There are the personal-brand-building selfies with the onscreen likes ticker.
And then, of course, there are the American-in-Paris Barbie outfits.
Emily never takes anything off.
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the white go-go booties!)
without ever getting a sense of the full picture.
And so I reached out to a few Parisiennes to get their take.
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To put it simply, Emily is not my style.
Its not the items she wears per se that I dont like.
Some wonder if Emilys outfits are intentionally tasteless to underscore the difference between her and the Parisian counterparts.
Camille Razat as Camille in episode 304 of Emily in Paris.
Far more criticism goes toward the way the French are portrayed.
(The flower-shop scene, really?)
The French portrait is simply inaccurate and far too caricatural.
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It leads to a point where its sometimes ridiculous and painful to watch.
This is so arrogant and individualistic.
You cant be a bull in our fine Limoges porcelain shop and expect us to admire you.
Others commend the way in which Emily perseveres in spite of the endless critique.
She follows her ideas and desires to the end.
And you know what?
The energy it gives me is much more powerful than my Parisienne version!
Dressing like her…well, thats another matter entirely.
Marina Khorosh is the author of the memoirLove in Translation,currently out in France.
This post was originally published inVogue.
