Television, drug of the nation

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atz in reply to @jono84

Unlike all the Scandi crime stuff i'm finding grim people and grim living a lot more convincing in Paris.

One thing I always liked about it was that it's pretty nice to see a mainstream French TV show that's made it to the UK reflecting modern France not some sort of idealised France.

Also a +1 for the Romesh show... really seems to have hit his stride with that one. He can be a bit marmite but he seems to have found a good angle with this sort of Palin-esque self-deprecating semi-innocent abroad schtick.

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jono84 in reply to @atz

not some sort of idealised France

My girlfriends mum (who is Japanese) swears she knows people that have had to visit "trauma" centres when visiting Paris

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_syndrome#:~:text=Paris%20syndrome%20%28French%3A%20syndrome%20de%20Paris%2C%20Japanese%3A%20%E3%83%91%E3%83%AA%E7%97%87%E5%80%99%E7%BE%A4%2C,viewed%20as%20a%20severe%20form%20of%20culture%20shock.

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hats in reply to @jono84

My girlfriends mum (who is Japanese) swears she knows people that have had to visit "trauma" centres when visiting Paris

Can confirm that the general opinion of Paris in China (amongst people who've never been there) is "so romantic" and "so perfume". Everyone who's been there thinks it's a filthy hellhole (apart from my New Yorker friend said that Paris is "weirdly clean"...).

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