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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Jess Bacon

‘Delightfully delulu’: in defence of Emily in Paris

She’ll never go out of style … Lily Collins as Emily in Emily in Paris.
She’ll never go out of style … Lily Collins as Emily in Emily in Paris. Photograph: Giulia Parmigiani/Netflix

It’s inevitable that even the most harmless television shows are not to everyone’s taste. I’m sure some viewers would even have the audacity to veto Gilmore Girls, but there’s one deliciously sweet Netflix series that haters really have it in for: Emily in Paris.

Labelled a “whirlwind of nonsense” and critiqued for its acting, bad French accents (even by French actors) and for little to nothing happening, despite 40 episodes under its belt, there are a fervent few who don’t appreciate what the show is designed to be: blissful escapism.

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