Hugely successful Netflix show has been a boon to French tourism but latest season takes events to Rome
It is shameless fantasy, from high heels on cobblestones to sanitised streets free of litter and dog poo, a suspiciously blue River Seine, no homelessness and a main character so cut off from reality that French media refer to her as “the overdressed American”.
But the hugely successful Netflix series Emily in Paris – for all its stereotyping about a Chicago marketing executive’s culture clashes in France – did bring hordes of tourists to the country, boost trade and increase inquiries to estate agents in the capital. So now its departure to Rome for series 5 has become a political issue, with the president, Emmanuel Macron, announcing he’ll fight hard to keep it in France.
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2024/oct/09/emmanuel-macron-we-will-fight-hard-to-keep-emily-in-paris-in-france
Author : Angelique Chrisafis in Paris
Publish date : 2024-10-09 17:34:26
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