In a red dress and two seasons: "Emily in Paris" returns Israel today

It feels like just a moment ago "Emily in Paris" came into our lives, but believe it or not - it's been a little over a year since Emily decided to move to the French capital, and stormed into our lives.

And lo and behold, it's coming back to us especially for the winter season - and we can no longer wait to see it on the small screen again.

Emily in Paris: Season 2. Courtesy of Netflix

The success of this romantic comedy was quite surprising: it does not star big names, it looks and acts like a million other similar series, and it is one of many original series that the streaming company Netflix uploads frequently.

But what exactly was behind this surprising sensation?

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Need to get back to the beginning.

The series has a very basic and catchy story, one we have seen many times before: the same Emily, after whom the series is named, is a young American who moves to the capital of the chanson country to work for a marketing company.

There, of course, she encounters cultural difficulties and a tough boss, meets new friends and mostly meets some handsome men in particular, with whom she has a romantic relationship.

If you've felt like you've heard this story before, it's okay - let's face it, there's no doubt that Netflix did not try for a single moment to reinvent the wheel, but simply to give viewers something familiar and comforting.

The fact that the series aired in October last year, at the height of the corona plague worldwide and a few months before the arrival of the cursed virus vaccines, also contributed to its success, as many remained in their homes in closures, isolations and what not - and what better way to spend time on a 10-year-old light series Half-hour episodes each, providing a lot of comfort and so little thought?

Handsome men.

"Emily in Paris", Photo: Courtesy of Netflix

The creator of the series is not a new name at all in the entertainment industry in the US. Darren Starr has had several successes in the last 30 years (in his resume you will find "Beverly Hills 90210", "Melrose Place" and "Sex and the City"), but on The paper has no particular reason why in the first month of Emily's release in Paris, it was watched by no less than 58 million Netflix users worldwide, a figure that made it the company's most successful original comedy in 2020.

"From the beginning, we always wanted to create a beautiful view of Paris," Starr said of the series.

"The timing of the series' airing was great for us, as it was released while around the world people could just sit in their armchairs and live through our actors."

Against all criticism

That success came in almost stark contrast to reviews of her - who sometimes felt like they were competing with each other over who would crush her more. Although the critics did not particularly praise her, "Emily in Paris" surprised when she was nominated for the Golden Globe last year in the category of best comedy / musical series, in a controversial decision in light of reports that Netflix flew on vacation to Paris, at her expense, some foreign journalists And award winners. Later, the series even received an even more impressive stamp - with nominations for my mother in the same category.

Another reason for the success of the series is its amazing style.

Apparently Starr realized that if the characters in the series dress up as if they were walking around a fashion show (just as the characters in "Sex and the City" did and do now with the new daughter series, "Just Like That"), the audience will get excited and come back to watch them over and over again - and here it is. .

For a long time there was no talk of dressing in a TV series as there was in "Emily in Paris," so apparently he was able to decipher a method that turns series into the periodic faucet talk.

For fashion.

"Emily in Paris", Photo: Courtesy of Netflix

Now, the new season of the show comes with particularly high expectations.

It is likely that Netflix is ​​not building on the fact that it will win critical acclaim and bring it respectable awards (for this it has other series, such as "Ozark", "Strange Things", "Expert in Nothing" and "The Crown"), but will mainly flow tens of millions more. Viewers who will enrich the company's huge box office as well.

The escapism that "Emily in Paris" provided last year, we will also feel in the new episodes that will ignore the corona plague, as if it does not exist at all.

Lily Collins, who plays Emily in a Golden Globe nomination that made her a world star, said the decision was made to assure viewers that escapism would be preserved: "As an actress, artist and creator, the most significant gift is to communicate with people through your art. This project provides people with respite. We need her while everyone is looking for a reason to smile or laugh. "

Bottom line, if this is exactly what the series will do this season as well - there is no reason why we should not fall in love with Emily, the City of Lights, Trash, and everything that happens on screen for the second time.

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