I haven't seen Collins in anything else, so I'm relieved to read that her performances are solid in other stories.
In another bout of EIP-related Schadenfreude, I read the wikipedia page on the series, including commentary from various pop culture critics, and that was hilarious fun.
"Darren Star has done it yet again: centered an entire show on a thin, gently delusional white woman whimsically exploring a major metropolitan area in wildly expensive couture purchased on a mid-level salary."
"...there's not much to the character, except for enormous amounts of self-confidence and the inexplicable ability to attract new friends and love interests on every street corner."
"An expat who acts like a tourist, she judges everything against the backdrop of her own rigid Americanness. You might figure that those moments are evidence of a show poking fun at its protagonist's arrogance, or setting the stage for her to grow beyond her initial provincialism. But: You would be, as I was, mostly incorrect. [...] The show [...] is selling several fantasies. Primary among them is the notion that Emily can bulldoze her way through France and be celebrated for it."
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In another bout of EIP-related Schadenfreude, I read the wikipedia page on the series, including commentary from various pop culture critics, and that was hilarious fun.