Vance: ‘Emily in Paris’ a ‘masterwork of American television’

“Emily in Paris” is receiving high praise from a seemingly unlikely fan — Vice President Vance says the romantic comedy series is “genius” and a “masterwork of American television.”

The vice president lauded the Netflix show — which stars Lily Collins as an American who moves to the City of Light after college and navigates a burgeoning career and a roller-coaster love life — as a “massive cultural criticism of millennial decisionmaking.”

“If you’re just watching it superficially, ‘Emily in Paris’ is about this sort of bubbly girl who goes to Paris and has a cool job,” Vance said in a video posted on TikTok on Monday, describing his take as a “meta-analysis” of the series, which premiered in 2020.

Emily Cooper, the protagonist played by Collins, Vance said, “goes to Paris, and it’s obvious to everybody watching the show that she should end up with the French chef. She should marry this guy. They should start a family, whether in Paris or America. They should build a life together. That’s what they should be doing.”

“By the same token, the French chef should obviously end up with her, not the various craziest people that bump in and out of his life,” Vance said of the show’s culinary pro, Gabriel, played by French actor Lucas Bravo.

“And yet, what both of them do is they make a series of absurd, sometimes hilarious, sometimes not particularly believable mistakes, where she ends up with a bunch of random people or focused on her job. He ends up with a bunch of random people or focused on his job. And it’s like obvious: Fall in love, get married. You two were made for each other,” Vance exclaimed.

“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,” the 42-year-old vice president continued.

“It is — at the risk of overstating it — the Shakespeare of our time,” Vance said with a slight grin.

Netflix representatives didn’t respond to ITK’s request for comment about Vance’s praise of the show.

It’s not the first time that Vance has extolled the magnifique virtues of “Emily in Paris.” In a 2024 appearance on “The Joe Rogan Experience,” Vance expressed his admiration for the series.

“I actually think ‘Emily in Paris’ is a masterpiece,” he said at the time.