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It is a Darren Star show, which means its fun and stylish and only partly steeped in reality.
This particular treat doesnt waste any time establishing its premise.
While sniffing some perfume, Madeline immediately becomes nauseous and throws up in her office trash can.
Come on, we all know this.
Its understandable, to an extent.
She has no experience working with the kinds of fashion and cosmetic brands that are their core clients.
(Her previous big professional win was a campaign for a diabetes medication.)
She cant speak French.
She is the quintessential basic American.
For their part, though, her colleagues are dismissive, rude, and largely resistant to new ideas.
In other words, they are stereotypically French.
This clash of cultures definesEmily in Parisand may call to mind another Star series, TV LandsYounger.
Both Emily and Liza have antagonistic relationships with their supervisors.
(Sylvie is a tougher version ofYoungers Diana.)
This is particularly true when her social-media skills are on display.
(Emilys brand is basically puns and plays on words.)
Its also a great pleasure to watch her encounters with Gabriel.
(Of course, she is pursued by multiple men.
She is attractive, and she is in Paris and that means she has to have sex.
The show is very clear on this point.)
This writer stands by it.
The humans dont provide the only eye candy onEmily in Paris.
Frequent Star collaborator Patricia Field worked on the costumes, which are invariably eye popping and Google-worthy.
Thats practically a guarantee.
Dont you want to go to the movies to escape life?, Emily asks.
Girl, thanks to the pandemic, a lot of Americans still cant even do that.
