this is why I just cut out the middle man and say the actual name of the month, like, it's not that hard?? and is so much less confusing for everyone??? cause like, if you are from the us and you give the date in another country, then they get to worry abt if you're doing it right and if you're from another country in the us, then it's the reverse! it's such a mess, honestly
Emilyâs character is so unlikeable. She doesnât have any flaws, never gets upset (didnât cry after breakup with long term bf), too prim. Ugly Betty was better because she was human and relatable
I mean she's unlikable because she has plenty of flaws. She's selfish, lazy, uses people and she is bad at her job. The issue this series has is that her flaws never have consequences for her. Everyone around her takes her shit and lets her get away with everything so she never grows as a character.
Emily seems like that one rich girl in high school who majored in fashion merchandising and came back from a semester in Paris having only learned how to say Bonjour and Merci but never stops talking about how "In Paris they..."
....but she is the main character? I donât huh? Yâall are so confusing âshe reminds me of an American đâ well she is American???? I donât get it make it make sense
@@beckywiththegoodhair5244 no luv, they're talking about the stereotypical girl in real life or in EVERY coming of age movie ever whose only personality trait is being the main character. Literally has no other propuse, skills or qualities, she's just "the perfect main character"
I'll let you in on a little secret. The reason Emily acts so entitled, irresponsible, and generally terrible with zero self awareness is probably because the creators of the show are just like her.
@@elise6970 the entire show is about her americanising the french people? And claiming America is superior? And the show makes America feel superior? I very clearly hate the show because itâs American washed and annoying, certainly not satire as youâre claiming it to be. If it mocked Emily so much - then why doesnât Emily change? Why do the french characters change but not Emily? It seems like youâre obsessed with the show and canât begin fathom any criticism for it (typical of Americans)
@@elise6970 I- literally this video details every example of when she claimed Americans to be superior? Literally everything coming out of Emilyâs mouth is âAmericans are superior, aMerIcAn PeRsPeCtIvEâ
@@lemsip207 As in Spain.And yes, I know in France they do that too, but in UK? I think it's a language setting. In English language, dates are month/day/year. In Spanish, Portuguese and French it's day/month/year.
Mirna Garcia I live in the U.K. Itâs definitely day/month/year. Yes itâs the language but you tend to have a choice between English U.S and English U.K which not only have a different date format but also different spelling for certain words.
@@sophiademure That's great! I did not know in UK the date was like ours. You'll never go to bed without learning something new, my grandma used to say that, lol Thanks!
Iâm just mad about the fact that she hooked up with the ex boyfriend of a girl who was so sweet to her and didnât even seem to care?! So much serena energy
Itâs so sad to see a small designer like Gabrielle Chanel who has tragic childhood and went through a lot of challenges to present mobility in women fashion to have people wearing something from her fashion house and made it look like itâs something that just created for no reason. Because itâs really hard to do that
I think it was in part because 1. she wears so much of it instead of just using one item per outfit as a statement piece and 2. there's no unity to what she wears and everything clashes, and when your pieces don't work together, it cheapens your whole outfit in general.
@@maramardhiah Not me thinking that Coco Chanel made chanel this WHOLE motherFing timeđ€Šđ»ââïžđđ€đœ cuz I have NO idea bout fashion. Edit: I googled her name and I'm dumber than I thought
@@maramardhiah don't feel sorry for her, she became a nazi supporter and spy during world War 2 but managed to erase that history at the end of the war and remained a celebrated designer until her death. I like her fashion but she definitely wasn't a good person, she actually gave names of Jews to the nazis who were deported and sent to their death because of her. Yet even today she is one of the most celebrated designers and held in high regard, it's sad.
I think sheâs very lucky because of her famous father. Plus she is beautiful. But she absolutely has no talent but I still like her usually. But this show is the worst of them all.
I was not a fan of the glorified cheating. Iâm sure that people in France donât glorify it either. Just because you live in Paris doesnât mean you can hurt others.
@Lisa It is a common stereotype in America to think Europeans having mistresses/affairs is normal. Or another stereotype is that sex with no strings attached is also common. I think they were born because of the whole "romantic language" and "paris is the city of love" jargon and movies.
This show is basically American fantasy of coming to Europe and becoming some massive sensation to natives just because you're American. It's almost like American fantasy of coming to Asia and becoming sensation over being American. Or coming to Africa and... you know what i'm starting to see pattern here.
That's so true haha It reminds me of Sex and the City where it was a big deal being a "New Yorker" and an American and people all over the world were so enthusiastic about meeting one.
not to judge Americans, but yeah, they do paint themselves as the big deal. little do they know only they and third world countries who are sold the American dream. the people who Americans impose themselves to ? not so much.
It's funny too, because as an American that has travelled a lot in Europe, that is not at all what happens. Like people ask questions, but no more so than when I say I am from Canada (dual citizen and sometimes it is better to be Canadian when travelling). And if there was any country where people really did not give two craps about what country I was from it was France. And I found most of the time, people there were NOT happy if I didn't even try to speak French. And when I lived in Denmark for a year, no one really cared. And if they did it was not really positive (not that it was negative either). It was more just questions about US health care or politics and why do we care so much about football. And then it became old news after a conversation or two.
I sadly agree I live in America and it's embarrassing to have unmature people who think a contrary is a certain way it's like some of us think South Korea is like K pop and it's sad because I used to think that but know I learn about more about South Korea and what's it's downfalls and know it's not just kpop. I'm happy though when my family went to Germany we respect them and didn't expect them to know english we were quite and we try to learn German so we can talk to them a little bit if we need help.
the way they kept making the french men clingy and overbearing and overstepping of emily's boundaries felt so strange. like she was always in the right and everyone else was terrible.
The very definition of a Mary Sue. If your main character is written as infallible and perfect in every way, the side characters can only become more flawed. It's lazy writing at its worst.
This! Every single person in this show is a caricature. They paint unrealistic awful claims about how french people are and then say that Emily is supposed to be "appreciative" of their culture. At that point I would prefer being insulted to my face rather than watching such a bad show that portrays a culture so badly.
She is a mixture of the worst traits of Blair and Serena. Blairâs whiny and stubborn attitude without her intelligence and Serenaâs questionable relationship with men without her social skills/openness.
we can go further: imagine a young french girl who doesn't speak any English comes to the US and in her native language she tried to make the office more french.
@@monalisachakrabarty3260 I do think that Emily was kinda stupid for not trying to learn any French but please donât compare these 2 situations. The fact is that English is the universal language and almost every country learns it as their second language whereas French is not đ€
@@drinkmoreagua8984 yes you are right but the character emily is so irritating that i completely hate every aspect of her I somehow watched the whole season just for glamour and paris
@@drinkmoreagua8984 maybe but I think it is commonly known (at least here in France we know that for a fact) that French people are very bad at English. Of course some people will speak it, like people in some hostels, and she was in Paris so there may be more people who speak English than in other parts of the country (because, tourism). But there is also a lot of people who don't get English at all. I think I know more people who don't speak English than people who does. Even I, I can read English, write English, but I am unable to speak it. Maybe it would work with other countries, I don't know. But as a French person, the idea that someone can come to our country thinking everyone will understand her because she speaks an universal language... Yeah I would stay in the back and wait for the desillusion to come.
@@drinkmoreagua8984 Emily is working in France. The least she could do was learning the language ? If I had to work in Germany or Argentina, I'd learn German and Spanish and not assume everyone would understand me bc I'm a north american.
Does anyone find it revolting that she slept with a 17 year old? I could not watch another second after that. it's absolutely disgusting The show just confirmed her age as of s.2 is 29, which means there was AT LEAST a 11 year age gap. wtf??
If Emily was a male and did that with a 17 year old female she wouldâve been shut down immediately too which just makes it so much worse. JUST BECAUSE SHES AN AMERICAN WOMAN DOESNT MEAN SHE CAN DO ANYTHING SHE WANTS AND ITS OK
@@Salsa4268 It depends. If you didn't know that the girl or boy was 17, no one will call you a child molester. Some 17-year olds look much older than they are and some lie about their age. I had a girl like that in scool and I can assure you that no one saw her as a "victim" or the men she slept with as molesters.
@@zorrosdog6557 True, but the show is probably for a younger audience as in young adults or maybe teenagers, so they might get an impression that thatâs ok and as a platform that can encourage people to do things this should not be one of them. But I do get where your coming from and I agree
the only decent part of the show is when Sylvie makes a speech at Emily where she basically says, "you come here, make no effort to learn the language, try to shove your american habits down our throat then wonder why none of us want to be around you." (@ 4:47) but of course they all had to fall for her quirky american ignorance in the end. This girl ends the show with fewer french skills than Eloise
A perfect example of this is also the scene where she mails the rules to all of them and one is about relationships at work. I'm not from France but from Germany, but when somebody here would try to say that to me even while I don't have a relationship with a colleague I would literelly say that we aren't in America where this MAYBE is normal (I watched some videos where it's said, that it is normal to have this rule in America) Like - Literally no one cares here as long as it doesn't affect your work.
@@KaliqueClawthorne I'm french yeah people really don't care at all. I've even met married people who were colleagues or met while they worked for the same company. It really doesn't matter as long as it's not a boss-employee thing because then there's abuse of power concerns but I mean people still don't care that much honestly. This rule never made any sense to me. It's very weird to try to control people's private life when it's completely irrelevant. If it lessens productivity then yeah eventually you can file complaints but other than that, it's so weird. You don't owe your employer to stop yourself from pursuing a good relationship. That has nothing to do with them.
@@ArturGlass.C ^There is this video out there from an American living in Germany who describes why Walmart failed to come to Germany .... The rule about relationships was actually one of the reasons, because based on our laws about work you can't get fired or other things because you have a relationship with a workmate. There is this lesbian couple at my old school. Nobody really knew they were together till they told us AFTER we left school. They weren't married or something like that. Everybody kind of knew it but ... nobody cared. Or rumours about other relationships. It was just a story-thing for us as schoolkids but ... not something important.
i absolutely love that part too, the only thing about that part i hate is that Emily took nothing in, proceeds to invite her boss to a party, even though she said no, and walks out like she won, when in reality she's just stupid, and Sylvie actually gave her truth, and she blatantly ignored it
Agree with everything you said. I also hated the romance. Why would I want her and Gabriel to get together when he has a super nice girlfriend that he just cheats on? Is that supposed to be romantic? Why would someone want such a guy?
To be honest, when the scene of Gabriel and Emily kissed, I fast forward it, I can't even handle to see that. Camile is such lovely woman, Emily should know that. Freakin ! Not even romantic
Reminds me of Anna and the French Kiss, except the girlfriend the main male characters cheats on isnât exactly the nicest- she was still the victim and yeah the book is just awful.
I actually thought that the show was going to be smart about Gabriel (like the only thing they would do properly) and send him away. Given that there is no way to twist their relationship into something ok, unless they make his girlfriend a mass murder cheater. But no, they do a âtwistâ and keep him. WHO on this Earth is team Gabriel? He is a douche! (and not a shower one)
I hate how she takes photos of people without their permission (often mocking them) and then posts it on her instagram with thousands of followers. Rude much.
As a French man, the one thing that immediately seemed ridiculous about this show was how all these Parisian men are obsessed with this American girl. Americans are already seen as sloppy, rude, ignorant tourists in France in general - Paris is worse (Parisians have a reputation for being snobbish and elitist). There isn't an endless stream of educated, wealthy, attractive Parisian men who are just drooling after American women who they see as stupid, loud and embarrassing. It's weird that the show is able to portray her coworkers seeing Emily that way, but it doesn't translate into the way all these men see her. This isn't to say that it's accurate to see Americans that way - and I've personally dated more Americans than French people! - but it's not accurate to pretend Parisians aren't like that, and I feel like it's part of this American egoism where Americans feel like everyone all over the world is obsessed with them and sees them as desirable and important, when that's just how those Americans see themselves.
@@megansampson5445 She is beautiful! But so is every other woman in the cast (Camille probably moreso), so it fails to make me believe she's supposed to be particularly and uniquely pretty.
i dont think its egoism. quite the opposite. its escapism because its so impossible. its a fantasy that they want their audience to indulge in. the idea that they could travel to paris, go to fancy events and attract a chef that looks like a male model but also grab the attention of a multitude of handsome sensual cultured french men. the point is that its an unattainable fantasy to most american girls, not that its plausible for an american girl to attract in as many handsome men as emily did.
my favorite character was this ginger receptionist (?) at the restaurant who said "no, YOU reverse the dates". he was seething with passive agression and i loved his little smile. that's how i feel about emily most of the time
Same! Its like girl you moved to a new country and don't even bother to check the way date is written and im supposed to believe you are a working adult
The part when he switch to french, with his little smile when he said "bonsoir madame" is really great. The quintessential spirit of a parisian receptionist. x)
As a french person the scene in the restaurant where she insists about sending back the steak while being so entitled was so uncomfortable... she actually represents what Europeans thinks of Americans: entitled, preachy, and hypocritical. (And I know it's not an accurate view of all Americans, it's just what media often show us)
I thought it was weird for a few reasons 1) she doesnât like have any remorse and the whole action isnât likable at all 2) a lot of people have talked about how when even the chef messes up a dish people have too much anxiety so they just eat it so idk why they would include it bc it wasnât even relatable 3) iâm pretty sure she tried to order in french and SHE messed up once again showing her as disrespectful
Sending back food is somewhat of a normal thing here but like itâs rare that a chef messes up and you arenât supposed to be rude about it either like she was normally if I ever have had food sent back itâs because the waitress asked me if something was wrong with my order not because I demanded something be cooked longer etc.
@Dee Ayy Why Night Productions the thing is, generally the waiter asks you how cooked you wants your meat. They always ask beforehand actually, that's why this problem rarely happens
Shiiiit there are some insanely talented fanfic writers out there. Like, Isolation by Bexchan is one of the most beautiful pieces of fiction I have ever read!! Ahhhh
emily is the epitome of the upper-middle class American white woman lol "let ME educate YOU because my way is always the best way". also why the heck did they make her character so "innocent" to sexual double entendres when she is clearly no stranger to hook-up culture?
i have no idea, it was a realllly weird plot point. it added literally nothing at all to the story and it was never mentioned again after it happened, it seemed like they were trying to overcompensate for the fact that there was no shock factor in the show
itâs legal in europe, so probably just for the shock factor for american audiences. the whole plot line was pointless and weird.. like wow- the age of consent is different in other countries, i had no idea!!
it's so disappointing that they turned mindy into the stereotypical "i'm asian so i can bash on asians" character because i feel like her story was genuinely interesting and the way that she adapted to french culture and cared a lot more about it than emily would have made for a better lead. but no, we just had to have another poc best friend that's a stereotype.
Being from Serbia, the thing that really annoyed me was the scene with the Serbian gold-digger supermodel stripping naked on the street for a perfume commercial in front of a bunch of men - I thought we left hypersexual stereotypes about Slavic and Eastern European women in the past, where they belong. Just because Emily's character preached about it later in the same scene doesn't make it any better or less cringy.
Preach. Being slavic myself i really hate these kinds of stereotypes. Sure melania and trump is one case, but that doesn't mean all of us are like this
I am American and I had no idea this was even a thing. Thank you for bringing it to my attention, it's good to know what stereotypes are out there so we can be vigilant against them.
@@electricbop Well it's just very different form the American one. In Europe is more like "this is what we offer, if you don't like it then go to another restaurant" while in America is more like "the costumer is always right". Of course we try to be as respectful as possible but it's very different than the fake-smiling waiter who ask you every five minutes if everything it's okay. It's just two very different points of view. Sorry if my english is incorect i'm still learning hahaha
"The customer is always right" turned me off immediately from the show. I tried to continue but I just couldn't finish. It was like watching a Karen in Paris
Amen! In the first episode when sheâs wearing those Loubotion print shoes they looks stunning and then when the rest of the outfit was revealed I just đ€ą the snakeskin skirt DID NOT go with it. Very all over the place.
The last point about the older boss being sexy and stylish shows one big difference between Americana and French culture. In France, there are many older women being celebrated as charismatic beauties up to their 60's. If you watch French movies and TV shows, the sultry and self-assured older woman is a recurrent character and no one bats an eye at the idea that a younger man might find her alluring. I mean even the French president's wife is way older than him. Whereas in the US only the young can be sexy, if you believe what you see on screens.
I think because of capitalism. In America they shame you for looking old and having wrinkles so they sell women all these gimmicky products to feed into their insecurities
The thing with Emilia Clarke in "Me Before You", is that her fashion was intentional. People comment in the movie that she dresses like an eclectic old woman, and also acknowledge how weird she is for liking black and yellow bee striped tights. Emily is meant to look fashionable and "hip", and the lack of self awareness makes it worse.
no emily was definitely meant to look awful, pierre cadault called her a "ringgarde", remember? Cause she IS a ringgarde, who spends heavily on expensive pieces she don't know how to style, and would probably style it with something from Pretty Little Thing, in real life. That's what the show got wrong - there was nothing wrong with her having a few chanel pieces and bags here and there, but shouldn't have been so much and it should only have been accessories.
TW mentions of assault.... I also read that in the book Emilia's character (forgot her name sorry!) dresses like that because she was raped once and thinks that if dresses the way she does it would never happen again
I mean to be honest I did find that part quite realistic - I lived in Paris for several years in my early 20s and I got a lot of attention from men. That's not a humble brag - a lot of them were creepy and gross cat calling me on the street, and many of them were smarmy rich French guys who only had one agenda (especially once they found out I was English, since English women apparently have a reputation of drinking a lot and being easy). However I never once found them charming, I found them all creepy. But in Emily in Paris the offensive thing was that this constant male attention was romanticised and normalised, and Emily encouraged it or engaged in it. Even the client who sent her underwear, she challenged him but she still ultimately was flirting with him and feeling charmed by him (she just was a bit ethically conflicted). So what's unrealistic is that she only gets attention from rich white conventionally-attractive men but never gets cat called or hit on by randos in the street or indeed anyone who isn't white.
@@amstreater exactly why when I travel Iâm never giving my body to these men so they donât dare say âthis American girl was easy to get in bed with â the audacity .
you must not be an attractive young female than, because guys falling all over you if you're hot is something very realistic in every part of the world
Mindy shouldâve been the main character. Her story is actually amazing, leaving her rich family to come babysit in Paris, her love for learning languages - also they couldâve explored so much about what being Asian in a European city is like. Can we give up with the white main character norm Iâm bored (Iâm copyrighting this in case Netflix decides to steal my idea and ruin it)
That wouldâve been so much more interesting! As an Asian girl myself who loves France and is in college majoring in French to be an French teacher or English teacher in France, it wouldâve been so cool to see an Asian in a European city. I guess thatâs why itâs annoying watching Lily Collins who I really like, play such a ridiculous role and not adapting to the French culture. When I went to France, I didnât speak any English and practiced my French with everyone I spoke with. I hate that this show didnât incorporate more of the French language, but instead solidifies the fact that Americans push being American on everyone.
@@poshspicebabe right?! Iâve seen French people react to this show and felt second hand embarrassment. Iâm studying French and my grandparents have been to France and she said that they appreciate when an effort is made to use the language. This show seems to push this idea that being sooo American in a âstiff stick in the mudâ French culture is soooo *~quirky~*
I am a European and this show is a perfect summary of why no one here likes stereotypical Americans lol EDIT: apparently I need to clarify, I donât mean all Americans nor that these behaviors are exclusive to Americans I do mean that there is an attitude that America is the greatest which is not healthy. Itâs not even something I blame the people for, itâs just how American schools teach. I lived there when I was younger and the school taught that America invented the car and just about every other big thing of the last century and I was shocked. I really donât blame Americans, and Europe certainly has a ton of its own problems, I mean our tourists are also obnoxious abroad, but the big difference is that I think most Americans expect the world to adjust to them whereas here there are so many cultures we learn to adjust to eachother and keep an open mind. We are also blunt and critical of eachother and of ourselves, and I wouldnât say most Europeans think they come from the best country in the world. I know tons of wonderful Americans, but even they often fall to this mindset. I donât judge because in America this is whatâs taught, but I do hope that Americans can recognize the issues someday as recognizing the problems is the only way to make changes for the better. I donât hate America, I donât even hate American culture, granted itâs not my thing but I will still be accepting of it as long as it is not required of me or others to adapt totally to it. Thatâs what this TV show does. It shows an American who expects everyone around her to adapt and when they do, BAM, instantly all the problems go away. In many ways it is somehow propaganda and I donât like that the show says âEuropeans are snotty and rude and stubborn because they wonât change everything about themselves to fit one girlâ. Criticism of Europe is fine, everyone here does it all the time, however saying that if we changed to be like America all our problems would go away is plain rude and egoistic. Itâs a shame.
Dulce Perea likewise, i work in an environment where a lot of ppl live and work here yet can't speak the language nor do they bother to learn it and then have the nerve to get upset when i can't help them bc idk what they're talking about. so i guess it's not just an american thing and more of ppl thing.
Emily's cross cultural attitude is horrific. Arriving at another continent and forcing her language, culture and customs on everyone there...? That's not just a bad character trait, that's highly problematic. It seems like this series is promoting some cultural superiority of Americans.
Agreed. It would be fine if this was framed in the show as a bad thing. A show about an annoying American learning to be more respectful could be fun. However they barely recognized how bad her traits are.
@@ailemasvega That would have been so great for the character while delivering an actually good message. Instead, they just painted the French as the problem for being rude and stubborn (as if they are expected to change their entire culture for Emily). I think that says a lot about how the writers of this show perceive foreign cultures.
maybe it's kind of the point of the show? idk. probably trying to show how Americans literally force THEIR culture and language to every country in the world. even in the US you'll see people telling foreigners to speak in English
I can't believe that they used Julien as the token black and token gay guy in one character. This is a whole new level of *"look how inclusive we are"*
@@criticalthinkingconcubus its not a rule that you have to act as the same country you are from, for example its normal for australian actors to play british or american character
I know many clever American friends, they really don't want Emily as their representative, they prefer Emily just say its her own point of view , not the American point of view . Her ( Emily in the show) point of view is too childish, it's embarrassing.
This show should've been called "An American Stereotype in Paris" And I hate how they frame her as if she's right for behaving like that. I've known actual french people and they absolutely would not tolerate that BS
It's honestly so annoying how she just walks in there and is appalled when some people don't speak perfect English. In France. When she can't even speak a little french.
I remember sitting in a restaurant in Paris, eating and reading a book, minding my own business, when out of nowhere this French lady at the table next to me adressed me, realised that I didn't speak French, switched to heavily accented English, only to give me a sweet compliment for my hat. So much for "French people refuse to speak English and are mean to strangers".
One annoying thing was how in one scene that dude says "I like american p****" and she's disgusted, but then one or two scenes later she and Mindy both say she needs "some french D". I didn't know if the irony was on purpose but based on the general tone of the show I didn't think so. It's literally the same thing but just flipped, and that suddenly makes it okay? just inconsistent
YES! Every time a French person or Mindy says something sexual Emily acts completely shocked & disgusted but then hooks up with literally every guy who shows her interest?
you know, I think you're right. Especially since there was a chance the French guy was using the word inappropriately due to the fact that it was NOT his language, and it's NOT a given that French people would be such excellent English-speakers all around. Whereas Emily and Mindy don't have that excuse with English. Although, I'm still wondering where Mindy is supposed to have learned such impeccable English. She doesn't have an accent at all, that's pretty much impossible if she'd grown up in China as it's said. But maybe I'm forgetting something about her story.
I also wanted to add that Emily said that her parents werenât wealthy. She mentioned that her mom was a teacher so it honestly made no sense that she had no many expensive pieces in her wardrobe. (Both my parents were teachers in NYC, so trust me I know lol) She was a twenty something, who is still beginning her career. Her wardrobe made no sense!! There were so many cute pieces but they were styled sooo wrong. Camille had the best wardrobe in my opinion!
camille had the french wardrobe. emily had idk what wardrobe. it isnât american and itâs like french runway but not really. iâm 21 and still canât save up for basic accessories.
But she was styled to look kind of tacky. You can't think the Eiffel tower shirt from the first day at work was meant to be taken seriously. I agree that the amount of designer pieces made no sense, though. [edit: misspelling]
spokeforhours oh and that little eiffel tower thing on her bag that made the designer scream basic. iâm no parisian but even i would scream basic and tacky at that.
That "customer is always right" moment is horrible. Being a jerk to food service workers makes absolutely no one look good, and if I didn't know any better I would have assumed that moment was there to set Emily up as the antagonist or prissy rich girl archetype. To think that she's supposed to be the protagonist, and a likable one at that, is mind-blowing.
It wasnât rude. If I like my steak well done, I want to have it well done. After all Iâm going to pay for it so yes, I will ask the service workers to exchange it.
@@trash8898 It wasn't even so much the fact that she asked for a new steak than the way she said it and the way the moment was presented? I trust absolutely no bitch who says "the customer is always right" out loud like that bc 10 times out of 10 that is a Karen
Gosh I hate her guts trully...camille is sweet girl...she doesnt deserve this...Emily called Camille fake friend to Mindy behind her back but we know who the true fake friend here
I'm so glad someone pointed this out!! I thought it was weird how she got over it by posting one sad caption on Instagram and then it was like it never happened? Completely pointless to the storyline to have her go through a breakup when it gives her absolutely no character development. And she's supposed to seem loyal to him in the beginning but can't be loyal to her friend and respect their relationship. Or when she tells her work not to have unprofessional romances but then dates a client? She's hypocritical throughout the entire show
This is what confused me about the show. It tried so hard to keep that peppy facade up. Even after she got fired or learned something troubling at work, it would zoom in on her face for 5 seconds before moving on to something else
If people didnât get how bad this show is Just imagine the show set in your country, and every stereotype the world has about your culture is being rubbed in your face every second, with the American girl being praised while your culture and country is in the wrong every time oh and this show give hella KAREN VIBESâš
YESSSS thank you !! Saw so many ignorant comments about how it's "a work of fiction" or "dude chill it's a show can't people enjoy things?!" Like , no đ go mock your own culture if you want and have all the fun in the world while doing it. But don't stereotype other cultures and then say you're "enjoying" it.
I think she is literally Serena of Gossip Girl cause Serena never faces any consequences for her action. She can do everything, sleeps with everyone and everybody likes her. Same for Emily here.
Yeah, she is nothing like Blair. Blair is an educated young woman, who would study French before she moves to Paris and would be able to communicate in French. Blair would have enjoyed the culture and would educate herself about the people and history of Paris and Blair would outperform everyone on her job. She would have rocked her marketing Job like noone else. Emily is infact more like Serena. Only she is lacking Serenaâs charm and charisma to be this ignorant. Also Serena never was this arrogant towards other people
To be fair the selling point was the whole phrase "Emily in Paris" which was meant to give the hint that this was a story set in Paris but using the 'fish out of water' trope of someone who knows nothing about the environment that they're in and the entertainment is meant to come from watching them flounder. So we got what they promised on that front. However the writers failed because that trope is meant to 1) have the 'fish out of water' character be endearing in their confusion and therefore likeable and charming and make you want to root for them and 2) have that character grow at least a little by the end of the movie or season to be less of a fish out of water because they are meant to have learnt more about their surroundings. Emily was neither likable nor did she learn to assimilate into French culture more so the use of the trope failed.
@Blablabla bruh at least she should try to learn about the culture with an open mind, and not like bash French culture and French people for any obstacles she ran into. period
I hate that they've tried to portray the French as lazy for doing things like... opening a little later. Like we won't consider for a second here that Americans might be overworked? It's not like France is falling apart because people aren't putting in enough effort. Anyway every time I've been to another country I try to give out vibes that are exactly opposite of Emily. I never want to be disrespectful to another culture, different doesn't mean worse.
Yes!! Iâm an American living in Germany for four years now, and Europeans really value that time for their families and their own well being. Businesses are usually closed on Sundays too. Theyâre just not as overworked and obsessed with being open every hour of the day to make money.
I was so mad at how they kept nitpicking the French culture and just basically criticizing it like girl you live here do more than just eating croissant and taking pictures of strangers lmao
Emily is one of the worst protagonists in TV. She continually makes mistakes and never learns. It would be a great show if it was an American who learns about the culture and gradually becomes more involved in the culture and her fashion could represent that by becoming better throughout the show.
@@salemsmith7085 whattt! wait you should search up videos reviewing her outfits because they donât really fit her character (they just sort of threw designer clothing on her and called it a day) and they explain it rly well! i mean itâs totally cool that you like her clothes but they arenât it for her (at least i think so)
What I find extremely ironic is that Emily acts as though her social media marketing strategies are exemplary and out of the box, but throughout the series, literally all her social media posts are incredibly basic! The whole 'butter+ chocolate đđ' and posting pics of her drinking wine and partying- that's what everyone does. How is she any different? She literally had no reason to get famous lmao
ikr??? like sheâll post some randoâs burger and gain thousands of followers?? plus, that entreprise praised her for her âšsuper originalâš post when she was just eating strawberries like wut đ
@@_avinat they're not referring to your comment, but rather the person who wrote the show. The lack of knowledge on how social media actually works (u defo wouldn't become insta famous of a few boring basic pics) shows that that the show was probably written by some old/middle aged guy who does not interact with nor understand how teens acctually behave and has a limited/stereotypical view on how social media works.
i felt like this show was made 10 years ago and forgotten about, and then someone found it and released it now. everything about it was seriously out of date and i cringed all the way through. also all of her social media posts were AWFUL and thatâs supposed to be her job?? and thousands of people are following her? i couldnât even make it past 3 episodes
That is just Netflix now. They have gotten very lazy with their curation with the exception of working on a few larger projects but most have been with intl content
Agree the whole thing is SO unrealistic!!! She starts off with 240 followers and gets about 1600 in like two days from posting a few pouty selfies?! WOULDN'T HAPPEN lol!
all those french stereotypes, it was like watching a smoking baguette with a beret and a moustache who's cheating on his wife. one of the many infuriating things: people smoking in an enclosed public space and all over the place: that's illegal since 2008!
She got over him pretty fast for someone who claimed to be close of getting engaged. I guess having every single hot french guy (from older men to school boys) she meets drooling all over her sealed the deal.
@@pony7653 to me it kinda seemed like she was supposed to say 'oh we are practically engaged ' as in the good american girl kinda way. Like she wasnt really there but she was expected to be there thing. I dont really know how to explain it, but it just seemed like they were this typically perfect American couple, the stereotype and she was just playing a role?
Idk why but when i heard the name âEmily in parisâ I thought it was a âThe devil wears pradaâ spin-off or sum... like emily from the movie that couldnât go to paris finally gets the chance. But no
@Sophia Leydon that doesnât seem realistic. Adapting to a culture is a process and not instant. Plus the French were marketing to America so thatâs why her perspective was needed but it was rejected.
@@entropyanonymous3385 because of taking a while to adapt to the culture. But it makes sense because she didn't have any time to study up on the culture before going to France
At least badly written wattpad stories have some enjoyment value to them. You can make fun of the Kissing Booth or After and they can be guilty pleasures. This one is just annoying.
There's nothing wrong about Emily as character, she's fine as one. The problem is with the narrarive that keeps rewarding and framing that paints her as a good person.
Everything i hated about this show: 1- her personality is terrible, she's not funny, she's not a good friend, she's obnoxious and not interesting at all, but somehow every man falls for her 2- I know nothing about any of the characters besides who they are horny for 3- i hate the fact that she takes pictures of people without their permission and mocks them (????) 4- she's in a different country and yet doesn't even try to learn the culture 5- she's not that clever or good at her job, to be honest most of her accomplishments were by luck or things that in real life would never work 6- 90% of the jokes were about words in french that in english has another meaning, most likely something sexual It's a poor written show, but to be honest we watch almost anything that got romance + beautiful people
Did anyone else feel like Lilyâs acting was strangely Disney Channel ish? Her facial expressions are so strangely exact and unnatural/overdone. Maybe it was purposeful direction but all the other actors seem a lot more natural than her.
her acting was honestly better in that cursed mortal instruments movie, and that IS an actual kids/teen movie. so yeah who knows what kind of weird stuff the script and director asked of her
This show just seems like French fetishism, with an ignorant protagonist who only cares for internet appearances. I'm not going to watch it. PLEASE get Lily Collins on an Audrey Hepburn biopic!
Agreed. Why would you name the month first? Everybody knows what month it is, when you ask for the date you wanna hear the day first and then the less important stuff, it just makes more sense.
@@windshieldlaugh7411 doesn't matter what makes more sense to you. You just do how it's done in the country you're in, it's not that hard to look up đ
Iâm American and I literally hate it so much, and what the hell is up with our metric system, and it sucks even more that itâs way harder to learn meters now that America wants to be special and teach everyone in feet
@@Salsa4268 Though I think feet is okay, inches are terrible. And miles. And Fahrenheit. And the missing u's in favourite, neighbourhood, stuff like that. Heck, it's even marked as incorrected RIGHT NOW when I specifically have the settings on UK English >:O.
This is the type of movie to groom young American girls into being ignorant and self absorbed and itâs a shame bc this has been a trend for quite some time in this country
This is a Satirical representation of Reality. Only intelligent people from ESL countries know what a sattire is. American who can only afford Potatoes for dinner should stick to watching the News or Reality Talent Shows. This is Satire and a Chic Flick. Go watch Football and pretend to be straight.
@@eduardochavacano Satire is supposed to be enjoyable. I enjoyed The Dictator because it was good satire. This, this garbage, is unenjoyable. If it even attempts to be a satire, it didn't just fail; it dug itself a fucking grave.
i also hated how there was so much sexual content and innuendo, like they advertised it so heavily on tiktok, so i thought it would be wholesome and watched it with my parents, so then we were super uncomfy when we watched it
Yes!! I was looking for this comment. I mean it's ok to normalize talking about sex, but I think in the show there is just too much sexual content. The part were they talked about the "Tour Eiffel" disgusted me.
well that actually is described in the show as americans = emily being shocked by the love, sex affairs and romance that europeans represent :D so if you are american, this really kind of makes sense as europeans are way more open to such scenes as for example in rome/ paris / prague there are statues of naked people all over the city. we just dont care.
It's such a shame because Paris is so diverse so many arabs, asians and africans in the city and we hardly saw that. I'm disappointed they didn't give any hobbies or interests to Emily it seemed like all she did was be obnoxious to the french culture and horny. This show had SO much potential but I carried on watching it because we hardly get any fashion related shows anymore. Also this show really painted the french in every stereotype it could not sure how they got away with that
Well Emily's characters is pretty much the American stereotype. This show plays on that. As an American who worked in Paris, i can say ive heard several of things that were told to emily before. Its a light and fluffy show and yes Paris is extremely diverse. Its truly a beautiful city.
As someoneâs whoâs been to Paris, especially working in the business area it was actually surprisingly accurate with customs, non friendliness, distaste for Americans (Iâm Australian thankfully but they would get annoyed at me if I said anything wrong when speaking French lol) however, it definitely did have stereotypes and mainly just didnât explore the main characters or the side characters lives at all
@@Grace-mb8tb i felt like that was the whole point? Exploring stereotypes and breaking them up?. Because they were so accurate, but you also got shown that th3 stereotypes are just surface level and first impression. But then they show you that getting to know people take time and the sterotypes dissapear.
Rude but unsurprising. I mean if she can Americanise the pronunciation of French words that have no American counterpart there was no way in hell she was going to even attempt to properly pronounce French names that have do an American version to the pronunciation lol. You could see that even having someone show her proper pronunciation was a lost cause in the scene where she and the boss were repeating the same thing over and over and over again. The girl is a mess but I think that was the point. I can only hope that they made her this bad so that she can grow over the course of a few seasons and have real character development because honestly there's nowhere to go but up for her it seems.
exactly, whenever i travel i make sure to pronounce names the way theyâre supposed to (i have an ethnic name thatâs never pronounced right too) along with words i know in their language that i add in to conversations. itâs the bare minimum
She is she slept with her friends man and brother and not to mention heâs 17 like wtf weâre not supposed to like a character like this she shouldâve asked what the brothers age is
The steak part hurts itâs like how American tells a real Japanese cook he is doing the sushi wrong itâs should have avocado in it or what (I love American style sushi but still....)
My mom always tells the waiter/waitress that her steak is not cooked properly and to cook it better, I gave her a scolding when we got home. Letâs just say she doesnât act entitled in public anymore, my dad is a different story.
I honestly felt like this show highlighted more problems with Americans than anything. I liked watching how well they represented our lack of respect, research, and language learning when we travel and how we expect the rest of the world to conform to our morals and ways. It also highlighted our hypocrisy and flaws in some of our believes like when they discuss the American idea of happiness or work ethic.
It represented it but didn't challenge it, or at least not enough. A lot of her ignorant actions were just brushed off and therefore made it seem like her behavior was ok.
Before my first trip to Paris (prior to Covid, I was spending a couple months a year there), I made damned sure to learn what I could about the culture and to try my best to learn French, and then booked a place on the outskirts in a non-tourist area so that I could live as much like a local to learn about the true culture, not the tourist culture. I found the French people to be really nice as long as you're polite. You say "bonjour" to the bus driver or you'll get a deservedly nasty look ("bonjour" means so much more than "hello"). You say "pardon" if you accidentally step on a foot in the metro. At least makea. real effort to speak French. That effort goes a LONG way, and those who speak English there are usually very happy to help as long as you've shown a true attempt at their language. Incidentally, Americans tend to have the attitude that those who come to America should acclimate to American, yet when not Americans travel to other countries, expect those countries to acclimate to Americans.
Really? Is that all you have to say about the show? Just attack the male main cast? Yes, I get your point but really-- is that all you got to say about it? That's lame.
When I moved to Australia from France I learned the language and learned the culture and customs here, because I canât expect a whole country to change their customs and culture for me and my family
My problem with this series is that it portrayed non-American characters (French and Chinese) as people who do not value professionalism, when it fact it's actually the complete opposite.
It sucked but I still enjoyed it. It was fun trash like Wattpad, every guy she ran into kept falling in love with her! I couldn't stop screaming, "This is SUCH a TV show!" While watching it. And then I'd click the next episode. But my love for it is juxtaposed by my hate for how unrealistic it is. I wish my job would transfer me to Paris where I could just run into a hot neighbour. Plus, I know quite a bit of French and I've still never made friends with francophones in my area because my true personality can't shine through,I can't joke in French. How the hell does Emily charm all of those people, while being so insufferable? Ugh. I much preferred Camille, she was such a breath of fresh air compared to Emily.
Omg yes I relate! I also speak French and English, and while I am fluent in French, it is so hard to let my personality shine through and make jokes in the language. I always come off as serious :(
I agree. This show was clearly meant to NOT be super realistic. Itâs truly a watt pad come to life. It was trash and Emily was had many horrible character traits but I still enjoyed watching it.
Dude I feel exactly the same! Camille is beautiful and down to earth, and for some reason ignorant and annoying Emily has all the dudes fauning over her. I cant figure out if I like or hate the show. But I guess I felt the same about Sex and the City and this was created by the same dude. I guess hes good at making bizzare no-need-to-think-too-much tv shows?
@@Jess-Rabbit that is what was so great, you didnt have to think. Just enjoy an american trying to figure out Vrance without knowing the language.... Also it was very spot on with the stereotypes. Like Emily said she needed people to like her and that she loved that people liked her and she was very friendly which is so American. And the french people were kinda arrogant and rude just because she didnt speak the language which is also very french. đ€·ââïžđ€·ââïžđ€·ââïž like it actually did a pretty good job of playing on cultures. And it was really fun to see Emily strugglem especially with the 5th floor thing, because my american friends and me, a european had the exact same talk, where i told them i was on the 2. floor and they went to the first đ€Ł so it was really good with those kind of things and it was cute and feel good and you could just turn your brain off.
She complains about not fitting in but she doesnât even try, like that whole floor and dates thing. Did she not even bother to do basic research. And she kept acting like they were huge differences but they are legit not that hard to understand.
Im sorry, but do you look up how another country does floors before going to said country?.. its seriously not something i have ever done. And im European. đ€Šââïž i didnt know America did it differently before i met some americans in Ireland and i said i was on the 2 floor and they all went to the 1 floor đ€Ł its not exactly a thing you think to look up.......
Magic Books, it more so that she made this mistake multiple times when itâs not that hard to remember. Particularly since she kept on trying to open Gabrielâs apartment thinking it was herâs.
@@user-pm9pw6cj4c you canât be half American because American is only a nationality. Unless youâre from an indigenous tribe but they donât call themselves by only American. Everyone who lives in America either immigrated here or had their ancestors forcibly brought here đ
I don't understand how people defend this show saying it's escapism, in my escapist fantasies I at the very least look stylish and come across as intelligent. Why would anyone want to be Emily.
Emily does not need to come across as intelligent. She is the most lucky person in the world. She posts one quirky line on Instagram and everything and everyone is falling into her lap. Somehow she has all this designer clothes even though she is supposed to have only one drawer in her apartment. She never even thinks about money and she has 3 boyfriends at once. She lives in a nice neighborhood in paris. She never even sees a homeless person on the streets. She never gets tired to walk on cobblestones in high heels. And also there is no global pandemic. That's great escapism!
@@Blueeyesinthesky 100k when she lives in paris is not that much (mind the taxes in europe and the rent and cost of living in Paris). But still she could have designer clothes but where does she put them in her apartment? When Mindy moves in she asks 'can I claim a drawer' and Emily responds with 'there is only one drawer'. This woman must have a magic drawer since she is never wearing anything twice! I wish I had a magic drawer like that. This movie is not supposed to be realistic I think. It's still fun to watch.
Because she gets everything she wants and more. No need to make a character likeable or smart when you can just sheel them in plot armor and make them wear outfits that could pay the entire countryâs health insurance.
I knew Mindy's not Chinese because when she spoke Mandirin it's with this weird accent. She suppossedly Chinese heiress raised by a traditional man of a dad. Why didn't they re-write the character to fit tge actress who is korean if they really wants her?! The writers are weirdos
@@zeynepkymet4673 but that's like American views on stereotypical asian thing not a chinese thing... Also the remarks really just like stereotypical rich kids tbh not even asian most of the time
Iâm a Chinese American and I think Mindy Shouldâve been portrayed as Korean like the actress. It might just be me, but I donât think the actress looks Chinese. She looks Korean or at the least, Cambodian.
if she had Korean parents who moved to China before she was born, she would still be Chinese but look Korean. Just like people can look African but still be French.
What bothered me the most was the fact that Mindy didn't exist outside of the "white girl's supportive BFF" role, and they clearly added in the "disgraced pop singer" subplot *after* casting Ashley Park (who is Korean, not Chinese) because she's a Broadway actress. And they phoned it in on her dialogue because other than existing to patiently explain French customs to Emily, she mentions she's from China and makes jokes about communist China and speaks Mandarin (with a horrible accent, sorry Ashley) and that's it. It 100% feels like Mindy was an afterthought and they made her Chinese because a PR person noticed there was only 1 non-white person in the show (in *Paris...* right...), and instead of making her Korean after hiring a Korean actress they just figured white Americans wouldn't notice. Either that or she was Chinese the whole time and they just couldn't care less about giving her proper dialogue... I don't know which one's worse.
I agree that was very sloppy and insensitive on how they had cast Ashley to play a Chinese role instead of just keeping her real ethnicity. Mindy could of talk about the intense pressure of the K-pop industry and high beauty standards and it would of worked too . Honestly I would of rather see a show about Mindy, an Au Pair living in Paris than what we got.
Oh vei. As an Asian-American I understand the frustration when they swap cast one Eastern-Asian ethnicity for another. Memoirs of a Geisha and etc. It makes no sense. Would it have really made a difference to the story or plot if she had been Korean-american? They were probably too lazy and just 'had to keep the bad China-related jokes'.
I really hope the review just pulled the worst âin China we do thisâ lines, because those ones in the video were gross and wrong. âOne child policyâ? I guess if youâre a 14 y/o white Redditor, thatâs the extent of your China knowledge, but anyone who has spent time in China knows they donât âall have one kid.â Itâs sad, because that couldâve been a great moment for some different fashion. The fashion coming out of Shanghai, Tokyo, Seoul, etc has a noticeably different flavor than Parisian fashion. Also, Chinese fashion, especially, is looked down upon. It wouldâve been fun to deconstruct the obsession that SO many western women have with being a âchicâ Parisian girl and shown that thereâs more than one way to create an outfit.
Yes I do agree with you. Chinese culture is bought up in a negative light whenever mindy was on the screen. And what they did to french people is definitely horrible.
Lol we were supposed to believe Mindy came from a wealthy Shanghai merchant family but the fact her dad cut her off financially was so American, not Chinese at all. And lol...One kid?
It doesnât âtrashâ Paris, it just shows some stereotypes but it goes to the other side of the spectrum too. They also showed some american stereotypes (talking loud, obsession with social media, etc).
As an Italian working in the fashion industry: this is the perfect guide on how you should never be/act around European fashion people, especially if you're American.
THis could've been a great comedy if the show framed Emily as clearly in-the-wrong. She tries forcing the French locals to adapt around HER; rather than the other way around, but it just puts her on a downward-spiral.
Iâm disappointed that she didnât learn more French and how to dress more effortlessly by the end of the season. Youâre right, sheâs exactly the same person as the beginning!
They trash talked the american as well. đ€·ââïž it started out with stereotypes and you cant say the they arent correct for Paris, because I have heard them all as a fellow European, but they also had the stereotypical American... and then it shifted to being about accepting that the two cultures are different and that you shouldnt judge someone on first impressions, because they usually arent true. đ€·ââïž how people did not see that part of the story baffels me. It was so obvious.
Exactly. The show is just as ignorant and disrespectful as its main lead. It's absolutely infuriating that the show is completely oblivious of the fact that they are insulting every aspect of French culture while trying to "educate" the main lead about the same culture they just insulted. It's also painfully obvious that the show thinks its viewers are as clueless and naive as the main lead. There's nothing wrong with campy/cheesy shows as long as the characters are funny, relatable, and endearing with genuinely heartfelt and emotional messages that pays respect to its story, characters, and themes. I'm not French (I'm Filipino in case anyone was wondering) but I understand the frustration of western movies and shows stereotyping your culture and thinks insulting other cultures for being different is "comedy"
Of course not! đ Why learn French when we all know that every person in France speaks fluent English with a comedic French accent? But then again, isn't that true for all the rest of the World? đ
You can learn basic french in 30 min? Damn okay, teach me how........ because i got no clue how to even pronounce half the words in french with how they dont pronounce half the freaking letters....
Basics: Bonjour (Hello, Good day) Au revoir (Goodbye) Excusez-moi Pardon Merci S'il vous plaĂźt (please) I feel like most Americans would be able to vaguely understand those.
@K Annie Yes, but she could on the plane, like practice a bit, and what's stopping her from practicing during the show? Like at home when she got the time, like I know they added convenient stereotypical French people who spoke English so she wouldn't have to learn any French but that just seems so cheap
I live pretty close to Paris and had a boyfriend there so I've spent most of my time there and this show was FULL of cliches. I don't understand why they portrayed French people being mean? I met so many people and everybody was welcoming and very polite. Not everybody smokes, in fact, smoking is forbidden inside public buildings since 2006 (or 2007?). However, I recommend everybody to go there at least for once. It is magical. The history is interesting and Paris is full of great art! Pls don't watch this show and assume people act that way. Love from Germany
I mean frech people, not always, are kinda difficult to deal with, especially the males. They are usually really full of themselves, and to me, a young 19 girl, the weren't precisely polite. They would stare shamelessly to me and my friends while we were walking down the street and also, they were really touchy and kinda molested us on a busking concert. And I say this as a fellow European. I'm from spain by the way
@@celiagonzalez7254 idf if you talking about paris but paris is full of predators. When reading comments on the internet I feel Paris and its neighborhood is the worst european region when it comes to street harassment :( As I was born near Paris I have always experienced it and thought it was the same shit everywhere but apparently not...
French people are fun ... parisien are awful i live in belgium, went there with school and on another occasions, beautiful city but the history behind it is fucked up. people tend to forget about it
This is such a good opportunity for them to play with thrifted pieces and high street items to portray her character, letting a âfull on American who never worked in fashionâ girl slowly adapting to her new work environment. Even from a business perspective, doing so gives them more space to put plant-in products of affordable brands. Such a missed opportunity.
Hold Lily Collins accountable; she was bragging about how much she was involved in production of the show, as well as the development of âEmilyâ. Then reverted to saying she had nothing to do with the offensive stereotypes portrayed in the show after the backlash. I never ever want to see her as Audrey Hepburn; she is entitled and unbearable and Iâm glad she was rejected for that role. Ew
As a french "target viewer".... I can't stand emily, she's really really mean, her behavior is awfull, really bad behavior... I don't get why they made such a mean, irrespectful and annoying character... And also, as you mentioned it, french people don't speak well english in general... It doesn't make any sence that every person that she meets is speaking english...that's totally unrealistic
If you are French, or European, you cannot be the target viewer for this crap. I've only been to Paris twice, but I consider it the de-facto cultural capital of the European Union, and this shit was an insult.
@@isam1542 Yeah I didn't watch it, I just saw reviews but I already found it offensive. by just watching the reviews I already felt insulted (I'm french) đđđđ.
When she says "you reverse the dates" and the guy says "no, YOU reverse the dates" YESSS, nobody else but north americans say the dates like that!
Yep. And the way they write the dates makes zero sense.
In Mexico is Date/Month/Year.
this is why I just cut out the middle man and say the actual name of the month, like, it's not that hard?? and is so much less confusing for everyone??? cause like, if you are from the us and you give the date in another country, then they get to worry abt if you're doing it right and if you're from another country in the us, then it's the reverse! it's such a mess, honestly
It should be year, month, day.... what a nightmare for numbering your computer files day/month, they wouldn't be in order...
@@bibianaguadalupeislasherre9880 This is how is done in my country too đ.
Emilyâs character is so unlikeable. She doesnât have any flaws, never gets upset (didnât cry after breakup with long term bf), too prim. Ugly Betty was better because she was human and relatable
I mean I agree she has no like no emotions, buttttt she does have a lot of flaws. She's quite entitled and opinionated.
emily's character gave me nosebleeds in a bad way. i felt like the show was trying to get me to like her but she was just too entitled and unlikable
By no flaws, I think you mean that she thinks sheâs perfect.
I mean she's unlikable because she has plenty of flaws. She's selfish, lazy, uses people and she is bad at her job. The issue this series has is that her flaws never have consequences for her. Everyone around her takes her shit and lets her get away with everything so she never grows as a character.
Thank you ! That was my biggest issue with this show. She never evolves and is unrealistically positive and perfect all the time. She's like a robot.
Emily seems like that one rich girl in high school who majored in fashion merchandising and came back from a semester in Paris having only learned how to say Bonjour and Merci but never stops talking about how "In Paris they..."
oh no, it's usually "in Paris we..." lmao
she doesn't even go here oh yea, you right đ
No disrespect to people in that line of work but why do you need a degree for it at all?
âIn Paris I met Pierreâ
and then she cant even pronounce those two words rightđ€Šđœââïž
she reminds me of the kind of girl who thinks shes the main character
Except she is
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Muhahahahaha
....but she is the main character? I donât huh? Yâall are so confusing âshe reminds me of an American đâ well she is American???? I donât get it make it make sense
@@beckywiththegoodhair5244 no luv, they're talking about the stereotypical girl in real life or in EVERY coming of age movie ever whose only personality trait is being the main character. Literally has no other propuse, skills or qualities, she's just "the perfect main character"
I'll let you in on a little secret. The reason Emily acts so entitled, irresponsible, and generally terrible with zero self awareness is probably because the creators of the show are just like her.
@@elise6970 honey if they were trying to make fun of her, then she wouldâve had some development. The writers were just annoying idiots.
@@elise6970 the entire show is about her americanising the french people? And claiming America is superior? And the show makes America feel superior? I very clearly hate the show because itâs American washed and annoying, certainly not satire as youâre claiming it to be. If it mocked Emily so much - then why doesnât Emily change? Why do the french characters change but not Emily? It seems like youâre obsessed with the show and canât begin fathom any criticism for it (typical of Americans)
@@elise6970 I- literally this video details every example of when she claimed Americans to be superior? Literally everything coming out of Emilyâs mouth is âAmericans are superior, aMerIcAn PeRsPeCtIvEâ
@@user-ub8oi7oh3r the American perspective is funny. You just sound whiny and offended.
@@elise6970 how can you keep completely missing the whole point Iâm honestly impressed
As an European the âomg you reverse the datesâ âno you reverse the datesâ was amazing
The dates are the same way in the UK as they are in France with the day of the month first and then the month.
@@lemsip207 As in Spain.And yes, I know in France they do that too, but in UK? I think it's a language setting. In English language, dates are month/day/year. In Spanish, Portuguese and French it's day/month/year.
@@lemsip207 in the Netherlands as well
Mirna Garcia I live in the U.K. Itâs definitely day/month/year. Yes itâs the language but you tend to have a choice between English U.S and English U.K which not only have a different date format but also different spelling for certain words.
@@sophiademure That's great! I did not know in UK the date was like ours. You'll never go to bed without learning something new, my grandma used to say that, lol Thanks!
Iâm just mad about the fact that she hooked up with the ex boyfriend of a girl who was so sweet to her and didnât even seem to care?! So much serena energy
Exactly her and serena act like they're so entitled its extremely annoying
The current boyfriend AND her 17 year old brother
@@alexandrajohnson5843 okay but she didn't know he was 17. Dont hold her accountable for that.
@@rexibhazoboa7097 Its still her brother on the FIRST time she visits the family.
LITERALLY
Emilly made Chanel look cheap.. that's kinda impressive tbh
@Dee Ayy Why Night Productions đ€Łđ€Ł
Itâs so sad to see a small designer like Gabrielle Chanel who has tragic childhood and went through a lot of challenges to present mobility in women fashion to have people wearing something from her fashion house and made it look like itâs something that just created for no reason. Because itâs really hard to do that
I think it was in part because 1. she wears so much of it instead of just using one item per outfit as a statement piece and 2. there's no unity to what she wears and everything clashes, and when your pieces don't work together, it cheapens your whole outfit in general.
@@maramardhiah Not me thinking that Coco Chanel made chanel this WHOLE motherFing timeđ€Šđ»ââïžđđ€đœ cuz I have NO idea bout fashion. Edit: I googled her name and I'm dumber than I thought
@@maramardhiah don't feel sorry for her, she became a nazi supporter and spy during world War 2 but managed to erase that history at the end of the war and remained a celebrated designer until her death. I like her fashion but she definitely wasn't a good person, she actually gave names of Jews to the nazis who were deported and sent to their death because of her. Yet even today she is one of the most celebrated designers and held in high regard, it's sad.
imagine how much more I would dislike Emily if she werenât played by lily Collins.
I felt like her acting sucked in this... :( She's wayyyy better when acting more nuanced, intelligent characters right?
I felt like she didn't pull of some expressions convincingly (like embarrassment and disappointment and confusion)
I agree but I just like her as a person and her presence if that makes sense lol
@@TofuTeo Yeah, she's had some really good performances in other things. I don't think any actor would've been able to do great with this material.
I think sheâs very lucky because of her famous father. Plus she is beautiful. But she absolutely has no talent but I still like her usually. But this show is the worst of them all.
I was not a fan of the glorified cheating. Iâm sure that people in France donât glorify it either. Just because you live in Paris doesnât mean you can hurt others.
Yes this finally someone said it
I don't really like it too.
@Lisa It is a common stereotype in America to think Europeans having mistresses/affairs is normal. Or another stereotype is that sex with no strings attached is also common. I think they were born because of the whole "romantic language" and "paris is the city of love" jargon and movies.
@@MinuteMirror
Especially since the term romance language means that the language is mostly based off of Latin
@@istoleyoursugar2015 Really? I thought everyone, no matter the culture, cheats.
This show is basically American fantasy of coming to Europe and becoming some massive sensation to natives just because you're American.
It's almost like American fantasy of coming to Asia and becoming sensation over being American.
Or coming to Africa and... you know what i'm starting to see pattern here.
That's so true haha It reminds me of Sex and the City where it was a big deal being a "New Yorker" and an American and people all over the world were so enthusiastic about meeting one.
not to judge Americans, but yeah, they do paint themselves as the big deal. little do they know only they and third world countries who are sold the American dream. the people who Americans impose themselves to ? not so much.
It's funny too, because as an American that has travelled a lot in Europe, that is not at all what happens. Like people ask questions, but no more so than when I say I am from Canada (dual citizen and sometimes it is better to be Canadian when travelling). And if there was any country where people really did not give two craps about what country I was from it was France. And I found most of the time, people there were NOT happy if I didn't even try to speak French. And when I lived in Denmark for a year, no one really cared. And if they did it was not really positive (not that it was negative either). It was more just questions about US health care or politics and why do we care so much about football. And then it became old news after a conversation or two.
I sadly agree I live in America and it's embarrassing to have unmature people who think a contrary is a certain way it's like some of us think South Korea is like K pop and it's sad because I used to think that but know I learn about more about South Korea and what's it's downfalls and know it's not just kpop. I'm happy though when my family went to Germany we respect them and didn't expect them to know english we were quite and we try to learn German so we can talk to them a little bit if we need help.
Yes, the modern american colonialistic tendencies are strong.
the way they kept making the french men clingy and overbearing and overstepping of emily's boundaries felt so strange. like she was always in the right and everyone else was terrible.
The very definition of a Mary Sue. If your main character is written as infallible and perfect in every way, the side characters can only become more flawed. It's lazy writing at its worst.
As if American men are never clingy, overbearing and overstepping women's boundaries /s
This! Every single person in this show is a caricature. They paint unrealistic awful claims about how french people are and then say that Emily is supposed to be "appreciative" of their culture. At that point I would prefer being insulted to my face rather than watching such a bad show that portrays a culture so badly.
The bérets. The f*cking bérets! In my 35 years of being French, I've never seen anyone wear (so many) bérets. You'll spot an American girl like Emily just by the béret she's wearing.
Exactement đ
I absolutely love berets and my family jokes that I look french but I know that the friench couldn't like them all THAT much. I just like the hat.
Only 2 kinds of people wear berets in Paris. Tourists and french soldiers.
Omd
If I remember correctly, berets are more of a traditional Basque article of clothing?
She is a mixture of the worst traits of Blair and Serena. Blairâs whiny and stubborn attitude without her intelligence and Serenaâs questionable relationship with men without her social skills/openness.
Yes, it is the combo of 2 of the worst traits in Blair and serena
who's blair and serena?
you just described me lmao
Yes, but she is not 16, she is 25+ ....So she can't teenagering around.
Please she is Jenny, she even looks like Jenny
we can go further: imagine a young french girl who doesn't speak any English comes to the US and in her native language she tried to make the office more french.
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@@monalisachakrabarty3260 I do think that Emily was kinda stupid for not trying to learn any French but please donât compare these 2 situations. The fact is that English is the universal language and almost every country learns it as their second language whereas French is not đ€
@@drinkmoreagua8984 yes you are right but the character emily is so irritating that i completely hate every aspect of her
I somehow watched the whole season just for glamour and paris
@@drinkmoreagua8984 maybe but I think it is commonly known (at least here in France we know that for a fact) that French people are very bad at English. Of course some people will speak it, like people in some hostels, and she was in Paris so there may be more people who speak English than in other parts of the country (because, tourism). But there is also a lot of people who don't get English at all. I think I know more people who don't speak English than people who does. Even I, I can read English, write English, but I am unable to speak it.
Maybe it would work with other countries, I don't know. But as a French person, the idea that someone can come to our country thinking everyone will understand her because she speaks an universal language... Yeah I would stay in the back and wait for the desillusion to come.
@@drinkmoreagua8984 Emily is working in France. The least she could do was learning the language ? If I had to work in Germany or Argentina, I'd learn German and Spanish and not assume everyone would understand me bc I'm a north american.
Does anyone find it revolting that she slept with a 17 year old? I could not watch another second after that. it's absolutely disgusting
The show just confirmed her age as of s.2 is 29, which means there was AT LEAST a 11 year age gap. wtf??
It was so casual too??? WHY DID THEY THINK ITS A GOOD IDEA???
@@PaladineGirl I HAVE NO IDEA?!
If Emily was a male and did that with a 17 year old female she wouldâve been shut down immediately too which just makes it so much worse.
JUST BECAUSE SHES AN AMERICAN WOMAN DOESNT MEAN SHE CAN DO ANYTHING SHE WANTS AND ITS OK
@@Salsa4268 It depends. If you didn't know that the girl or boy was 17, no one will call you a child molester. Some 17-year olds look much older than they are and some lie about their age. I had a girl like that in scool and I can assure you that no one saw her as a "victim" or the men she slept with as molesters.
@@zorrosdog6557 True, but the show is probably for a younger audience as in young adults or maybe teenagers, so they might get an impression that thatâs ok and as a platform that can encourage people to do things this should not be one of them. But I do get where your coming from and I agree
the only decent part of the show is when Sylvie makes a speech at Emily where she basically says, "you come here, make no effort to learn the language, try to shove your american habits down our throat then wonder why none of us want to be around you." (@ 4:47) but of course they all had to fall for her quirky american ignorance in the end. This girl ends the show with fewer french skills than Eloise
A perfect example of this is also the scene where she mails the rules to all of them and one is about relationships at work. I'm not from France but from Germany, but when somebody here would try to say that to me even while I don't have a relationship with a colleague I would literelly say that we aren't in America where this MAYBE is normal (I watched some videos where it's said, that it is normal to have this rule in America) Like - Literally no one cares here as long as it doesn't affect your work.
Trueeee!
@@KaliqueClawthorne I'm french yeah people really don't care at all. I've even met married people who were colleagues or met while they worked for the same company. It really doesn't matter as long as it's not a boss-employee thing because then there's abuse of power concerns but I mean people still don't care that much honestly. This rule never made any sense to me. It's very weird to try to control people's private life when it's completely irrelevant. If it lessens productivity then yeah eventually you can file complaints but other than that, it's so weird. You don't owe your employer to stop yourself from pursuing a good relationship. That has nothing to do with them.
@@ArturGlass.C ^There is this video out there from an American living in Germany who describes why Walmart failed to come to Germany .... The rule about relationships was actually one of the reasons, because based on our laws about work you can't get fired or other things because you have a relationship with a workmate.
There is this lesbian couple at my old school. Nobody really knew they were together till they told us AFTER we left school. They weren't married or something like that. Everybody kind of knew it but ... nobody cared. Or rumours about other relationships. It was just a story-thing for us as schoolkids but ... not something important.
i absolutely love that part too, the only thing about that part i hate is that Emily took nothing in, proceeds to invite her boss to a party, even though she said no, and walks out like she won, when in reality she's just stupid, and Sylvie actually gave her truth, and she blatantly ignored it
Agree with everything you said.
I also hated the romance. Why would I want her and Gabriel to get together when he has a super nice girlfriend that he just cheats on? Is that supposed to be romantic? Why would someone want such a guy?
Especially when you think about how nice Camille is and what a good friend sheâs been to Emily. Itâs so sad. Poor Camille..
To be honest, when the scene of Gabriel and Emily kissed, I fast forward it, I can't even handle to see that. Camile is such lovely woman, Emily should know that. Freakin ! Not even romantic
Reminds me of Anna and the French Kiss, except the girlfriend the main male characters cheats on isnât exactly the nicest- she was still the victim and yeah the book is just awful.
I actually thought that the show was going to be smart about Gabriel (like the only thing they would do properly) and send him away. Given that there is no way to twist their relationship into something ok, unless they make his girlfriend a mass murder cheater. But no, they do a âtwistâ and keep him. WHO on this Earth is team Gabriel? He is a douche! (and not a shower one)
And emily was like hooking up with so many people like girl chill tf out
I hate how she takes photos of people without their permission (often mocking them) and then posts it on her instagram with thousands of followers. Rude much.
Well not just rude but also illegalđ
she even took a picture of the kids her friend was taking care of!
And then she's like "why dont people like mee it's my superpower!!"
I was wondering about that as well
Why wasn't that a storyline where she gets sued by someone she has taken a picture of
@@Langeweilerecords Because it's american and she is the main character so she obviously has the right attitude here i guess
Emily seems like the type to return her water because it wasnât sparkling enough
LoL.....
maybe she could a few loose chanel crystals in it, since she seems to have a secret stash of chanel everywhere
Dam that picture of Tiana in your profile is cute
You mean her name should be Karen? Karen in Paris?
As a French man, the one thing that immediately seemed ridiculous about this show was how all these Parisian men are obsessed with this American girl. Americans are already seen as sloppy, rude, ignorant tourists in France in general - Paris is worse (Parisians have a reputation for being snobbish and elitist). There isn't an endless stream of educated, wealthy, attractive Parisian men who are just drooling after American women who they see as stupid, loud and embarrassing. It's weird that the show is able to portray her coworkers seeing Emily that way, but it doesn't translate into the way all these men see her. This isn't to say that it's accurate to see Americans that way - and I've personally dated more Americans than French people! - but it's not accurate to pretend Parisians aren't like that, and I feel like it's part of this American egoism where Americans feel like everyone all over the world is obsessed with them and sees them as desirable and important, when that's just how those Americans see themselves.
But it's Lily Collins, she is beautiful whether she is American or not lol She is 31 but looks 18... so her beauty usually appeals to young guys lol
@@megansampson5445 She is beautiful! But so is every other woman in the cast (Camille probably moreso), so it fails to make me believe she's supposed to be particularly and uniquely pretty.
haha agreed. yeah ignorance isn't "cute" to French guys. My French ex said I was the first American to surprise him and that he liked hahah
i dont think its egoism. quite the opposite. its escapism because its so impossible. its a fantasy that they want their audience to indulge in. the idea that they could travel to paris, go to fancy events and attract a chef that looks like a male model but also grab the attention of a multitude of handsome sensual cultured french men. the point is that its an unattainable fantasy to most american girls, not that its plausible for an american girl to attract in as many handsome men as emily did.
Completely random but how do the french veiw Australians?
my favorite character was this ginger receptionist (?) at the restaurant who said "no, YOU reverse the dates". he was seething with passive agression and i loved his little smile. that's how i feel about emily most of the time
Same! Its like girl you moved to a new country and don't even bother to check the way date is written and im supposed to believe you are a working adult
he felt like the self insert for all french people watching the show :D
The part when he switch to french, with his little smile when he said "bonsoir madame" is really great. The quintessential spirit of a parisian receptionist. x)
and he is right, america is the only country that writes the date like that
@@celia1888 i know this is late but america is one of the few countries who puts the month first loll so its usually a them problem
As a french person the scene in the restaurant where she insists about sending back the steak while being so entitled was so uncomfortable... she actually represents what Europeans thinks of Americans: entitled, preachy, and hypocritical.
(And I know it's not an accurate view of all Americans, it's just what media often show us)
I thought it was weird for a few reasons 1) she doesnât like have any remorse and the whole action isnât likable at all 2) a lot of people have talked about how when even the chef messes up a dish people have too much anxiety so they just eat it so idk why they would include it bc it wasnât even relatable 3) iâm pretty sure she tried to order in french and SHE messed up once again showing her as disrespectful
Why in the world did they think that'd be okay???
As an American I apologize man
Sending back food is somewhat of a normal thing here but like itâs rare that a chef messes up and you arenât supposed to be rude about it either like she was normally if I ever have had food sent back itâs because the waitress asked me if something was wrong with my order not because I demanded something be cooked longer etc.
@Dee Ayy Why Night Productions the thing is, generally the waiter asks you how cooked you wants your meat. They always ask beforehand actually, that's why this problem rarely happens
I'm a FAN FICTION WRITER and I can write better plot lines with a more accurate representation of culture THAN THIS SHIT.
Shiiiit there are some insanely talented fanfic writers out there. Like, Isolation by Bexchan is one of the most beautiful pieces of fiction I have ever read!! Ahhhh
@@liyre4189 omg that was no joke the first fic i ever read lmao
SAME
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emily is the epitome of the upper-middle class American white woman lol "let ME educate YOU because my way is always the best way". also why the heck did they make her character so "innocent" to sexual double entendres when she is clearly no stranger to hook-up culture?
michelleneous ikr
hey your username is so cool
This show looks irritating
It seemed to me like she was more surprised than innocent. I thought it was supposed to show the difference in flirting in France and in the US.
Sheâs also the white woman who says gracias with a hard R at Mexican restaurants
She sleeps with a 17 year old? Why would they write that in?!!!!
i have no idea, it was a realllly weird plot point. it added literally nothing at all to the story and it was never mentioned again after it happened, it seemed like they were trying to overcompensate for the fact that there was no shock factor in the show
itâs legal in europe, so probably just for the shock factor for american audiences. the whole plot line was pointless and weird.. like wow- the age of consent is different in other countries, i had no idea!!
@@marygail9214 it's even legal in the usa. Some states have age of consent 16. But it's still gross. It's gross in europe and in usa
This was the only part of the show that I didn't like
I understand why people are cancelling netflix
*We ALL know the only Emily who deserves to be in Paris is Emily from The Devil Wears Prada.*
PREACH! đ
YESSSS
PREACHHHHH the kind of emily who ACTUALLY learns about paris, its culture, fashion, etc. She deserves it.
LMFAO YES!
Oh, I'm SURE the choice of name was not a coincidence.....
it's so disappointing that they turned mindy into the stereotypical "i'm asian so i can bash on asians" character because i feel like her story was genuinely interesting and the way that she adapted to french culture and cared a lot more about it than emily would have made for a better lead. but no, we just had to have another poc best friend that's a stereotype.
THAT MADE ME CRINGE!!! Why would she bash on asians to WHITE PEOPLE!!
Being from Serbia, the thing that really annoyed me was the scene with the Serbian gold-digger supermodel stripping naked on the street for a perfume commercial in front of a bunch of men - I thought we left hypersexual stereotypes about Slavic and Eastern European women in the past, where they belong. Just because Emily's character preached about it later in the same scene doesn't make it any better or less cringy.
i'm half serbian and i absolutely hate those stereotypes. it really shows america's warped perception of europe.
Preach. Being slavic myself i really hate these kinds of stereotypes. Sure melania and trump is one case, but that doesn't mean all of us are like this
I am American and I had no idea this was even a thing. Thank you for bringing it to my attention, it's good to know what stereotypes are out there so we can be vigilant against them.
And thereâs yet another reason to not watch the show đ and I visited Serbia last year, itâs a beautiful country. đ
Hvala prijatelju you said it best
The restaurant scene is sooo annoying and rude, if something like this happend in Italy the chef would literally kick you out lol
I naively asked for Parmigiana for a Prawn dish and the Chef refused point blank... never asked since!
That bit was so cringe I would be mortified if someone complained in restaurants or cafes
So they have really shitty customer service in Europe. Noted.
@@electricbop no every place Iâve been to has been really nice and friendly
@@electricbop Well it's just very different form the American one. In Europe is more like "this is what we offer, if you don't like it then go to another restaurant" while in America is more like "the costumer is always right". Of course we try to be as respectful as possible but it's very different than the fake-smiling waiter who ask you every five minutes if everything it's okay. It's just two very different points of view. Sorry if my english is incorect i'm still learning hahaha
"The customer is always right" turned me off immediately from the show. I tried to continue but I just couldn't finish. It was like watching a Karen in Paris
But she gets taught a lesson from that? A very satisfying one as well. Both Mindy and Gabriel put her into place.
Karen in Paris! đđ
Karen omg HAHAHA
lol yeah wasn't that the point of the show?
If you watch the show, there is nothing about Emily that screams Karen. Sheâs hardworking and care about people. Youâre the Karen here
Definitely proves there's more to being fashionable than just slapping on any designer piece you get your hands on
Amen! In the first episode when sheâs wearing those Loubotion print shoes they looks stunning and then when the rest of the outfit was revealed I just đ€ą the snakeskin skirt DID NOT go with it. Very all over the place.
She literally makes high-fashion brands look cheap
Well said đđ»
She has no style
sheâs literally called basic in the show, she has bad style in canon
The last point about the older boss being sexy and stylish shows one big difference between Americana and French culture. In France, there are many older women being celebrated as charismatic beauties up to their 60's. If you watch French movies and TV shows, the sultry and self-assured older woman is a recurrent character and no one bats an eye at the idea that a younger man might find her alluring. I mean even the French president's wife is way older than him. Whereas in the US only the young can be sexy, if you believe what you see on screens.
Sylvie is my favorite , older women are sexy, and she is wonderfully so.
I think because of capitalism. In America they shame you for looking old and having wrinkles so they sell women all these gimmicky products to feed into their insecurities
So true, for some reason they always come at 30 years old for being old even, what the hell
I really need a list of shows and movies with iconic characters of older women being sultry and self-assured. No. The world needs it.
I love this about French culture. Mature women are beautiful
How do you have 5 different men falling for you in a 10 ep series? Itâs written like a self insert fanfic
right?! it gives me wattpad vibes because itâs just so unrelatable
@@avaceline235 fr though. But the comments are hilarious afđ. That's why I put myself through that torture
Omfg i didnt how to say it and you nailed it
@Mr_ Tinez This is GENIUS
*chef's kiss*
Oh please Y/N has way more respect than Emily ever will
The thing with Emilia Clarke in "Me Before You", is that her fashion was intentional. People comment in the movie that she dresses like an eclectic old woman, and also acknowledge how weird she is for liking black and yellow bee striped tights. Emily is meant to look fashionable and "hip", and the lack of self awareness makes it worse.
I love that part in me before you where she gets the tights she was so excited
no emily was definitely meant to look awful, pierre cadault called her a "ringgarde", remember? Cause she IS a ringgarde, who spends heavily on expensive pieces she don't know how to style, and would probably style it with something from Pretty Little Thing, in real life. That's what the show got wrong - there was nothing wrong with her having a few chanel pieces and bags here and there, but shouldn't have been so much and it should only have been accessories.
TW mentions of assault.... I also read that in the book Emilia's character (forgot her name sorry!) dresses like that because she was raped once and thinks that if dresses the way she does it would never happen again
i thought lilys wardrobe in the show was awful not chic at all
I like the pied-de-poule jacket she wears in the first picture
The amount of attention Emily gets from french guys is the most unrealistic part of the show.
I mean to be honest I did find that part quite realistic - I lived in Paris for several years in my early 20s and I got a lot of attention from men. That's not a humble brag - a lot of them were creepy and gross cat calling me on the street, and many of them were smarmy rich French guys who only had one agenda (especially once they found out I was English, since English women apparently have a reputation of drinking a lot and being easy). However I never once found them charming, I found them all creepy. But in Emily in Paris the offensive thing was that this constant male attention was romanticised and normalised, and Emily encouraged it or engaged in it. Even the client who sent her underwear, she challenged him but she still ultimately was flirting with him and feeling charmed by him (she just was a bit ethically conflicted).
So what's unrealistic is that she only gets attention from rich white conventionally-attractive men but never gets cat called or hit on by randos in the street or indeed anyone who isn't white.
Lmao if they saw her attitude theyâd be laughing at her.
@@amstreater exactly why when I travel Iâm never giving my body to these men so they donât dare say âthis American girl was easy to get in bed with â the audacity .
Fr it reminds me of something from Wattpad
you must not be an attractive young female than, because guys falling all over you if you're hot is something very realistic in every part of the world
Mindy shouldâve been the main character. Her story is actually amazing, leaving her rich family to come babysit in Paris, her love for learning languages - also they couldâve explored so much about what being Asian in a European city is like. Can we give up with the white main character norm Iâm bored
(Iâm copyrighting this in case Netflix decides to steal my idea and ruin it)
This! She is so so much more interesting than Emily
I just wish her character wasnt abused for stereotyping asians
That wouldâve been so much more interesting! As an Asian girl myself who loves France and is in college majoring in French to be an French teacher or English teacher in France, it wouldâve been so cool to see an Asian in a European city. I guess thatâs why itâs annoying watching Lily Collins who I really like, play such a ridiculous role and not adapting to the French culture. When I went to France, I didnât speak any English and practiced my French with everyone I spoke with. I hate that this show didnât incorporate more of the French language, but instead solidifies the fact that Americans push being American on everyone.
Omg, you are so right!
Yesss when I saw the plot for this show I was like âThanks Netflix, I guess? Another show with a white main characterâđ
@@poshspicebabe right?! Iâve seen French people react to this show and felt second hand embarrassment. Iâm studying French and my grandparents have been to France and she said that they appreciate when an effort is made to use the language. This show seems to push this idea that being sooo American in a âstiff stick in the mudâ French culture is soooo *~quirky~*
I am a European and this show is a perfect summary of why no one here likes stereotypical Americans lol
EDIT: apparently I need to clarify, I donât mean all Americans nor that these behaviors are exclusive to Americans
I do mean that there is an attitude that America is the greatest which is not healthy. Itâs not even something I blame the people for, itâs just how American schools teach. I lived there when I was younger and the school taught that America invented the car and just about every other big thing of the last century and I was shocked. I really donât blame Americans, and Europe certainly has a ton of its own problems, I mean our tourists are also obnoxious abroad, but the big difference is that I think most Americans expect the world to adjust to them whereas here there are so many cultures we learn to adjust to eachother and keep an open mind. We are also blunt and critical of eachother and of ourselves, and I wouldnât say most Europeans think they come from the best country in the world.
I know tons of wonderful Americans, but even they often fall to this mindset. I donât judge because in America this is whatâs taught, but I do hope that Americans can recognize the issues someday as recognizing the problems is the only way to make changes for the better.
I donât hate America, I donât even hate American culture, granted itâs not my thing but I will still be accepting of it as long as it is not required of me or others to adapt totally to it. Thatâs what this TV show does. It shows an American who expects everyone around her to adapt and when they do, BAM, instantly all the problems go away. In many ways it is somehow propaganda and I donât like that the show says âEuropeans are snotty and rude and stubborn because they wonât change everything about themselves to fit one girlâ.
Criticism of Europe is fine, everyone here does it all the time, however saying that if we changed to be like America all our problems would go away is plain rude and egoistic. Itâs a shame.
lucky for europeans most americancs aren't like that
@@twice_velvet Oh! I live in MĂ©xico and ALMOST all the Americans are like that. Sorry
Dulce Perea likewise, i work in an environment where a lot of ppl live and work here yet can't speak the language nor do they bother to learn it and then have the nerve to get upset when i can't help them bc idk what they're talking about. so i guess it's not just an american thing and more of ppl thing.
Miss Garbage are they? All 350 million? Or are you only noticing the obnoxious ones because they obviously stand out the most?
Miss Garbage that makes me sad :(
Emily's cross cultural attitude is horrific. Arriving at another continent and forcing her language, culture and customs on everyone there...? That's not just a bad character trait, that's highly problematic.
It seems like this series is promoting some cultural superiority of Americans.
Agreed. It would be fine if this was framed in the show as a bad thing. A show about an annoying American learning to be more respectful could be fun. However they barely recognized how bad her traits are.
That is a big reason why many Europeans dislike Americans, they have such a large ignorance to the world around them itâs really shocking
@@ailemasvega That would have been so great for the character while delivering an actually good message. Instead, they just painted the French as the problem for being rude and stubborn (as if they are expected to change their entire culture for Emily). I think that says a lot about how the writers of this show perceive foreign cultures.
maybe it's kind of the point of the show? idk. probably trying to show how Americans literally force THEIR culture and language to every country in the world. even in the US you'll see people telling foreigners to speak in English
Camila Alegre I agree. I really thought the point was to show how problematic she is. I thought the show was criticizing Emilyâs ignorance.
I draw the line at "I am tray exi-tay to be here" already.
man I just realized that she was trying to say trĂšs.
I thought she is talking about an ashtray or something đđđđ
to make matters worse, excité is more typically used in French to refer that someone is 'excited' in terms that they are horny. she literally said "I am very horny to be here." nice.
I drew a line when I heard her say in response to you don't speak any French "fake it until you make it" at the very beginning of the show.
@@sophie427 Yeah, I guess you'd go with something like "ravi(e)" or "heureux"/"heureuse".
@@sophie427 yeah they made a joke about that the video just cropped it out
I can't believe that they used Julien as the token black and token gay guy in one character. This is a whole new level of *"look how inclusive we are"*
But did they say he was gay. Or are we assuming from the way he acts?
@@rexibhazoboa7097 whether he is or isn't, they're still presenting a gay stereotype
@@TheWatercolourNymph okay understood
Not to mention they hired a Korean actress to play a Chinese character. As if the producers think all Asians are the same.
@@criticalthinkingconcubus its not a rule that you have to act as the same country you are from, for example its normal for australian actors to play british or american character
We should take a shot anytime Emily says "american point of view"
We whould be in a coma by now...
Or "I have an idea"... yes Emily we know we know. All you have is amazing ideasđ
This was the most annoying part of the show I swear
I know many clever American friends, they really don't want Emily as their representative, they prefer Emily just say its her own point of view , not the American point of view . Her ( Emily in the show) point of view is too childish, it's embarrassing.
Or "BuT iT's PaRiS"
This show should've been called
"An American Stereotype in Paris"
And I hate how they frame her as if she's right for behaving like that.
I've known actual french people and they absolutely would not tolerate that BS
It's honestly so annoying how she just walks in there and is appalled when some people don't speak perfect English. In France. When she can't even speak a little french.
Yes as a european this annoys me soo much
But thatâs how they are
@@monseboomt americans?
An american stereotype in a France coming right from America fantasy world I would add.
I remember sitting in a restaurant in Paris, eating and reading a book, minding my own business, when out of nowhere this French lady at the table next to me adressed me, realised that I didn't speak French, switched to heavily accented English, only to give me a sweet compliment for my hat.
So much for "French people refuse to speak English and are mean to strangers".
One annoying thing was how in one scene that dude says "I like american p****" and she's disgusted, but then one or two scenes later she and Mindy both say she needs "some french D". I didn't know if the irony was on purpose but based on the general tone of the show I didn't think so. It's literally the same thing but just flipped, and that suddenly makes it okay? just inconsistent
YES! Every time a French person or Mindy says something sexual Emily acts completely shocked & disgusted but then hooks up with literally every guy who shows her interest?
But she didn't say it to the guys face, so it's a little different.
@@jessyjulie5506 no it's literally not
@@jessyjulie5506 It would be just as gross if it was just guys talking to other guys, let's be real.
you know, I think you're right. Especially since there was a chance the French guy was using the word inappropriately due to the fact that it was NOT his language, and it's NOT a given that French people would be such excellent English-speakers all around. Whereas Emily and Mindy don't have that excuse with English. Although, I'm still wondering where Mindy is supposed to have learned such impeccable English. She doesn't have an accent at all, that's pretty much impossible if she'd grown up in China as it's said. But maybe I'm forgetting something about her story.
I also wanted to add that Emily said that her parents werenât wealthy. She mentioned that her mom was a teacher so it honestly made no sense that she had no many expensive pieces in her wardrobe. (Both my parents were teachers in NYC, so trust me I know lol) She was a twenty something, who is still beginning her career. Her wardrobe made no sense!! There were so many cute pieces but they were styled sooo wrong. Camille had the best wardrobe in my opinion!
camille had the french wardrobe. emily had idk what wardrobe. it isnât american and itâs like french runway but not really. iâm 21 and still canât save up for basic accessories.
Yep, teachers kid here too and I immediately lost interest when it felt unrealistic. Like, these are not my struggles.
But she was styled to look kind of tacky. You can't think the Eiffel tower shirt from the first day at work was meant to be taken seriously. I agree that the amount of designer pieces made no sense, though.
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spokeforhours oh and that little eiffel tower thing on her bag that made the designer scream basic. iâm no parisian but even i would scream basic and tacky at that.
the character was supposed to look tacky. read the interview with patricia field.
That "customer is always right" moment is horrible. Being a jerk to food service workers makes absolutely no one look good, and if I didn't know any better I would have assumed that moment was there to set Emily up as the antagonist or prissy rich girl archetype. To think that she's supposed to be the protagonist, and a likable one at that, is mind-blowing.
It wasnât rude. If I like my steak well done, I want to have it well done. After all Iâm going to pay for it so yes, I will ask the service workers to exchange it.
@@trash8898 Don't eat out in Paris then. LOL. You might get a lil something extra in your food. And steak well done is criminal.
@@trash8898 You don't teach chef to do their work. If you want your steak well done do it yourself and eat it at home
@@trash8898 It wasn't even so much the fact that she asked for a new steak than the way she said it and the way the moment was presented? I trust absolutely no bitch who says "the customer is always right" out loud like that bc 10 times out of 10 that is a Karen
@@trash8898 well done can mean different things
Netflix has just been on a roll creating shows where the main character is terrible and we side with the âantagonistsâ every time
Leave Ratched alone đ
@@geckohunter123 Ratched is supposed to be that, Nurse Ratched is a psychopath in the original book and movie.
Like ginny and Georgia
The "Why are you shouting?" part made me literally howl with laughter.
As an american, it seems like everyone is constantly shouting like that, which can be really overwhelming.
The only funny moment of the show xD
So are we the ones talking in hushed tones, or are Americans known to be loud (no not like that ;) )
In Europe, Italians and Spanish are said to be loud, but they speak quietly compared to most US people I met the one time I have been there.
I'm actually Malaysian. Most Malaysians are this loud when talking too. đ
Also - no tears for the fiancée, no bad moments whatsoever? Girl I moved out of my country and I cried 50% of the time. There's no character development at all and she gets EVERYTHING she wants with absolutely no effort. Ugh.
like she was okay hahha
Gosh I hate her guts trully...camille is sweet girl...she doesnt deserve this...Emily called Camille fake friend to Mindy behind her back but we know who the true fake friend here
I'm so glad someone pointed this out!! I thought it was weird how she got over it by posting one sad caption on Instagram and then it was like it never happened? Completely pointless to the storyline to have her go through a breakup when it gives her absolutely no character development. And she's supposed to seem loyal to him in the beginning but can't be loyal to her friend and respect their relationship. Or when she tells her work not to have unprofessional romances but then dates a client? She's hypocritical throughout the entire show
This is what confused me about the show. It tried so hard to keep that peppy facade up. Even after she got fired or learned something troubling at work, it would zoom in on her face for 5 seconds before moving on to something else
This whole show was just satire, it was so fun to watch when u donât take it so seriously idk why all u guys are so mad lmfao
If people didnât get how bad this show is
Just imagine the show set in your country, and every stereotype the world has about your culture is being rubbed in your face every second, with the American girl being praised while your culture and country is in the wrong every time
oh and this show give hella
KAREN VIBESâš
YESSSS thank you !! Saw so many ignorant comments about how it's "a work of fiction" or "dude chill it's a show can't people enjoy things?!" Like , no đ go mock your own culture if you want and have all the fun in the world while doing it. But don't stereotype other cultures and then say you're "enjoying" it.
I don't have to be French to be able to relate to that. It's enough that I'm European. It was so annoying
I thought they were making fun of Americans, too. I mean Emily is sĂł ignorant I was laughing the entire time: giirl, stop being American!
I'm french and I found that show almost offensive!
welcome to every movie made abt africa...
I think she is literally Serena of Gossip Girl cause Serena never faces any consequences for her action. She can do everything, sleeps with everyone and everybody likes her. Same for Emily here.
No but she had redeeming qualities and actual development don't disrespect her
Yeah, she is nothing like Blair. Blair is an educated young woman, who would study French before she moves to Paris and would be able to communicate in French. Blair would have enjoyed the culture and would educate herself about the people and history of Paris and Blair would outperform everyone on her job. She would have rocked her marketing Job like noone else. Emily is infact more like Serena. Only she is lacking Serenaâs charm and charisma to be this ignorant. Also Serena never was this arrogant towards other people
At least serena was nice. Emily is just shallow and detached from reality. The writers wanted to make her Blair 2.0 but it backfired
@@rinmartell2678they are both annoying
The entire movie selling point is the word âParisâ, yet the main character doesnât know shit about it. How genius!
To be fair the selling point was the whole phrase "Emily in Paris" which was meant to give the hint that this was a story set in Paris but using the 'fish out of water' trope of someone who knows nothing about the environment that they're in and the entertainment is meant to come from watching them flounder. So we got what they promised on that front. However the writers failed because that trope is meant to 1) have the 'fish out of water' character be endearing in their confusion and therefore likeable and charming and make you want to root for them and 2) have that character grow at least a little by the end of the movie or season to be less of a fish out of water because they are meant to have learnt more about their surroundings. Emily was neither likable nor did she learn to assimilate into French culture more so the use of the trope failed.
@Blablabla bruh at least she should try to learn about the culture with an open mind, and not like bash French culture and French people for any obstacles she ran into. period
I hate that they've tried to portray the French as lazy for doing things like... opening a little later.
Like we won't consider for a second here that Americans might be overworked? It's not like France is falling apart because people aren't putting in enough effort.
Anyway every time I've been to another country I try to give out vibes that are exactly opposite of Emily. I never want to be disrespectful to another culture, different doesn't mean worse.
You are 100% right. Americans glorify the toxic work culture where youâre expected work more than your usual hours by default.
Worst part is that Americans work less than Koreans...
Yes!! Iâm an American living in Germany for four years now, and Europeans really value that time for their families and their own well being. Businesses are usually closed on Sundays too. Theyâre just not as overworked and obsessed with being open every hour of the day to make money.
Im pretty sure they actually made fun of Americans for working too hard and not enjoying their life enough
I was so mad at how they kept nitpicking the French culture and just basically criticizing it like girl you live here do more than just eating croissant and taking pictures of strangers lmao
Emily is one of the worst protagonists in TV. She continually makes mistakes and never learns. It would be a great show if it was an American who learns about the culture and gradually becomes more involved in the culture and her fashion could represent that by becoming better throughout the show.
ikk! she just gets away with everything, and her mediocre ideas are always âšsO rEvOLuTiOnArYâš
ok but- i shamefully really really like her clothes- idk why i just do
@@salemsmith7085 whattt! wait you should search up videos reviewing her outfits because they donât really fit her character (they just sort of threw designer clothing on her and called it a day) and they explain it rly well! i mean itâs totally cool that you like her clothes but they arenât it for her (at least i think so)
Like Korra from TLOK. T^T
How dare a nation with millions of people and hundreds of years of culture not revolve around a early 20s white american woman.
What I find extremely ironic is that Emily acts as though her social media marketing strategies are exemplary and out of the box, but throughout the series, literally all her social media posts are incredibly basic! The whole 'butter+ chocolate đđ' and posting pics of her drinking wine and partying- that's what everyone does. How is she any different? She literally had no reason to get famous lmao
ikr??? like sheâll post some randoâs burger and gain thousands of followers?? plus, that entreprise praised her for her âšsuper originalâš post when she was just eating strawberries like wut đ
Clearly written by someone old
@@TheHerothief yoo I'm 20 xD
I don't see how age has anything to do with it. Just stating facts.
@@_avinat i meant the writers og the show, not you đ đ đ đ
@@_avinat they're not referring to your comment, but rather the person who wrote the show. The lack of knowledge on how social media actually works (u defo wouldn't become insta famous of a few boring basic pics) shows that that the show was probably written by some old/middle aged guy who does not interact with nor understand how teens acctually behave and has a limited/stereotypical view on how social media works.
i felt like this show was made 10 years ago and forgotten about, and then someone found it and released it now. everything about it was seriously out of date and i cringed all the way through. also all of her social media posts were AWFUL and thatâs supposed to be her job?? and thousands of people are following her? i couldnât even make it past 3 episodes
I agree. It seemed like stale 2010 written, forgotten, until they decided to use the script without actually updating it.
That is just Netflix now. They have gotten very lazy with their curation with the exception of working on a few larger projects but most have been with intl content
Agree the whole thing is SO unrealistic!!! She starts off with 240 followers and gets about 1600 in like two days from posting a few pouty selfies?! WOULDN'T HAPPEN lol!
all those french stereotypes, it was like watching a smoking baguette with a beret and a moustache who's cheating on his wife.
one of the many infuriating things: people smoking in an enclosed public space and all over the place: that's illegal since 2008!
@@alextaws6657 and every Parisian she meets is somehow white đ whoever wrote it has either never been to Paris or decided to be deliberately racist
I expected her Chicago boyfriend to come back in the middle and cause drama, or maybe make her homesick. But she just dropped him like he was nothing.
She got over him pretty fast for someone who claimed to be close of getting engaged. I guess having every single hot french guy (from older men to school boys) she meets drooling all over her sealed the deal.
@@pony7653 to me it kinda seemed like she was supposed to say 'oh we are practically engaged ' as in the good american girl kinda way. Like she wasnt really there but she was expected to be there thing. I dont really know how to explain it, but it just seemed like they were this typically perfect American couple, the stereotype and she was just playing a role?
Exactly
I actually liked that part. If a guy does not support your career, he should be dropped and forgotten
Same
Idk why but when i heard the name âEmily in parisâ I thought it was a âThe devil wears pradaâ spin-off or sum... like emily from the movie that couldnât go to paris finally gets the chance. But no
That was the Emily in Paris we actually WANTED, but didnât get
The only Emily who deserved to go Paris
@@rayn0577 we got the emily in paris at home- thanks mom >:(
This seems like super weird American propaganda, why isnt Emily adapting and learning anything??
Seems like anti-American propaganda. They made the American selfish and insufferable.
@Sophia Leydon that doesnât seem realistic. Adapting to a culture is a process and not instant. Plus the French were marketing to America so thatâs why her perspective was needed but it was rejected.
Because she is an American?
@@entropyanonymous3385 because of taking a while to adapt to the culture. But it makes sense because she didn't have any time to study up on the culture before going to France
@@shelbylovesu4b I was being sarcastic lol
This show is just a badly written wattpad story and no one can change my mind
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Yeah emily is such a mary sue
At least badly written wattpad stories have some enjoyment value to them. You can make fun of the Kissing Booth or After and they can be guilty pleasures. This one is just annoying.
Where's the lie đ
When telling people about this show I have literally said it feels like it's based off of a Wattpad story
Camille would have been a better main character. She's young and pretty, just like Emily, but she's more stylish and much less self involved.
Agreed
truth
And she is not selfsih like Emily
@@slytherinserpent73 exactly
There's nothing wrong about Emily as character, she's fine as one. The problem is with the narrarive that keeps rewarding and framing that paints her as a good person.
THE WINX DESERVED THIS FASHION BUDGET!!
Amen. My poor sunshine child Stella deserved to look like fashionista.
Yesss they are 17 yo (I think) but in fate they look like they are 25-30 yo
Everything i hated about this show:
1- her personality is terrible, she's not funny, she's not a good friend, she's obnoxious and not interesting at all, but somehow every man falls for her
2- I know nothing about any of the characters besides who they are horny for
3- i hate the fact that she takes pictures of people without their permission and mocks them (????)
4- she's in a different country and yet doesn't even try to learn the culture
5- she's not that clever or good at her job, to be honest most of her accomplishments were by luck or things that in real life would never work
6- 90% of the jokes were about words in french that in english has another meaning, most likely something sexual
It's a poor written show, but to be honest we watch almost anything that got romance + beautiful people
My thoughts exactly. Itâs a shame though, cause I actually really like Lily Collins
sad... y'all should watch some more good shows! Give good creators some love rather than whatever these are.
@@adeyemikasali5463 same, i watched it because she was in it then i realized i wasted the whole day
Tatat Tumaob same. I watched the first three episodes cause I like her, then realized just how much I didnât like the show
Totally agree with you ! something is really wrong with the show and the writer.
Did anyone else feel like Lilyâs acting was strangely Disney Channel ish? Her facial expressions are so strangely exact and unnatural/overdone. Maybe it was purposeful direction but all the other actors seem a lot more natural than her.
I think she tries hard to mimic Audrey Hepburn but in Audreyâs case she was natural but in Lilyâs case it looked rather forced...
it was very Monte Carlo imo
her acting was honestly better in that cursed mortal instruments movie, and that IS an actual kids/teen movie. so yeah who knows what kind of weird stuff the script and director asked of her
THE WHOLE TIME I WAS LOOKING AT ROWAN BLANCHARD! i thougth it was just me!
She always acts like this in movies and tv shows hahah
This show just seems like French fetishism, with an ignorant protagonist who only cares for internet appearances. I'm not going to watch it. PLEASE get Lily Collins on an Audrey Hepburn biopic!
No, Lily looks more like Elizabeth Taylor
Lily Collins reminded me of Audrey Hepburn soooooo much
Only Anne Hathaway can do Audrey Hepburn. They have the same initials to begin with, A.H.
Nope it has to be Natalie Portman
@@evapalma9899 she literally looks nothing like liz taylor lol.
Yes, it's the americans who reverse the dates
Time:
Day. Month. Year
Ascending order
Not that difficult
Agreed. Why would you name the month first? Everybody knows what month it is, when you ask for the date you wanna hear the day first and then the less important stuff, it just makes more sense.
@@windshieldlaugh7411 doesn't matter what makes more sense to you. You just do how it's done in the country you're in, it's not that hard to look up đ
Iâm American and I literally hate it so much, and what the hell is up with our metric system, and it sucks even more that itâs way harder to learn meters now that America wants to be special and teach everyone in feet
@@Salsa4268 Though I think feet is okay, inches are terrible. And miles. And Fahrenheit. And the missing u's in favourite, neighbourhood, stuff like that. Heck, it's even marked as incorrected RIGHT NOW when I specifically have the settings on UK English >:O.
@@kamiko891 THANK YOU! WHERE THE HELL IS THE âUâs i hate America honestly
This is the type of movie to groom young American girls into being ignorant and self absorbed and itâs a shame bc this has been a trend for quite some time in this country
This is a Satirical representation of Reality. Only intelligent people from ESL countries know what a sattire is. American who can only afford Potatoes for dinner should stick to watching the News or Reality Talent Shows. This is Satire and a Chic Flick. Go watch Football and pretend to be straight.
I thought it was a satire
@@eduardochavacano Satire is supposed to be enjoyable. I enjoyed The Dictator because it was good satire. This, this garbage, is unenjoyable. If it even attempts to be a satire, it didn't just fail; it dug itself a fucking grave.
lol ok
This is not a satire itâs just bad writing
i also hated how there was so much sexual content and innuendo, like they advertised it so heavily on tiktok, so i thought it would be wholesome and watched it with my parents, so then we were super uncomfy when we watched it
Yes!! I was looking for this comment. I mean it's ok to normalize talking about sex, but I think in the show there is just too much sexual content. The part were they talked about the "Tour Eiffel" disgusted me.
I think they are using the stereotype of French being promiscuous
well that actually is described in the show as americans = emily being shocked by the love, sex affairs and romance that europeans represent :D so if you are american, this really kind of makes sense as europeans are way more open to such scenes as for example in rome/ paris / prague there are statues of naked people all over the city. we just dont care.
She'll "educate the chef"??? She's so smug!
Yea I watched the show with my friends and one of them works at a restaurant and they were genuinely pissed at that scene
Classic Karen move
@@emmabelles7727 as they should!!! Damn Emily is annoying at bestđ
@@maryamtara2934 Emily is DEFINITIVELY a Karen.
Totally!! If she didnât want to eat a rare steak she shouldâve ordered something else!
This really made me wonder if this was written by a wattpad writer
It's such a shame because Paris is so diverse so many arabs, asians and africans in the city and we hardly saw that. I'm disappointed they didn't give any hobbies or interests to Emily it seemed like all she did was be obnoxious to the french culture and horny. This show had SO much potential but I carried on watching it because we hardly get any fashion related shows anymore. Also this show really painted the french in every stereotype it could not sure how they got away with that
They put one black guy and an asian girl as her friend on the show, maybe they reached their quota for the show.
Well Emily's characters is pretty much the American stereotype. This show plays on that. As an American who worked in Paris, i can say ive heard several of things that were told to emily before. Its a light and fluffy show and yes Paris is extremely diverse. Its truly a beautiful city.
As someoneâs whoâs been to Paris, especially working in the business area it was actually surprisingly accurate with customs, non friendliness, distaste for Americans (Iâm Australian thankfully but they would get annoyed at me if I said anything wrong when speaking French lol) however, it definitely did have stereotypes and mainly just didnât explore the main characters or the side characters lives at all
@@Grace-mb8tb i felt like that was the whole point? Exploring stereotypes and breaking them up?. Because they were so accurate, but you also got shown that th3 stereotypes are just surface level and first impression. But then they show you that getting to know people take time and the sterotypes dissapear.
They depicted Paris as this artificial city with artificial people who hates other people and excessive. Like why???
what i hated the most was her mispronouncing characters' NAMES, like she americanised them which is so rude lmao
Rude but unsurprising. I mean if she can Americanise the pronunciation of French words that have no American counterpart there was no way in hell she was going to even attempt to properly pronounce French names that have do an American version to the pronunciation lol. You could see that even having someone show her proper pronunciation was a lost cause in the scene where she and the boss were repeating the same thing over and over and over again. The girl is a mess but I think that was the point. I can only hope that they made her this bad so that she can grow over the course of a few seasons and have real character development because honestly there's nowhere to go but up for her it seems.
Most Americans are terrible at pronouncing foreign names
exactly, whenever i travel i make sure to pronounce names the way theyâre supposed to (i have an ethnic name thatâs never pronounced right too) along with words i know in their language that i add in to conversations. itâs the bare minimum
That actually shows the reality of americans tho.
pretty sure she called thomas "Toma" but okay
Sheâs such a âpick meâ I canât
She is she slept with her friends man and brother and not to mention heâs 17 like wtf weâre not supposed to like a character like this she shouldâve asked what the brothers age is
@@LL-ip5mm right?? The show sucked me in but she was NOT likeable. I love Camille though, she does NOT deserve that shitđ
@@liamarie3625 YES.
thatâs the whole point of her character tho lol
@@MaddiHenderson okay and? Lol
The steak part hurts itâs like how American tells a real Japanese cook he is doing the sushi wrong itâs should have avocado in it or what (I love American style sushi but still....)
Emily could say that "The fish in the sushi wasn't cooked, you should cook it" đđBecause her IQ is under 80. đ
My mom always tells the waiter/waitress that her steak is not cooked properly and to cook it better, I gave her a scolding when we got home. Letâs just say she doesnât act entitled in public anymore, my dad is a different story.
I honestly felt like this show highlighted more problems with Americans than anything. I liked watching how well they represented our lack of respect, research, and language learning when we travel and how we expect the rest of the world to conform to our morals and ways. It also highlighted our hypocrisy and flaws in some of our believes like when they discuss the American idea of happiness or work ethic.
We just have to hope that young American viewers are intelligent enough to "get it."
If I look at at lot of the comments under this video I think that they don't get it. They are just very offended by the Emily Character.
It represented it but didn't challenge it, or at least not enough. A lot of her ignorant actions were just brushed off and therefore made it seem like her behavior was ok.
This is also what I took from my binge of the show.
Before my first trip to Paris (prior to Covid, I was spending a couple months a year there), I made damned sure to learn what I could about the culture and to try my best to learn French, and then booked a place on the outskirts in a non-tourist area so that I could live as much like a local to learn about the true culture, not the tourist culture. I found the French people to be really nice as long as you're polite. You say "bonjour" to the bus driver or you'll get a deservedly nasty look ("bonjour" means so much more than "hello"). You say "pardon" if you accidentally step on a foot in the metro. At least makea. real effort to speak French. That effort goes a LONG way, and those who speak English there are usually very happy to help as long as you've shown a true attempt at their language.
Incidentally, Americans tend to have the attitude that those who come to America should acclimate to American, yet when not Americans travel to other countries, expect those countries to acclimate to Americans.
I almost couldnât believe this show is out on 2020. The whole ideology is 2010 at least
Right? I felt the same, like watching a 2010 movie or something
Blair going to Paris would've been more entertaining
@@nihilisticbarbie definitely! She knew the language and was classy.
Not even 2010 people were this ignorant
More like 2000/2001
The worst character is Gabriel. He is permanently hitting on her when he has a girlfriend and never tells her.
I felt that he barely did something until the end hahaah
Really? Is that all you have to say about the show? Just attack the male main cast? Yes, I get your point but really-- is that all you got to say about it? That's lame.
@dyllen ..Well she has the right to express herself same you to attack people for free. Is everything you have to say? Thatâs lameeee
Like every dude should be
@@ZigZag9639 Why do you care? If that's all she has to say, then cool, there's nothing wrong with that. What are you, the comment police?
When I moved to Australia from France I learned the language and learned the culture and customs here, because I canât expect a whole country to change their customs and culture for me and my family
My problem with this series is that it portrayed non-American characters (French and Chinese) as people who do not value professionalism, when it fact it's actually the complete opposite.
It sucked but I still enjoyed it. It was fun trash like Wattpad, every guy she ran into kept falling in love with her! I couldn't stop screaming, "This is SUCH a TV show!" While watching it. And then I'd click the next episode.
But my love for it is juxtaposed by my hate for how unrealistic it is. I wish my job would transfer me to Paris where I could just run into a hot neighbour. Plus, I know quite a bit of French and I've still never made friends with francophones in my area because my true personality can't shine through,I can't joke in French. How the hell does Emily charm all of those people, while being so insufferable? Ugh. I much preferred Camille, she was such a breath of fresh air compared to Emily.
Omg yes I relate! I also speak French and English, and while I am fluent in French, it is so hard to let my personality shine through and make jokes in the language. I always come off as serious :(
I agree. This show was clearly meant to NOT be super realistic. Itâs truly a watt pad come to life. It was trash and Emily was had many horrible character traits but I still enjoyed watching it.
Dude I feel exactly the same! Camille is beautiful and down to earth, and for some reason ignorant and annoying Emily has all the dudes fauning over her. I cant figure out if I like or hate the show. But I guess I felt the same about Sex and the City and this was created by the same dude. I guess hes good at making bizzare no-need-to-think-too-much tv shows?
@@Jess-Rabbit that is what was so great, you didnt have to think. Just enjoy an american trying to figure out Vrance without knowing the language....
Also it was very spot on with the stereotypes. Like Emily said she needed people to like her and that she loved that people liked her and she was very friendly which is so American. And the french people were kinda arrogant and rude just because she didnt speak the language which is also very french. đ€·ââïžđ€·ââïžđ€·ââïž like it actually did a pretty good job of playing on cultures. And it was really fun to see Emily strugglem especially with the 5th floor thing, because my american friends and me, a european had the exact same talk, where i told them i was on the 2. floor and they went to the first đ€Ł so it was really good with those kind of things and it was cute and feel good and you could just turn your brain off.
Completely agree with you
She complains about not fitting in but she doesnât even try, like that whole floor and dates thing. Did she not even bother to do basic research. And she kept acting like they were huge differences but they are legit not that hard to understand.
More like Karen in Paris!đ
@@stupidbitch hahahaha!!!
Im sorry, but do you look up how another country does floors before going to said country?.. its seriously not something i have ever done. And im European. đ€Šââïž i didnt know America did it differently before i met some americans in Ireland and i said i was on the 2 floor and they all went to the 1 floor đ€Ł its not exactly a thing you think to look up.......
Magic Books, it more so that she made this mistake multiple times when itâs not that hard to remember. Particularly since she kept on trying to open Gabrielâs apartment thinking it was herâs.
Emily would of never made it in the Far East.
The fact that Lily Collins, a BRITISH actress is playing an AMERICAN woman in FRANCE just makes sense.
All hail Bee and Puppycatâ„
I mean she's half-American
I think sheâs British by birth but is really more American (spent most of her childhood there)
@@user-pm9pw6cj4c you canât be half American because American is only a nationality. Unless youâre from an indigenous tribe but they donât call themselves by only American. Everyone who lives in America either immigrated here or had their ancestors forcibly brought here đ
@@kennyb1588 I mean she has both American and British passports. So officially, on paper, she is half american~
I don't understand how people defend this show saying it's escapism, in my escapist fantasies I at the very least look stylish and come across as intelligent. Why would anyone want to be Emily.
Emily does not need to come across as intelligent. She is the most lucky person in the world. She posts one quirky line on Instagram and everything and everyone is falling into her lap. Somehow she has all this designer clothes even though she is supposed to have only one drawer in her apartment. She never even thinks about money and she has 3 boyfriends at once. She lives in a nice neighborhood in paris. She never even sees a homeless person on the streets. She never gets tired to walk on cobblestones in high heels. And also there is no global pandemic. That's great escapism!
Mondoshawn she has designer clothing because she makes 100k a year lol. Thatâs what you can make in marketing.
@@Blueeyesinthesky 100k when she lives in paris is not that much (mind the taxes in europe and the rent and cost of living in Paris). But still she could have designer clothes but where does she put them in her apartment? When Mindy moves in she asks 'can I claim a drawer' and Emily responds with 'there is only one drawer'. This woman must have a magic drawer since she is never wearing anything twice! I wish I had a magic drawer like that. This movie is not supposed to be realistic I think. It's still fun to watch.
Mondoshawn exactly, itâs definitely not meant to be realistic, itâs just a show youâd watch to not think of your own life for a while
Because she gets everything she wants and more. No need to make a character likeable or smart when you can just sheel them in plot armor and make them wear outfits that could pay the entire countryâs health insurance.
I knew Mindy's not Chinese because when she spoke Mandirin it's with this weird accent. She suppossedly Chinese heiress raised by a traditional man of a dad. Why didn't they re-write the character to fit tge actress who is korean if they really wants her?! The writers are weirdos
yeah and the fact that she was a singer wouldâve even worked better if she was Korean
Because then they couldnât have given her those weird stereotypical lines about China
@@zeynepkymet4673 but that's like American views on stereotypical asian thing not a chinese thing... Also the remarks really just like stereotypical rich kids tbh not even asian most of the time
Fairuz Fairuz I mean the whole show is based on Americansâ inaccurate views on the rest of the world so that doesnât surprise me lmao
@@zeynepkymet4673 true dat
The steak scene made me cringe so much that I wanted to crawl under a table. That's rude even in the USA
it is rude for sure- shes such a karen i want to die
I feel like most Americans even think thatâs rude
Iâm a Chinese American and I think Mindy Shouldâve been portrayed as Korean like the actress. It might just be me, but I donât think the actress looks Chinese. She looks Korean or at the least, Cambodian.
Yes, I'm Half Chinese myself and do agree
if she had Korean parents who moved to China before she was born, she would still be Chinese but look Korean. Just like people can look African but still be French.
What bothered me the most was the fact that Mindy didn't exist outside of the "white girl's supportive BFF" role, and they clearly added in the "disgraced pop singer" subplot *after* casting Ashley Park (who is Korean, not Chinese) because she's a Broadway actress. And they phoned it in on her dialogue because other than existing to patiently explain French customs to Emily, she mentions she's from China and makes jokes about communist China and speaks Mandarin (with a horrible accent, sorry Ashley) and that's it.
It 100% feels like Mindy was an afterthought and they made her Chinese because a PR person noticed there was only 1 non-white person in the show (in *Paris...* right...), and instead of making her Korean after hiring a Korean actress they just figured white Americans wouldn't notice. Either that or she was Chinese the whole time and they just couldn't care less about giving her proper dialogue... I don't know which one's worse.
I agree that was very sloppy and insensitive on how they had cast Ashley to play a Chinese role instead of just keeping her real ethnicity. Mindy could of talk about the intense pressure of the K-pop industry and high beauty standards and it would of worked too . Honestly I would of rather see a show about Mindy, an Au Pair living in Paris than what we got.
Oh vei. As an Asian-American I understand the frustration when they swap cast one Eastern-Asian ethnicity for another. Memoirs of a Geisha and etc. It makes no sense. Would it have really made a difference to the story or plot if she had been Korean-american? They were probably too lazy and just 'had to keep the bad China-related jokes'.
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I really hope the review just pulled the worst âin China we do thisâ lines, because those ones in the video were gross and wrong. âOne child policyâ? I guess if youâre a 14 y/o white Redditor, thatâs the extent of your China knowledge, but anyone who has spent time in China knows they donât âall have one kid.â
Itâs sad, because that couldâve been a great moment for some different fashion. The fashion coming out of Shanghai, Tokyo, Seoul, etc has a noticeably different flavor than Parisian fashion. Also, Chinese fashion, especially, is looked down upon. It wouldâve been fun to deconstruct the obsession that SO many western women have with being a âchicâ Parisian girl and shown that thereâs more than one way to create an outfit.
Does it matter? Sheâs an actress playing a role.
This whole review by the way is nitpicking.
This show trashes Paris and French people, trashes China, and eventually trashes Americans...
Yes I do agree with you. Chinese culture is bought up in a negative light whenever mindy was on the screen. And what they did to french people is definitely horrible.
Lol we were supposed to believe Mindy came from a wealthy Shanghai merchant family but the fact her dad cut her off financially was so American, not Chinese at all. And lol...One kid?
It doesnât âtrashâ Paris, it just shows some stereotypes but it goes to the other side of the spectrum too. They also showed some american stereotypes (talking loud, obsession with social media, etc).
@@TheStepmonkey a series about stereotypes?
I don't know what it was, but it was a complete mess of a series.
@@fourleafs11 only in 2015, was the one-kid policy abolished. Thats not much time
As an Italian working in the fashion industry: this is the perfect guide on how you should never be/act around European fashion people, especially if you're American.
THis could've been a great comedy if the show framed Emily as clearly in-the-wrong. She tries forcing the French locals to adapt around HER; rather than the other way around, but it just puts her on a downward-spiral.
Iâm disappointed that she didnât learn more French and how to dress more effortlessly by the end of the season. Youâre right, sheâs exactly the same person as the beginning!
As a parisian I don't get why they made an entire show just to trash talk us.
They trash talked the american as well. đ€·ââïž it started out with stereotypes and you cant say the they arent correct for Paris, because I have heard them all as a fellow European, but they also had the stereotypical American... and then it shifted to being about accepting that the two cultures are different and that you shouldnt judge someone on first impressions, because they usually arent true. đ€·ââïž how people did not see that part of the story baffels me. It was so obvious.
Exactly. The show is just as ignorant and disrespectful as its main lead. It's absolutely infuriating that the show is completely oblivious of the fact that they are insulting every aspect of French culture while trying to "educate" the main lead about the same culture they just insulted. It's also painfully obvious that the show thinks its viewers are as clueless and naive as the main lead. There's nothing wrong with campy/cheesy shows as long as the characters are funny, relatable, and endearing with genuinely heartfelt and emotional messages that pays respect to its story, characters, and themes. I'm not French (I'm Filipino in case anyone was wondering) but I understand the frustration of western movies and shows stereotyping your culture and thinks insulting other cultures for being different is "comedy"
But I actually felt with the parisien people and thought that the audience was supposed to laugh at Emily (I guess that's because I'm European)
I deal with Emilys enough irl in Paris
they dont trash talk. its just showing reality how they hate expat
Did she not even bother to learn any French before moving? Like not even basic phrases that legit take 30 minutes to learn.
Of course not! đ
Why learn French when we all know that every person in France speaks fluent English with a comedic French accent?
But then again, isn't that true for all the rest of the World? đ
@@saschamayer4050 i dunno why, i love this comment so much
You can learn basic french in 30 min? Damn okay, teach me how........ because i got no clue how to even pronounce half the words in french with how they dont pronounce half the freaking letters....
Basics:
Bonjour (Hello, Good day)
Au revoir (Goodbye)
Excusez-moi
Pardon
Merci
S'il vous plaĂźt (please)
I feel like most Americans would be able to vaguely understand those.
@K Annie Yes, but she could on the plane, like practice a bit, and what's stopping her from practicing during the show? Like at home when she got the time, like I know they added convenient stereotypical French people who spoke English so she wouldn't have to learn any French but that just seems so cheap
The show Should have been called: âKaren in Parisâ
Or made into that show. Us Europeans would eat up a show about entitled Americans coming to Europe only to be made fun of.
As european everyone dislikes france but we will FIGHT a karen that doesnt respect their culture ahahah
I live pretty close to Paris and had a boyfriend there so I've spent most of my time there and this show was FULL of cliches. I don't understand why they portrayed French people being mean? I met so many people and everybody was welcoming and very polite. Not everybody smokes, in fact, smoking is forbidden inside public buildings since 2006 (or 2007?). However, I recommend everybody to go there at least for once. It is magical. The history is interesting and Paris is full of great art! Pls don't watch this show and assume people act that way. Love from Germany
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@@gaveyoucookie9845 omg same xD
I mean frech people, not always, are kinda difficult to deal with, especially the males. They are usually really full of themselves, and to me, a young 19 girl, the weren't precisely polite. They would stare shamelessly to me and my friends while we were walking down the street and also, they were really touchy and kinda molested us on a busking concert. And I say this as a fellow European. I'm from spain by the way
@@celiagonzalez7254 idf if you talking about paris but paris is full of predators. When reading comments on the internet I feel Paris and its neighborhood is the worst european region when it comes to street harassment :(
As I was born near Paris I have always experienced it and thought it was the same shit everywhere but apparently not...
French people are fun ... parisien are awful i live in belgium, went there with school and on another occasions, beautiful city but the history behind it is fucked up. people tend to forget about it
i hate when people admires emily's outfit.. meanwhile camille wears better outfits.
Camilleâs and Sylvieâs . I wonder if they purposely have it that way to highlight french class vs american tackiness đ
This is such a good opportunity for them to play with thrifted pieces and high street items to portray her character, letting a âfull on American who never worked in fashionâ girl slowly adapting to her new work environment. Even from a business perspective, doing so gives them more space to put plant-in products of affordable brands. Such a missed opportunity.
Hold Lily Collins accountable; she was bragging about how much she was involved in production of the show, as well as the development of âEmilyâ. Then reverted to saying she had nothing to do with the offensive stereotypes portrayed in the show after the backlash. I never ever want to see her as Audrey Hepburn; she is entitled and unbearable and Iâm glad she was rejected for that role. Ew
Really? I had no idea about this
As a french "target viewer".... I can't stand emily, she's really really mean, her behavior is awfull, really bad behavior... I don't get why they made such a mean, irrespectful and annoying character... And also, as you mentioned it, french people don't speak well english in general... It doesn't make any sence that every person that she meets is speaking english...that's totally unrealistic
Coucou hĂ©loĂŻse! Tu as raison, la plupart des français ne parle et/ou ne comprennent pas l'anglais. Emily in paris est tout simplement ridiculeđ
genre le niveau d'anglais de François Hollande c'Ă©tais la meilleur representation du niveau d'anglais des français. đđđđ en mode a aucun moment tu tombe sur autant de genre comme ça avec un parfait anglais.
If you are French, or European, you cannot be the target viewer for this crap.
I've only been to Paris twice, but I consider it the de-facto cultural capital of the European Union, and this shit was an insult.
@@isam1542 Yeah I didn't watch it, I just saw reviews but I already found it offensive. by just watching the reviews I already felt insulted (I'm french) đđđđ.
They read English very well and are often well-read in English or American literature.