Brasileira turista Roma admite que a cidade não está cumprindo suas expectativas, apesar da atração 🔑 da série "Emily in Paris"

Gabriela Sirtoli, turista brasileira de 35 anos, confessou que Roma não estava sendo tão agradável quanto 🔑 ela imaginava. Ela chegou à capital italiana um dia antes com sua parceira e suas mães, parcialmente atraída pelas cenas 🔑 encantadoras da cidade que ela viu na série "Emily in Paris".

"Quando Emily começou Paris, fui para Paris", disse Sirtoli. 🔑 "Agora que está Roma, estamos aqui."

A série, centrada uma americana que se muda para Paris para trabalhar, insinuou 🔑 recentemente um cenário diferente, abandonando as vistas amplas da Torre Eiffel e da Basílica do Sacré-Coeur Montmartre favor 🔑 de uma excursão de Vespa que passou por sights romanos como a Fontana di Trevi até o Coliseu.

O criador da 🔑 série confirmou posteriormente planos para que a quinta temporada da série se desenrolasse entre Paris e Roma, construindo sobre as 🔑 participações surpresa que a Cidade Eterna teve no final da quarta temporada.

Um Rome mais limpo e sem multidões na tela

Em 🔑 alguns episódios, a série mostrou um Rome com pouco trânsito, poucas multidões e muito espaço para turistas contemplarem monumentos cuja 🔑 história remonta a milênios.

Entretanto, a primeira experiência de Sirtoli como turista Roma foi muito diferente, enquanto ela e sua 🔑 família lutavam contra hordas de turistas e gastavam horas filas.

Still, she was hopeful that the show – and the 🔑 magical glimpse it had offered of Rome – would pull through. "We came to the Colosseum today and we're starting 🔑 to like the city much more," she said.

Romanos animados com a chegada da Emily in Paris

In Rome's city centre, many 🔑 were excited about the change. "I'm definitely going to watch it," said Antonella Catalano, a designer, who has a small 🔑 shop near the Spanish Steps. She waved off concerns that the show would bring even more tourists to the already 🔑 heaving city. "It's a good thing for Rome."

Originally from Calabria, Catalano was eager to see how the show's saccharine gaze 🔑 would be applied to the Eternal City. "I've lived in Rome for 12 years, but every time I watch a 🔑 movie set in Rome it seems like a completely different city."

Críticas à série e impacto na cidade

In the quartiere of 🔑 Esquilino, about a mile or so away from the throngs of tourists, the show's foray into Rome was also being 🔑 embraced, even as it was seen as another extension of the shameless fantasy that the series has long peddled.

"What they 🔑 showed wasn't the real Rome," said Christiana Cavallo, a hairdresser. "They made Rome too clean, there were no crowds. Paris 🔑 was more real."

The show has long come under criticism for depicting Paris as a city with little litter or construction 🔑 work and few homeless people.

Cavallo said the series' stint in Rome had dominated chatter at her hair salon. "There's no 🔑 traffic. And when the Italian couple is fighting in the restaurant and swearing at each other, it's exaggerated. It was 🔑 a bit vulgar."

Still, she was elated that it was Rome's turn to shine. "Emily is Emily, I love it," she 🔑 said.

Her comments hinted at the wide-ranging impact of the show, despite it being panned by critics. This week, the series 🔑 set off a diplomatic spat after the French president, Emmanuel Macron, vowed to "fight hard" to keep the show in 🔑 Paris.

Rome's mayor, Roberto Gualtieri, swiftly shot back. "Dear Emmanuel Macron, don't worry. Emily is doing very great in Rome," he 🔑 wrote on social media, adding: "Besides, the heart wants what it wants: let's let her choose."

Impacto econômico e preocupações com 🔑 o crescimento do turismo

Macron's decision to wade into the lighthearted matter was likely to have been driven by hard data: 🔑 since the show started streaming in 2024, it has been credited with increasing trade and lighting up the phones of 🔑 estate agents in Paris. It has also attracted legions of tourists, with one study finding that 38% of tourists cited 🔑 the show among their reasons for visiting the city.

Back in Rome, Angelika Molina, 75, seeking respite from the heaving crowds 🔑 at the Fontana di Trevi, was not sure if the city was ready to take in more tourists. "It would 🔑 be madness, I don't know if Rome could handle it," said the Argentine tourist. "To me, it already seems like 🔑 there are too many people here."

The city's turn in the series comes as Rome prepares for the 2025 jubilee, a 🔑 year-long Roman Catholic event that is expected to draw more than 30 million tourists and pilgrims.

For Molina, however, the series's 🔑 move meant a coming together of two of her passions: Emily in Paris and Rome. She had excitedly watched the 🔑 scenes in Rome before landing in the city with her granddaughter for her fourth visit. "It was magnificent," she said. 🔑 "I'm already looking forward to the next season."

Others expressed concern over how the series, long blasted for its stereotype-heavy portrayal 🔑 of French culture, would typecast Rome and Italian culture. "Can't they stay in Paris?" asked Anastasia, 27, from London. "Leave 🔑 Rome alone."

The little she had seen of the show had laid bare a missed opportunity to delve into the reality 🔑 of immigrating and integrating into a new culture, Anastasia said. "[Emily] doesn't really appreciate or learn the culture, she's not 🔑 actively learning the language, she's not immersing herself," she said. "I know it's escapism ... But I'm just like, look, 🔑 don't let her ruin Rome."

What Emily in Paris – now Rome – was serving up was a "bit cliche", admitted 🔑 Amalia Rosa, 21, a fan of the show, as crowds pushed past her at the Fontana di Trevi.

A case in 🔑 point was the show's visit to the same monument, showing scenes with just a few dozen people and plenty of 🔑 space for everyone. "That was improbable, there would never be so few people around here," said the engineering student.

"But what 🔑 they're showing was La Bella Roma," she added. "It's the Rome that everyone would like to see."