Sidney himself is the Betty for Lawrence Maddox's Veronica.Betty and Veronica: with Alison (smart, sincere) as Betty and Sophie Maes (seductive, successful, vapid) as Veronica.Sidney asking Bill Nathanson flat-out asking if he was gay parallels Toby asking Nathan Lane the same question in regards to his performance in The Birdcage.The incident where Alison steps over her after she fell on the floor without once talking to her reenacts how that happened to an intern due to an unspoken rule about never talking to Anna.Elizabeth Maddox is fashion editor Anna Wintour.Clayton Harding is its editor-in-chief Graydon Carter.Based on a True Story: Fictionalization of Toby Young's disastrous time working for Vanity Fair in The '90s.Author Tract: Toby Young's indictment of how American journalists were sacrificing journalism for access.Alpha Bitch: Eleanor Johnson and Sophie Maes.An Aesop: Success often comes at the expense of integrity and nonconformity."Clayton Harding" is a play on Graydon Carter.Adaptation Name Change: Toby Young is named Sidney in the movie.Adam Westing: Megan Fox plays a ditzy and attractive Hollywood starlet with questionable acting skills.Actor Allusion: One character is shown to love White Russians.Not to be confused with How to Win Friends and Influence People, of which the title is a parody. The movie concerns a smalltime British journalist trying to make it big in New York City's world of upscale magazines. It stars Simon Pegg, Kirsten Dunst, Megan Fox, Jeff Bridges, and Gillian Anderson, with supporting turns by Max Minghella and Margo Stilley. How to Lose Friends & Alienate People is a 2008 comedy film loosely based on Toby Young's memoir by the same name.
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