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Everything ‘Emily In Paris’ Got Wrong According To An Actual French Person
I heard how everyone was getting into the new Netflix show Emily in Paris, so I figured, as I was born and raised in France till age 21, I’d give you my thoughts about the show and France in general.
I actually quite enjoyed my time watching Emily in Paris. In some ways, it was brutally accurate — the rudeness of the French people was depicted to perfection. It honestly had me laughing at how ridiculous my people can be. But there were still some stretched clichés and general inaccuracies, giving a distorted image of a France I don’t recognize.
Let’s start with the light stuff.
1. Paris is not that clean, y’all. The dog poop scene was probably the most accurate of the series. If you haven’t seen it, I’ll leave it at that.
2. Paris is way more overpopulated than what you see on the show. There are people and cars everywhere, and it’s LOUD.
3. Excuse me, but how in god’s name does Emily repeatedly get from one end of the city to the other without taking the metro?
4. Where have all these Parisians who speak English so willingly and well been my whole life? Good luck finding that in real life…
