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C I N E M O N T A G E
F E A T U R E
WE'LL ALWAYS
HAVE 'PARIS'
WHAT THE 'EMILY IN PARIS' EDITORS LEARNED
ABOUT CUTTING AND COMEDY
By Peter Tonguette
I
f the last year and a half has proven nothing else,
it's that we could all use a trip to Paris every now
and again.
In the fall of 2020, the comedy-drama series "Emily in
Paris," starring Lily Collins as Emily Cooper, a Chicagoan
who pulls up stakes for the French capital, premiered on
Netflix. For audiences unable to go globetrotting during
the first year of the coronavirus pandemic, the series was
Above, Lily Collins and William Abadie in "Emily in Paris."
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