Everything Wrong with Emily in Paris (no spoilers)
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- Опубликовано: 5 июн 2024
- Emily in Paris is causing quite the stir on the internet... Here are a few things it got "wrong" and why the show is problematic overall.
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Not featured: Emily eating at a bistro every $ingle morning as well as spending an exorbidant amount of money to ship a dozen boxes of "essential" stuff from America (like peanut butter, duh)
Very good comprehensive video about the show, just one thing, the scooter that Emily and Gabrielle rode in episode 7 isn't actually his, it's a scooter sharing service like the bikes, you can see the "C" in a blue circle on it and the name of the company "cityscoot", also I am pretty sure you will find only one helmet in it. I don't know where they picked up the second one and it's electric, they added some motor noise which those electic scooters don't make.
LMFAO, obviously if you’re American you can afford better things than those peasants in France, duh 🙄 😆
Of course she can afford the Café life...she has chanel bags for every colour in her wardrobe ..while being...midtwenty?
I shipped 30+ large containers of peanut butter (for my kids) to Europe while we lived there!! I also brought tons back in my suitcases each time I made a trip back to the US. I also shipped lots of cereal as they don't have the same kinds we do NOR are they made the same there. And IF you can find a certain US cereal it is $13 US dollars there! I use to pay $9.75 just for grape jelly for their PBJ sandwiches. They serve a lot of weird soups (main meal) at kids schools there and mine would not eat it. American "kid" friendly foods are very expensive there IF you can even find it. And I was in a MAJOR city. (also shipped lots of Mac N Cheese)
Wait wasn't the whole subtext of the show that the firm in Chicago bought out the firm in Paris and therefore the new Paris branch was supposed to be the American branch of this company in Paris. Therefore Emily was sent to Paris to transition workers into the American operational fold? At-least that's my understanding. So from this standpoint, I thought that this show was pretty good.
It’s basically a fanfic. Also she just starts speaking English to strangers without saying “excuse me do you speak English” that’s just plain rude ew
Now that you've pointed that out thats the most inaccurate thing of this show...like no hi no questions at all
yea and even then she probably wouldn’t have that much luck. Nine times out of ten when I’ve asked people in France if they speak English they said “no but apparently you speak french” lol. And to be fair why would they have to speak English? Plenty of people know french. (That was rural France, so obviously it’s very different in Paris, but still, not everyone would know perfectly understandable English with a minor accent from the get go.)
If the main character doesn’t change, your show has a problem.
EXACTLY!! She doesn't grow AT ALL. Then what's the point? There are zero permanent consequences for anything. It really bothered me that she got everything right even when getting something wrong.
Why does she need to change? She's perfect the way she is..
@@laramiaizz It's no so much change as it is growing. We all need to learn and grow as people.
Sometimes problematic people are the main characters. Like Joker.
Not always is the main character hero/nice person.
Learn "how different movie works in different way".
@@SLTAngst and how many people really change?
everyone is accommodating Emily when Emily should change to be more accepting of the French culture
Exactly, thank you!
I see a lot of people saying this and though I agree to an extent.. I don’t get why this is okay yet if you were to tell a Hispanic person as myself this in America then it would be racist! My own people would call me assimilated. I’m just curious on what the difference is
@@jazmincastro3808 for me I just found the whole “America Best!!!!” thing a little much. I think it’s the way she did it. She kinda rocked up assuming her opinions were right, didn’t like being told the way she was raised wouldn’t fly. I see where you’re coming from with the assimilation idea BUT I’m not looking at assimilation here I’m more looking at acceptance. I’m up to episode 6 and not once have I seen Emily try and see things from the French POV.
Also from a series standpoint this affected her character arch.
@@jazmincastro3808 that depends what context you’re using, or what tone you’re using. United States is a multilingual nation and if I’m speaking Spanish with my friends or family and you come up to me and ask me to speak English because this is “America” then yes, that would be considered to be racist. By the way “America” is the whole continent not just the USA.
@@Itati619 Yea but America is in the countries name. Other countries on the continent should be called by their appropriate name. Like we say Korea and not south korea or even rok in casual speaking, although there is north korea/dprk. Which, in a documentary north koreans prefer to be called dprk. And even dprk is short for democratic people's republic of korea. Anyway...it's just short hand speaking.
At one point Emily actually took a photo of random children and posted it on her social media without their parents knowledge or consent.
that actually made me cringe
That bothered me so much and also when she took picture of the gym women without their permission
I hated this! That's illegal in the EU, she could go to court for that
Also her hashtag for the kids was super gimmicky (kids playing equals battle royale? What?) and her hashtag for the gym girls on a smoke break was super judgy.
Also, did this show seriously try to convince me that Americans don't have butter and chocolate in a same pastry? Or that they can't understand ground floor, first floor, second floor? I've never been to America but I refuse to believe that...
my mum would be livid if someone did that to me or my sister when we where younger
There should be a French spin off about a French girl who goes to America and points out our many, many, MANY flaws and changes how we all behave. We could use it :-D
That show would have to have 798 seasons......
Yes a french girl in nyc
Is Borat not kinda like that?
Check out Simone de Beauvoir's America Day by Day
If there is a season two I'll hope it will be Emily in Amsterdam (my hometown) where all Dutch people are stoned all day, visit prostitutes, wear wooden shoes and speak incredibly blunt
Hahahaha 🤣😂
lol
Hilarious comment :D
Emily in Moscow (my hometown) where all Russians drink vodka with every meal, walk their bears, never smile and freeze to death regardless of the season
Hahah I’m from Amsterdam too and Americans really think that we are stoned 24/7
"Going to work in a country without knowing the language is so rude", as a non-USA immigrant, let me tell you: this is not "rude", this won't get you the freaking visa!!
I think is only rude when you go expecting that everyone will speak your own language and barely trying to learn theirs. Which is exactly what Emily did
It’s not rude at all, it happens in some areas like IT, Universities, Research Institutes, etc. In Science happens all the time to have people from different countries who use English as their common language. Because most only stay periods of 4 to 5 years many don’t learn the local language. Because they don’t need it.
@@bluegas it's not rude. It's necessary and effecient and promotes global collaboration.
In some professions it happens all the time and is normal. But if you live there for a year or more, you are still expected to learn local language
I absolutely agree. Being an Indian am exhausted with everything being seen from the American point of view. I have so many French friends and I feel there is no Paris in Emily in Paris. Its Emily in her fools paradise.
Excellent comment!
This show is not from an American point of view. This show is from the writers of the show's point of view.
The thing that did it for me was the "People usually love me". I've encountered many Americans with that mindset and I automatically put them in my "mind trash". I hate when people congratulate themselves
French people arent rude. Maybe at Paris, bit cold because they're tired of tourists. But southern france people are soooooo nice. I would live there forever!
Definitely! And oh my gosh I love southern France. I spent a summer living in the South West of France and everyone was so incredibly nice. Even when I was in Paris getting ready to go there everyone was like "Oh my gosh everyone down there is so nice! You're gonna love it."
Except for the farmers market sellers. In Aix they were rude. And I've been speaking French for 16 years so it wasn't because I butchered their language!
@@hellonicolette the chateus, villages, also the weather was so lovely! I love montpellier.
I guess they are rude because all americans act the way emily does arrogant and expecting everyone talk english
@@fatimaurquizorobalino9984 that’s a silly thing to say. I’ve been studying French for 16 years and absolutely do not expect the French to speak English with me. In fact, if they switch to English, it’s an insult to me as a language learner!
Emilys comment about the metro irritated me. It made me wonder if the writers actually think the metro in Paris is hard. When my dad and I visited Paris we kept talking about how efficient their metro system is, and we've taken public transit in many different countries. It was so simple
Exactly! I LOVE the metro (especially coming from Los Angeles where public transportation is...questionable).
And Chicago has a metro system so I don't understand how she doesn't know how to use it. it's not like she's from a farm town in Iowa.
Paris does not have lots of taxi's so the metro is the best form of transportation while there.
I see your point Jess. You just want a chance to talk about you and your dad went to Paris. That is BOTTOMLINE! you dont need an excuse to hate a show if you only want to say You’ve been to Paris.
Liz Lemon You are all IGNORAMOUS! The show is marketed as “Campy”. Did your English Teachers taught you the words, Satirical or Campy???? The show was an Homage to Devil Wears Prada, but it is not a Parody! The whole subway things was base on the Footnote, That Miranda Priestly never allow any of her assistants to take the SUBWAYs of New York!!!!! Never!!!!
Was the show a dumpster fire of offensive stereotypes? Absolutely. Would I watch a second season? Probably. I'm such a sucker for cheesy unrealistic shows.
I feel the same, totally cliched but I enjoyed it and would watch a second season.
It's kind of a love/hate relationship.
It was entertaining but mary sue emily is also kinda annoying.
Everything is to easy for her.
SAMEE hahah. On one hand, the Yankee egocentricity that is reflected in how everything fits for her (when it should be the other way) bothers me a lot. But I would still watch a second season. Anyway, guilty taste
Me toooooo!
By the end of the season,I was lowkey hoping emily's boss was Emily. Imagine, still going to take the job in Paris, being a single pregnant woman in 30s/40s while facing challenge to assimilate with the culture respectfully and being a (pregnant) boss. That would be a waaayy more interesting plot line.
Omg yes!!!!
Omg yes!!!!
I discussed this point with a friend of mine last week, and I think it wouldn't be a rational choice for Emily's boss to go to work in Paris, for the following reasons. Emily's boss is starting to have the morning sickness, which means that she must be AT LEAST at the fifth week of pregnancy. (At least, because morning sickness tend to get stronger after that.) This means she has eight months of pregnancy to go. She probably wants her baby to be born in the US, which means she will have to return to Chicago before the end of the pregnancy. In France, a woman is allowed to up to 16 weeks of maternity leave. Even is Emily's boss does not want to take the whole maternity leave, she is required by law to take at least 8 weeks: this is the law, she cannot take less time than that. 8 weeks amount to roughly 2 months. So, maybe Emily's boss would like to go back to the US at the end of her 8th month and then stay there a month longer. Since she is at least in her second month and since she will have to return to the US at the end of her 8th month, it means that she is moving to the other side of the world for seven months. Is this a rational choice? I don't think so. Instead, she sent Emily for one year. She will have time to have her baby and to sort things out, then maybe she will go to Paris and replace Emily when her baby will be already at least 4 months old. Seems a better option to me.
@@vins1979 honestly having her baby in France would have been a more financially rational decision.
@@LexiLSify financially, yes, but maybe she would like to be surrounded by her family and friends, instead of going through the pregnancy, birth and first months of caring the baby in a country which is not her own and where she doesn't know anybody: I mean, let's be realistic! That's why she sent Emily in Paris for one year: she can have her baby in the US and then move to Paris with no stress: THIS is the more rational decision, financially and personally!
I was feeling bad of not liking her attitude. I feel this portrayed more the American belief of coming to a country and expect everyone to speak English. I’m not saying all tourists do this but is super common for them to expect they can travel all over the world (specially developing countries) and find someone that speaks English. For non-English countries, is almost a require to speak English if you want to travel abroad. I don’t feel related at all with her attitude.
Oh and the scene where she wants to “teach” the chef how to cook a steak IN PARIS. The chef denied to cook it again, and she complain saying the customer is always right, then her friend said, no here is not like that... then she said well maybe i can teach them good customer services. So arrogant.
UPDATE: Please my intention was not to generate hate towards a culture. I intended to put out the privilege some countries/people have over developing countries and many other countries in terms of language, currency, etc. It’s nothing against anyone, just my personal opinion as a third-world-country citizen that I felt very conscious about the “privilege” I don’t have when I travel. Please don’t fight below this comment, I’m not trying to generate hate, just awareness of the current situation that divide us as humans, so let’s not generate more division. Sorry if I offended anyone.
«Oh and the scene where she wants to “teach” the chef how to cook a steak IN PARIS. The chef denied to cook it again, and she complain saying the customer is always right»: but this is actually very realistic. A lot of American customers do that abroad. I've seen it with my eyes all the time in Italy, when Americans ask for parmesan on seafood, or ice in red wine, and if the waiter tells them that's not the way they would all go in the "customer is the king"-mode.
@vale michelle It's a cultural thing. When you go out to eat in a French restaurant the chef is your host so you treat it as you would going out to dinner at a friend's house ie, you trust him to have done a good job and you graciously accept what he has taken care over to cook and season for you. That is why the waiter says, 'try it'. The white tablecloth, the glasses, the ambience are all as important to the dining experience as the food and you are the 'guest'. I understand your perspective but that is the French culture.
@vale michelle I don't know if you go to Paris all the time, but it's definitely true that if you ask a "medium done" steak in France, almost certainly they will do it "medium-rare". For them, that's medium. It's just the way of cooking things.
also I personally don't like how Americans teaches us non-Americans THE RIGHT WAY TO TAKECARE OF A DOG, we love dogs, but thy judge us when we put them in chains or clothes, it's a sign of our love for them and means they are part of the family's AMERICANS POINT IT OUT AS ABUSE, it's abuse when the COLAR IS TOO TIGHT WHICH IS NOT, and AT LEAST WE DON'T COOK OR EAT DOGS, that's abuse, which DEATH PENALTY WOULD BE THE PUNISHMENT OF DOING SO IN THIS COUNTRY. *I wish they also have DEATH PENALTIES FOR FOREIGNERS TRYING TO CHANGE OUR WAYS*
I find unrealistic to expect tourists to speak the local language, we’re not all polyglots. English is the easiest one, because it’s a simple language, we all learn at school and even Europeans use it to speak with each other, do business, despite not being their native tongue.
I don't get the social following she gets from random touristy photos like she's the only american living in paris. Also there is no way she has all these outfits overseas and there is no way she's getting stuff shipped from the us SUPER EXPENSIVE.
Unless her work paid for it as part of their relocation program?
@@Mezza a little extreme. Company pays for relocation plus apartment in paris plus salary plus shipping fees ? Too much.
@@susanvlahos5686 funny because my husbands workplace will even help with the cost of relocating pets! They give payment packages that cover pretty much all the costs of moving, yes they won’t pay for your apartment if it is a permanent move but she was only due to be there was a year.
my insta has been touristy landscapes for years and all my like 300 followers are people I went to school with 10 years ago, co-workers or people I met at the club when everyone was drunkenly giving out their instas lmfao
@@susanvlahos5686 it’s normal for business related relocations
I think that Emily changes but in a negative way, she describe herself as a person with a high work ethics and ... she is not...
Yes, right? She is to busy clubbing and loses a 2 million(!) Dollar clock
let's all talk about the fact that the over 20 Chanel outfits she wears (Loubs, and others are in there too) would cost something like 100 000 Euros (118 000 USD) at least. A junior marketer in social media in their 20s in France might make a grand total of MAYBE 30 000 euros BEFORE tax, so let's say they'd have 19 000 Euros of actual money to spend on everything in the whole year (apartment, transportation, food.....) seing as she's clearly not paying for her apartment but living in Paris, this means she's making a rough 1 600 Euros per month, 300 Euros to 500 Euros one taxi transport, she also never cooks so if she's eating out at nice places it will cost her 65 Euros per meal, she does this 5 times a week and letting friends feed her all her 3 meals a day on week ends, so she spends 1040 Euros a month on food assuming she has no lunch or breakfast. This means she's got 1 600 - (1000 + 500) = 100 Euros left of money to spend on her phone bill, her water and gas and electricity bill, so she' be left with about 20 Euros a month of expendable income. To afford her designer wardrobe she'd have to work 416 YEARS at constant inflation rates.
Haha omg I love this. Yes so true!
they just like to push "fancy"shit in our faces
Love this comment. So true jajajaja
You Madam, is God
Relax. It’s a “feel good” show, a fairy tale 🙂 do you analyze Cinderella like this? Now that I said that, I should mention that the show also has iconic tributes to Audrey Hepburn (opera look) and Sex and the City show (LOTS of outfit tributes to Carrie), and all of this is about becoming a nationally favorite show (which I think is accomplished), not about being real and true to salary levels and cost of living. If it bothers you, maybe you should work on canceling the entire culture of fairy tales and feel good movies?
The instagram algorithm probably laughed his ass off watching emily get to 20k with absolutely no relevant hashtags & not enough shares (let’s remember how she only had 48 followers to start with, so for her to gain that much in such a short amount of time, it would mean ALL her followers shared her post which got her on the explore page & i doubt that would make her famous... considering the type of photos she posts)
Maybe it would have been possible 5 years ago but not now lmao
ikr!! like she clicks pics in paris and boom she goes from 200 followers to 20k like wtf?
@@xo0o0 exactly. Random unprofessional photoshoots of statues in Paris ..... when there r a gazillion instagram pages related to this
Lara Akar Comedy Do you know what Comedy means??? Do you know what is a Sattire? you obviously know what a Farce is, you are good at it. The Show is about her IG account!!!! Be Informed. Emily In Paris is the tittle of her IG account!!!! Its a PARODY or Sattire of Social Media culture! Why is everyone a complete moron. Emily is a Character. She is Suppose to be Fucking annoying!!!! She is after all American! Can we all try growing a brain. Emily is like Carrie Bradshaw or Susan Delfino, they are imperfect!!! But Emily is actually SMARTER, she is a corporate DIVa and she dumps her ugly closet American boyfriend without crying a tear and fucks a teenage boy and an old professor. Emily is cool and that makes women hate her. Emily has it all! She is single in Paris! Everyone hates her. Because one minute she is eating a baguet the next she is riding one while dripping in butter in some French hotel.
@@eduardochavacano yikes is all I gotta say
or all her followers are a bunch of bots lmaooo
Forgetting all the cultural ignorance, I found it pretty laughable how much she talks about feminism and the male gaze yet every person in this series is stereotypically beautiful, skinny and fashionable, and emily herself seems to be loving it. You can't talk about average people when you only show the 1 percent. Maybe it gets better but I had to give up after 3 episodes.
You missed out nothing. Emily is basically a white feminist Karen-in-making
When you come to USA, they tell you to speak English or go back to your country. Yet an American goes to France and everyone has to speak English to her. Hhmmmm “the American way is the right way” that’s all I got from this show.
1) Ground floor as 0 is not only in France but almost everywhere in Europe (except Russia).
2) I'm Canadian living in Prague for over 20 years. We too have our share of Emilys and its male equivalents.
a floor and un étage is not the same concept, on monte à l'étage, we cannot get up to the floor but upstairs...
In Brazil, Ground floor is always referred as T for térreo, which means "on the ground", or "relative to the ground ". I guess we consider it like, 1st floor from Ground, 2nd floor from the Ground, and so on.
I was kind of hoping for a show where people that moved to Paris could identify with, showing and making fun of "real Paris problems" such as the extremely small yet expensive studios, the crazy people on the street, the smell of piss, the crowded metros (and sometimes huge metro stations) and the language barrier that people encounter when moving there, to name a few. Maybe it was naive to expect that this show would be made for people that have a connection with Paris, and their 'struggles' and 'pleasures'. Unfortunately for me (and for us) it is indeed not the case, it seems that the show is made for Americans that don't live abroad to give them something to 'dream about'. I understand, yet I am indeed worried that people think this is really what Paris is like.
Dont forget the homeless population as well
this.
It would be so great if they showed all those little, Paris defining things in a witty and comic way, showing and introducing the real culture. Honestly, it wasn’t that hard, but the audience of the show (mostly US) would not get it.
I was like "wait, did I visit a different Paris last spring?"😅
this show seems like it was made in 2005, I never watched something that is literally a compilation of what people DON'T want to watch, culturally speaking. "well _someone_ has to bring the american perspective" no
also one of the main issues is that generally, to anyone that is not french (and that's an issue that doesn't just relate to Emily in Paris) is the : Paris = France equation, which is total BS, because there is so much more to France than just Paris. I'm french but I'm not patriotic or particularly proud of my culture, but there is something to say about the fact that Paris is just a city in France and not representative at all of the whole country !
Absolutely!
To be fair, most Americans think this way. London=The whole UK
Tokyo=Japan
Rome=Italy
Transylvania=All of Romania
Ukraine=Russia
I'm trying to think of some others, I know there are more.
@@hollyculka2505 that ukraine=Russia killed me
@@areswalker5647 it's true though lol
So true. I lived in France for about a year and half. Spent a lot of time in the north and in Normandy. Paris is beautiful but there is so much more to France.
A lot of French people, or anyone who isn't American, think NYC=America. Or cowboys=America.
Whoever wrote the script is kinda disrespecting the audience's intelligence .... it is like a teenager, with no much life/cultural experiences sitting in his/her bedroom and fantasised the whole thing, and Netflix was like: yeah, no problem, that's how dumb the viewers are, the'd just love the dresses and the very unrealistic, Disney version of Paris.
Paris seemed very clean in my opinion. They obviously wanted to show the best places but it seemed inaccurate.
🤔
Thats what my sister said
not a single rat!
I mean NYC looks super clean in most shows, it s not like you are gonna show rats evert time you film in a big city.
I've stayed a few days in Paris and it was quite clean. I didn't spend any time in the suburbs, I've heard those aren't clean. I stuck to the core of the city, which was clean.
Agreed. It is like all the men on the show have a thing for her. That is too unrealistic.
Is it?
Rebecca L. Yes.
@@Whofuckencares808 I see it in my circle of friends, at my work place and in my own life. It does happen. Maybe it depends on country, culture and age and doesn't happen everywhere. But where I'm from, it's not that unrealistic to have ~40% of men you meet (about the ratio of Emily, there r quite a few men who didn't fell for her in the show) to have a crush on you... It's not necessarily a blessing.
Particularly as Emily is devoid of any charm.
Glad to see someone smart enough to see this show's problem: It promotes Americentrism and Cultural Imperialism. This show isn't just bad, it's WRONG.
The thing with subtitles is ridiculous. Dont understand how people cant just read
Exactly! Americans miss out on so many incredible movies/shows when they refuse to read subtitles
Yea for real! Im American and I really like French movies and watching films with subtitles. I hate dubbing
Tbh I don't mind subtitles. I watch all shows with it.
I really enjoyed the moments that he subtitled were in FRENCH to make the viewer feel as lost as Emily. That, for me, was the one thing they got right.
And the weird thing is there a lot more Americans then most people would think that are fine with substitute. Like there are so many people who love foreign films and then you got the anime community (which is pretty huge) the reads shows that has 100’s if episode and are completely fine with it.
I think it’s more the production and film community not believing and scared that most people are actually find with it. And should treat their audiences like actual adult who can read and trust them.
This video is so accurate!
I liked the show but I had to recognize that it was very shallow and unrealistic. Another flaw that I think it had was that they showed this beautiful clean Paris where there is no poverty or dodgy areas.
There is an Indian film called "queen" which accurately portrays Paris as being kind of dangerous for a young girl alone and I think they should have shown this side too.
Well done on the video!
Oh my god I found a fellow “queen” fan !!! It really is such a fun movie .
Thanks for giving it a watch! And I'll definitely have to check out "queen" :)
Yes queen is indian lovely movie. It shows Clichéd stuff but also other.. I'm indian in Paris smh Emily in Paris didn't resonate 😏except for costumes and music and good looks and camille I don't have other reasons
N also with so much green dress how come none give weird looks... How? 🙄
Lets grow a Brain! The show has 1 season, you want a Documentary of Paris! The show is not about Paris! Lets try to use our brain and ask, Why is the show called Emily In Paris. Okay Multiple Choice: Choose the correct answer. Good Luck! a) The tittle is about her Instagram Account “Emily In Paris” b)The tittle is intended to convey that the show is campy. c)The show makes references to The Devil Wears Prada, were 2 girls were called Emily and one headed to Paris. d) All of the Above.
I feel like Americans have a problem with subtitles in general. I love seeing movies and tv shows that have multiple languages in them, even if I need subtitles to understand. My favourite example is probably “the Durrells” which is about a British family moving to a Greek island. There the Greeks speak to each other in Greek and there’s a nice balance of the two.
Same! Also I've heard such amazing things about The Durrells. I'm literally the only person in my family that hasn't watched it... I'll have to check it out!
And the show feels DATED. It came out LAST WEEK, but it feels like an older man writer trying to be hip and cool, and 'here is what the instagram gen are #ing about'. To me it proves Darren Starr should do nothing without Michael Patrick King, cause clearly Sex and the City was a fluke for Starr.
I am a 78 year old woman, and my impression of this show which I quite enjoyed - we’re still in “Lockdown” in Melbourne for the last 6 months, so this was a lighthearted view of Paris. My view is that it underlines the what I perceive as the American idea that there is no other world but America. A fraction patronising towards the French!!
Well said.
Not only patronising, but also condescending in the way it portrays the majority of Emily’s co-workers as being completely fine with sexual harassment, including one of the firm’s clients sending her an extremely inappropriate gift and then brushing it off as him wanting her to enjoy herself. Plus it’s a straight up parody of how work-obsessed Americans seem to view the French - apparently they regularly take two hour lunches and turn up for work at 10 or 11 AM. It’s tiny bit absurd and obnoxious.
"Americans hate subtitles" - * laughs in spanish *
Jajajaja
Lol.....😂😂😂😂
This shows is problematic and promotes cheating
Yeah and Camille deserves better
It’s not even original it’s a rip off from The devil wears Prada
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go watch the 700 club! No one forced you to watch it!
Maisa Lohay Grow a Brain! The show does not Pretend to be something that was not Inspired by the Prada movie!!! It is ON YOUR FACE inspired by Andrea Sachs! Except that it is not a Parody or attempt to copy!!! Learn this! Being inspired by something great is not necessarily a cheap immitation. Emily is nothinh like Andrea Sachs. Andrea is not into Fashion at all! Emily is also Sexually liberated unlike 98.98% of those pretentious people who hate it.
Target audience 13 years old ? Cupcake Emily goes to Fantasy Land ! If this show was on Disney Channel , she will be the queen . Disney should be airing this show.
How was this a Darren Star show?!
Even teenagers deserve a better show, this one is crap
@@Thunderworks BIG FACTS
@@Thunderworks Totally agree with you, teenagers nowadays deserves better than this. Stereotypes sucks !
Emily also has an attitude that shows she doesn't want to learn French, like that scene at the American Dinner where both she and the woman are mocking the way the French speak. I really hope this show is cancelled.
tbh though, that is fairly accurate. I have lived in abroad for almost 6 years now, and there is a specific type of foreigner (the ones who fully embrace the label "expat") who lives in a little bubble of expat friends, complains endlessly about the local behavior/norms/culture, and never learns the language or makes more than a token local friend (ahem Camille ahem). It's gross and confusing (why don't they just leave) but imo, this show captured that cringe. Whether the intention was to create a repellant protagonist who embodies the superiority complex of a rich expat is another question tho...
She doesn’t learn French or make an attempt because everyone she speaks with people who already speak English.
@@milikoshki The show clearly wants us to root for her, but she rivals Rory Gilmore from AWITL for the crown of Worst Amalgama Of Faults. Does Emily have one good quality at all?
@@DrGregoryHouseIT :D great comment. I agree- why an audience would want to get behind Emily's character when there's no growth or self reflection or anything!! is fairly mind boggling..
oh please! She is on a French class! And learning French is not easy when you are not learning it to improve your self worth. She is an Adult with a Corporate Career! IT IS A Comedy! She is a pretty girl and she Fucks Around Paris, that is what the show is about. She Masturbates on the 1st episode. 99% of those who comment did not even watch the show. It is a Sattire and 99.93% of American peasants do not know what satirical means!
the weather too, Paris is pretty rainy, n in the series there is almost only blue sky
With the 40-something in the summer?
You’re perpetuating negative French cultural stereotypes with that bad accordion music in the background 😂
😂 I totally agree...but had to add some self-reflexive cliché-ness somewhere 😂
LOL!
@Brianna Santiago what isn’t bad? the music or the series? 😊
😂😂😂
You enter the building on the ground floor and go up to the 1st floor in every country I've traveled to except America.
I'm Greek, and in Europe in general almost everyone speaks English and we so tend to accommodate tourists and speak exclusively English to them. In that sense it's kinda sorta true... But. French people in particular take great pride in their language, and unless it's a touristic place they will speak you almost exclusively French. However Emily is in Paris. Paris is a tourists attraction. People will speak English.
Also Europeans tend to speak English in front of tourists, because it's considered rude to talk in front of someone without them knowing what your saying and makes people uncomfortable.
No conclusion here.
Great video.
Yes, I loved the video but - as an Italian - I agree with you re the use of English language.
Actually Parisian hate to be forced to speak english especially if that said foreigner/tourist is extremely rude about it (like Emily), and even if they do most of them still have a really heavy French accent and simple vocabulary (except for people with higher education in English or if they work a lot around tourists) so no, having this many Parisians understanding/speaking perfect english to Emily with no difficulties is really not realistic. Even if I agree that most Europeans tend to have a pretty decent English and a lot of times even know an other extra language depending on the nearest country.
I've been to Paris, amongst other places. It is true that a lot of customer service staff speak English. However walking through the streets and through shopping malls or restaurants, you mostly just hear French. People talk to each other in French, not English. I was sometimes addressed in English by the staff at restaurants by they assumed I was foreign. Otherwise it was French only.
I find it so obnoxious that a person can go to a foreign country and be upset that they don't speak your language. You're in THEIR home.
Being a tourist kinda gives you a pass on not speaking the language , but having a job in a foreign country is different , the least you could do is try to learn and practice the language to not come off as disrespectful to the co-workers and the culture .
i honestly don't care about france or paris but the lack of actual diversity in this show just baffles me. paris is an EXTREMELY diverse city and ALL of emily's love interests are white???
also: the characters mindy and julien kinda perpetuate stereotypes.
Awww gtfo
I am thankful for a show with no forced diversity. France is European, still mostly white country
@@FlorenceFire France has a strong colonial background. French-Guiana in South America is still a colony. Several countries in Africa speak french because of this (e.g. Senegal) and many have emigrated to France, especially when they were not indipendent nations yet. Furthermore, Paris as a city is one of the most famous cities in the world, a place that attracts millions of tourists from all over the world. Showing diversity in Paris is not forced, not showing it is mostly fictitious ;)
@@FlorenceFire France is extremely diverse.
@@FlorenceFire actually its pretty white washed. It just doesn't look like a reality.
I think the “I watched American tv” part was her answering to how she knows English.
I have visited Paris 3-4 years ago for just 3 days 2 nights. In that short time I experienced a lot of bad times from the people:
- one suitcase was stolen in the high speed train to Paris
- my wife's purse was almost pickpocketed in the inner city tram.
- we were being served last in a greek restaurant even though we arrived earlier than the other guests.
- i was drawn lousily by a "caricaturist" near the Eiffel Tower who demanded me to pay 20 Euro for that piece of crap
- I asked direction to a shopkeeper and got ignored
So yes, the stereotype that Parisiens are not friendly has some truth in it.
Bohoo. Three days Show you very little of a culture.
This is the internet so don't mind my seemingly condescending tone :
-We deal with pickpocketing and stealing everyday in the Paris area (île de France), just be careful with your stuff like you would do in any major city.
-Pickpockets target mainly tourists. Again, be super careful with you belongings, don't show you have cash on you especially if you're speaking another language and showing you're a tourist.
(also it's a métro, how is a tram running underground ?)
-This is 100% on you. Who TF goes to any street artist let alone "caricaturist" in Paris (or any capital for that matter) and expect anything good ?
-everybody has data now, use your phone like a normal person. Also there are maps literally on street signs so you can avoid to ask people for directions.
Good luck next time!
@@lealalu7390 on the contrary, if that's what i got from just a 3 days stay, what more bad things would happen if i stay longer?
compare Paris with Tokyo, well it's a no contest. The Tokyo people are super friendly and helpful, and no one is stealing anything. i once saw a digital camera left alone on a museum bench. 2 hours later it's still there.
@@MsCarotty yes, from that 'caricaturist' lesson, i won't respond to any random strangers on the street ever again.
yes, it was the metro, not the tram (sorry for the misnomer).
about the pickpocketing, i am also come from a major city, Jakarta, with 5 times the population of Paris. I ride public transport quite often and go to crowded places at times and so far never got pickpocketed. Even though generally the population of Jakarta is poorer.
You mean there’s GASP, crime in a major city, that attracts tourists? What a shock. That happens everywhere. Also, one shopkeeper being mildly rude to you isn’t a good point from which to stereotype the population of an entire city.
I haven't watched the show but I saw a clip of her sending her steak back at what appeared to be a fancy restaurant; I've never eaten at a super high end restaurant but I'm PRETTY sure that is considered extremely rude. Also Emily wears a lot of expensive clothing for someone who(I'm assuming) lives middle class, if not below.
She actually didn't end up sending it back.
when told she cant do that there/in france she says she will "teach" the french about costumer service...extremely rude
@@MsUnderlig It's cultural difference. They explain it in the show.
Same - based on the general reaction to this show, I figured she was trying to send back steak tartare 😳
@@kimberlyoldschool 😂 tartar is eaten raw. So it would be impossible to order it medium. And also from the looks you can tell it wasn't tartare.
I was annoyed at how she didn't speak French at all... BUT what was the MOST annoying was how French characters spoke English even when having private conversations between each other or when she was not around ? LOOOL never gonna happen here. French people even switch to French when they're in front of a foreigner... 🤣🤣 (That can seem rude I know... But it's hard not to).
I speak fluent English but when I was in Englanf I had a group of French friends and when we were hanging with foreigners, speaking English, we would always switch back to French at some point when talking to each other. That was bad. I'm sorry... But that proves how unrealistic it is in the show. Because these people are in their freaking country !!!! They are having meetings in English because of this ONE girl ??? No no. Learn French Emily !!!!
One thing though, and I'm not trying to defend Emily but when Camille says she grew up watching a lot of American TV shows its because Emily was asking how she spoke such good English... But because she was nice ?
I feel like in the first few episodes they tried having her feel out of place because everyone speaks French. By the end of the series, two french men are talking in English with Emily not around. That's when my suspension of disbelief stopped.
I think this is a tv show that says a lot more about American culture than French culture. It’s insular bordering on xenophobic and while I’m enjoying it because it’s light, fluffy and set in Paris, I think they could have made it a lot more real and interesting without alienating the American Hollywood-version-of-France-obsessed viewers it caters to. I’ve got lots of colour and patterns in my wardrobe and rarely wear black, but even so, find Patricia Fields’ creations often cross the border from colourful, creative and expressive into garish and ridiculous and I would love to see more of a juxtaposition with simple French fashions and acknowledgement of French style.
Similarly, the French intellectual tradition and exploration of French discipline and manners would be interesting.
The other thing that really bugs me about this show is the portrayal of Sylvie as a kind of reincarnated evil stepmother in the mould of fairytales of yore, threatened by the young and beautiful Emily. In a post me too era, this type of stereotype is annoying, especially since all the older men are clever and there is an implication that they are immediately able to see that Emily should clearly be running the company. Very much catering to a millennial audience. Emily behaves inappropriately on so many levels in the workplace, but the lack of respect not only of Sylvie’s role and position but her knowledge and experience spoils the show for me.
But hey, the real star here is Paris. It provides a visual feast and an opportunity to travel vicariously while we’re all grounded and to contemplate how much better we would all behave, how much more we would all learn and how much more advantage we would take of this opportunity if it were extended to us instead of Emily!
Great points!
I live in Israel, and work at a place where a lot of American's visit or even work and I have to say - they are very rude, they are trying to change our work attics and that's annoying, to be honest.
Diversity of ideas is a good thing. This comment is very close-minded.
Merci i’m not even French but I was offended. I feel like the writer never really travel in a way to understand culture and people
I think the problem with Emily and the french language is not supposed to be rude but to make fun of US Americans who mostly speak no other language than
English. This is the feeling I get from most of the scenes. It is not supposed to offend the french but to make fun of Americans and their point of view.
- Emily orders peanut butter and doesn't want to taste the steak at first -> poor taste
- thinks the Metro is complicated -> Americans only use taxis
Heck, she even seems totally disappointed when it rained one day like she thought there is no rain in this city of fantasy lol
I wouldn't take this so seriously from both sides, nothing problematic about the show. I am german and even I can laugh about cliches
Not just taking pictures of random people, she takes pictures of random CHILDREN FOR DAMN SAKE.
Lily Collins is such a a good actress, I feel like anyone else in the role of Emily wouldn’t just have been cringe but outright unbearable
She did her job.
Reasons why I LOATHE Emily ( and Emily in Paris )
. EMILY IS A WALKING OFFENSE TO THE FRENCH - she refuses to learn the language, is atrociously ignorant of European culture, is a two-timing friend to both Mindy and Camille, and the sole reason why Gabriel left Camille for Emily...
. The show is a literal cliche souffle filled with inaccurate and offensive stereotypes of both the Chinese and French. As a Chinese, I find Mindy's character INSULTING AF.
. Gabriel is 1000 times worse than Mr. Big and Chuck Bass ( I hate them too ). I'm sorry.
FYI I would LOVE to see Emily meeting the executives of Chanel and VOGUE IN PERSON AND GET HER OUTFITS MURDEROUSLY INSULTED BY THEM. Hell, maybe even ANNA WINTOUR can guest star in ONE EPISODE.
Also, I would LOVE to see Camille severe ties with Emily in Season 2 and go have a new life in another luxury company ( that is rival to Savoir - KARMA HITS LIKE A TRUCK ). Maybe even a new, better partner of any gender.
A recent Cosmo interview with Lucas Bravo hinted that instead of severing ties, Camille will agree to a threesome with Emily and Gabriel *eye roll*
www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/celebs/a34314614/lucas-bravo-gabriel-emily-in-paris-interview/
@@hellonicolette OH DEAR
As a HuaRen born and raised in Europe I enjoy Mindy's character a lot :D so funny. Btw. just out of curiosity: why do you watch shows whose main characters you dislike so much?
@@LiLChiLi_ I only watched the first episode just because it is made by the creators of Sex and the City and Devil Wears Prada ( THOSE 2 I ADORED WITH INTENSE PASSION ) I had exceedingly high expectations for Emily in Paris before the pilot....and then the characters fell way past my expectations.
Maybe that is the main reason I hate the show so much. Oh, and there are some characters that are downright offensive.
I never watched another episode of Emily in Paris again.
For me as an expat, I also feel there is so little about culture chocks, just anecdotic or for humor. French leaving in Asia I questioned my self a lot in my first months even year. I learned a lot about the cultures, but also about myself. I guess it's mentioned about her not growing. But I was really looking forward something to recognize myself in this show in that dimension, and even this part is highly stereopical. Her first friend is Asian, but quite frankly she sound more American than Chinese, or at least I don't recognize any of my Chinese friends in her.
I thought she is learning french. She is in a french class. I think the show is teasing her accent. Also, her going to france was very out of nowhere. No one can learn an entire language in a week. And she has her little translator to help and doesn't expect people to speak english.
CAN U JUST GET IT'S A FREAKING SHOW? Plus! It depends on which kind of life she's living. i lived in Paris and worked in Hermès, surrounded myself but high society, and honestly, that is the life you get when you are around high Parisian society. Forget the metro, parce que ca pue, donc alors, ils prennent les taxis ou leurs scouters ou sinon leur voitures. I know the show it's very cliché but it represents one version of life that Paris can offer.
Exactly. I am not at all surprised that she used to work at Buzzfeed lol.
I absolutely agree that someone moving to Paris and expecting everyone to speak English is ridiculous and a complete fantasy but the fact that the French characters themselves speak English to each other tells you all you need to know about the realism of this show. It’s a complete fantasy full of exaggerations and too-good-to-be-true scenarios but that’s what it’s supposed to be and it’s actually pretty hilarious and fun.
I did not live in France, but I did live for a while in the Netherlands and girl, even th A LOT of people there do learn and speak english I still tried my damn hardest to learn the language. I failed horribly but I could still communicate somehow. I definitely tried and spoke more the language than Emily lmao. When I went to Paris, I did encounter many people who spoke english or spanish to me, but that might just be my experience? I do speak basic french anyway so again, I tried. Also, the metro system in Paris was AMAZING and my sister and I used it all the time to get everywhere. Coming from a city that only has 5 metro lines I was just blown away by how much of the city was covered. I did get lost in the train in both Netherlands and Italy. Emily, listen to me, you think you got horribly lost?? I got lost by a full city. You try again child, be brave.
Sounds like quite the adventure!
@@hellonicolette the funny thing is that I did not get lost once, nor twice, but three times. One of them I was stranded somewhere between Florence and Pisa in what looked like the middle of nowhere 😂 I literally ended up walking to Pisa for like a full hour after waiting for another train for what felt like eons. So probably like half an hour.
The other ones were just the train system in the Netherlands fucking with me by changing times and platforms last minute. I was too trusting 😔✌🏼😂
@@PolliitoAle 😂 Oh nooo!
@@hellonicolette yeah don't trust the train system in the Netherlands. They are just waiting for you to get distracted and bum, suddenly you realize you're are two full cities in another direction with a 30 kilos suitcase.
Yes this review is so on point! Emily’s lack of character development was one of the biggest problems for me on top of the problematic cultural representations but it is very pretty haha
u don t see a lot of blacks/ arabs in the serie if u compare with the reality, u don t see poverty either
This could (unfortunately) be real when the show takes place in some of Paris' very wealthy neighbourhoods
@@joachimdebie4900 our wealthiest neighbourhoods are filled with Saudi/Emirati and Russian people, plus everyone has the right to walk around in any neighbourhood while being not super wealthy. this is just whitewashing
@@MsCarotty Russians are still white as far as I know... Anyway having lived in Paris, there are neighbourhoods where you really don't see that many non-white people on the street, like in the northern parts of the 3rd for example (I lived near Réplublique, the difference between me going north towards Gare du Nord and Gare de l'Est or going south was big). Ofcourse people can go where they want, this is the case in almost every country in the world, but racial segregation (not the one where the government forces it, but where it just happens due to economic differences, racism or other reasons) is still very much a thing in Paris and everywhere in Europe, unfortunately.
That said I havent really watched the show so I am not sure how it is portrayed in it!
@@joachimdebie4900 I can't watch it either or else i'll have a potential stroke. I live in Paris, in the 18th (and nowhere near montmartre) as a POC and i still don't agree with you although i get where you're getting at. In any case i checked out of curiosity the area sh'es staying at and it's near Place Monge in the 5th so it's not THAT expensive...
*Btw Russians/Eastern european aren't "traditionally" considerate white, at least culturally (usually perceived as poor before anything else).
@@MsCarotty I guess we can agree to disagree. The 18th is a nice area! I like the vibe in the 18/19/20th arrondissements in general, very young and creative.
I guess we are getting at a mix between pure racism and xenophobia, where often the latter is more prevalent in Europe and pure racism is more prevalent in the US, I guess?
But whatever, lets just agree that the show is pure fiction. I started watching because I lived as a foreigner in Paris so I was curious, but omg no I couldnt reach past the 2nd episode.
This show is incredibly lazy. All those stereotypes and clichés really bugged me. Add to that the writing is so lazy, there’s nothing new or interesting about any of the characters, the story is incredibly predictable. I will not watch the second season.
Lazy is the best way to put it. It’s pretty, but empty and relies on stereotypes to an insane degree.
Her being sent to Paris from her company is the most unrealistic thing in the first place. Also that entire trip to Camille's parents' house was the most cringe worthy. And I don't mind watching eye candy romcom genre, still this was a cringe fest. Yes, I got it, the stereotypes was the part of the storyline. But only negative ones? If she is so in love with the city, what exactly does she love so much? Ah, croissants, something else?
Oh my goodness, yeah I could probably do an entire video on JUST the trip to Camille's parents' house haha
Why didn’t Gabriel drive and the girls share a seat. I know it’s Cami’s car but surely he can drive her car
Michael Gary Scott Exactly! It looked very awkward and unnecessarily uncomfortable
pains au chocolat? petits pains? chocolatine?
It is not unrealistic to be sent to Europe for work. My best friend was sent to Florence, Italy. And I was given the choice of Paris or Brussels. I chose Brussels due to its location to other things & other reasons. But I spent a lot of time in Paris while I lived overseas.
Yessss!! The thing with french people speaking English with each other was so annoying!!! (and of course, it wasn't the only one..).
Aaaaand... assuming that the whole office knows of the bosses affair, I **hate** how Emily feels she's allowed to ask her how she feels around her lover's wife..... It's none of your freakin' business! This doesn't make you considerate and kind, it makes you nosy and obnoxious! I mean she doesn't even like you! You're not besties!
Why did she wear so many berets? That's so cliché. And how are we supposed to like her when she apparently has no moral compass. Not only does she immediately flirt back with every guy that hits on her (except the property manager) - not that that's immoral, but she kissed Gabriel a second time knowing he was with Camille and then slept with him the night they broke up (that's not what friends do). Also she slept with him when she was supposedly already dating Mathieu.
Literally noone has put it better than you - thank you! This is exactly how I felt about the show pushing the "American way" as being better than the French way, when she is working for a French agency working with French clients... Where is her American way even needed? As a French expat who works in Social Media, I was honestly baffled by this show and I found it so offensive I couldn't even finish the season. So very happy to see some people share those views 🥰
For me, the only way you could really think that the show is somehow “realistic” is by being completely ignorant. I enjoyed the show because I already knew it was going to be silly and exaggerated, but if you’re basing your perspective of France/French people around this, you should probably get help, or perhaps get out of your American bubble.
The way Emily lives is super unrealistic, of course, because it is meant to be this bubble gum pinky show with 0 sense, making clear that she earns a lot of money so she doesn’t have to worry about “understanding” the metro (like us common people), speaking the language of the country in which you’re currently working at (not just visiting) nor making meals at home because of course she can go to the coffee shop around the corner.
If you wanna laugh a little and forget about your work/studies, it is great for distraction, otherwise you’re gonna suffer watching it HAHAHAHA
Ps: sorry if I made no sense, I speak Spanish
Well said! Bien dicho! It’s a show , show aren’t realistic! Es un show los Show no son verdaderos , son historias inventadas . Es ficción! No think the girls who made this video forget that a show it’s a show !
Ese es el gran problema. El problema de la representación. París tiene una gran población afro y el único personaje afro del show es otro estereotipo. La ficción influye en nuestras vidas y si se siguen repitiendo las mismas historias bobas, y decimos es solo un show tonto, no hay avance
I think that's a flaw of the show. Not being realistic is fine in most cases, but when it comes to portraying other cultures you don't want to be on the silly and exaggerated side. Take Lost in Translation, for example. A movie that unrealistically and exaggeratedly portrays Japan and Japanese people to the point of racism. Stereotyping a culture is not fine just because Emily in Paris is doing it to fellow white people. The blatant white-washing of Paris is probably the most problematic part of it.
Same! Por el trailer esperaba que fuera una versión Disney de la vida en Paris, con los estereotipos de la vida de rica, comiendo siempre en restaurantes, linda ropa “parisiana” y todo estético pero la verdad que el personaje de Emily es odioso! Súper mal educada, entitled como algunos consideramos el estereotipo de 🇺🇸. Dejan la imagen de los franceses como groseros, de mal genio y casi xenofobos cuando el problema es la actitud de Emily. So disappointed ☹️
I was in France and found many people generally rude until they realized who you were or who you were associated with, as in "Oh. You're a client? Okay, I'll be nice" or "Oh, you came here with a friend of mine? Ok, I'll show my friendly side this time." I imagine from their perspective they were just ambivalent or indifferent, but it really comes off rude.
It's incredible that I, a person who is completely able to dismiss a lot of inaccuracies and exaggerations in shows and movies if I embrace them as feel-good TV, was not even able to make it past episode one. I would have loved this to be a little romanticised, easy to watch show (because we all know we can use the escapism right now) but oh boy this mess is just unwatchable and I think I have seldomly disliked a shows heroin more than Emily. I'm so bummed because I really miss this type of girly tv with great fashion and Paris is my favourite place in the entire world. But oh well, C'est la vie.
I enjoyed the show and I really like Lily Collins, but oh boy! It was so cringy! When Emily sad she is bringing the "american point of view"... Like who would ever say that, really? Most of the time, the show totally felt like it was a different universe. And why was she dressed like a 5 years old toddler?
Thank you so much! I I'm French and I felt so bad after watching the show, thinking about all the Americans that were going to think that this is how French people are. What a nightmare! So far from reality! We are definitely not perfect but we are not that rude, that obsessed with sex and, thank god, we don't consider it OK to cheat on our wife/husband. I can't list everything but thank you again for this video!
Thanks for watching! :) Yeah I was worried about fellow Americans thinking the French were all like that..so wanted to make a video about it.
@@hellonicolette NOW THIS IS indeed problematic. As you've pointed out, the show is not-realistic (intentionally, but some ppl don't get it). And I doubt ppl are stupid enough to believe that the show and its stereotypes are real.
To be honest the fact that you think "Americans may think this is real" is more of an insult to any nation that whatever was portrayed in the show - what kind of stereotyped thinking is this? Do you now lable a whole nation as naive/stupid to believe the show? 🙈
Well the show was in a way realistic because all these great things probably happen when you are as beautiful as Emily/Lily Collins like everyone falling in love with you, making friends in a heartbeat, becoming an influencer without effort. getting this amazing promotion and job opportunity. But the problem the show makes is trying to portray her as an "everyday" girl that is relatable - and no that did not work. Nothing about Emily is relatable and unfortunately she is also not very likable.
Yes, absolutely!
Imagine her going to Indonesia and tried to teach them the American way, they would caci maki the hell outta herrr 😩😩❤️
Great video!! I shall found it very weird when the French characters were speaking in French with each other even when Emily isn't there like in episode 10 when Antoine and Gabriel speak in English!
Exactly! Haha
Or when the French boss speaks English to that hotel clerk to try to get into that movie stars suite when Emily lost the watch. Like why would she not speak French? It would have been more effective for her to speak French, get access to the room, and they shouldnt even subtitle it. Then it would be ambiguous what she said to persuade him to help. The dialogue isnt even important here so it really wasnt necessary to have that exchange be English
@@Jess-Rabbit Oh yes, and Sylvie did look pissed at that moment, and I don't think anyone switches to a foreign language when they're trying to persuade someone lol
Emily uses google translate in like every work scenario but can't google how to say roses at the street stand?
My thoughts exactly!
She didn't have to, because WAS able to get the information across, that she wanted to buy the roses (she said flower in French, then said roses in French in a wrong pronunciation, and also pointed at the roses/even gravbed them in her hands). It's impossible that the flower lady didn't understand that she was interested in buying those roses. The flower lady then intentionally refused to sell her the nice roses and and said "these are not for you" and gave her other less nice ones (still roses, but in another colour).
It’s a show!! It’s normal for it not to be accurate... why focus on the details!! It’s actually an amazing and uplifting show!!
Yes, don't let them destroy your mood. Some people always try to find negative things / overanalyze. Of course the show isn't perfect. But it's very artistic actually.
@@LiLChiLi_ yes very true👍🏼
Loved your analysis and subscribed! One thing I think I’m interpreting differently then other people watching this show, is that the “rudeness” of he French characters is usually justified? And the show (to me) makes that pretty clear... which is something that I really enjoyed about it. Like I know that a lot of people hate that Emily doesn’t speak French (valid) but it’s also the primary motivator of the frustration of the French people and the conflict of the plot. Like if Madeline actually went there, there would be basically zero conflict. Emily being tone deaf and obnoxious in many ways is an American stereotype that butts against the French stereotypes used.
I wish the show had committed to that more, showing more of a change in how Emily interacted with people and how that changes the dynamics of how negative her interactions with French people are. Like you said, we see a few shots of her learning French but the French she uses never improves. I think if they committed to showing her using more conversational French and her interactions with random French people improving (French language and culture is a HUGE influence in why many Americans see French people as rude, bc they come off as rude -not attempting the language, not saying hello before an interaction, etc). I think the premise of the show was pretty clever and they lost it a little when actually making the show, which also results in as you said, zero character growth... :( it was also super weird to me that in the beginning of the show they used a decent amount of French (I think) and then halfway through just decided to have all the French people speak English to each other. Why???? It was so dumb!
Absolutely! Haha and yes Madeline would have been perfect (although the fact that she thought those company guidelines from Chicago would go over well in France made me think twice about her too...). I think they really missed out on that opportunity of Emily growing, learning French, and becoming less ignorant. :/
Although I agree that Emily’s character has no arc and really doesn’t grow/change, and totally agree there should have been more metro, a lot of this show resonates with me and my experience living in Paris for a couple months. There were many people who were outright rude to me and gave me the same side eye seen on this show, and there were many flirtatious men, including one that hit on me while on a date with someone else. I’ve seen criticisms about the cliches in this show, but that’s really what I encountered when I was there. Obviously my experience wasn’t just one note and I experienced a lot of great things too, but I think it’s valid for a first time American visitor to France like Emily to experience cliches bc that’s probably what we are more attuned to. There’s definitely room for improvement as far as character, but if we compare this to SATC, Carrie was pretty easy to hate too, and very unrealistic in many ways, but we could still love the show bc there were aspects that very strongly resonated, whether they seemed like cliches or not.
Honestly it's a bit offensive there's real struggles about going from One country to other to write about, being seeing as to loud or accidentally rude cause the social norm it's completly diferent, the struggles whith pronunciation and daily talks as a beginner , the change of prices in everything from basic food to clothes, the huge difference in dating ideals .
This show could have been so interesting from a outside perspective and still be funny but intead it's just entitled Mary Sue in Paris never get fired even if she extremely rude and unprofessional.
I find it so ironic how Europeans are so insulted when Netflix stereotypes them yet I've been living in Europe for over 2 years now and I've seen first hand how my Latino friends struggle to find one European that doesn't constantly throw stupid stereotype offensive jokes at them based on what they saw on a show on Netflix.....
The truth Is that we latinos have it hard all around the world. Thrid World countries in general actually. All because the stereotypes the people from the USA promote onw their shows. Now, I'm so used to my country and my culture being misrepresented that I don't even bother with a show that does it. We need more empowering representation on mainstream media, a show or movie that meant to latinos what Black Panther, for example, meant to afrodescendants
To be honest, i have enjoyed the series, and i am aware that emily's life is unreal, it is effective because of the escapism and fantasy that you can face a world so different and live in it like a fairytale, thats how the series goes.
But i also loved how you reviewed it and the claim you said that it is indeed unrealistic portrayal of French culture.
There is some truth to the rudeness of some people in Paris, but in lal big cities where there is less time for self and more work than average, it is common.
Exactly! It is just meant to be a fun show.
It is not a documentary or about brain surgery!! Lol
@@cavlizzy exactly!! It's a comedy! Why bash it for not being a documentary.
It's not just a comedy, it's a lazy and stupid comedy.
@@lala-ct9ir so you agree that the genre is "comedy"! Great. But you added "lazy" and "stupid" as your personal opinion. Which is fine. You can have your opinion too!
@@LiLChiLi_ Naturally I can have my opinion. There is intelligent comedy and not so intelligent comedy and this clearly belongs to the latter category. It will be gone and forgotten in a few years.
I dont really agree with the language thing. I get that it is kind of unpractical in social situations, but the fact that this agency is set up to work with INTERNATIONAL clients and they are not ok with her speaking english is just sus to me. I am neither french or amarican but it is a fact that english is the global language and the generell attitute or speaking level about said language from french people is not better that emilys ability to speak french. I am german and i would never expect someone (from which ever country) to speak german when they travel to germany because we got taught english well in school. I get that there may be problematic things in the show but we should not judge this show like something it is not trying to be. The reason why she is send to paris spontaineously is perfectly fine for a feel good rom-com in my opinion.
I have seen the season 1, and me and my husband discussed it. We thought it was incredible how much different expensive clothes the main character wore, different clothes almost in each show. We saw the show, because we went to Paris in 2009, and wanted to review the city again. The best vacation in a great city ever. The french people, we met were polite, helped us, I could only speak a little bit french, from the commercial school, we brought our 2 daughters, who were then 5 and 6 years old. We found help if we needed it. We used the Metro, because it was easier to use, than the rental car, we'd hired from the airport. We were in a large yet affordable big apartment. We came late in the evening, we found a supermarket that was open, we weren't afraid of walking in the street at almost midnight, which we do not do in Denmark, because we don't feel safe..Besides from all that, I think your analysis is right and I hope more people will view it and conclude the same, it is unrealistic, and rude to french people. Thank you very much.
The Paris she was in was very withe, there should have been many POC people in the streets
your review is so thorough & I found myself agreeing with everything you said! I’m an immigrant who grew up watching American television and one of the most annoying things is watching how people of ethnic backgrounds are portrayed very poorly and one dimensionally. I cannot blame the French for being so insulted with this show...however, it is an American romance comedy, it isn’t ever to be taken as an educational medium to learn about anything, much less culture. I think it was written to be cheeky trash tv.
"Because everyone hits on her" EXACTLY MY PROBLEM WITH THE SHOW LIKE SERIOUSLY WTF
Why would the fact that everyone is hitting on her bother you?
The american way is the right way 🙃
I'm a French student and my teacher is french and from episode 1 I knew this show was gonna be extremely inaccurate but boy I was not surprised... It's full of clichés and i couldn't even enjoyed it as "fantasy watch" because I couldn't take my mind out of all the inaccuracies. In my opinion this show was very unnecessary 👎🏼
Her disinterest in learning French was shown right from that scene in the first episode where she buys a croissant and the lady working there tried to be nice and teach her how to pronounce the phrase but Emily was just having none of it
I shudder to think what an "Emily in Moscow" film would look like 💀💀💀
The communism still exists and we drink alcohol all the time. And basically worship Putin. Everyone is super homophobic and thinks all Americans in Russia are clearly spies. Noone questions state propaganda and believes every word. Our ordinary life is on the level of North Korea.
Smth like that.
I discovered your channel/video by chance and, as a Frenchman, I really appreciated your work on this video. Indeed, about this show, one would assume that somehow it's normal for French to complain about it because we are the target of the clichés and so on and so forth... That somehow, even if the clichés were true and accurate, we couldn't stand them by pride and reject them... SO THANK YOU, the American girl from California to clearly restore some (a lot of) truths ! Really appreciated !! Of course some clichés do exist like in every cultures/countries, but the problem with the show is the clichés are ALWAYS presented in a negative way that does not fit the reality at all !! So thank you Nicolette ! ^^
Thanks Nathan! That means a lot :)
100% agree!!! I’ve been ranting about this to everyone I know! Literally so disrespectful, no diverse body types or races. Overall horrible show but still can’t understand why I couldn’t stop watching it lol...like a car crash? Lol
Definitely! This video would have been sooo long if I even got started on the lack of diversity, body sizes, etc. We still have a long way to go with representation in American television. :/
The language thing gets me. 1) It’s just straight up ignorant and foolish and 2) You really could have added some really interesting elements to the show with her learning the language!
You are right Emily is really rude. She doesn’t say hello to anyone. That’s not normal.
Whatever happened to Patricia? We never see her again and never find out why she is SO freaked out to be around Emily
Yes! Where's Patricia?!
She’s probably fired cuz she can’t speak English
i think that's the whole point, it's a netflix series. they suppose to be cheap and low level... they most of the time do. it's just to get you hooked for the cheapest content. it works
Netflix has some of the more diverse shows I have seen anywhere, they are just not made by Americans for Americans.
Not really. Netflix has some good, high quality shows. The Crown, Stranger Things, Daredevil, etc. Yeah there are lots of duds but they’re not necessarily cheap and low level. This is just one of the crappy ones.
I mean sure it's cheesy and inaccurate. It's wish fulfillment TV. And I think there's a place for that. It's like a superhero movie that's marketed for women, particularly young women. As to the spending inordinate amounts of money to ship items from home.....I won't mention how much money I've spent to have peanut butter shipped to me in Europe. Yes. Peanut Butter. Peanut butter is available here but it's often a type of applesauce-y uncooked peanut 'butter.' It's honestly terrible. I'm a vegetarian and I live on peanut butter. So, yes, 'obviously' I have peanut butter shipped to me. lol.
I can’t help but feel that Sabrina gave a more realistic depiction of the expat or exchange experience (everything is bewildering at first, and you are mortifyingly wrong on many occasions, but gradually you acclimatize and find your feet and grow as a person and are better for the experience) and that was only a 10-15 minute passage within the movie!
I agree. Honestly, it pisses me off because my friends and family are watching the show and im dating a french guy. Im afraid they would think that my bf is the same