Emilly made Chanel look cheap.. that's kinda impressive tbh

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..."

she reminds me of the kind of girl who thinks shes the main character

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

I was not a fan of the glorified cheating. I’m sure that people in France don’t glorify it either. Just because you live in Paris doesn’t mean you can hurt others.

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!

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??

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 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.

As an European the “omg you reverse the dates” “no you reverse the dates” was amazing

I'm a FAN FICTION WRITER and I can write better plot lines with a more accurate representation of culture THAN THIS SHIT.

Emily seems like the type to return her water because it wasn’t sparkling enough

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.

This seems like super weird American propaganda, why isnt Emily adapting and learning anything??

Definitely proves there's more to being fashionable than just slapping on any designer piece you get your hands on

The amount of attention Emily gets from french guys is the most unrealistic part of the show.

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.

*We ALL know the only Emily who deserves to be in Paris is Emily from The Devil Wears Prada.*

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.

I draw the line at "I am tray exi-tay to be here" already.

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.

She sleeps with a 17 year old? Why would they write that in?!!!!

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.

imagine how much more I would dislike Emily if she weren’t played by lily Collins.

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.

Idk why but when i heard the name “Emily in paris” I thought it was a “The devil wears prada” spin-off or sum... like emily from the movie that couldn’t go to paris finally gets the chance. But no

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".

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.

Emily’s character is so unlikeable. She doesn’t have any flaws, never gets upset (didn’t cry after breakup with long term bf), too prim. Ugly Betty was better because she was human and relatable

THE WINX DESERVED THIS FASHION BUDGET!!

How dare a nation with millions of people and hundreds of years of culture not revolve around a early 20s white american woman.

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?

"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

This really made me wonder if this was written by a wattpad writer

The steak part hurts it’s like how American tells a real Japanese cook he is doing the sushi wrong it’s should have avocado in it or what (I love American style sushi but still....)

She is a mixture of the worst traits of Blair and Serena. Blair’s whiny and stubborn attitude without her intelligence and Serena’s questionable relationship with men without her social skills/openness.

I’m just mad about the fact that she hooked up with the ex boyfriend of a girl who was so sweet to her and didn’t even seem to care?! So much serena energy

The fact that Lily Collins, a BRITISH actress is playing an AMERICAN woman in FRANCE just makes sense.

The show Should have been called: „Karen in Paris“

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.

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, it's the americans who reverse the dates Time: Day. Month. Year Ascending order Not that difficult

When I moved to Australia from France I learned the language and learned the culture and customs here, because I can’t expect a whole country to change their customs and culture for me and my family

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"*

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.

I’m a Chinese American and I think Mindy Should’ve been portrayed as Korean like the actress. It might just be me, but I don’t think the actress looks Chinese. She looks Korean or at the least, Cambodian.

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.

The restaurant scene is sooo annoying and rude, if something like this happend in Italy the chef would literally kick you out lol

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?

As an American, the only thing accurate here is the crazy American Attitude exhibited by Emily.

As a French person (also from Paris), I totally agree with everything you said. It's like they tried to make Paris like they wished it was for an American to move there, rather that how it really is. I think it would have been so much more interesting if they had been just a little more realistic.

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.

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 can’t believe Emily didn’t face any consequences after she posted a photo of someone else’s children (Mindy’s nanny job)

the whole 'maybe you suggest he cook it longer??' scene is television nails on a chalk board

Mindy should’ve 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 could’ve explored so much about what being Asian in a European city is like. Can we give up with the white main character norm I’m bored (I’m copyrighting this in case Netflix decides to steal my idea and ruin it)

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 don’t 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. It’s not even something I blame the people for, it’s 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 don’t 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 wouldn’t 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 don’t judge because in America this is what’s 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 don’t hate America, I don’t even hate American culture, granted it’s 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. That’s 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 don’t like that the show says ‘Europeans are snotty and rude and stubborn because they won’t change everything about themselves to fit one girl’. 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. It’s a shame.

It pisses me off that this show was nominated for a Golden Globe. It says something about Hollywood and ignorance.

I was down for a dumb lighthearted show, but it was just tiring cause everything always went right for her immediately. There was never any real issues she had to overcome.

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.

She’s such a “pick me” I can’t

wait wait wait... shes supposedly from a humble background, she mentions not being able to afford the fancy brand names except for like some clip-on thingy - how the heck did they think that this character would be the "sends a steak back in a restaurant" type? like she never worked in retail before PR, like in college or high school???

Obviously she’s gorgeous but your telling me every man she makes eye contact with is obsessed with her?

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.

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.

Between the references, the nonironic "Americans need to teach the French to work" theme, and the general "sex and the city" meets "gossip girls" vibe, I'm actually now convinced this show was written in the 2000s.

And how she has brilliant ideas ALL the time gaining notable people's attention was so unrealistic

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

Did anyone else feel like Lily’s 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.

To be frank metaphorically; Emily forcing the French to learn her ways is like a "woke" person forcing other foreigners to accept their ideologies and agendas. It wouldn't work! Also this line says it best: "You don't even bother to learn the language, you treat the city like it's your amusement park." Well said, mademoiselle!

Imagine the audacity of someone going to visit your hometown and saying "I really love this place, but it would be even better if you and your family, friends and neighbors weren't here"...

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!

She'll "educate the chef"??? She's so smug!

Hold Lily Collins accountable; she was bragging about how much she was involved in production of the show, as well as the development of “Emily”. 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 I’m glad she was rejected for that role. Ew

Back after this sh-t show got a GOLDEN GLOBES NOMINATION what is this life

If people didn’t 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 VIBES✨

I also wanted to add that Emily said that her parents weren’t 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!

Honestly, Emily's style felt like it was just ... fashion to be "fashionable". If she's truly a midwestern, middle-class girl, the number of recognizable brands she's wearing and how expensive they are makes no sense. If there was a scene that showed she had recently come into money and she felt as though she had to overcompensate with her fashion sense because they're sending her to Paris, it would have made the fashion make a lot more sense. It would have also given the very ... interesting things she wears a backstory. This isn't how she normally dresses, she doesn't wear couture when she's her actual self so she has no idea how to actually wear it in a cohesive way - which would have made a good transition for the character into a more likable, down to earth person if she slowly shifted back to her actual style.

She thinks she’s the main character but honestly she’s just arrogant 🤢🤮

How do you have 5 different men falling for you in a 10 ep series? It’s written like a self insert fanfic

We should take a shot anytime Emily says "american point of view"

the „haute couture“ outfits at the end literally look like drawings of dresses i made in pre-school. i’m not even kidding

Speaking as someone who has worked in social media for a luxury brand, Emily is *terrible* at her job. Even her personal instagram that supposedly gets tons of followers... for what?? The only good thing I can say is they did accurately capture the difference between how American brands use and understand social media and how European ones do. My company is based in Switzerland and we have had to talk our HQ out of running campaigns that would go down like a lead balloon and cause huge controversy in the US, multiple times.

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

I almost couldn’t believe this show is out on 2020. The whole ideology is 2010 at least

omfg watching that clip of Emily failing at speaking French made me remember all the painful memories from 5th grade, when our class read a book set in Switzerland and I was about to die because everyone was pronouncing all the German words and phrases incorrectly (I'm Austrian btw). I've worked hard to erase those memories, but now it just all came flooding back. But great video.

I rolled my eyes like 5 times in 6 minutes. I wonder how she watched the whole ten episodes

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 💗💗' 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

The worst character is Gabriel. He is permanently hitting on her when he has a girlfriend and never tells her.

I loved Camile’s outfits. She was my favorite character.

As a French girl, one thing I really loved about the show is how they make fun of all French (and American) stereotypes in a really funny and lighthearted way. I loved that! But one thing I hated was seeing French characters not speaking French to each other. Two French people speaking English to each other was so unnatural and awkward...!

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.

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 that’s supposed to be her job?? and thousands of people are following her? i couldn’t even make it past 3 episodes

She made out with every man she met 💀

We need Emily Charlton in Paris just living her dream... not THISSSS!!!

This is the type of movie to groom young American girls into being ignorant and self absorbed and it’s a shame bc this has been a trend for quite some time in this country

The "Why are you shouting?" part made me literally howl with laughter.

Emily would make a perfect villain/antagonist.

You know what I hate the most about this tv show is how the "french" people don't even speak correct french because most of them are not even french actors. Emily is just rude and the typical American girl with a god complexe who comes to teach Europeans how to act, live and speak.

This show trashes Paris and French people, trashes China, and eventually trashes Americans...