Educating Rita Devil Wears Prada

boniface Good morning listeners, this is Sam lee(prenominal) with this weeks program of Into the world where we establish ways individuals make challenging transitions into new and diverse worlds and the risks and possibilities, which coincide with them. Significant experiences in peoples lives provide opportunities for growth and development. Going into the world office moving from familiar experiences to new horizons. We are especially blessed today to leave Willy Russell famous dramatist discussing his play Educating Rita and David Frankel the director of The perplex Wears Prada.W. R Thank you for having me on the program it is a pleasure to discuss Educating Rita. Host Willy how close is Ritas story to your own? W. R Is it that strikingly obvious Sam? I was a male hairdresser and owned my own salon before I began to compose novels, which enabled me to build a more realistic char shamer for Rita. Educating Rita could be seen, as a semi-autobiography as I name already exp erienced the difficulties of being working class and I am aware of the challenges people with this affable background may endure.Similarly to Rita I also dreamed of better things, and returned to further education as a mature student attending evening classes at university, immersing in the delights of English literature. Host Your instruct for Rita is Frank a flawed professor, why did you create such a complex mentor for Rita? W. R Frank is perfect for Rita in his imperfections as a real studious, pedantic professor would have affright Rita off. At the start of the play, Frank and Rita can be seen as opposites and any friendship betwixt the dickens seems unlikely, but they quickly warm to one another as first appearances show.Frank sees Rita as a breath of fresh air in his life and he responds very well to her cheeky and extraneous approach to almost anything. They are both involved in unsatisfactory relationships, and they both want more from life than it seems to offer. Hos t Ritas marriage breaks down due to her newfound ambitions to change herself. You construct Danny as a largely un-sympathetic type, was this deliberate? W. R No, Dannys character was never created intentionally to be un-sympathetic, this recognition of Danny is a result of his inability to understand Ritas wish to be educated.He is the archetypical material body that represents the opposition to Ritas desire for change. Danny has a traditional view of the role of women and expects Rita to settle down and have children. He does not like that she is trying to break away from their lower class lifestyle. When he discovers that Rita has on the Q.T. been taking the pill to stop herself becoming pregnant, he blames her behaviour on her desire to better herself and burns her books, this act is symbolic as throughout history books have been burnt to no avail and knowledge cannot be destroyed by something as weak as fire.Dannys intentional rejection to embrace the new, spells the end of t heir relationship. Host Educating Rita can be linked to the growth, changes, as well as sacrifices do by Andy in The Devil Wears Prada where Andy is on a journey seeking to begin her life as an adult who is faced with good and ethical choices. David would you go that transitions into the world have slap-uper risks and potential losses than possibilities? D. F Well Sam, Andy begins as a strong, grounded character, opposite to Rita who becomes more and more preoccupied with success. so far similarly to Rita, Andy realizes the job is lonely and in order to achieve great success there must be great sacrifices. This is linked to Rita, as they both need to make sacrifices in order to excel, beginning with their partners. The tension in the relationship between Andy and her boyfriend is transparent through the constant reference to the old Andy who he believes has gone. Nate Andys boyfriend is a constant reminder of where she came from, similarly with Danny. Host It seems that although Rita and Andy have benefited, they lose a great deal including their individuality.Would you agree Willy? W. R Well, Rita has some of the rough, and possibly more original, edges of her personality knocked off, however the things she loses are no longer of great value to her. Rita desires to know everything in order to have choice and direction in her life, as evident by I wanna discover meself. Choice, to Rita, is more then eight different types of lager as expound by Denny and their social class. She now has a lot more freedom with regards with her future and what she wants, as she is educated. She has gained reliance in herself to associate with proper students. Host Any comments on this David? D. F Sacrifices need to be made in order to succeed Sam. Andy was initially un forgeting to change her appearance even when pressured by colleagues. However she eventually goes through a dramatic costume change, squeezes into a size four dress with a sleek new haircut and expensive stil ettos, which make her distinguishable from the rest. Host Finally would you agree Willy that if something is worth achieving it will involve struggle? W. R Any transitions into new and different worlds will involve a plaster bandage of struggle, potential risks and if successful in this change, rewarding possibilities. So yes definitely Sam, nothing worth having comes easy.