Words: Chelsea Dalscheid
Perpetually Waiting For a Sequel Most of you will probably be familiar with the popular series Emily in Paris, starring Lily Collins, which premiered in October 2020. Due to the first season having been a huge success, another season was released almost exactly a year later, in December 2021, and most recently season three came out in late December of 2022. There could be a certain pattern that the producers of the show might have put in place intentionally. Why space the releases out by almost exactly a year, twice in a row, during the holiday season? The funny and sympathetic misadventures of Emily drew in the audiences immediately. Her slight awkwardness and her difficult relationship with her boss made her a ‘normal’ character with whom the viewer could identify, as well as motivate them to keep going as everything apparently turns to gold in Emily’s hands. Nevertheless, there were also some disagreements vis-à-vis the representation of French stereotypes in the series, especially from the American point of view. The success overweighed the criticism though, so the decision to continue the series was taken.
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