By Angela Yang
Publication Date: 2026-05-03 22:04:00
What some viewers thought was an AI-generated meme in The Devil Wears Prada 2 was actually drawn by a human artist.
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The highly anticipated sequel to the 2006 classic dominated the box office this weekend as the original cast returned to the story of the fictional Runway magazine 20 years later.
A clip from the new film shows a series of internet memes denigrating editor-in-chief Miranda Priestley, played by Meryl Streep, including one about Priestley as a fast food worker that reads: “Are you trying to tell a few lies?”
The meme, which appeared on screen for only a brief moment, struck many viewers as an intentional display of AI bullshit, part of the film’s satire of the modern state of media.
But when the artist who drew it, Alexis Franklin, shared online that the image was hand-painted, many viewers expressed surprise and excitement that the…
