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Anonymous wrote:I’m 5 episodes in and I like it. I love Tobias and Gabin. Great chemistry and their dialogue is so funny. I also like watching Cheyenne and Susu together.

I like it too and so does my teen dd. Bugs me when French characters speak English together though, it makes no sense.

This was nearly the final straw for me. The two French people driving to the airport to return to Paris, negotiating on the phone in French with people in France all speaking French. Then they hang up, and speak to each other in English. Who does that? No one.

None of the characters are likable or interesting.

Anonymous wrote:Haven't watched yet, but does this show have that signature vaudevillian patter that all of ASP's shows have? If so, I'll skip it. Can't stand that kind of dialogue.

NP. I think the problem with this show is that one, most ballet-centric shows maintain a serious undertone--sort of the perils of the ballet world, the competition, the damage to the bodies, the starving, the kids finding themselves in, generally, NYC. Etoile (at least the first episode, which was all I could get through) doesn't seem to know what it wants to be. It has the "serious" problems of the ballet world, but interspersed with that ASP "vaudevillian patter" as you call it, and each time it happens if feels jarring.

Luke Kirby seems ridiculous. I think he would be great if he played the part seriously and realistically. Instead, he seems almost like a caricature. I loved David Haig in Killing Eve, and here he is playing a more flamboyant version of the Killing Eve character. But in Killing Eve, when they had sides of humor, it was almost tension relief, not (as here imo) we don't know what we want to or should be as a show.

I wanted to like it. I enjoy a lot of the ballet world shows. And I really liked Gilmore Girls back in the day.

I loved it!

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m 5 episodes in and I like it. I love Tobias and Gabin. Great chemistry and their dialogue is so funny. I also like watching Cheyenne and Susu together.

I like it too and so does my teen dd. Bugs me when French characters speak English together though, it makes no sense.

What aged teen is this appropriate for? My immature 12 year old wanted to watch Gilmore Girls since a friend did, but I think it might be too mature before high school. Is this better? She is a dancer.

She is 17. Gilmore Girls is a very mild show! I think dd was 12 or 13 when we watched. There is nothing mature in this one aside from some language so far (not done with it yet) but most characters are older, so maybe not as fun for a 12yo.

Anonymous wrote:Tried it, a definite no.

You need to watch beyond the first episode.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m 5 episodes in and I like it. I love Tobias and Gabin. Great chemistry and their dialogue is so funny. I also like watching Cheyenne and Susu together.

I like it too and so does my teen dd. Bugs me when French characters speak English together though, it makes no sense.

What aged teen is this appropriate for? My immature 12 year old wanted to watch Gilmore Girls since a friend did, but I think it might be too mature before high school. Is this better? She is a dancer.

I tried to like it, it had all the makings of a great show. Watched Episode 1, struggled to finish. Just painfully boring and nobody likeable, nothing amusing. Totally flat.

The dancing and backdrop of NY and Paris are beautiful. I have to say I really enjoyed it, even if I'm in the minority here!

Tried it, a definite no.

Anonymous wrote:I’m 5 episodes in and I like it. I love Tobias and Gabin. Great chemistry and their dialogue is so funny. I also like watching Cheyenne and Susu together.

I like it too and so does my teen dd. Bugs me when French characters speak English together though, it makes no sense.

I’m 5 episodes in and I like it. I love Tobias and Gabin. Great chemistry and their dialogue is so funny. I also like watching Cheyenne and Susu together.

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Anonymous wrote:Tried watching and it was all in Spanish! Made sure my Prime settings were in English - they were - and still the show’s audio is Spanish. Very weird. Anyone else have this issue?

All the scenes in Paris are in French. Is that what you were hearing?

No - everything is in Spanish for some reason on my TV. I am so frustrated.

Anonymous wrote:Haven't watched yet, but does this show have that signature vaudevillian patter that all of ASP's shows have? If so, I'll skip it. Can't stand that kind of dialogue.

No, except for a few scenes here and there.

The characters just aren’t compelling or likeable.

Anonymous wrote:Tried watching and it was all in Spanish! Made sure my Prime settings were in English - they were - and still the show’s audio is Spanish. Very weird. Anyone else have this issue?

All the scenes in Paris are in French. Is that what you were hearing?