She changes every 30 seconds, still can’t speak French yet is adored by all in this theme-park version of the City of Light Lucien Laviscount as Alfie and Lily Collins as Emily in season 4 of the irksome, tone-deaf Emily in Paris. Photo: Netflix (L to R) Lily Collins as Emily, Ashley Park as Mindy in the new season of Emily in Paris. (Photo: Netflix) Lily Collins as Emily (Photo: Netflix) You have to feel a little sorry for the people of Paris.
It’s difficult, I know, when they’re lucky enough to wake up every morning in one of the most beautiful cities in the world and we’re not. Paris is the City of Light, the city of the Louvre, the Eiffel Tower, the Champs-Elysees, the Arc de Triomphe, the River Seine and the Place de la Concorde — and that’s before we get to all the great artists, writers, filmmakers and actors it has birthed and inspired. But still.
Parisians deserve our sympathy. One week, they’re riding high, giddy with pride in the afterglow of the spectacularly successful Olympic Games. The next, they’re facing into the fresh torments of season four of Emily in Paris (Netflix, from Thursday, August 15).
Parisians loathe Emily in Paris. When it made its debut in 2020, it was met with a barrage of anger and hostility. Emily in Paris: Season 4 Part 1 | Official Trailer It was slammed for stereotyping Parisians — and by extension, all French people — as lazy, vain, preening, disloyal, parochial and hygienically challenged, which it does.
This wasn’.