Sometimes, fiction can leap onto the screen and change people’s lives, their cities, and even the politics of the world. It’s already happened with the movie’The Interview’ a fictional plot to assassinate the leader of North Korea Kim Jong-Unwhich caused real conflicts to arise between them USA y North Korea. Now, no one would have thought that the sweet and innocent ‘Emily in Paris’ would cause conflict between Paris and Rome.
In the next season, the list of Netflix he changes events and moves from Paris to Rome. The new adventure of the protagonist who seems to have liked nothing in the city of love. Too little for president Emmanuel Macron announced in an interview about Miscellaneous what, “‘Emily in Paris’ in Rome has no sense”. His words did not leave Rome indifferent, and the mayor of the eternal city responded this week: “Dear Emmanuel Macron, don’t worry, Emily is doing very well in Rome. And the heart cannot be controlled: choose.”
It seems that for Macron, ‘Emily in Paris’ has become a matter of state. You know very well that the American series, directed by Darren Star has undoubtedly helped shape the image of Paris which, in recent years, after many months of continuous attacks and increased security in the country, caused the city to lose its place of prominence. Since its launch in 2020, thousands foreigners They travel through the French capital in search of corners Emily Coopereven some travel companies rushed to produce ‘Emily’s Tour in Paris’ where travelers visit the most fictional places in the series, such as Savoir’s office, the house or bakery that Emily frequents, or Gabriel’s restaurant.
Thousands of women have arrived in Paris reordering the clothes of the series and take pictures of its old streets. It doesn’t matter if Palace Royal Colette or Napoleon walked, now Emily Cooper does, and this must be immortal.
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The results of ‘Emily in Paris’
The influence of this series is that the Macron family has seen an opportunity in it to reach young people. In the last season, Brigitte Macron appears briefly, while Emily He meets her in a restaurant and asks her to take a ‘selfie’, like a fan of a woman from France.
Although there is no exact data on how many The Americans have chosen Paris As a destination, after the start of the series, it is true that in recent years there has been a great increase in international youth living in Paris to study French or to work temporarily.
Not just foreign youth, either local products it has been seen he benefited of this boom, especially the emerging fashion designers who dressed the theater or the small shops that appear on the list.
However, it is not always to everyone’s liking, and some criticize Emily for presenting a simple and fictional image of the French capital, such as. a French newspaper ‘The world‘, who described it as “stupid” because of its impossible representation of the city. Carolin, a French student, laughs: “People in Paris don’t wear berets and handkerchiefs, and they don’t wear heels,” said Carolin.
