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French critics say the show does not present an accurate image of the city. Did they think 90210 and Sex And The City were searing documentaries about life in the US?
I enjoy a good true crime documentary as much as the next prurient voyeur, but there is something about living through a global plague that rather puts me off watching TV shows about death. I seem to be alone in this. At one point in my life I’d kill (not literally) for a good murder to break up the monotony of bloody Masterchef, but now I can’t get away from them: from Dennis Nilsen to Harold Shipman to Chris Watts, every night there is another programme about another psychopath to cheer us all up. It’s enough to make you long for Gregg Wallace. Almost.
But like a glittery Louboutin striding through a muddy apocalypse, the God of escapist TV, Darren Star, arrives when we need him most. Star, the man behind Beverly Hills 90210, Melrose Place and Sex And The City, has now gifted unto us Emily In Paris, a drama about a twentysomething American (Lily Collins) who moves to Paris and works in a fancy office despite – ooh la la! – not speaking French. And boy, have people been grateful for it: New York magazine ran six excitable blogs about the show in a week, and it has already achieved the ultimate modern accolade of trending on Twitter. Continue reading...