<description>&lt;p&gt;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!&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;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.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;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.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;That's all.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Links:&lt;/p&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href= "https://www.20thcenturystudios.com/movies/the-devil-wears-prada-2"&gt; The Devil Wears Prada 2&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Aline Brosh McKenna on &lt;a href= "https://www.instagram.com/abmck/?hl=en"&gt;Instagram&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href= "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0112459/"&gt;IMDb&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href= "https://www.amazon.com/salp/thesheepdetectives?hhf"&gt;The Sheep Detectives&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href= "https://katedaviesdesigns.com/2026/04/29/knitting-bullshit/?_bhlid=58043496e77a8cfcd01910724a31a3e68e2c73ff"&gt; Knitting Bullshit&lt;/a&gt; by Kate Davies&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.inceptionpoint.ai/"&gt;Inception Point AI&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nks72LuZO20"&gt;How many E's are in Seventeen?&lt;/a&gt; on YouTube&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href= "https://www.instagram.com/reels/DYOzNhvJkS8/"&gt;Inserting yourself into Game of Thrones&lt;/a&gt; on Instagram&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href= "https://netshort.com/episode/one-move-god-mode-2034157133397753858"&gt; One Move God Mode&lt;/a&gt; vertical by NetShort&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href= "https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/new-york-times-freelancers-ai-rules"&gt; New York Times Issues Stern Warning to Its Freelance Writers About AI Use&lt;/a&gt; by Maggie Harrison Dupré for Futurism&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href= "https://www.tiktok.com/@wizardofha/video/7572384183301999902?is_from_webapp=1&amp;sender_device=pc&amp;web_id=7628739306307946014"&gt; Jared Freid&lt;/a&gt; on TikTok&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href= "https://www.vulture.com/article/social-media-feeds-chaotic-good-projects-clipping.html?utm_source=nymag_app_article_share&amp;isNewSocialUser=false&amp;providerId=google.com"&gt; The Feed Is Fake&lt;/a&gt; by Lane Brown for New York Magazine&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.indigogirls.com/"&gt;Indigo Girls&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://scriptnotesbook.com/"&gt;Get your copy of the Scriptnotes book!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href= "https://cottonbureau.com/people/scriptnotes-podcast"&gt;Get a Scriptnotes T-shirt!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://blog.quoteunquoteapps.com/"&gt;Check out the Inneresting Newsletter&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://scriptnotes.supportingcast.fm/"&gt;Become a Scriptnotes Premium member&lt;/a&gt;, or &lt;a href= "https://scriptnotes.supportingcast.fm/gifts"&gt;gift a subscription&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Subscribe to Scriptnotes on &lt;a href= "https://www.youtube.com/@ScriptnotesPodcast"&gt;YouTube&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Follow Scriptnotes on &lt;a href= "https://www.instagram.com/scriptnotespodcast/"&gt;Instagram&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@scriptnotespod"&gt;TikTok&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;John August on &lt;a href= "https://bsky.app/profile/johnaugust.bsky.social"&gt;Bluesky&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href= "https://www.instagram.com/johnaugust/?hl=en"&gt;Instagram&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href= "http://johnaugust.com/2013/scriptnotes-the-outros"&gt;Outro&lt;/a&gt; by Eric Pearson (&lt;a href= "http://johnaugust.com/2014/outros-needed"&gt;send us yours!&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Scriptnotes is produced by &lt;a href= "https://www.drewmarquardt.com/"&gt;Drew Marquardt&lt;/a&gt; and edited by &lt;a href="https://www.matthewchilelli.com/"&gt;Matthew Chilelli&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; &lt;p&gt;Email us at ask@johnaugust.com&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;You can download the episode &lt;a href= "http://traffic.libsyn.com/scriptnotes/736standard.mp3"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Scriptnotes Podcast

John August and Craig Mazin

736 - The Devil You Know

MAY 19, 202679 MIN
Scriptnotes Podcast

736 - The Devil You Know

MAY 19, 202679 MIN

Description

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 Scriptnotes Premium member, or gift a subscription Subscribe to Scriptnotes on YouTube Follow Scriptnotes on Instagram and TikTok John August on Bluesky and Instagram Outro by Eric Pearson (send us yours!) Scriptnotes is produced by Drew Marquardt and edited by Matthew Chilelli. Email us at [email protected] You can download the episode here.