US Vice President JD Vance has offered a surprisingly serious take on Netflix’s hit romantic comedy ‘Emily in Paris’ , calling the show a “masterwork of American television’.
He even called it the “Shakespeare of our time”. In a video shared on social media on September 14, Vance discussed the show’s famously complicated love triangle and offered his own “meta-analysis” of the series. Emily in Paris is more than a glossy mix of fashion, romance and Parisian adventures; it is also a “massive cultural criticism of millennial decision-making”, according to him.
The new season will take Emily to Greece and Monaco before bringing her back to Paris. Emily in Paris is heading towards its sixth and final season, with Netflix set to premiere the concluding chapter on December 24, 2026.
Vance’s biggest issue appears to be with the choices made by the show’s central characters, particularly Emily Cooper and French chef Gabriel. He believes Emily, played by Lily Collins, and Gabriel, played by Lucas Bravo, are clearly meant to be together. “She should end up with the French chef. She should marry this guy. They should start a family, whether in Paris or in America. They should build a life together. He also argued that Gabriel should choose Emily rather than continuing to get involved with other people. “You gotta watch Emily in Paris. some mocked him for his opinions While some were surprised to find that he watches the show.
Because emily in Paris is usually viewed as light entertainment rather than a serious commentary on a generation’s decision-making, vance’s unexpected analysis has sparked reactions online, particularly.
That’s what they should be doing,” he said. Their repeated failure to settle on each other, he suggested, makes for some of the show’s most “absurd” and hilarious moments. “The fact that they keep on making atrocious decisions is kind of like the best bit of cultural commentary, I would say cultural criticism, of my generation, the millennials,” he added. It is, at the risk of overstating it, the Shakespeare of our time,” he said towards the end of the video.
