At the end of December, the sequel to Emily in Paris was released on Netflix.. In one of the episodes, a girl from Kiev, Peter, appears, who is portrayed as a thief with a strange taste in clothes.. The cartoon image provoked the outrage of social media users, and the Minister of Culture of Ukraine Oleksandr Tkachenko promised to send the text of the official position to the streaming service.

According to the plot of the series, a Kiev woman named Petra arrived in Paris. Here she went to French courses, where she met the main character, Emily. The girls went for a walk together to practice their French. At a certain moment, Petra says "

Emily shames the Ukrainian woman for this act and asks her to return her things, to which Petra replies: “Are you out of your mind I will be departed "

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According to the BBC, this image caused a negative reaction on social networks.. Some call it " Others point out that "

The Minister of Culture Alexander Tkachenko also reacted to the image of Petra. " On the other hand, it is also offensive. This is how Ukrainians will be seen abroad? Who steal, want to get everything for free, are afraid of deportation. It should not be.

I will send the text of our position to Netflix, "

At the same time, some social media users drew attention to the fact that Netflix uses Ukrainian rather than Russian transliteration of the capital of Ukraine, Petra says Kyiv, not Kiev. In addition, a Ukrainian woman, when she does not try to express herself in broken English or French, speaks pure Ukrainian..

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The first season of Emily in Paris was released in October 2020 and was also critically acclaimed.. Then there were opinions that he had collected " Director Darren Star has been accused of idealizing the city.