The series broadcast recently on Netflix irritates many Parisians, who did not fail to express their dissatisfaction on social networks.
“Emily in Paris” tells the story of a young American from Chicago who comes to settle in Paris.
Problem, the series stacks up the clichés over the episodes and draws a caricatural portrait of the city of light, of Parisians and of the French in general.
A “postcard” vision totally out of step with reality.
Clean streets without garbage cans, women in stiletto heels all day long, a collaborator who smokes in the office, working days that begin at 10:30 am… the heaviness of certain scenes also irritates Americans living in Paris.
This is the case of Lindsley Tramuta, a journalist and writer who has lived in the capital for 14 years.
"It's ridiculous, it's worse than I had imagined," says the author, who has published a book entitled "The New Paris and the new Parisienne"
(The new Paris and New Paris)
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According to her, Darren Star, the director of the series, "erased the realistic side of the city to preserve fantasies".