![]() ![]() I wanted you to feel sexy and powerful, a bold woman unafraid to take on the world. "Is that what you think, I bought it for me?" he asks. Antoine later gifts Emily a La Perla lingerie set as she thanks him for the present while pointing out its inappropriate tone, Antoine challenges her assumption. When perfumer client and Sylvie's lover Antoine ( William Abadie) flirtatiously explains the allure of an empowered woman to Emily, she blatantly doesn't realize the irony. Emily's mere existence threatens Sylvie's personal and work life, making her je n'ai sais quoi style a hardened veil for jealousy. Sylvie and Emily are constantly pitted against each other through brain-numbing plot lines, pleading viewers to admit that Emily's wide-eyed innocence makes her exempt from any work-related mishaps. Did Emily not learn the girl code in Chicago?Įmily's older and painstakingly more chic boss Sylvie (Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu) is a one-dimensional character, jealous of Emily's youth and beauty. Ultimately, after a flimsy excuse for Gabriel to fully part ways with Camille, Emily and her guilt-free conscience can sleep with him - backstabbing her friend, but still getting the man. The second Camille is out of town, Emily locks lips again with Gabriel at a nightclub. She loudly has sex on the floor above him with the implication to make him jealous, and as Camille laughs, Gabriel annoyedly huffs into a pillow. Emily becomes fast friends with the blond beauty, all while harboring feelings for Gabriel. Later, even after Emily and Gabriel kiss in his cozy restaurant, Gabriel fails to mention he has a stunningly kind girlfriend, Camille (Camille Razat). The audience is supposed to root for Emily's budding romance with downstairs neighbor Gabriel ( Lucas Bravo) while Emily herself still has a long-distance boyfriend, albeit short-lived. Did we mention the account was almost lost because of her own blunder the day before? Seriously, who ships Trader Joe's peanut butter internationally and then is surprised when it explodes in the mail? She consistently dresses like a confused middle schooler, adding to her "fish out of water" persona, drunkenly loses track of a million-dollar watch, and lands ass-first into a new account after Gossip Girl fangirling. Ultimately, Emily in Paris glamorizes the patriarchy more than its fashion choices, leaving Emily's Parisian adventures harmfully confusing rather than aspirational for young viewers.Įmily is simultaneously viewed as a naive ingenue and a marketing boss babe played by a 31-year-old Collins, Emily's thoughtlessness is too cringey to be considered adorable. Yes, no cliché is spared, not even the weakest." Emily, though, revels in the misogyny and sexual politics while donning a lopsided beret and a ringarde purse charm. In his review for Premiere, Charles Martin wrote: " we learn that the French are 'all bad' (yes, yes), that they are lazy and never arrive at the office before the end of the morning, that they are flirtatious and not really attached to the concept of loyalty, that they are sexist and backward, and of course, that they have a questionable relationship with showering. In a post-#MeToo world, the Netflix hit attempts to tackle the "is it sexy in France but sexist in America?" overarching theme but does more harm than good.Ĭritics in the City of Love have bashed the series for its portrayal of the nation and fueling French stereotypes. ![]() Let's be real, no matter how handsome Emily's slew of Frenchmen are, nor how fabulous the outfits, Emily in Paris glaringly leans into a cringeworthy world where sexual harassment, cheating boyfriends, and leering clients are all part of the fantasy. But all that sweetness comes with a bad side effect: are we letting Emily (Lily Collins) - and ourselves - sugarcoat actual moral dilemmas just for the sake of being cute? Emily in Paris is just the kind of bubblegum-touting, destination-porn, adorable show that 2020 needs.
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