The Devil Wears Prada 2 opened on May 4 and pulled $233.6 million in its global debut, the second biggest opening of 2026 and the largest ever for both Meryl Streep and Emily Blunt. Within hours of the first screenings, the internet had locked onto a single image from the movie. Miranda Priestly, the icy editor of Runway, reimagined as a fast food worker. Caption: “Would you like some lies with that?” The shot appears early in the film, on a character’s phone, in a montage of memes that erupt after Runway gets caught publishing content praising a brand built on sweatshop labor.

The internet’s first reaction was completely predictable. AI slop. Lazy. Studio shortcut. The image had that softened-edge, slightly-undercooked quality everyone has learned to associate with diffusion models. Twitter started dunking. TikTok comments piled on.…