Tag: Emily in Paris
Whether It’s Emily in Rome or Emily in Paris, It’s Still Emily in the Merde and, Now, Borrowing Way Too Overtly/Specifically from Sex and the City
Considering that Darren Starr created Emily in Paris, it was bound to happen, sooner or later, that the show he’ll always remain most known for, [Read More…]
Emily in Paris Season 3 Aims to Solidify Itself As the McDonald’s Version Sex and the City—While Promoting McDonald’s
It seems all too on the nose that the first episode of Emily in Paris’ third season would immediately bring McDonald’s into the formulaic equation. [Read More…]
“Your Pain Is Your Biggest Asset”: Not Okay Goes for the White Girl’s Jugular and the Here-to-Stay Trend of Pain Performed for Fame
Once upon a time, on a street corner in Bushwick (where, of course, the “protagonist” of Not Okay lives), there was a manicured (read: commissioned) [Read More…]
Taylor Swift’s “Begin Again” Is Basically an Abridged Version of Emily in Paris
Long before Lily Collins, Taylor Swift was the one blithely embracing her basic bitch persona. Not just in general, but in Paris. Specifically in the [Read More…]
Post-COVID Paris, Qu’est-ce Que C’est?: Emily in Paris, Season 2
By trying to be more “aware” that it’s selling a farce of a fantasy the second time around, Emily in Paris aims to win more [Read More…]
Kim Petras Claims “Future Starts Now” While Relying on Stale Visuals of the Past to Elucidate Everyone’s Parisian Fantasy
Although the video itself has yet to arrive, Kim Petras has provided us with a “visualizer” (the latest trend that seems somehow superfluous when people [Read More…]
Distorted Postcards From An American Terrorist in Paris
The most recent terrorist attack on Paris comes not in the form of a random knifing or driving a car through a crowded area, or [Read More…]
