Darren Star, creator of 'Emily in Paris': "We like to hate people when we are offended"

When Netflix premiered

first season

in October 2020

, Thomas Sotinel wrote in

: “After four hours of

, I was only

slightly

nauseous, as if I had eaten a whole box of

, but I was intrigued for the slightly bitter aftertaste of these sweets ».

That was perhaps the most pleasant criticism that fiction got in France. "With

we learn that the French are sexist and retrograde and, of course, have a questionable relationship with the shower,"

read

. "

, or even a beret to distinguish them", Sens Critique ironized. And so an endless list.

A

(Maryland, 1961), creator of the series, which premieres its second season today at Netflix, he escapes to the hear laughter.

"We like to hate people when we feel offended," he answers sarcastically.

“Besides the stereotypes go both ways, there are a lot of Americans too.

They are part of the humor game, they are not made to offend.

The story of the first season focused on that, on trying to laugh at ourselves.

In the second it is less important.

It does not seem that they understood it that way in France, because it was one of the most popular and beloved series.

And when they recorded the second they just told us how much they loved it and how much they laughed.

Maybe there were a couple of things they saw exaggerated, but overall the reception was quite warm.

Therein lies a large part of the success of fiction and its protagonist, Emily (Lilly Collins), who makes anyone go from hatred to tenderness in just two scenes. 'It wasn't meant for that at first. We wanted her to be tough, stubborn but with her heart in the right place.

. But she learns from her mistakes and grows. That is what we will see in the second season ", Star details in conversation through Zoom.

This is a trait that is often criticized in Europe by North Americans: that they take little interest in other cultures. Yes absolutely. One thing that impresses me when I come to Europe is how widespread it is for Europeans to speak other languages. Almost all of you speak English, we only speak ours and we hope that everyone around us will. In fact, that is the main challenge for Emily from the beginning and she is lucky to get this far because she has to start looking for some friends, learn the language of the country, live and work. Emily, in the end, is not the opposite of the dream? American? In what sense? In that he arrives in Paris to take over the world and little by little he discovers that there are things more important than the professional Yes, but that is something intentional. Americans tend to be cocky when we go abroad,but she ends up being changed by France and she becomes fond of him. It happens to all of us when we travel to other countries, we open our eyes and grow. Traveling is an experience and Emily assimilates the culture as the series progresses. Still he's never going to let go of his American side, he's too ingrained. We are all a kind of product of our place of origin. Has this globalized world and social networks brought us a little closer in that regard? Yes, social networks have given us a very universal experience. It is something that relates very well to this series because we live in the world of social networks and that transcends language. But learning a language does not happen overnight, it is a long and expensive process for most people, and that makes it difficult to coexist.It happens to all of us when we travel to other countries, we open our eyes and grow. Traveling is an experience and Emily assimilates the culture as the series progresses. Still he's never going to let go of his American side, he's too ingrained. We are all a kind of product of our place of origin. Has this globalized world and social networks brought us a little closer in that regard? Yes, social networks have given us a very universal experience. It is something that relates very well to this series because we live in the world of social networks and that transcends language. But learning a language does not happen overnight, it is a long and expensive process for most people, and that makes it difficult to coexist.It happens to all of us when we travel to other countries, we open our eyes and grow. Traveling is an experience and Emily assimilates the culture as the series progresses. Still he's never going to let go of his American side, he's too ingrained. We are all a kind of product of our place of origin. Has this globalized world and social networks brought us a little closer in that regard? Yes, social networks have given us a very universal experience. It is something that relates very well to this series because we live in the world of social networks and that transcends language. But learning a language does not happen overnight, it is a long and expensive process for most people, and that makes it difficult to coexist.Traveling is an experience and Emily assimilates the culture as the series progresses. Still he's never going to let go of his American side, he's too ingrained. We are all a kind of product of our place of origin. Has this globalized world and social networks brought us a little closer in that regard? Yes, social networks have given us a very universal experience. It is something that relates very well to this series because we live in the world of social networks and that transcends language. But learning a language does not happen overnight, it is a long and expensive process for most people, and that makes it difficult to coexist.Traveling is an experience and Emily assimilates the culture as the series progresses. Still he's never going to let go of his American side, he's too ingrained. We are all a kind of product of our place of origin. Has this globalized world and social networks brought us a little closer in that regard? Yes, social networks have given us a very universal experience. It is something that relates very well to this series because we live in the world of social networks and that transcends language. But learning a language does not happen overnight, it is a long and expensive process for most people, and that makes it difficult to coexist.Has this globalized world and social networks brought us a little closer in this regard? Yes, social networks have given us a very universal experience. It is something that relates very well to this series because we live in the world of social networks and that transcends language. But learning a language does not happen overnight, it is a long and expensive process for most people, and that makes it difficult to coexist.Has this globalized world and social networks brought us a little closer in this regard? Yes, social networks have given us a very universal experience. It is something that relates very well to this series because we live in the world of social networks and that transcends language. But learning a language does not happen overnight, it is a long and expensive process for most people, and that makes it difficult to coexist.

It is this immersion in the language, in this case French, which articulates a large part of the love, work and social plots of the second installment of Emily in Paris. A fiction with which many have already found a comparison with

, which has now just returned with its sequel, turning its protagonist into a kind of Carrie Bradshaw exiled in the French capital. It is not by chance that Darren Star shares the authorship of both projects.

Do you agree with that parallelism between your two series?

They are two very different series because they arise from different places and with very different times.

Sex and the City focused on talking about sex and relationships from a female point of view, which in the early 2000s was something that had never been seen with frank and honest conversations about sex.

That already takes you to a totally different place, but it is true that both protagonists are strong and not at all perfect, they make mistakes and that brings the audience closer to them.

Carrie and Emily make mistakes in life and in love, but they learn from them.

As Darren Star seems to have learned from criticism from the French, too.

And the smile escapes him again.

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