Emily in Paris
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Anonymous
| Has anyone else watched this show? Binged all episodes this weekend - I give it a thumbs up. Cute, fun diversion and the Parisian men are great eye candy too. |
Anonymous
| Just started it, it looked like it was going to be annoying but I'm giving it a shot |
Anonymous
| Clicked on it on a whim and binged it all in one night. |
Anonymous
| I watched the first episode and wanted to like it but just found her, the writing and the entire show dumb. It just seemed like let’s take a bunch of dumb stereotypes about Americans and French and make it all revolve around social media (and all the social media stuff felt very clunky to me— like a middle aged person’s conception of it) |
Anonymous
Yes, perfect light entertainment. Just don't dissect it too closely. |
Anonymous
| Lily Collins is too skinny. |
Anonymous
It's aging. She'd look so much better with an extra 10-20 lbs. I love the actress who plays her bestie, such a vivacious charmer. The actor playing Gabriel is dreamy. |
Anonymous
It’s weirdly distracting. |
Anonymous
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It is cute and very light.
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Anonymous
| As a resident of the EU, I'm offended. It is very stupid, playing on absurd stereotypes. 'Real' French people are not like this, and I'm sure you would rush to assure me that real Americans are not, either. |
Anonymous
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It's light-hearted. I heard it was the new Sex in the City but definitely not -- the characters aren't well-developed.
It's all riding the usual stereotypes, but it's mindless fun basically. |
Anonymous
| Thanks for this cute show it helps us pass through the COVID boredom. |
Anonymous
Agree. It is uncomfortable. |
Anonymous
Not an EU resident but seconded. Just watch the first episode and the conversations about what French people are like are bizarre. And the portrayal of almost everyone in her office as a snob. Just comical and based on untrue and cliched stereotypes. I actually think it would be interesting to show a young American living out the move-to-Paris dream and show how the reality differs from the fantasy many Americans have. It is interesting to see how people change when they move to Paris, sometimes for the better (more nuanced understanding of cultural differences, appreciation of things the French value, but also a more sophisticated view of things like racism and misogyny which operate differently in the EU), and sometimes for the worse (I have met some people who just concluded the French are all rude snobs, and dig into their insecurities and limited experience. Anyway, I don’t think this show will be that. Though I did appreciate all the people calling her out on having zero French language skills, which is beyond lazy. And she does SO MUCH American-style “smile until you like me!” which truly does not work in France or in virtually any country outside of the Americas. |
Anonymous
It is. And she has lines on her neck like a woman in her 30s or 40s due to her extreme lack of fat. |