736 - The Devil You Know

About this episode

John and Craig discuss art, labor, and AI with guest Aline Brosh McKenna, focusing on her sequel to The Devil Wears Prada.

John and Craig welcome back Aline Brosh McKenna (The Devil Wears Prada, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend) to explore the timely questions about art and human labor posed by her long-awaited sequel, The Devil Wears Prada 2. We'll warn you now: Spoilers ahead! We also look at what AI knitting podcasts can tell us about the future of industrially-produced slop, and answer a listener question on how to approach the engine of a TV show. In our bonus segment for premium members, what would a hypothetical Scriptnotes Screenplay Club look like? Aline weighs in to make sure the design is impeccable. That's all. Links: The Devil Wears Prada 2 Aline Brosh McKenna on Instagram and IMDb The Sheep Detectives Knitting Bullshit by Kate Davies Inception Point AI How many E's are in Seventeen? on YouTube Inserting yourself into Game of Thrones on Instagram One Move God Mode vertical by NetShort New York Times Issues Stern Warning to Its Freelance Writers About AI Use by Maggie Harrison Dupré for Futurism Jared Freid on TikTok The Feed Is Fake by Lane Brown for New York Magazine Indigo Girls Get your copy of the Scriptnotes book! Get a Scriptnotes T-shirt! Check out the Inneresting Newsletter Become a…

People in this episode

Hosts: John August, Craig Mazin

Guest: Aline Brosh McKenna

Topics covered

• art and human labor
• AI in creative industries
• TV show development
• screenwriting
• sequel discussions
• podcast insights

Keywords

• The Devil Wears Prada 2
• Aline Brosh McKenna
• AI knitting podcasts
• TV show engine
• Scriptnotes Screenplay Club

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: New York Times, Futurism, Scriptnotes

Books & works: The Devil Wears Prada, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, The Devil Wears Prada 2

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