it’s specifically *younger* women who would be aghast if there was some shown horizonal bopping going on?
ANYWAY.
The movie is fine. I only went to see it because of very personal nostalgia. I went to see the original with a bevy of ROKon Magazine folks 20 years ago. Man, was that a long, long time ago and man, am I a different person from that point in my life.
It’s like I’ve had a brain transfer or something.
If the size of my audience’s crowd is any indication, this movie is going to be one of the biggest movies of the year. I went to the first evening showing on a Friday and the place was surprisingly packed (relatively.)
I am still a little nervous for my novel, given how much sex there is in it compared to this movie. But, who knows, maybe I’m overthinking things.