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Is The France We've Grown To Know And Love Gone Forever?

Once a global paragon of romance, beauty, and magic, the France we’ve seen in movies, and heard about in songs and literature, has undergone some especially tragic changes recently.

By Luna Salinas4 min read
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Of course, it’s difficult to imagine that, given the many modern portrayals of the country, specifically of Paris, which paint no such picture. You’ll never see Emily in Paris have the titular heroine walk through garbage flooding into the streets of Paris nor through riots, alongside protestors torching and destroying the city. It's not exactly the best approach for promoting tourism or a lighthearted Netflix show.