Darren Star's breezy new romantic comedy Emily in Paris recently hit Netflix. And while I struggled with the show's inability to properly address Emily's flaws and American stereotypes, I binge-watched all 10 episodes in one sitting, devouring them like a Halloween-sized bag of Starbursts, knowing full well the entire time the sugar was bad for me, and yet I couldn't stop.In the Netfix Original, Lily Collins stars as Emily Cooper, an ambitious millennial from the Midwest who is skilled at social media strategy and marketing.
She moves to Paris to offer an American perspective to the French luxury marketing firm her company just acquired. While watching Emily flounce around the City of Light, I noticed a number of similarities to Star's TV.
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