{"id":192881,"date":"2025-09-12T20:20:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-12T20:20:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/12\/from-sex-and-the-city-to-summer-i-turned-pretty-why-paris-is-rarely-ever-a-good-idea-for-romantic-heroines\/"},"modified":"2025-09-12T20:20:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T20:20:08","slug":"from-sex-and-the-city-to-summer-i-turned-pretty-why-paris-is-rarely-ever-a-good-idea-for-romantic-heroines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/12\/from-sex-and-the-city-to-summer-i-turned-pretty-why-paris-is-rarely-ever-a-good-idea-for-romantic-heroines\/","title":{"rendered":"From \u2018Sex and the City\u2019 to \u2018Summer I Turned Pretty\u2019: Why Paris Is Rarely Ever a Good Idea for Romantic Heroines"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Stop me if you\u2019ve heard this one before: Boy meets girl, girl seeks adventure in Paris, then girl\u2019s complicated feelings for said boy ultimately taint her ability to actually enjoy the city of love. That scenario factors into the plot of both The Summer I Turned Pretty\u2019s<\/em><\/a> final season and the newly released Netflix rom-com The Wrong Paris<\/em>\u2014although this time, our heroines, played by Lola Tung<\/strong><\/a> and Miranda Cosgrove<\/strong> respectively, make it to Paris\u2014and get to stay, at least for a while.<\/p>\n

On The Summer I Turned Pretty<\/em>, Belly defers her acceptance to study abroad in Paris for premature marriage with Jeremiah (Gavin Casalegno<\/strong>). She then comes to her senses, calling off the wedding and moving overseas, where she fights through homesickness and language barriers to build a nice little life for herself. Of course, that independence will soon be interrupted by Belly\u2019s ex Conrad (Christopher Briney<\/strong><\/a>), seen buying a plane ticket to Paris in the show\u2019s penultimate episode. But at least she was given the opportunity to test out both versions of her future before making a choice.<\/p>\n

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That\u2019s also true of The Wrong Paris,<\/em> a silly rom-com about a Bachelor<\/em>-esque<\/a> reality dating show that contestants are led to believe will be filmed in Paris, France, only to learn it\u2019s actually Paris, Texas\u2014population 25,000. Our heroine, Cosgrove\u2019s Dawn, takes the twist in stride, vowing to compete on the show\u2014not for love, but some prize money to fund studying at a Paris art school. \u201cI don\u2019t hate this<\/em>,\u201d she says of her hometown, \u201cI just hate that this is the only thing I\u2019ve ever known.\u201d Then a cowboy named Trey (Pierson Fode<\/strong>\u2014also, has anyone ever actually met a cowboy named Trey?) and his comically sculpted abs waltz in. \u201cYou ain\u2019t gonna find no man like me in Paris,\u201d he drawls, to which she replies: \u201cYeah, that\u2019s the point.\u201d Surprise, surprise, Dawn and Trey do<\/em> fall in love and later strike a bicontinental compromise\u2014she\u2019ll finish school, then presumably come back to Texas.<\/p>\n

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