“You shall not bow down to any statue, or worship any
image, or green-light any Hollywood bio-pic about the LORD. For then some
producer will say, ‘Let's see if Meryl's avail?’ And, if she be avail, she'd
probably be great. She's always great. But I, the LORD, am a jealous God. And I
sometimes get the feeling that you like Meryl more than you like me.”—Humorist
Matt Whitaker, “Shouts and Murmurs: Commandments of the
Lord Who Created Meryl Streep,” The New Yorker, Jan. 7, 2019
All hail Meryl Streep today, on her 77th
birthday! As Whitaker puckishly
implies, she’s been Hollywood’s go-to actress for virtually any role you can
imagine (three Oscar victories and 21 nominations!), courtesy of a
near-flawless command of foreign accents and a willingness to physically
transform herself into nearly anything.
Was there ever any real doubt about her coming back to
her role as Miranda in The Devil Wears Prada 2? The real question is if we can imagine any role of a female of a certain
age with her not in it?
Savor Prada 2 while you can, Streep-philes: you’ll have to wait till 2027 for her next screen appearance, in the Greta
Gerwig-helmed Narnia: The Magician’s Nephew.
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