Friday, 2 October 2020

Netflix’s Emily In Paris is a fun getaway with your most stressful friend

One of the magical things about television is how, through the power of drama and/or comedy, it can take someone who would, in almost any other context, be the worst person you know, and make them fun to watch. That’s not to say that Emily Cooper (Lily Collins), the eponymous star of Emily In Paris, is a terrible person. She’s just someone you’d diplomatically describe in text messages as “a lot,” and in the new Netflix series, you get to see her inflicted on an entire nation.

Emily In Paris is one of the most watchable new shows on Netflix this fall, ridiculous in the way the best romantic comedies are, even if it’s a bit short on the charm. It starts with a dream job: when Emily’s boss at Chicago marketing firm Savoir discovers she’s...

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source https://www.theverge.com/2020/10/2/21498727/emily-in-paris-review-darren-star-netflix

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Vergecast: Two more iPhones, Apple’s ‘One More Thing’ event

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