Television series “Emily in Paris” has become a cultural and social media phenomenon of sorts since it was released on Netflix in early October - but not necessarily because it is great or because people loved it. Instead, it’s become popular as the perfect pandemic watch (or hate-watch), and has spawned thousands of memes and parodies on social media - including some very funny Malaysian ones. So we put on our berets, grab a crepe, and settle back to see whether Emile is très chic or très cliche!



Image Source: 'Emily in Paris', Neflix

Television series &ldquo;Emily in Paris&rdquo; has become a <a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/tv/tv-features/emily-in-paris-netflix-review-1072978/">cultural and social media phenomenon</a> of sorts since it was released on Netflix in early October - but not necessarily because it is great or because people loved it. Instead, it&rsquo;s become popular as the perfect pandemic watch (or hate-watch), and has spawned thousands of memes and parodies on social media - including some very funny Malaysian ones. So we put on our berets, grab a crepe, and settle back to see whether Emile is tr&egrave;s chic or tr&egrave;s cliche!

Image Source: 'Emily in Paris', Neflix

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