WEBVTT - Devil Wears Prada 2: Miranda Priestly flies economy?

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<v Speaker 1>From the Australian. This is the weekend edition of The Front.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm Claire Harvey. It's time for the Devil Wears Prada to.

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<v Speaker 2>Jehany Fendi Bulder.

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<v Speaker 1>We're back in New York. The dialogue is haughty, the

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<v Speaker 1>fashion is detailed, and the luxury is quiet. Luxury that

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<v Speaker 1>is so quiet you need an era trumpet. Nikki Gammel,

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<v Speaker 1>our chief film critic, joins me with her review of

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<v Speaker 1>the movie that's about to take cinemas by storm and

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<v Speaker 1>why she found it equal parts spectacular and sobering. Now, Nikki,

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<v Speaker 1>I've got to ask. The greatest trope, I guess in

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<v Speaker 1>the first Devil West Prata was the way Miranda Priestley

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<v Speaker 1>made her entrance. Oh yes, Meryl Streep, as the Runway

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<v Speaker 1>editor in chief, would storm in to her own office

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<v Speaker 1>and just fooling her overcoat and you know, forty five

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<v Speaker 1>thousand dollar handbag on the desk of whoever was nearest.

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<v Speaker 1>If she's still doing that twenty years on.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, it's all change. She has to hang up her

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<v Speaker 2>own coat, which is huge. Not only that private cars

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<v Speaker 2>no more. She has to take an uber also, she

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<v Speaker 2>has to fly economy. It's so delicious Basically, the grand

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<v Speaker 2>gatekeeper of old is being put in her place by

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<v Speaker 2>the world of media. Now. It's kind of like Miranda's

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<v Speaker 2>feeling her age. God, that's not what you're wearing to

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<v Speaker 2>the dinner, That's all.

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<v Speaker 1>A lot has happened since The Devil Wears Prida came

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<v Speaker 1>out in two thousand and six and the sequel in cinemas. Now,

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<v Speaker 1>the fashion and police have been replaced by influencers. Direct

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<v Speaker 1>to consumer models have short circuited middlemen, and of course

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<v Speaker 1>the world of print journalism has been ravaged by the Internet.

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<v Speaker 1>It's a free for all. Everyone has a platform, but

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<v Speaker 1>does anyone have any style? Protagonist Miranda Priestley played by

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<v Speaker 1>Meryl Streep certainly does, and so does her offsider Nigel

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<v Speaker 1>played by Stanley Tucci.

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<v Speaker 2>The Brunello Cucinelli pants. Love those, and it's definitely need

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<v Speaker 2>an embroidered two piece totem set, but not the terror

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<v Speaker 2>catta because you're so pale.

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<v Speaker 1>Journalist Andy Sachs played by Anne Hathaway is back in

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<v Speaker 1>the sequel, but this time sax is no assistant. She's

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<v Speaker 1>the key, hopefully to saving Priestley's magazine, Empire Runway.

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<v Speaker 3>So he said that that we need, I mean, Runway

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<v Speaker 3>needs to take control of the narrative of the Speed

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<v Speaker 3>Pash story and restore credibility. But I thought that for

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<v Speaker 3>sure you had approved, and we're excited, and that's.

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<v Speaker 1>Why I came in here all like, oh, I can't

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<v Speaker 1>wait to see this movie. And I've got two screenings

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<v Speaker 1>booked for this weekend with my children and my own mum. Friends.

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<v Speaker 1>This is going to be the multi generational movie of

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<v Speaker 1>the year, isn't it. Everyone I know is going to

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<v Speaker 1>at least one screening.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah. Look, I actually don't know.

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<v Speaker 1>You know.

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<v Speaker 2>I came away from Wuthering Heights and I just thought,

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<v Speaker 2>in my bones, this is going to be huge, and

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<v Speaker 2>women are going to see it again and again and

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<v Speaker 2>again with the devil wez prior to look, I love

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<v Speaker 2>this film. As film critic, I gave it four stars.

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<v Speaker 2>But I think that was also tinged because of the

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<v Speaker 2>fact that I am a writer and a journalist and

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<v Speaker 2>this film is about journalism, how journalism works now, kind

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<v Speaker 2>of the demise of legacy media, and it's heartbreak. I

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<v Speaker 2>kind of hate to say it, but I ended up

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<v Speaker 2>crying at the end, and I really wasn't expecting that

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<v Speaker 2>from the Devil Wears Prata too. I thought it would

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<v Speaker 2>be just a lovely, you know, fluffball confection like the

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<v Speaker 2>one we had twenty years ago in two thousand and six,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, the Devil Wears Brat of one. This one,

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<v Speaker 2>for any journalist, it's kind of like a stab in

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<v Speaker 2>the heart because it feels like it's too close to

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<v Speaker 2>the bone. It is very, very real in terms of

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<v Speaker 2>what it depicts about the decimation of news rooms and

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<v Speaker 2>magazine worlds all over the globe. And it's really painful

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<v Speaker 2>to watch.

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<v Speaker 1>There's Charlton, who're glowing. Seems retail still suits you. Nigel,

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<v Speaker 1>you're hanging in there by a fingernails.

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<v Speaker 2>Do you rememal what magazine's think?

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<v Speaker 1>All right, come on in, everybody, take a seat. Lots

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<v Speaker 1>to discuss a really important theme in the first Devilwez Prata,

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<v Speaker 1>and I'm assuming this one also was power, the abuse

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<v Speaker 1>of power, certainly by people of influence in this world

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<v Speaker 1>of fashion, and how the forces of fashion dictate what

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<v Speaker 1>even the hideous blue jumpers that people at me a wearing. Yes,

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<v Speaker 1>How are the characters in this movie, particularly Miranda Priestley,

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<v Speaker 1>coping with that shift in the power balance.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, well, look, the power dynamic has completely changed. When

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<v Speaker 2>you know, the first Devil Wears Prata came out, major

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<v Speaker 2>fashion labels were kind of distancing themselves from it because

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<v Speaker 2>it was a real evisceration of the Vogue ecosystem, even

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<v Speaker 2>though the magazine in the film is called Runway. This

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<v Speaker 2>time around, it's really interesting in terms of how the

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<v Speaker 2>power has shifted to the advertisers and the major labels. Basically,

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<v Speaker 2>the premise of the film is at the start, Miranda Priestley,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, ice Queen extraordinari, She's canceled. It's very, very

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<v Speaker 2>damaging for the business, for stockholders and all the rest

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<v Speaker 2>of it. So she has to try and retrieve the situation.

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<v Speaker 2>And that's how our gorgeous heroine Andy Sachs ends up

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<v Speaker 2>back with Miranda. But this time she absolutely sees through Miranda.

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<v Speaker 2>So in a way Devil was prior to too, really

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<v Speaker 2>really humanizes Miranda Priestley, gives her a touch of vulnerability,

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<v Speaker 2>and dare I say it, the Devil is the angel

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<v Speaker 2>in disguise. In terms of legacy media trying to preserve

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<v Speaker 2>the integrity of old journalism.

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<v Speaker 1>Mel Streep's betrayal is so interesting isn't it. And I

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<v Speaker 1>think everyone has always assumed that she based the character

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<v Speaker 1>on and a Winter. Of course, in the story, it's

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<v Speaker 1>an a Winter figure. But she said in an interview

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<v Speaker 1>recently with Stephen Colbert that in fact it was a

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<v Speaker 1>combination of the film directors Mike Nichols and Clint Eastwood,

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<v Speaker 1>that this this sort of quiet power and not saying

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<v Speaker 1>a and keeping your voice very low and using all

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<v Speaker 1>those tools of manipulation, I suppose to intimidate and to

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<v Speaker 1>control an environment. What an amazing portrayal for Meryl Street

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<v Speaker 1>across the generation. Really, she wasn't that old when she

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<v Speaker 1>played this character the first time. How has she aged

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<v Speaker 1>into the new Miranda Priestley now?

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<v Speaker 2>Well, physically it doesn't look like she's aged at all,

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<v Speaker 2>but I guess that's Hollywood. Ah. She looks amazing for

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<v Speaker 2>a seventy six year old woman. But I think in

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<v Speaker 2>terms of devils prior to too, which is why I

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<v Speaker 2>connected to it even more than the first one. Was

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<v Speaker 2>you really connect with Miranda this time? You know, I've

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<v Speaker 2>got four kids, I am surrounded by teenagers. You know,

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<v Speaker 2>you can suddonic little asides, you know, as she is

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<v Speaker 2>policed for saying the wrong words, and she doesn't even

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<v Speaker 2>know which wrong words she says. At one point in

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<v Speaker 2>a staff meeting, well you know, was it methodone or

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<v Speaker 2>New Jersey? You know, because she doesn't really know what's

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<v Speaker 2>coming wrong, but she knows she's done something wrong, and

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<v Speaker 2>you know, all the time she's just so close to

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<v Speaker 2>being canceled. So there's a lot of pressure there. But

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<v Speaker 2>underneath everything, which I think came through in the first film, too,

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<v Speaker 2>is an old school journal who started off, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>around the traps. I think of Anna Winter, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>Patrick Winter, her father is one of the most esteemed

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<v Speaker 2>journalists of the past century. And I feel like this

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<v Speaker 2>film is a real tipping of a hat to old

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<v Speaker 2>school type journalism as opposed to this new world, which is,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, highly pressurized, kind of panicky of no matter

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<v Speaker 2>what the integrity of the story, is it getting engagement,

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<v Speaker 2>is it getting clicks? You know, there's a beautiful, terrifying

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<v Speaker 2>line in there, something about Runway magazine. Are we the

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<v Speaker 2>last plank of wood? Kind of floating around the of

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<v Speaker 2>the Titanic, And you know it's like who knows, who knows?

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<v Speaker 2>And the film is also looking at new owners kind

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<v Speaker 2>of tech bro owners of media now as opposed to

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<v Speaker 2>legacy media owners who had ink in their veins and

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<v Speaker 2>were passionate about the printed product. It's a world some

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<v Speaker 2>of us, a lot of us maybe aren't completely used to.

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<v Speaker 2>So I just find that the script really skewers the

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<v Speaker 2>kind of febrile atmosphere of media at the moment in

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<v Speaker 2>a really powerful way, and through a comedy lens.

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<v Speaker 1>Coming up the Australian heart throbs in The Devil Wears

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<v Speaker 1>Pride of Us. Before I let you go, Nick, you

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<v Speaker 1>have to ask about Patrick Bramle. So, now this is

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<v Speaker 1>the second of the franchise where there's been an Australian

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<v Speaker 1>love interest Simon Baker in the first one, who was

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<v Speaker 1>kind of the you know, sleazy, charming editor Christian and

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<v Speaker 1>now Patrick Bramble. We don't know much about his role.

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<v Speaker 1>Who is he and how does he kind of get

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<v Speaker 1>himself tangled up in this story.

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<v Speaker 2>Well we can forgive him because he's allowed to have

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<v Speaker 2>an Australian accent in this which is great. But he

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<v Speaker 2>does play a developer who demolishes, guts the interiors of

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<v Speaker 2>heritage buildings. So when he said that, I was going

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<v Speaker 2>to like, but I still love you because Patrick is

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<v Speaker 2>just no perfect you know. He's like he's in Colin.

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<v Speaker 2>He's kind of the affable beta male. He's kind of

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<v Speaker 2>warm and charming and he's kind of I got that loose,

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<v Speaker 2>sardonic Australian sense of humor where you don't take yourself

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<v Speaker 2>too seriously. So I would say, in terms of hot

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<v Speaker 2>Aussie blokes, Patrick Rammol delivers Sorry for your beautiful wife.

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<v Speaker 1>Nicki Gammel, thank you very much, thank you. The Devil

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<v Speaker 1>wes Prata Too is in theaters now. Nicki Gammel is

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<v Speaker 1>the Australian's film critic. You can read her review of

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<v Speaker 1>The Devil wez Prata two at the Australian dot com

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<v Speaker 1>dot au slash culture. This episode of the Front was

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<v Speaker 1>hosted by me Claire Harvey and produced by Jasper League.

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<v Speaker 1>Our team also includes Kristin amiot Leat Sammaglue, Tiffany Dimac

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<v Speaker 1>and Joshua Burton