Minority Mindset

Nia doesn’t want to talk to Janet and Jason and hasn’t even thought about how to avoid them. She casually mentions that she just naturally avoids them when she visits Michelle at the gym. But the main point of their conversation is Michelle’s difficult relationship with her father, who struggled with mental illness. He introduced her to gymnastics at age five, predicting she’d go to the Olympics, and she thrived on the discipline it required. However, when her parents divorced at fifteen, everything changed. Michelle explains that while her father wasn’t officially diagnosed, he believed people were pursuing him and that leaving his family was the only way to keep them safe.

The new film features Anne Hathaway as Andy Sachs, who unexpectedly finds herself back at Runway magazine right after losing her job and winning an award for serious journalism. Runway is facing criticism for promoting fast fashion, and Andy is brought in to try and improve its image. She reconnects with her former boss, Miranda Priestly (Meryl Streep), her supportive mentor Nigel Kipling (Stanley Tucci), and her complicated colleague Emily Charlton (Emily Blunt). The film features the usual chaos of Fashion Week, but critics find it merely okay – not great. According to Rolling Stone‘s David Fear, the film relies too heavily on familiar tropes. He notes a longing for the “golden age” of magazines clashes with concerns about the current state of the media and the world that made the original Devil Wears Prada seem like a fantasy. The sequel attempts to address multiple issues but ultimately struggles to satisfy, wanting to both acknowledge problems and offer escapism.

The new Michael Jackson movie came out in theaters on April 24th and quickly became a huge success, earning $97 million in the US and $217 million around the world during its first weekend – the best opening ever for a movie about a musician. With this strong performance, the film’s focus on Jackson’s early career, and a message at the end promising “His story will continue,” many people are already expecting a second movie.