It's kinda ironic that THIS is the show that didn't have more black characters, considering there's a huge black demographic in France which would've made it quite believable. Nope, just your average single asian and black tokens. Americans really think all demographics are the same, huh?
@@paulgotik and that would be fine if it weren't for the fact that she learns NOTHING! and not at one point her attitude and ignorance come to bite her in the ass
It's like an 2000's self-insert fan fiction where the main character is always impossibly young fashion magazine editor, but without the boy band she runs into.
I refuse to believe this wasn’t written by a 13-year-old girl who made it about going to Paris and falling in love with a member of the Backstreet Boys. I think they just updated it by removing the boy band element out of the script.
well this does sound like those bad fanfics where the insert is OBVIOUSLY an ignorat or even terrible person but the narrative tries to justify her and ignores her being an asshole, and/or makes everyone else even more terrible so she looks like a decent human being in comparison.
Omg you hit the nail on the head. That's exactly what it reminded me off. An early 2000s Fanfic with fashion stuck on a teen girls dream of what was high fashion in 2003. It just sucks and I can't believe it is getting a second season 🤦♀️
It's just so... American centric. Like the thing that really caught me was the you live to work not work to live to Emily as if the French not living to work is a bad thing? Glorifying the American work ethic like other countries are jealous we have no guaranteed time off or any work life balance. Yet she doesn't even speak French and has no fashion experience.
@@PasserMontanus It may come as a shock to you, but this serie is supposed to depict the French people. Since it is set in France, the show should have portrayed french customs and their ways of doing things. It should at least be realistic on that point and not be another case of american ignorance. I suppose it is too much to ask from people who are used to be in their bubble of self-glorification.
I watched a French vlogger recapping Emily in Paris and he let out this exhausted sigh on that line. The French must get tired of being told they dont really work. They're a functioning society, so work must be getting done! And it seems pretty classist too as I'm guessing there are also French people who have to work their asses off just to survive.
@@Hollyberrystreats yes, we work and are even overworked, especially in offices work. Parisian people have this sentence that sums up their exhausting working life "métro, boulot, dodo" that basically means "subway, job, sleeping" because Paris is so expensive that they live around Paris and NOT in Paris and they spend their time in the subway. They are so exhausted that they massively live Paris for western and southern France. Émily in Paris is a whole fantasy
Honestly the very idea that the French would ever NEED anyone's opinion (especially that of a random American girl) when it comes to fashion and marketing is so funny to me
Fashion no, marketing yes. French people suck at marketing. French fashion, and even french cooking is only made to seem relevant because it's french, not because of any innovation.
The idea that ANY company would send an employee to advise a team in France if she doesn't speak French is totally absurd. I can tell you that I work with colleagues in France & we have to hire translators, get certified translations of legal documents, etc., bc in that country their laws require business & legal documents be IN FRENCH. Most countries allow business to be done with binding terms in English, but not France. This makes the underlying principles of this show absurd
@@theywalkinguptoyouand4060 you admit french fashion and cooking is seen as relevant simply because it's french. Exactly how do they need help with marketing?
emily is such a y/n. perfectly perfect, skinny (but always eating junk), and fashionable girl gets a job that she’s no qualified for (but some how amazing at) gets every single man that lays eyes on her.
Emily in Paris feels like a inexperienced teen writing fan fiction about a Disney channel movie. Edit: just to be clear, this is not an insult to the fanfic writers out there! ya'll are cool, and I know for a fact ya'll could write better than this show.
I'm giving a dirty look right now. I feel attacked even though I'm no longer a teenager. We don't bash fan fiction, it's writers, or (the craptastic), Disney. Tsk. Tsk. Tsk.
Wait wait wait, so Emily keeps having an affair with Gabriel, even after finding out he's in a relationship with Camille... and then proceeds going to go to bed with Camille's 17-yo brother?
When I first saw this advertised I thought it would be a show making fun of American tourists, overtime showing Emily learning french and getting immersed in french culture and then maybe in the finale getting the chance to go home and then feeling out of place back in the American office so deciding to return to France
The weird thing is, is that if Emily in Paris just played its premise straight then it might not have been so bad... Like, somewhat ignorant and completely under qualified American girl gets sent to work in Paris isn't a terrible idea for drama. Just let Emily rightfully faceplant when she first starts out, then make the series about her exploring French culture, France, and the people around her. The more she learns, the better she gets at her job until she's finally kicking ass in a totally warranted way. Still may not be terribly interesting and it's still got to change its portrayal of France to something more accurate but it'd be less cringy than this...
Yeah, that was where Devil Wears Prada movie actually did it right. They had the main character get called out for not putting in the work to understand her industry and job.
Also, I'm sure there are like.... genuine differences between how marketing companies target people of different cultures just as they do different demographics which could have been explored in a semi-thoughtful way, yknow? You want me to see how ~different~ American media is, show me how different American media is.
The main character comes across as too young & stupid, though. Nobody in their mid-20s would be this way. They'd need to change so much in order to make this show work. Ideally they'd recast it with someone who actually comes across as an adult who could work as a professional (like the women in SATC) or just make it a dumb teen drama
@@WinterFogFilms Yes, that's a very real thing! I'm French and work for a French company, we had to hire British marketing experts to open the company to the British market. So.... if Emily is supposed to work with a French market, she's probably not the best suited for it imo. But I haven't watched the show lmao just videos trashing it xD
When Luke told Emily 'We're all a little afraid of you", I was waiting for the ball to drop because I was 100% sure he was being sarcastic. Nope... apparently the entire office is afraid of Emily because her American ideas are so intimidating 😐
@@nectar9509 that term automatically gives me transphobia vibes (edit: this was just a general statement abt personal experiences with the term's use, not trying to insinuate op/only the truth is a transphobe)
Have I watched maybe 5 videos about Emily in Paris? Yes. Have I WATCHED Emily in Paris? No. Nor will I. Will I now watch ANOTHER video about this cursed show just because it's Amanda? HELL YES!
I wore a beret (they sold them at H&M) in Stockholm. Multiple people commented I was throwing off an Emily in Paris Vibe. Emily in Paris has ruined berets (༎ຶ︿༎ຶ)
"They are whispering to each other in English even if it not towards her" Let's be real, it just because they wanted to accommodate their American audience who don't understand the language, after all, how could they oblige them to /read subtitles/ for thirty second.
That is so damn sad.. that’s a thing I dislike about English speaking countries (well especially America). They make fun of people with accents even tho these people can speak 2 languages unlike themselves...(sorry a little off topic now that I think about it)
@@StrawberryMatchaTea oh yeah no I totally get it, thats also annoying when many english speaker (i have mostly the US and maybe even canada in mind) dont even bother to learn more than english.
@@StrawberryMatchaTea They speak only one language and it's the most basic one that practically any person learns is school everywhere. I'm Portuguese and I learned English and French in school, and let me tell you French is way harder than English, the verbs alone are a nightmare.
This is a big part of the problem: Me: Wait, why are they speaking English? Hollywood: Because we're giving you what you want! You don't want subtitles! Me: Um... you do know I can read, don't you? Hollywood: We told you, this is what you want! Me: Actually, I'd much rather have what I'm watching make sense. Hollywood: Hey! You don't tell us what you want! We tell you what you want! Now shut up and watch! Me: Actually, I'd rather not. Got anything different? Hollywood: NO! Me: Why not? Hollywood: BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT YOU WANT!!!! It' explains why I tend to prefer TH-cam videos like this, and foreign films, over a lot of movies that are made here. Then again, I'm also an American that's worked very hard to become bilingual, so I may be in the minority here.
@@TehMomo_ I know, I like the movie (although I'm not French so idk what counts as authentic enough) - but Emily literally says "It's like Ratatouille!" when she arrives in Paris.
As a norwegian girl in france, you definately need to speak french to work 🥲 So yeah, what she said about her language-skills not really being a problem is a valid point 😅
Well yes because French people are awful at speaking English and often refuse to make any effort to learn it because of arrogance. Speaking English the way to open to the world, that's the "universal" language wether we like it or not.
@@vee1766 we are not that arrogant. Actually, we (French people) are really not confident about our English, our accent. We suck at English. And we love when foreigners try some French, even if it's just the basic (bonjour, merci, au revoir)
@@vee1766 wait! French people don't speak English because of their accent and stuff. Second- it's Emily went to Paris not a French guy moved to US, so, it's Emily's job to learn French and adjust into culture not French people's job to bend over for Emily
As a French person, this show is offensive on so many point, I think I could spend days detailling everything that is wrong with it, and not even be halfway through it Personally, I think that the best way to apreciate french culture is watching french series or movies But I have to tell you that french cinema is really different than your classical american cinema: It's mostly focused on personal stories, what we call "tranche de vie" (lit. "slice of life" which is basically a clip of a moment in the life of the caractere, and the whole movie is about that (it can litterally be one day, or it can be longer, but most of it is not really longer than a year)) I mean, there is a movie that the plot is around the name of a future baby, so ... I wouldn't be able to recommand any good series or movies to appreciate the french culture, but "Emily in Paris" is, for sure, something you shouldn't watch if you want to learn more about the french culture and traditions :)
Thanks man. I’m from the UK, but I’ve recently become really interested in learning about French culture thanks to this fan project I’m in. And for the other people recommending Call my Agent... where can I watch it?
The more the years go on, the more these "end all be all" awards like Oscars, Grammys, golden globes etc are being regarded as garbage. I am here for it all.
There's a reason why the ratings for those shows have been on a nosedive. Besides all the politicization of those shows, the decreasing quality of writing and characters in the ones nominated have have contributed to the awards decline.
I don’t care about the awards, but I also really hope Shaun the Sheep 2: Farmageddon wins the Oscar for best animated feature. Not only because that would be hilarious, but the landscapes and character designs are very good.
People is more aware of the political games behind the scenes that get a movie or serie nominated or even win a prize that they don't deserve (likewhen Shakespeare in love won over Saving Private Ryan). Even if they don't, social media helps to confirm the viewers prospective over the gaslighting of the awards.
Emily is what everyone hates about American tourists. As an American who loves to travel i always am on my best behavior to make sure I don't leave a bad impression
Thank god there's people like you! As an Italian I can't stand the entitled tourist, but I love people who try their best to be respectful when visiting ❤️
So very true, as a German who used to work in tourism as a student. I feel so sorry for Americans like you whose reputation gets tarnished by these idiots. I kid you not, there once was an American guy who pointed to the river in my city and was like "Is that the Rhine?" and I'm like honey the Rhine is about 600km further west, do you even know which city you're in and when I pointed out that it is in fact not the Rhine he was all confused that there's more than one river in Germany because he only knew one 😭
Mindy is awful, the only thing that saved her was being a poc. She was just used so someone can shit talk china and france without severe repercussions.
@@MT-zu2uq .....you know...maybe that'd actually add a great character dynamic!! Mindy, the kinda asshole-y girl who looks down upon French, comes across this sweet delicate Camille who she can't hate even if she wants to!! Oh no, something must be wrong here!! That will definitely bring some funny moments and ACTUAL character growth for Mindy(and I want an arc about Camille finding out what the hell her bf did with Emily)....?? But, if it's made by the same team as 'Emily in Paris' then fuck that!
YES YES YES!!! This video felt like a point-by-point rethread of the Friendly Space Ninja video. Also, FSN is actually French, and he offers an interesting and super detailed perspective!
Seriously I can understand being drawn to foreigners but damn why is everyone such a simp. I mean no offense but Americans are like everywhere, I have never met a Canadian or Brazilian in my life
As an American that went to a French school for 7 years, who said that this was accurate. This is not a love letter. This is lighting dog poop on fire and leaving it on the Eiffel towers door step
After this show and Sia's Music, I'm having trouble believing anyone when they say "this is a love letter to X, Y or Z" 'cause as it turns out, this really isN'T LOL
After "Music" and "Emily in Paris" I'm also having trouble believing being nominated or awarded a Golden Globe is any kind of metric for quality, much less even basic human decency.
Just like the new Disney's Mulan lol. It was supposed to fix Chinese stereotypes from the animation, but it created even more stereotypes and everyone just hates it lol
When I first heard "Emily goes to Paris" ngl, I thought it was the OTHER Emily who never got to go to Paris in the movie. I would ACTUALLY watch a show about THAT Emily going to Paris, gaining confidence, and gaining a leadership position/taking over Jacqline Follet.
Ok. Someone please make Pierre in Texas or something and then have him sing "Sweet Home Alabama" like a crazy person and have just one person clap to him... Cause that's how the " la Via en Rose" scene would work in here.
Something I noticed about her, and I thought was a personality flaw that would be an arc, was how she turned everyone and every situation into an opportunity to enhance her career. It was... almost sociopathic. She was very surface with everyone, used every moment with people as a photoshoot, as a means of networking, to drive her around, to bail her out of situations, to distract her from a temporary emotional disappointment and she never gives back anything meaningful. And I was supposed to root for her.
isn't that the Paul McCartney/ Stevie Wonder song? it goes Emily in Albany, i share a house with another three side by side with the defunct whaling facility.
Now I don't have a whole lot of experience in this regard but I'm pretty sure love letters aren't supposed to blatantly insult what they're written to. It'd be like if I wrote a love letter to my crush that just said "you're the most awful bitch I've ever had the displeasure of having to tolerate" and expected her to swoon.
@@TovarClan Yeah I think insults are okay when both sides know it's more of banter than actual malicious intent. What the OP commented reminded me of that Nigerian movie scene where the guy bitch slaps the lady then immediately asks her to marry him.
@@tarotsushima3332 yeah I did understood OP's intention but that phrase was too much of a gem. Also I don't know what movie you are talking about and I just hope it's a comedy.
I honestly don’t understand the French stereotypes. I’ve been there a couple times in different cities and the people there are LOVELY. They are so nice. They just want you to try to speak a little French, and not assume they speak English. Just learn how to ask “excuse me, do you speak English please?” (In french) And you can get all the way through France with no issues lol. Most do speak English and are happy to help you. No one asked but there you go.
French here. Can confirm. Just show a little interest in our culture and you'll be surprised how nice people can be. I live in Korea and Koreans love it when foreigners learn one or two words of Korean, volunteer to wear the traditional costume, etc. So, in any country, try not to be the stupid tourist who lords over everyone and treats the country and its inhabitants as an Instagram backdrop. Don't be Emily.
The French are definitely a lot more hostile towards foreigners than some other countries, a lot will actively try to not understand you if you have even so much as a slight accent other than French, also most do not speak English unless you go to a large city then about 30% speaks a couple of words of French
And Teenage Bounty Hunters, it doesn't even makes sense since it was one of the most streamed shows they had. I guess Netflix it's turning into an official TV Network that eventually shows only reality TV and trashy shows for profit
I'm honestly trying to find a way to cancel Netflix, I'm hoping they stop people from sharing an account so that I can tell my family why I have to cancel the account.
I feel like an actual GOOD way to handle the love triange would have been to make emily feel guilty about it, questionning herself constantly, gabriel being super cool with it and when finally talking to her friend, her being like "You know we are in an open relationship right? I see a lot of men" to play into the cliche but also a cultural difference and them having a three some. It actually could be hilarious if they handled it well
The French: "oh, Simone de Beauvoir was an extremely influential French philosopher and feminist whose work on feminist ethics is still used today in academia. She was actually from the very city we are in right now" Emily: "never heard of her 😎 now enjoy this commercial"
ngl, even my within my limited knowledge I was thinking about the French feminist philosophers that would make me raise my eyebrows at the show concept.
The "Little Brother Hook-up" scene is actually much worse. It stems from her misunderstanding what "college" is in France and therefore not knowing he's 17, but 17 year olds don't go to College, they go to Lycee. French "college" is for 11-15 year olds, which either means he's actually under 15, or that he's been held up MULTIPLE years due to not being able to keep up with his peers. Either way, he's got the emotional maturity, friend-group and life-experience of, at best, a 15 year old boy, and she has ten years life experience on him. Also, why does nobody point out one of the most commonly used words for a man's privates in French is feminine? Is it because that happening would have meant actually having some French people involved in the production? Oh.
While true, it's also undeniable that Latin words have usually a unified meaning and then there's the French version. I fail to understand why it is called collège at all.
Actually, the worst part of that scene wasn't even the brother's age, although that's bad enough.. I still can't believe they then made the mother ask Emily if her son is a good lover🙈🙈🙈 that's such an extremely offensive stereotype and they just.. used it unironically🤦♀️ Darren Starr has obviously never known a single actual French person 🤣
@@akosbarati2239 college comes from the Latin, "to collect". I can't say I see why you consider that something that can't be done with minors. Do you also have a problem with "teenager" and "adolescent" being used interchangeably when the latter was the roman name for people between the ages of 14 and 30? Words, meaning and language change and mix over time. If Latin words hadn't changed universally over time, it wouldn't be a dead language now. It's got nothing to do with French in particular.
I don't understand why the premise wasn't reversed. Why didn't they have a French marketing firm acquire an American firm? They have French clients who are looking to expand into American markets, and that's what Emily's job is: to help craft American campaigns for French brands. Now she's still under-qualified for the job, but also has some relevant experience. You have the friction of her telling bosses that certain things won't work in the American market, and her bosses telling her that certain things won't work for French clients. It's still bland and kind of dumb, but it makes more sense to give the show some bones. I mean, I know the reason is probably because "French company acquires American company" would appeal less to American audiences. But still, wtf is she doing there?
@@kennyb1588 If that happens they could honestly use it to push the plot into grittier directions; Emily unknowingly throws French society into a cultural crisis by fucking up the Parisian fashion industry. Backlash by French designers gets co-opted by all sorts of political extremists looking to end the 'Americanisation' of French culture, causing poor ol' Emily to adjust to life in a Paris of riots, protests and police crackdowns. I admit I went of the rails with this but I'd be pleasantly surprised if the second season did a complete U-turn and got really dark.
Even as an American who knows very little about the French, this show felt very disrespectful of the French people and culture. It also seemed dead set on glorifying Americans and toxic grind culture, and it was to such a point that it was unbearably self-indulgent.
It was to a point that i, as an italian who at first didn't know anything about the show, thought the authors were from usa and france and were just trolling everyone using the stereotypes of their countries in order to make a fresh satirical comedy.
Emily in Paris definitely felt like a movie that was original a wattpad story. Also I find it ridiculous that every time Emily messes up something and it’s all her fault she ends up not being fired and forgiven. And yet when something terrible happens that she isn’t responsible for she gets fired. She should’ve been fired for multiple things.
Lily Collins is one of the show's producers, but OMG SHE IS SO SURPRISED Emily In Paris was nominated and I May Destroy You was not. Bet she's shocked, shocked, how the critics were taken on an all expense paid trip!
Throwback to the timeless classic - wattpad fanfictions set in other countries wrote with lack of knowlege about those countries. For examples: Random catchphrases in other languages with Google Translate, stereotypes about people and their traditions or habits, the only knowlege took from geography textbooks etc. My champion is that one when our good old y/n while shopping in one of boutiques in Paris was paying in polish currency
Thats why i loved. We used to talk about things and had no fear to make jokes. Society nowadays look like robots that you cant even make a joke. If was a Black main character people would be aplauding and saying "omg a Black actress was nominated for Golden globes" and they wouldnt even care if they like The series or not. People nowadays are fake and wants to prove they are justice. This is disgusting.
I love when people say “this big city is just like a small town” because I live in a city of 1million people in a small suburb and I have yet to see this corgi my friend keeps seeing. I go out everyday and there is no corgi.
@@korinasalvamante2387 oh my gosh I forgot about this! I’ve since moved! Seen way more dogs though since I found this forest everyone seems to take their dog to, but still no corgis!
I'm glad you mentioned at 18:12 that the critique is for the writers here. I feel like it's really weird for people to put that on the character of Emily, when that dude clearly looks way way older than 17, and there was no reason at all for her to find it inappropriate that he was coming onto her. It's definitely just a stupid writing decision, and a weird moment that was completely unnecessary and didn't need to happen.
Also, the age of consent is 15 in France, so the outrage here is purely Amanda's own self-insert, bordering on cultural ignorance. A lack of research at the very least.
@@RobertMorgan I agree with this. Americans have a bit of an extremist view on age differences, ignoring european laws and statistics altogether. I get the weirdness of having the writers make him underage for no reason at all, but I also see no problem with a 22 & 17 couple. It's legal. That mother on the other hand....
@@RobertMorgan In France, we still find it extremely creepy and it is generally frowned upon that an adult sleeps with a minor even if that person has the age of consent
I worked with an Emily and she drove anybody crazy. We did have a WhatsApp group to solve things without this person because they would only have does huge insane ideas that would never work. And if we tried to explain she would act up as a kid...
The white writers were like "It's not racist against Asians if we make an Asian actor say it". Actual quote from the show: "Chinese people are mean behind your back"
@@akosbarati2239 that’s what women do though, in fact there’s some evidence to show that people developed communication skills partially because of gossip
@@tripledigit4835 The leading linguistics theory is that information sharing based on visual and auditory perception is what evolved into an informal system where men shared external and public information, but most likely ignored internal threats, and what started out as a benevolent whisper network transformed into gossip. Since Confucian, East Asian societies lay a massive emphasis on not losing face and without civil rights still derive from feudalistic relations, there's a ton they can't say to each other's face. Why some people freaked out over this open admission is beyond me. I never agree with the criticism that posits "we're not really like that" when internally they themselves admit, yes we're pretty much like that. The last time it happened was over people positing that the Korean healthcare system's response to this pandemic was due to their system being much better, to which I pointed out that medical debt is a serious thing in Korea, just one symptom of huge inequalities explored in Parasites, or especially in Mr. Vengeance. In the latter movie the protagonist cashed out his pension fund and also sold his organs to save a loved one only to be betrayed hence the title.
A thing that's actually stuck in my mind and I can't understand it is that Emily clearly takes French courses. SHE TAKES FREAKING LESSONS!! So WHY does she keep making mistakes and WHY is she clearly incapable of using even basic French? Like, I don't want to undermine her intelligence, but the show makes her out to be kind of smart and yet over the course of a few months she learns... nothing?? I learnt more Korean in a month while going to school and juggling extracurricular activities than her when she has SO MUCH FREE TIME!! Just take some time to study, GOD Sorry for the rant 😅
Pretending they do not speak any language except French, even when they do, that really is totally something some French people do. Although it seems less of a thing these days than it has been in the past.
I would love to subscribe to that present. I live in a Francophone region and can't fill a classroom with people I've met over the years (almost a decade) who speak a language other than French. Sadly enough they also don't retain Dutch either.
Let me guess they forget to say Bonjour and started the conversation by agressely yelling "excuse me". Yeah if you are rude French people will just ignore you especially Parisian. Always say Bonjour and 90% of French people will be nice and try to be helpfull. That's it that the one cardinal rule you have to stick to. But for weird reasons Anglo Saxons seems to have a hard time with this one basic rule.
They still do it lol 🤣imo this show is bad, nothing interesting in it. I tried watching, got bored. But there's certain stereotypes shown there that are true. For example, the way Europeans see smoking, even the young generation still considers smoking a cool thing. Not the case in the US. The way you're treated as a customer at restaurants is accurate. You'd never send a plate back to the kitchen in Europe, because the temperature of the the meat wasn't right, lol, there's a high chance someone will spit on it if you do (okay I'm exagerating, they probably wouldn't🤣), but you certainly do not get it redone for free lol. I feel like that line (I forgot what character said it) "We work to live, you live to work" is kinda accurate, but that's just my perspective.
It comes usually because of the fact that most french people are unsure if they're speaking correctly in english (or other language) so they prefer to feign ignorance instead of trying.
I AM SO SAD ABOUT, "I AM NOT OKAY WITH THIS" NOT GETTING A 2ND SEASON 😭😭😭 FUCK! Edit: Well idk how to start a petition, but just throwing it out for anyone that does know 😏📝
@@layton6202 So you think it was good? - Also i didn't say it was horrible & offensive. Just that it was horribly bland and a time waster. If it was funny bad I would at least be entertained while being angry at the same time but Emily in Paris gives you nothing
@@blacklungsanji3 I just think people are just way to critical nowadays always having to over think and dissect everything, for what it was I didn't think to much of it to begin with, I knew what I was getting into when I heard it was made by the same dude who made sex in the city. People just love to cry about thing's in today's society not saying you are, but I've seen people who felt like it was a personal attack at them for how they made French people look it's insane. Whatever happened to just switching your brain off and just enjoying something.
@@layton6202 I mean if it’s shit it’s like turning off your brain and just enjoying shit I understand what your saying I guess if it just bland then I don’t see why it’s bad Also do you like it
Emily gave me so much second hand embarrassment I'm actually learning French. Like I'd been meaning to anyway, but Emily certainly gave me the shove. (Emily, tu m'as inspiré d'apprendre le français.)
Isn't the official mistress thing something the writers read about the French royalty doing in the 18th century and were like "yep, that is what is totally normal by everyone in France nowadays"?
Except in one Louis De Funès comedy his wife is chasing him throughout the town because she thinks he has an affair. Okay, it's from the '70s, but the main point that the French themselves make fun of the phenomenon. I had a serious Cyrano de Bergerac vibe from the critics, "Je me les sers moi-même, avec assez de verve, Mais je ne permets pas qu'un autre me les serve."
@@akosbarati2239 Not to be disrespectful, but that's different than what Emily in Paris is doing. The French film is making fun of the concept while the Netflix show treats it like a normal thing that is part of French culture. Again no disrespect.
@@akosbarati2239 I don't think it is the same. In French movies and litterature, the cheating, and in particular the cheated husband, can be used as a comedy trope. Though I think it doesn't happen a lot nowadays because the only things I can think about are old books or movies. But Emily in Paris invented rules that didn't exist, and stated them as if they were the truth. This is a wrong stereotype to say that French people are ok with cheating, but the show treated as if it were true.
they invited the judges of the awards to a ¨emily in paris¨ experience. Yes, they literally bought them by inviting them to luxury hotels, restaurants, etc... Well... that explains the nomination
The moment I saw Emily had the AUDACITY to show up to a job *in* Paris without learning at least passable French, I was already out. I never even make it to the first episode.
Yeah. In her defence, she wasn’t qualified and took the job on very short notice, but you’d still think she’d teach herself the basics, and would continue trying to learn when she got there.
I understand your pain. I was distraught when 'Everything Sucks!' was cancelled because it was a show that I could actually relate which is rare for me. The show was also left off on a cliffhanger 😔.
What about the other way around? A show named Stephane in New York, where Stephane, a Frenchman comes to America and decides to stay there without knowing English? And he ends up complaining about the fast-paced American lifestyle and food, claiming that the French way of life and French food is better.
I feel like a show like this would've worked in like the early 2000's but the Sex and the City writers have failed to realize that the same tropes from that show Do Not Work Anymore and SatC has super problematic moments and stereotypes.
And you seem to miss that the world of 2020 isn't that woke and super cautious about every minoritys feeling the internet bubble wants us to believe. Some people still have fun buy makig fun of other cultures like French men.
Maybe it's the fact that I haven't been outside of my house in 8 months but I liked Emily in Paris. And then I saw the reaction French people actually had and then realized I was part of the problem.
Enjoying something that may have been seen as bad or offensive doesn't at all make you a problem. It's okay to like things and have fun with what you watch even if it's rather ridiculous.
As long as you recognize the issues with the show, it is okay to like it! Just don't be one of those people who refuses to listen to the people the show is offending.
Not that this should be surprising for an East Coast Canadian, but your French pronounciation is damn good, which is a relief when watching a video about a show taking place in Paris. So thank you I guess
Emily looks down on her boss for having an affair with her friend's husband, makes it seem like its a french thing but then continues to have affair with her friend's boyfriend. Her boss says, that she is becoming more French by having an affair. Like what? How can a series generalise having affair as a French thing. Made me ceinge so much.
Both Emily in Paris and Music were both quoted to be love letters. Which is kind of ironic. A love letter to Paris and a love letter to the autistic community. And neither of them are or even respect the people that they are supposedly making it for. Both are harmful, both were not positively viewed by the viewers, and both should not have been nominated.
It's the kind of love letter written by someone who doesn't really know you at all and is waiting it based off the image they projected onto you even though you've never spoken and are in fact the exact opposite of that
I went to middle school with Abby Govindan (the girl who started the Twitter thread pretending to be the creator of Emily in Paris) it’s so weird seeing her tweets go viral
Okay, I'm just at the begining but BRING BRACK I AM NOT OKAY WITH THIS Seriously, as someone with anger management issues I felt so good watching it, it made me cry cause I never felt a character being so close to what I felt. The fact that it was conceled really hurt me
i cant believe they cancelled i am not okay with this and teenage bounty hunters. they went and ended those shows with such a cliffhanger and we're just stuck here dangling while they make another to all the boys i loved movie.
As a Camille, I am begging Hollywood to stop making people with my name either bitches or the one who gets stabbed in the back by someone using us to get close to our lover. 😒 Camille is such a badass name Hollywood, stop wasting it.
Really want to thank the Disney wardrobe team for stepping in on half of Emily's outfits.
hi, ur lovely ❤️
Ah the good old days of Disney channel......
Oh it’s not Disney channel
Hi Amanda
Cool
I love that you speak french
She makes around 60k a year, yet she's spending a small fortune in clothes. "Emily in debt" should be the show name.
Isn't that just called temporary stepback of the soon to haves?
Honestly sounds like a better concept
Horrible clothes at that.
So Sex in the City should be called Sex in the Debts😅
becky bloom but make it bad
"I'm american, white and pretty so suck it up" The series.
This is just a show showing how ignorant most americans are about other contries and cultures. Nothing more.
It's kinda ironic that THIS is the show that didn't have more black characters, considering there's a huge black demographic in France which would've made it quite believable. Nope, just your average single asian and black tokens. Americans really think all demographics are the same, huh?
@@paulgotik and that would be fine if it weren't for the fact that she learns NOTHING! and not at one point her attitude and ignorance come to bite her in the ass
@@Sakisasvictorianmask YESSSSS especially in Paris!!! Finally someone that says that
@@SakisasvictorianmaskTbf, Darren Star also pulls the same shit with New York, which also has a big Black demographic.
It's like an 2000's self-insert fan fiction where the main character is always impossibly young fashion magazine editor, but without the boy band she runs into.
I refuse to believe this wasn’t written by a 13-year-old girl who made it about going to Paris and falling in love with a member of the Backstreet Boys. I think they just updated it by removing the boy band element out of the script.
well this does sound like those bad fanfics where the insert is OBVIOUSLY an ignorat or even terrible person but the narrative tries to justify her and ignores her being an asshole, and/or makes everyone else even more terrible so she looks like a decent human being in comparison.
Hey who knows? Maybe BTS are gonna show up as guests next season. LOL
Instead, she met a kid... Yeeeey...
Omg you hit the nail on the head. That's exactly what it reminded me off. An early 2000s Fanfic with fashion stuck on a teen girls dream of what was high fashion in 2003. It just sucks and I can't believe it is getting a second season 🤦♀️
"the entire city looks like ratatouille" you leave that masterpiece out of this
Ratatouille is a better love letter to Paris than this mess.
Yesss! Love Ratatouille
IDR
the audacity to even bring it in the same context as this masterpiece
we love ratatouille forever
If they bring up Miraculous, I’m gonna lose it.
Ohhh she means the movie? I was thinking of the food and read it as an insult ':D
It's just so... American centric. Like the thing that really caught me was the you live to work not work to live to Emily as if the French not living to work is a bad thing? Glorifying the American work ethic like other countries are jealous we have no guaranteed time off or any work life balance. Yet she doesn't even speak French and has no fashion experience.
It may come as a shock to you, but this series wasn't made for the French people.
@@PasserMontanus It may come as a shock to you, but this serie is supposed to depict the French people. Since it is set in France, the show should have portrayed french customs and their ways of doing things. It should at least be realistic on that point and not be another case of american ignorance.
I suppose it is too much to ask from people who are used to be in their bubble of self-glorification.
She has no fashion experience or fashion sense, what was that wardrobe supervisor thinking? smh
I watched a French vlogger recapping Emily in Paris and he let out this exhausted sigh on that line. The French must get tired of being told they dont really work. They're a functioning society, so work must be getting done! And it seems pretty classist too as I'm guessing there are also French people who have to work their asses off just to survive.
@@Hollyberrystreats yes, we work and are even overworked, especially in offices work. Parisian people have this sentence that sums up their exhausting working life "métro, boulot, dodo" that basically means "subway, job, sleeping" because Paris is so expensive that they live around Paris and NOT in Paris and they spend their time in the subway. They are so exhausted that they massively live Paris for western and southern France. Émily in Paris is a whole fantasy
Honestly the very idea that the French would ever NEED anyone's opinion (especially that of a random American girl) when it comes to fashion and marketing is so funny to me
or on anything really, we're too proud for that lmao
Omg when you put it like that the premise is STUPID😂😂😂
Fashion no, marketing yes. French people suck at marketing. French fashion, and even french cooking is only made to seem relevant because it's french, not because of any innovation.
The idea that ANY company would send an employee to advise a team in France if she doesn't speak French is totally absurd. I can tell you that I work with colleagues in France & we have to hire translators, get certified translations of legal documents, etc., bc in that country their laws require business & legal documents be IN FRENCH. Most countries allow business to be done with binding terms in English, but not France. This makes the underlying principles of this show absurd
@@theywalkinguptoyouand4060 you admit french fashion and cooking is seen as relevant simply because it's french. Exactly how do they need help with marketing?
emily is such a y/n. perfectly perfect, skinny (but always eating junk), and fashionable girl gets a job that she’s no qualified for (but some how amazing at) gets every single man that lays eyes on her.
What does y/n means in this context?
@@garak55 like the Wattpad trope where y/n stands for ‘your name’
Is y/n the new term for a Mary Sue or something? God I'm old
@@rikkicrowder7134 it's more of a reader insert fanfic thing less mary sue and more like a dating sim I guess
@@rikkicrowder7134 it's basically for all the fics that are about reader/character
Emily in Paris feels like a inexperienced teen writing fan fiction about a Disney channel movie.
Edit: just to be clear, this is not an insult to the fanfic writers out there! ya'll are cool, and I know for a fact ya'll could write better than this show.
Omg you're spot on
A y/n self insert fanfic. Y/N in Paris.
@@MsLilly200
Honestly i wouldn't be able to tell the difference.
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Huh.
I'm giving a dirty look right now. I feel attacked even though I'm no longer a teenager. We don't bash fan fiction, it's writers, or (the craptastic), Disney.
Tsk. Tsk. Tsk.
Wait wait wait, so Emily keeps having an affair with Gabriel, even after finding out he's in a relationship with Camille... and then proceeds going to go to bed with Camille's 17-yo brother?
yes
Research fail: age of consent in France is 15. 17 is even legal in 34 US states.
@@RobertMorgan still a pretty weird, albeit legal, situation.
@@RobertMorgan no one Was saying it is illegal, the point is that she is and adult and he is a teenager
@@RobertMorgan that doesn’t make it morally correct..don’t defend the romanization of pedophilia.
When I first saw this advertised I thought it would be a show making fun of American tourists, overtime showing Emily learning french and getting immersed in french culture and then maybe in the finale getting the chance to go home and then feeling out of place back in the American office so deciding to return to France
That's exactly what I thought it would be about considering the awards it was nominated for
Hey! That might have been an actual show! Imagine being in France and still thinking america is the best place, what a joke
@@corvus2512 tinking? why, she is a american. she is right, even then wrong.
Can't believe you wrote a better concept of a show like this in one sentence in a youtube comment. Where's YOUR screenwriter job?
Oh my god this would of been so much better
The weird thing is, is that if Emily in Paris just played its premise straight then it might not have been so bad... Like, somewhat ignorant and completely under qualified American girl gets sent to work in Paris isn't a terrible idea for drama.
Just let Emily rightfully faceplant when she first starts out, then make the series about her exploring French culture, France, and the people around her. The more she learns, the better she gets at her job until she's finally kicking ass in a totally warranted way. Still may not be terribly interesting and it's still got to change its portrayal of France to something more accurate but it'd be less cringy than this...
Yeah, that was where Devil Wears Prada movie actually did it right. They had the main character get called out for not putting in the work to understand her industry and job.
Also, I'm sure there are like.... genuine differences between how marketing companies target people of different cultures just as they do different demographics which could have been explored in a semi-thoughtful way, yknow? You want me to see how ~different~ American media is, show me how different American media is.
The main character comes across as too young & stupid, though. Nobody in their mid-20s would be this way. They'd need to change so much in order to make this show work. Ideally they'd recast it with someone who actually comes across as an adult who could work as a professional (like the women in SATC) or just make it a dumb teen drama
@@WinterFogFilms Yes, that's a very real thing! I'm French and work for a French company, we had to hire British marketing experts to open the company to the British market. So.... if Emily is supposed to work with a French market, she's probably not the best suited for it imo. But I haven't watched the show lmao just videos trashing it xD
or maybe she gets fired and becomse a hobo in pairs, that would be more interesting lol
When Luke told Emily 'We're all a little afraid of you", I was waiting for the ball to drop because I was 100% sure he was being sarcastic. Nope... apparently the entire office is afraid of Emily because her American ideas are so intimidating 😐
American's do love to take careers away from anyone who doesn't match their idea of what's politically correct
When that happened I was confused. Trying to think of what she said that was smart.
@@layton6202 what are you even talking about
@@nectar9509 that term automatically gives me transphobia vibes
(edit: this was just a general statement abt personal experiences with the term's use, not trying to insinuate op/only the truth is a transphobe)
@@daisy-td9qs Anyone that makes claims like that without any substantial evidence is pretty pathetic and shows a lack of maturity.
Have I watched maybe 5 videos about Emily in Paris? Yes. Have I WATCHED Emily in Paris? No. Nor will I. Will I now watch ANOTHER video about this cursed show just because it's Amanda? HELL YES!
Same. lol
You're not missing out on anything, trust me 😅
This is the hate watch I love to do. **o**
@@Mike90317 And I get that, too! Watching bad and weird stuff can be fun. That's how I managed to watch 4 seasons of Riverdale 😅
Yeah, your fine, I completely forgot I had watched the entire show until this video...
I wore a beret (they sold them at H&M) in Stockholm. Multiple people commented I was throwing off an Emily in Paris Vibe. Emily in Paris has ruined berets (༎ຶ︿༎ຶ)
Noooo! Please say its not so, I bought one last year😭
Oh noooo! I love wearing berets. I guess i gotta make sure i don't wear one abroad
Take the look back! Don't let "Emily" ruin what you love. Wear what you like regardless.
Don’t let a stupid show ruin a fashion you love!! 💚✨
WHAT NO I ALWAYS THOUGHT THEY WERE SO CUTE AND WANTED ONE WHY
"They are whispering to each other in English even if it not towards her"
Let's be real, it just because they wanted to accommodate their American audience who don't understand the language, after all, how could they oblige them to /read subtitles/ for thirty second.
That is so damn sad.. that’s a thing I dislike about English speaking countries (well especially America). They make fun of people with accents even tho these people can speak 2 languages unlike themselves...(sorry a little off topic now that I think about it)
@@StrawberryMatchaTea oh yeah no I totally get it, thats also annoying when many english speaker (i have mostly the US and maybe even canada in mind) dont even bother to learn more than english.
@@StrawberryMatchaTea They speak only one language and it's the most basic one that practically any person learns is school everywhere. I'm Portuguese and I learned English and French in school, and let me tell you French is way harder than English, the verbs alone are a nightmare.
This is a big part of the problem:
Me: Wait, why are they speaking English?
Hollywood: Because we're giving you what you want! You don't want subtitles!
Me: Um... you do know I can read, don't you?
Hollywood: We told you, this is what you want!
Me: Actually, I'd much rather have what I'm watching make sense.
Hollywood: Hey! You don't tell us what you want! We tell you what you want! Now shut up and watch!
Me: Actually, I'd rather not. Got anything different?
Hollywood: NO!
Me: Why not?
Hollywood: BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT YOU WANT!!!!
It' explains why I tend to prefer TH-cam videos like this, and foreign films, over a lot of movies that are made here. Then again, I'm also an American that's worked very hard to become bilingual, so I may be in the minority here.
Interviewer: “So what did you do to research to the people of Paris to depict them in the show?”
Writers: “We watched Pepé Le Pew cartoons”
I am too France now
Also: „we watched Ratatouille“
@@excessivelyfangirlingbookw3339 ratatouille tried...
@@TehMomo_ I know, I like the movie (although I'm not French so idk what counts as authentic enough) - but Emily literally says "It's like Ratatouille!" when she arrives in Paris.
I would believe it
As a French Person, watching Emily in Paris was just ridiculously funny
Will never understand the nomination tho
How was it funny lol
In a nutshell: bribes to the HFPA
I'm not French, didn't even watch it but trailer alone was ridiculous to me.
j'ai vu des américains se comporter comme Emily donc ça m'a fait marrer
@@CyborgWolf Oui, Américains sont comme ça 😅
I miss *I Am Not Okay With This*
I can only hope the second season will come out eventually.
Nice to see you here One Topic!
Completely unrelated, but--the absolute travesty of Teenage Bounty Hunters not getting a second season still annoys me.
hi OT, didnt expect to see you here lol
He has arrived... The Maan, the Miff, the Légènd
@@jacobd1984 YESSSSS it ended on such a cliffhanger. I would do anything for another season 😩
As a norwegian girl in france, you definately need to speak french to work 🥲 So yeah, what she said about her language-skills not really being a problem is a valid point 😅
Well yes because French people are awful at speaking English and often refuse to make any effort to learn it because of arrogance. Speaking English the way to open to the world, that's the "universal" language wether we like it or not.
@@vee1766 we are not that arrogant. Actually, we (French people) are really not confident about our English, our accent. We suck at English. And we love when foreigners try some French, even if it's just the basic (bonjour, merci, au revoir)
@@vee1766 or perhaps because you live in France, work in France and so you deal with French people.
@@vee1766 wait! French people don't speak English because of their accent and stuff. Second- it's Emily went to Paris not a French guy moved to US, so, it's Emily's job to learn French and adjust into culture not French people's job to bend over for Emily
@@vee1766 Imagine thinking people are arrogant for preferring to speak their OWN language in their OWN country.
As a French person, this show is offensive on so many point, I think I could spend days detailling everything that is wrong with it, and not even be halfway through it
Personally, I think that the best way to apreciate french culture is watching french series or movies
But I have to tell you that french cinema is really different than your classical american cinema:
It's mostly focused on personal stories, what we call "tranche de vie" (lit. "slice of life" which is basically a clip of a moment in the life of the caractere, and the whole movie is about that (it can litterally be one day, or it can be longer, but most of it is not really longer than a year))
I mean, there is a movie that the plot is around the name of a future baby, so ...
I wouldn't be able to recommand any good series or movies to appreciate the french culture, but "Emily in Paris" is, for sure, something you shouldn't watch if you want to learn more about the french culture and traditions :)
Call My Agent is a great show set in Paris.
There aren't a lot of quality series. Call my agent could be the best to begin with french tv. Cinema is way better though.
Thanks man. I’m from the UK, but I’ve recently become really interested in learning about French culture thanks to this fan project I’m in. And for the other people recommending Call my Agent... where can I watch it?
@@Cheetahgirl_Studios It's on Netflix in the UK (original title is Dix Pour Cent, 10%)
@@lisamortini8567 Thanks!
Instead of a love letter it feels like one of those creepy DM's when a dude who doesn't get an answer from you starts to insult you lol
Couldnt have said it better myself
Lmao 😂😂 Good one
Daaaamn
The more the years go on, the more these "end all be all" awards like Oscars, Grammys, golden globes etc are being regarded as garbage. I am here for it all.
There's a reason why the ratings for those shows have been on a nosedive. Besides all the politicization of those shows, the decreasing quality of writing and characters in the ones nominated have have contributed to the awards decline.
They’ve always been bullshit it’s just that it has gotten easier to see all these movies/shows and realize half of them aren’t worth the awards 💀
i tought the reception of this year's oscars noms was rather good
I don’t care about the awards, but I also really hope Shaun the Sheep 2: Farmageddon wins the Oscar for best animated feature. Not only because that would be hilarious, but the landscapes and character designs are very good.
People is more aware of the political games behind the scenes that get a movie or serie nominated or even win a prize that they don't deserve (likewhen Shakespeare in love won over Saving Private Ryan). Even if they don't, social media helps to confirm the viewers prospective over the gaslighting of the awards.
Emily is what everyone hates about American tourists. As an American who loves to travel i always am on my best behavior to make sure I don't leave a bad impression
You sound like a lovely person and are sure to be welcome wherever you travel :)
Believe me I’ve met a fair few ‘Emilys’ you’re not wrong. It only serves to make the decent American tourists that much nicer to meet though.
Thank god there's people like you! As an Italian I can't stand the entitled tourist, but I love people who try their best to be respectful when visiting ❤️
So very true, as a German who used to work in tourism as a student. I feel so sorry for Americans like you whose reputation gets tarnished by these idiots. I kid you not, there once was an American guy who pointed to the river in my city and was like "Is that the Rhine?" and I'm like honey the Rhine is about 600km further west, do you even know which city you're in and when I pointed out that it is in fact not the Rhine he was all confused that there's more than one river in Germany because he only knew one 😭
That's all you have to do -- be open-minded and treat people with respect.
With both Emily in Paris and Music being nominated for a Golden Globe, I looks like someone is trying to burn the award down for the insurance money.
The biggest take home from this is that Camille needs her own spinoff show and needs to kiss girls, probably Mindy
definitely watching that.
I would watch this
Mindy is awful, the only thing that saved her was being a poc. She was just used so someone can shit talk china and france without severe repercussions.
@@MT-zu2uq .....you know...maybe that'd actually add a great character dynamic!! Mindy, the kinda asshole-y girl who looks down upon French, comes across this sweet delicate Camille who she can't hate even if she wants to!! Oh no, something must be wrong here!! That will definitely bring some funny moments and ACTUAL character growth for Mindy(and I want an arc about Camille finding out what the hell her bf did with Emily)....?? But, if it's made by the same team as 'Emily in Paris' then fuck that!
@@MT-zu2uq Isn't the actress also of Korean, and not Chinese, heritage? Brb.
Edit: Yup, she is.
The best summing up of this for me was in an article saying the show is 'A boomer's vision of what a millennial's life is like'
Or a millennial's dream of what they wish their life was like lol
@@queencleopatra007 idk if millenials would typically be cocky about their own ignorance like Emily is
Omg that’s so accurate....
A youtuber Friendly Space Ninja does a great job explaining how horrible Emily in Paris is. Both as a character and the show
I LOVE that channel!!
Thank you! Came here to say this!
I saw his video and it's so detailed 👌🏻
YES YES YES!!! This video felt like a point-by-point rethread of the Friendly Space Ninja video. Also, FSN is actually French, and he offers an interesting and super detailed perspective!
looked in the comments for this
I love how even Tina Fay when presenting the award basically said
"How the fuck did this get nominated"
Did she really !? That is perfect!
I just looked this up: she was brutal! (I'm here for it!)
Savage
😂😂😂
The way that Tina Fey literally hired Ashley Park for the Mean Girls musical and still roasted it lmao
i like how the whole show is emily coming to paris, she disses the french, and also the french worship her
Accurate description of the whole series
Seriously I can understand being drawn to foreigners but damn why is everyone such a simp. I mean no offense but Americans are like everywhere, I have never met a Canadian or Brazilian in my life
As an American that went to a French school for 7 years, who said that this was accurate. This is not a love letter. This is lighting dog poop on fire and leaving it on the Eiffel towers door step
I see this show as a hostile act to start a war. France is going to kill us, hell North Korea is planning to.
After this show and Sia's Music, I'm having trouble believing anyone when they say "this is a love letter to X, Y or Z" 'cause as it turns out, this really isN'T LOL
Me too buddy. Me 2...
After "Music" and "Emily in Paris" I'm also having trouble believing being nominated or awarded a Golden Globe is any kind of metric for quality, much less even basic human decency.
@@manicmuffin Yes! Yes! You're SO right.
Just like the new Disney's Mulan lol. It was supposed to fix Chinese stereotypes from the animation, but it created even more stereotypes and everyone just hates it lol
It's a love letter to ignorance
1:20 "The devil wears Disney" that was a good and an interesting way to describe Emily in Paris.
When I first heard "Emily goes to Paris" ngl, I thought it was the OTHER Emily who never got to go to Paris in the movie. I would ACTUALLY watch a show about THAT Emily going to Paris, gaining confidence, and gaining a leadership position/taking over Jacqline Follet.
@@oleanderwyvern I would rather watch that version of Emily in Paris than this Lilly Collins in stereotyped France version.
Ok. Someone please make Pierre in Texas or something and then have him sing "Sweet Home Alabama" like a crazy person and have just one person clap to him... Cause that's how the " la Via en Rose" scene would work in here.
Gad El Maleh has a comedy show something to that effect, Huge in France
Gaston in Houston.
@@floraposteschild4184 , yes !
“Pierre in Texas” WHEN I TELL YOU I SCREAMED LMAO
Oh I can imagine the shitstorm should a foreign media company that pokes fun at American stereotypes the way this show does 😂
"Emily in Albany" was such an underrated joke
Something I noticed about her, and I thought was a personality flaw that would be an arc, was how she turned everyone and every situation into an opportunity to enhance her career. It was... almost sociopathic. She was very surface with everyone, used every moment with people as a photoshoot, as a means of networking, to drive her around, to bail her out of situations, to distract her from a temporary emotional disappointment and she never gives back anything meaningful. And I was supposed to root for her.
💪🔥
As someone from Albany, Emily in Albany sounds like a great indie film.
I'm on it
I literally spat out water. Funniest dig at the creators trying to get the name to rhyme and people not giving two shits
Albany huh? So, do you like steamed hams, I was told it's an Albany expression :))
isn't that the Paul McCartney/ Stevie Wonder song? it goes
Emily in Albany, i share a house with another three
side by side with the defunct whaling facility.
Ingrid Goes West realness
The only Emily who deserved to go to Paris was from The Devil Wears Prada.
Tbh at first I thought it was a Devil Wears Prada spin off
That is the only Emily in Paris I'll support
Best comment ever
Now I don't have a whole lot of experience in this regard but I'm pretty sure love letters aren't supposed to blatantly insult what they're written to. It'd be like if I wrote a love letter to my crush that just said "you're the most awful bitch I've ever had the displeasure of having to tolerate" and expected her to swoon.
I have a fiance. We've been together for 4 years and I love him to pieces. I'm totally telling him that shit next time he annoys me
@@TovarClan well damn, wasn’t expecting to have that impact but happy to help lol
@@trevorminyard8885 well insults are our way to demonstrate love, and with that phrase I think I will get an advantage
@@TovarClan Yeah I think insults are okay when both sides know it's more of banter than actual malicious intent. What the OP commented reminded me of that Nigerian movie scene where the guy bitch slaps the lady then immediately asks her to marry him.
@@tarotsushima3332 yeah I did understood OP's intention but that phrase was too much of a gem. Also I don't know what movie you are talking about and I just hope it's a comedy.
This whole "American understands French more than French" attitude is giving me a deja vu for the twitter mob protesting "cultural appropriation".
True, you just nailed it. This show is mega cringe
any parisian or french person hearing la vie en rose will attack on sight, that was the most inaccurate thing in the show
Everything about the show was that was French was inaccurate
I honestly don’t understand the French stereotypes. I’ve been there a couple times in different cities and the people there are LOVELY. They are so nice. They just want you to try to speak a little French, and not assume they speak English. Just learn how to ask “excuse me, do you speak English please?” (In french) And you can get all the way through France with no issues lol. Most do speak English and are happy to help you. No one asked but there you go.
Yup. I've been to Paris and everyone was very nice.
I can't speak French at all but I think I actually know how to say that sentence in French lol. Sweet!
Visited Paris when I was 16 and made sure I always asked before assuming someone spoke English. Everyone was super nice and helpful.
French here. Can confirm. Just show a little interest in our culture and you'll be surprised how nice people can be. I live in Korea and Koreans love it when foreigners learn one or two words of Korean, volunteer to wear the traditional costume, etc. So, in any country, try not to be the stupid tourist who lords over everyone and treats the country and its inhabitants as an Instagram backdrop. Don't be Emily.
The French are definitely a lot more hostile towards foreigners than some other countries, a lot will actively try to not understand you if you have even so much as a slight accent other than French, also most do not speak English unless you go to a large city then about 30% speaks a couple of words of French
Hi, never been this early. I'm finding the whole Emily in Paris situation hilarious. It got nominated and everyone just collectively said 'nah'
Still can't believe that Netflix renewed this, but cancelled One Day at a Time
And GLOW,I’m still annoyed about that one!!
And Everything Sucks! Netflix loves to keep their shit shows
And Teenage Bounty Hunters, it doesn't even makes sense since it was one of the most streamed shows they had. I guess Netflix it's turning into an official TV Network that eventually shows only reality TV and trashy shows for profit
And Dark Crystal
I'm honestly trying to find a way to cancel Netflix, I'm hoping they stop people from sharing an account so that I can tell my family why I have to cancel the account.
As a parisian seeing reviews of the show is actually more entertaining than the hsow itself
I feel like an actual GOOD way to handle the love triange would have been to make emily feel guilty about it, questionning herself constantly, gabriel being super cool with it and when finally talking to her friend, her being like "You know we are in an open relationship right? I see a lot of men" to play into the cliche but also a cultural difference and them having a three some. It actually could be hilarious if they handled it well
And Emily's conversations with Mindy kinda built up in that direction of having an open relationship with Gabriel and Camille
The French: "oh, Simone de Beauvoir was an extremely influential French philosopher and feminist whose work on feminist ethics is still used today in academia. She was actually from the very city we are in right now"
Emily: "never heard of her 😎 now enjoy this commercial"
ngl, even my within my limited knowledge I was thinking about the French feminist philosophers that would make me raise my eyebrows at the show concept.
😯
@@morriganbermejo4042 she was an amazing and accomplished woman. Educate yourself
@Morrigan Bermejo Bruh why are you even watching Amanda? You do know that she is a self-proclaimed feminist right?
The "Little Brother Hook-up" scene is actually much worse. It stems from her misunderstanding what "college" is in France and therefore not knowing he's 17, but 17 year olds don't go to College, they go to Lycee. French "college" is for 11-15 year olds, which either means he's actually under 15, or that he's been held up MULTIPLE years due to not being able to keep up with his peers. Either way, he's got the emotional maturity, friend-group and life-experience of, at best, a 15 year old boy, and she has ten years life experience on him.
Also, why does nobody point out one of the most commonly used words for a man's privates in French is feminine? Is it because that happening would have meant actually having some French people involved in the production? Oh.
Which episode did she uhm took advantage of him??
@@farahanshaik8860 Episode 8 I think.
While true, it's also undeniable that Latin words have usually a unified meaning and then there's the French version. I fail to understand why it is called collège at all.
Actually, the worst part of that scene wasn't even the brother's age, although that's bad enough.. I still can't believe they then made the mother ask Emily if her son is a good lover🙈🙈🙈 that's such an extremely offensive stereotype and they just.. used it unironically🤦♀️ Darren Starr has obviously never known a single actual French person 🤣
@@akosbarati2239 college comes from the Latin, "to collect". I can't say I see why you consider that something that can't be done with minors.
Do you also have a problem with "teenager" and "adolescent" being used interchangeably when the latter was the roman name for people between the ages of 14 and 30?
Words, meaning and language change and mix over time. If Latin words hadn't changed universally over time, it wouldn't be a dead language now. It's got nothing to do with French in particular.
It’s the fact that every guy falls for her and every guy can perfectly speak English to her that just makes me laugh
Yeah, but wasn't Gérard Dépardieu a sex symbol?
@@akosbarati2239 I haven’t watched the show ever since it came out so I have no idea who that is
@@Person-ws6mj Gérard Depardieu is an actor, very famous in France.
I won't call him a sex symbol though.
@@nanalove3819 ah thank you
@@highkingmargo beauty isn't everything
"You're about to be 'emily in a bodybag'" was delicious, truly beautiful
I don't understand why the premise wasn't reversed. Why didn't they have a French marketing firm acquire an American firm? They have French clients who are looking to expand into American markets, and that's what Emily's job is: to help craft American campaigns for French brands. Now she's still under-qualified for the job, but also has some relevant experience. You have the friction of her telling bosses that certain things won't work in the American market, and her bosses telling her that certain things won't work for French clients. It's still bland and kind of dumb, but it makes more sense to give the show some bones.
I mean, I know the reason is probably because "French company acquires American company" would appeal less to American audiences. But still, wtf is she doing there?
Yes, the American perspective on fashion, just what everyone wants
🤣🤣
Can't wait for next season when everyone in France is going to be wearing hype beast clothes because of how influential little emily was 😍😍😍
Hahahahahaha!
@@kennyb1588 If that happens they could honestly use it to push the plot into grittier directions; Emily unknowingly throws French society into a cultural crisis by fucking up the Parisian fashion industry. Backlash by French designers gets co-opted by all sorts of political extremists looking to end the 'Americanisation' of French culture, causing poor ol' Emily to adjust to life in a Paris of riots, protests and police crackdowns.
I admit I went of the rails with this but I'd be pleasantly surprised if the second season did a complete U-turn and got really dark.
Man how many of our social issues can be summed up as "privileged white Americans thinking anyone asked or cared"
Even as an American who knows very little about the French, this show felt very disrespectful of the French people and culture. It also seemed dead set on glorifying Americans and toxic grind culture, and it was to such a point that it was unbearably self-indulgent.
This is like coming to Russia expecting snow and bears. I’m Russian btw.
It just feels like a caricature from propaganda cartoons.
It was to a point that i, as an italian who at first didn't know anything about the show, thought the authors were from usa and france and were just trolling everyone using the stereotypes of their countries in order to make a fresh satirical comedy.
9:19 "You're about to be Emily in a Bodybag" pretty much sums up my feelings for this girl by the middle of episode two
My guilty pleasure is watching all the videos about Emily in Paris. I recently discovered that this is my new hobby. It's kinda sad.
It’s like when Mulan 2020 came out
Sameeee
Emily in Paris definitely felt like a movie that was original a wattpad story.
Also I find it ridiculous that every time Emily messes up something and it’s all her fault she ends up not being fired and forgiven. And yet when something terrible happens that she isn’t responsible for she gets fired. She should’ve been fired for multiple things.
Even a writer for Emily in Paris was like no 🖤 for the Golden Globes nominations
Lily Collins is one of the show's producers, but OMG SHE IS SO SURPRISED Emily In Paris was nominated and I May Destroy You was not. Bet she's shocked, shocked, how the critics were taken on an all expense paid trip!
Throwback to the timeless classic - wattpad fanfictions set in other countries wrote with lack of knowlege about those countries.
For examples: Random catchphrases in other languages with Google Translate, stereotypes about people and their traditions or habits, the only knowlege took from geography textbooks etc.
My champion is that one when our good old y/n while shopping in one of boutiques in Paris was paying in polish currency
Here's a research fail, the outrage over the brother being 17.
Age of consent is 15 in France.
You can't be late because my French ears will never be tired of people roasting that show.
She doesn’t deserve those Chanel bags if she can’t appreciate the Parisian culture!
Ikrrrrr. The absolute pain...
This whole "Emily" show seems like sth made in early 2000's...
That's why I loved it!
I liked this concept better when it was called Sex and the City
but in a bad way
Thats why i loved. We used to talk about things and had no fear to make jokes. Society nowadays look like robots that you cant even make a joke. If was a Black main character people would be aplauding and saying "omg a Black actress was nominated for Golden globes" and they wouldnt even care if they like The series or not.
People nowadays are fake and wants to prove they are justice. This is disgusting.
@@CAROLGAMERLIFE lol. just say you're racist and go
I love when people say “this big city is just like a small town” because I live in a city of 1million people in a small suburb and I have yet to see this corgi my friend keeps seeing. I go out everyday and there is no corgi.
the corgi is the friends you made along the way
Give us an update when you see the corgi.
Sooo, have you seen the corgi yet?
@@korinasalvamante2387 oh my gosh I forgot about this! I’ve since moved! Seen way more dogs though since I found this forest everyone seems to take their dog to, but still no corgis!
omg yes! paris has over 10 million people! i live in a village with 5500 and often dont see many of the people i know who also live here!
I'm glad you mentioned at 18:12 that the critique is for the writers here. I feel like it's really weird for people to put that on the character of Emily, when that dude clearly looks way way older than 17, and there was no reason at all for her to find it inappropriate that he was coming onto her.
It's definitely just a stupid writing decision, and a weird moment that was completely unnecessary and didn't need to happen.
Also, the age of consent is 15 in France, so the outrage here is purely Amanda's own self-insert, bordering on cultural ignorance. A lack of research at the very least.
@@RobertMorgan I agree with this. Americans have a bit of an extremist view on age differences, ignoring european laws and statistics altogether. I get the weirdness of having the writers make him underage for no reason at all, but I also see no problem with a 22 & 17 couple. It's legal.
That mother on the other hand....
@@RobertMorgan Still weird
@@RobertMorgan In France, we still find it extremely creepy and it is generally frowned upon that an adult sleeps with a minor even if that person has the age of consent
And all the French guys just happen to be model looking types.
I worked with an Emily and she drove anybody crazy. We did have a WhatsApp group to solve things without this person because they would only have does huge insane ideas that would never work. And if we tried to explain she would act up as a kid...
the devil wears disney is actually the best description ive ever heard about this show
At least Andy learned about her industry tho
The white writers were like "It's not racist against Asians if we make an Asian actor say it".
Actual quote from the show: "Chinese people are mean behind your back"
And the actress is from korean descent smh
As somebody who has seen dozens of Chinese movies taking place in the precommunist era, women gossiping together is quite often depicted.
@@akosbarati2239 that’s what women do though, in fact there’s some evidence to show that people developed communication skills partially because of gossip
@@tripledigit4835 The leading linguistics theory is that information sharing based on visual and auditory perception is what evolved into an informal system where men shared external and public information, but most likely ignored internal threats, and what started out as a benevolent whisper network transformed into gossip.
Since Confucian, East Asian societies lay a massive emphasis on not losing face and without civil rights still derive from feudalistic relations, there's a ton they can't say to each other's face.
Why some people freaked out over this open admission is beyond me. I never agree with the criticism that posits "we're not really like that" when internally they themselves admit, yes we're pretty much like that.
The last time it happened was over people positing that the Korean healthcare system's response to this pandemic was due to their system being much better, to which I pointed out that medical debt is a serious thing in Korea, just one symptom of huge inequalities explored in Parasites, or especially in Mr. Vengeance. In the latter movie the protagonist cashed out his pension fund and also sold his organs to save a loved one only to be betrayed hence the title.
@@akosbarati2239 Wow. Thank you 🙏🏾 😊
Sounds like a typical bad romance novel with a Mary sue that's "not like other girls" lol
If this show was supposed to be a 'love letter to Paris' it was apparently a love letter from an angry drunk ex.
"I May Destroy You" is, by far, one of the best shows i've ever seen. Michaela Coel was completely robbed in not even getting nominated. Disgusting.
Right! That was so unfair, there was word about the people from the Golden Globes getting bribed in order to have the show snag a win.
I love her so much in other things and what she's written before. I'm too scared to watch that show in particular because of the subject matter.
You HAVE to tell me where you got that "Jennifer's Body" shirt; it's one of the best things I've seen all week!
Agreed. i've tried to find it on my own but can't!!
Yes info plz
@@msimms1917 its by Super Yaki, can't post a link tho
@@randud i believe its from Super Yaki,, but yt won't let me post a link!!
Its justice for Jennifer's Body
I watched the first and last episodes and the only thought I had was : "wait, she still can't speak French..?"
Not to mention they dressed her in Chanel *a lot*, there's no way she could afford 10 different bags, and the clothes.
A thing that's actually stuck in my mind and I can't understand it is that Emily clearly takes French courses. SHE TAKES FREAKING LESSONS!! So WHY does she keep making mistakes and WHY is she clearly incapable of using even basic French? Like, I don't want to undermine her intelligence, but the show makes her out to be kind of smart and yet over the course of a few months she learns... nothing?? I learnt more Korean in a month while going to school and juggling extracurricular activities than her when she has SO MUCH FREE TIME!! Just take some time to study, GOD
Sorry for the rant 😅
Pretending they do not speak any language except French, even when they do, that really is totally something some French people do.
Although it seems less of a thing these days than it has been in the past.
I would love to subscribe to that present. I live in a Francophone region and can't fill a classroom with people I've met over the years (almost a decade) who speak a language other than French. Sadly enough they also don't retain Dutch either.
My sisters in laws said this 15 years ago. They’ll stare at you and then walk away
Let me guess they forget to say Bonjour and started the conversation by agressely yelling "excuse me".
Yeah if you are rude French people will just ignore you especially Parisian.
Always say Bonjour and 90% of French people will be nice and try to be helpfull.
That's it that the one cardinal rule you have to stick to.
But for weird reasons Anglo Saxons seems to have a hard time with this one basic rule.
They still do it lol 🤣imo this show is bad, nothing interesting in it. I tried watching, got bored. But there's certain stereotypes shown there that are true. For example, the way Europeans see smoking, even the young generation still considers smoking a cool thing. Not the case in the US. The way you're treated as a customer at restaurants is accurate. You'd never send a plate back to the kitchen in Europe, because the temperature of the the meat wasn't right, lol, there's a high chance someone will spit on it if you do (okay I'm exagerating, they probably wouldn't🤣), but you certainly do not get it redone for free lol.
I feel like that line (I forgot what character said it) "We work to live, you live to work" is kinda accurate, but that's just my perspective.
It comes usually because of the fact that most french people are unsure if they're speaking correctly in english (or other language) so they prefer to feign ignorance instead of trying.
I AM SO SAD ABOUT, "I AM NOT OKAY WITH THIS" NOT GETTING A 2ND SEASON 😭😭😭 FUCK!
Edit: Well idk how to start a petition, but just throwing it out for anyone that does know 😏📝
Me too 😭
Ikrrrr
That is a decision that I have taken personally.
ESPECIALLY WITH THAT FUCKING CLIFFHANGER MAN
I actually cried when I heard.
That show spoke to me and they just ....
I think i’m a little too salty and emotionally involved in these shows that i haven’t even watched
Don't watch it. I'll never get those hours. It's not even funny bad
@@blacklungsanji3 I watched it...you guy's as usual are overreacting
@@layton6202 So you think it was good?
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Also i didn't say it was horrible & offensive. Just that it was horribly bland and a time waster. If it was funny bad I would at least be entertained while being angry at the same time but Emily in Paris gives you nothing
@@blacklungsanji3 I just think people are just way to critical nowadays always having to over think and dissect everything, for what it was I didn't think to much of it to begin with, I knew what I was getting into when I heard it was made by the same dude who made sex in the city. People just love to cry about thing's in today's society not saying you are, but I've seen people who felt like it was a personal attack at them for how they made French people look it's insane. Whatever happened to just switching your brain off and just enjoying something.
@@layton6202 I mean if it’s shit it’s like turning off your brain and just enjoying shit I understand what your saying I guess if it just bland then I don’t see why it’s bad
Also do you like it
Emily gave me so much second hand embarrassment I'm actually learning French. Like I'd been meaning to anyway, but Emily certainly gave me the shove.
(Emily, tu m'as inspiré d'apprendre le français.)
Isn't the official mistress thing something the writers read about the French royalty doing in the 18th century and were like "yep, that is what is totally normal by everyone in France nowadays"?
Probably.
They are going to execute someone and parade their head through the Arche de Triomphe in the Second Season.
Except in one Louis De Funès comedy his wife is chasing him throughout the town because she thinks he has an affair. Okay, it's from the '70s, but the main point that the French themselves make fun of the phenomenon. I had a serious Cyrano de Bergerac vibe from the critics, "Je me les sers moi-même, avec assez de verve,
Mais je ne permets pas qu'un autre me les serve."
@@akosbarati2239 Not to be disrespectful, but that's different than what Emily in Paris is doing.
The French film is making fun of the concept while the Netflix show treats it like a normal thing that is part of French culture.
Again no disrespect.
@@akosbarati2239 I don't think it is the same. In French movies and litterature, the cheating, and in particular the cheated husband, can be used as a comedy trope. Though I think it doesn't happen a lot nowadays because the only things I can think about are old books or movies.
But Emily in Paris invented rules that didn't exist, and stated them as if they were the truth. This is a wrong stereotype to say that French people are ok with cheating, but the show treated as if it were true.
they invited the judges of the awards to a ¨emily in paris¨ experience. Yes, they literally bought them by inviting them to luxury hotels, restaurants, etc... Well... that explains the nomination
Ahh bribery❤️
How do I join this academy 😂😂 I mean if everyone knows it's fake at this point might was well reap the benefits
The moment I saw Emily had the AUDACITY to show up to a job *in* Paris without learning at least passable French, I was already out. I never even make it to the first episode.
Yeah. In her defence, she wasn’t qualified and took the job on very short notice, but you’d still think she’d teach herself the basics, and would continue trying to learn when she got there.
I understand your pain. I was distraught when 'Everything Sucks!' was cancelled because it was a show that I could actually relate which is rare for me. The show was also left off on a cliffhanger 😔.
What about the other way around? A show named Stephane in New York, where Stephane, a Frenchman comes to America and decides to stay there without knowing English?
And he ends up complaining about the fast-paced American lifestyle and food, claiming that the French way of life and French food is better.
I feel like a show like this would've worked in like the early 2000's but the Sex and the City writers have failed to realize that the same tropes from that show Do Not Work Anymore and SatC has super problematic moments and stereotypes.
And you seem to miss that the world of 2020 isn't that woke and super cautious about every minoritys feeling the internet bubble wants us to believe. Some people still have fun buy makig fun of other cultures like French men.
@@andremiller1836 what do minoritIES have to do with anything?
@@andremiller1836 The show was ripped apart by most international critics, very few actually recommened it. So no, not just the "internet bubble"
@@andremiller1836 except majority of French people especially hated it, not including critics and regular people.
Have I already watched three other videos on how shitty Emily in Paris is? Yes. Am I still going to watch and enjoy Amanda’s video? Also yes.
Maybe it's the fact that I haven't been outside of my house in 8 months but I liked Emily in Paris. And then I saw the reaction French people actually had and then realized I was part of the problem.
Its ok to enjoy trash, as long as you dont deny it is trash, like award shows do
I personally don’t think it’s a problem if you enjoy it. It’s trash, but it’s okay to like it. I like lots of things that I’m fully aware are garbage.
Enjoying something that may have been seen as bad or offensive doesn't at all make you a problem. It's okay to like things and have fun with what you watch even if it's rather ridiculous.
In your defense, it is meant to be enjoyable.
As long as you recognize the issues with the show, it is okay to like it! Just don't be one of those people who refuses to listen to the people the show is offending.
Not that this should be surprising for an East Coast Canadian, but your French pronounciation is damn good, which is a relief when watching a video about a show taking place in Paris. So thank you I guess
Emily looks down on her boss for having an affair with her friend's husband, makes it seem like its a french thing but then continues to have affair with her friend's boyfriend. Her boss says, that she is becoming more French by having an affair. Like what? How can a series generalise having affair as a French thing. Made me ceinge so much.
Award shows are stupid and we should all stop watching them or at least stop pretending they're anymore objective then or own opinions.
The only time I watch Award shows is when I'm watching someone else make fun of them.
@@siegwardinspirit I only watch award shows when Ricky Gervais's hosting.
So Emily in Paris is telling us we need to get you 900 more followers on insta and you get big company sponsorship and swag. We can do it for Amanda
Both Emily in Paris and Music were both quoted to be love letters. Which is kind of ironic. A love letter to Paris and a love letter to the autistic community. And neither of them are or even respect the people that they are supposedly making it for. Both are harmful, both were not positively viewed by the viewers, and both should not have been nominated.
It's the kind of love letter written by someone who doesn't really know you at all and is waiting it based off the image they projected onto you even though you've never spoken and are in fact the exact opposite of that
They must be fans of Doug Walker and his understanding of “love letters”.
I went to middle school with Abby Govindan (the girl who started the Twitter thread pretending to be the creator of Emily in Paris) it’s so weird seeing her tweets go viral
Okay, I'm just at the begining but BRING BRACK I AM NOT OKAY WITH THIS
Seriously, as someone with anger management issues I felt so good watching it, it made me cry cause I never felt a character being so close to what I felt. The fact that it was conceled really hurt me
"we're all a bit afraid of you" "whAt?"
why did she sound happy lmao
i cant believe they cancelled i am not okay with this and teenage bounty hunters. they went and ended those shows with such a cliffhanger and we're just stuck here dangling while they make another to all the boys i loved movie.
As a Camille, I am begging Hollywood to stop making people with my name either bitches or the one who gets stabbed in the back by someone using us to get close to our lover. 😒 Camille is such a badass name Hollywood, stop wasting it.
"Absolutely the fuck it is not!" That could be my ringtone
Or they should have named her, like...Clarice. Clar-eese in Par-eese. 😂
I’ve never heard of “I May Destroy You” but damn now I have to see it
It's really good! I binged it last week. It's available on amazon prime video I think