While Paris was the over achieving hard worker on the show, Rory was the golden child smart girl... at least for a while. Next, check out our video on how Rory became the epitome of the faltering millennial: ua-cam.com/video/dKXTJvR1COw/v-deo.html
Paris Geller once mentioned to Rory that being the smartest student doesn't guarantee future success or happiness. She believed that hard work, adaptability, and real-world experience often play significant roles in achieving success beyond academics. So maybe rory's downfall in the show is a lesson since everything her whole life was perfect.
I think there is something to observe about feminity here too. Rory is all pouty and doe-eyed and quiet in an acceptable performance of white feminity, while Paris is assertive and outspoken which are stereotypically acceptable as male traits, but considered "unbecoming" on a woman. Kind of gives me "people would like you if you smile more" vibes.
Most of her "achievements" were due to her family's help and background. Chilton? Lorelai. Getting accepted to Yale and Harvard? Her grandfather. Yes, she had the grades, but reading books and looking nice isn't everything. Still, I think it was ridiculous that Paris didn't get accepted. Almost impossible. Unless there was something going on with her family and the applicant's officers knew about it, there was no way a child like that wouldn't get accepted.
Paris definitely has the squidward effect of the show as in we are supposed to hate this person when really she becomes the more relatable and well rounded character
Except Paris actually gets a happy ending, the show rewards her for her characteristics while ultimately Rory is left wanting and a far worse position. Meanwhile Squidward is stuck in eternal hell. The shows writing is very different in that way. We love Paris because of the way she is written. We love Squidward in spite the way he is written into the stories.
the fact she didn't get into harvard while rory was criminal but it was realistic and she actually developed positively as a character because she actually faced her challenges not like rory
I thought so too until you heard her interview- on paper she was perfect but that interview showed her flaws. And it worked out so much better for her than Rory!
@@diorchanelhermes When Rory came to console Paris, Paris played a recording of her Harvard interview; she was erratic, going on about a subject and yelling at the interviewer.
It's funny how the character we're suppose to "hate" became the most realized and has THE narratively satisfying arc compared to the central lead of the entire series.
Did you know the actress who played Paris originally auditioned for Rory and the writers loved her so much, but not for Rory, they told her they were writing a character for her on the show and that's where Paris came from
That's why I consider Gilmore Girls the masterpiece in wrighting. Eventhough Rory was nerfed too fast in my opinion, it kinda makes sense because of her inability to get back on her feet, so she actually stopped trying like in depression. And of course, depression is just stereotypicaly shown like crying all the time, when it can be masked like everything, and for me her being more and more immature actually shows that-she experienced setbacks and gradually lost interest in even trying. Instead of fighting, she started expecting for the others to drag her around and do her job of keeping her happy, while the others played along thinking she can do no wrong. Lorelei, of course, who fought her whole life finally called her off on her bullshit, but for Rory it was a pill too hard to swallow, so she found the others to leach off of them-grandparents, boyfriends and so on.
The best Paris moment is when Logan is in hospital and Rory calls her up to say the doctors won't tell her anything. Paris gets the doctors on the phone, works her magic, and then calls Rory back to fully inform her of the situation. Sometimes you need a "difficult woman" to get something done, and I love how realistic that moment is in terms of Paris helping Rory the best way she knows how - by being the force of nature that she is.
i initially hated paris for being such a bully but towards the end of the series she became the kind of friend i would want to have to guide me - rational, reliable, critical, and very clever.
I believe Rory wouldn’t have gotten into Harvard if it weren’t for Paris telling her about needing extracurricular activities to build up her resume because grades alone won’t get one in. Rory wasn’t even doing anything of sorts
She would have gotten in on her own without Paris help. And it's funny you all crying about Harvard but they didn't go. Paris had to follow Rory to Yale
all of her Stars Hollow volunteering (dance marathon for charity, thanksgiving/christmas plays, etc) wouldve counted. she was involved in her community, Chilton just wasn’t aware of it because they don’t know much about her Stars Hollow life
That's the problem of taking things for granted, it reminds me of an episode of Sabrina The Teenage Witch where Sabrina saw her future getting a good grade in a school project, so she didn't put the effort and of course got a bad grade lol.
My favorite Paris moment is when she becomes very Comrade at Rory's DAR USO themed party. She really does feel the most layered character on this show. She's the best.
“Rory was the only one who wasn’t afraid of Paris, and Paris was the only one who didn’t see Rory as a perfect angel.“ That really stood out to me more than anything else.
Yes it stood out to me too. But Why was Rory not afraid of Paris ? Paris is just too difficult to deal with in real life and most would be scared of her and not go too deep tp understand her. In my opinion Rory thought of herself as the pretty princess whom everyone loved including tristin who was Pariss crush. Rory actually considered Paris an aggressive loud over the top idiot whom no one likes and by making Paris and Tristin date forcefully she even made it look like Paris was getting leftover scrapes of men or guys whom Rory doesn't like. Atleast while in Chilton for most part Rory was the perfect princess who was so well liked and adored that she knew insecure Paris was just a loud inferior subject who could do some charity.
@@chummidixit6433 Paris was a bully and Rory was nice to Paris and tried to be her friend while Paris was JEALOUS of Rory and thought her of a competition and tbh Paris was a horrible insecure person
None of the two girls can hold a stick to Lane. She always stayed true to herself and everyone. She was compassionate but knew when she had to stand her ground. She was hard working but not a sore loser even when her dreams crashed down on her. Yet, she is always overlooked. If she had the privileges Paris and Rory had, she’d put everyone to shame.
I find it so odd that Lane didn't attend a good school like Julliard. I've never met "poor" Koreans out of Korea. Although they're not millionaires, she could've gotten a scholarship, even with Zack working and helping at home. She definitely had all the potential in the world. Yes, her arch was rebelling against being a good Korean girl, marrying a Korean man and having Korean kids. But I really would've loved seeing her going for more. Ultimately, the only things that changed were her career and Zach, but she still had to give up a lot. I think the writers have this bourgeois idea that ALL small-town kids endup the same: marrying, having children and working whatever job that'd hire them.
@@noidea5927are you kidding? She barely let her go to the Stars Hallow school... going to a school in a different town would have been far out of the question.
You have to admit her being just a character on a screen is a big reason why we can like her so much. No one wants to be stuck with someone like this in real life. Imagine if she was your employer. You’d hate her💀
Tv shows characters you are supposed to relate or put yourself into. So yeah. I doubt anyone would like lorelai either or even Luke or rory, they are all fictional and over the top. Paris was just the best realistically.
It seems that many characters in GG are like that, you can laugh with them and find them relatable but you wouldn't want to hang out with them IRL. Which makes for a good show
Out of the many many gripes I have with A Year in the Life one of not the biggest was what happened with Paris’ personal life. Like I get relationships don’t always work out but Paris and Doyle had a strong connection and understanding of each others strengths and weaknesses. More frustrating ( and keeping in the theme of special that people are destined repeat their parents choices) is that she has chosen to the nanny be the primary caregiver of her children. There absolutely nothing wrong needing help/support as a parent but she seems appears to not really know them or be close to them. Obviously good parental attachment is harder when you don’t a model it yourself but to seems like Paris would put in the effort to do better.
@maymoreshet2954 Yeah I can see validity in that. To me it would have been more realistic to choice not have them because she realized it would up like that. Still in context of series with her doing fertility it makes some sense but it leaves a sour taste in your mouth if you think that may have been her primary motivation. Also I'm not trying say she doesn't care about them but the significant outsourcing of care when she is usual so engaged with everything she does is troubling/frustrating to me.
I actually think Paris would have been a very involved, possibly helicopter mom. I think of all the characters she would have broken her family dynamic. I also would have loved to see Lane open a small music shop with lessons in Stars Hallow & Paris come in as a ‘consultant’ and help her expand and franchise it. Better to have had Paris get her MBA from Harvard - the MD / JD seemed random. Paris would have had to pay for graduate school out of her own pocket, MBA = far more practical. Plus can’t you see Paris running a hedge-fund?! Could have been a hilarious spin off show.
Paris was never a villain she had such a hard personal life and Rory brought so much joy to her life and made her better. Thank heavens the writers kept her after season 3 when Rory went to Yale!
@lauriecarson6483 How in any way shape or form was she a villain? She was nothing but a true friend to Rory. Christopher was the true villain of the show, he was a garbage father to Rory, let Lorelai and Rory down by getting Sherry pregnant after promising them he would be back in their lives and frequently got between Lorelai and Luke!
@@HarryThomasPictures She was rude, insecure, and thought Rory was her competition besides she never got to Harvard because she was yelling and being disrespectful and Rory was kind and nice to Paris while Paris was making Rory's life miserable
@AshudwayAtakDeng-lt4sn Paris learnt to be calmer, she even stook up for Rory after Logan did Rory dirty in season 6. She even hugged Rory so there is a softer side to her!
Paris, outside of Luke, has always been my favorite. Paris could have easily been a one note character, but Liza brought so much depth and warmth to her. Plus while watching the show I found a lot of myself in Paris, so she really helped me grow as a person. I was disappointed with her regression in "A Year in The Life." Of course everyone but Dean, Emily, Jess and Luke had regressions in "A Year in the Life."
I really didn't like the new season "A year in the life" because of Rory struggles (and other stuff) but after watching this video I kind of made peace with that because if you think about it everyone has a time in their life when you have to face the hard truth that life isn't going to be what you planned and for Paris that moment was the final years of high school and not being accepted to Harvard, while for Rory it was in her thirties, as A year in the life tells us (and I am actually in Rory's situation right now). I find it beautiful in a way.
Always thought that Paris was a complete badass. Driven, focused, but not a snob and willing to try everything, prepared, open-minded... Where as I am very dreamy, when My poorly written goals fall apart I tend to fall by the wayside.
Me and my sister hate watch Gilmore girls because we just can’t find Rory and Lorelai relatable. But we both agree that Paris was far and away the better character. She would have made a better lead. She could easily be a Tracy flick and she was in the beginning but she a proper character and story arc that branched out better in the spin off than Rory and lorelai
@@laurena9563 me and sister always talk about how Mitchum was right about Rory. She bolted when she got the smallest criticism. And it’s interesting that she was raised as not a nepobaby and then slowly turned into a nepobaby. Like when Logan introduced her to his family and she immediately was like “but I’m a Gilmore” yet you never cared about being a Gilmore in that way. Lane and Paris made for much better characters to follow.
@@MeganSin Absolutely, and totally. My friend and I said the exact same thing; he called her out, and wasn't even that rude about it, to be honest. Yes, a statement like you don't have the "it" factor can be taken personally, but you can either choose to grow from a moment like that, and show someone you do have what it takes to succeed in your chosen profession, or fold, and Rory folded. Again, not like it's a necessarily "bad" thing considering how young she was; but what WAS bad was everyone enabling her and coddling her and not telling her that if she wanted to prove Mitchum WRONG, to get back in the saddle and show him that he's wrong. Instead, they enabled her and thereby proved Mitchum's exact point that she was spoiled and a bubble wrapped big fish in a small pond. Like this video said, Paris did have moments where even though she was wealthy initially, she still worked her butt off and didn't take "no" for an answer. Plus she wasn't taken in by the superficiality of elite universities despite attending one, and her true family basically became the nice nanny who actually cared for her rather than her biological family. Paris is 100 percent a better example to strive for on this front.
Always hated how much Rory seemed to be reluctant and embarrassed about their friendship. Meanwhile Paris felt like much more of a real person with flaws. In the episode where they join the creampuffs and they are both "kidnapped" and dragged out of bed by the group to go vandalize the school, we see Paris is disheveled, her hair messy and generally she just looks like a girl who has been sleeping and ripped out of bed. Meanwhile Rory is woken up with makeup and perfect hair, because of course, it's Rory. Paris asks Rory if she wakes up like that, and Rory says something like yep, and Paris say something like life isn't fair. I thought this was a really interesting layer to their relationship, and kind of the hidden tension between them that could have been explored more. Both from filthy rich families, but with Rory as the perfect, smart but not too nerdy and attractive to guys debutante, and Paris as the overachieving, type A, insecure and troubled "shrew" who will do anything to get to where she wants. And then later the narrative punishes Paris for losing her virginity, bc ofc this show has a creepy thing about purity. I honestly would have explored the disconnect between them in their friendship more, with Rory's detachedness and judgment towards Paris vs Paris' intense insecurity and jealousy towards Rory, for her loving mother and happy small town life vs Paris' cold and traumatic home life. They kind of explore it in the show, but moreso as something ONLY Paris needs to grow from. Rory expresses some sympathy towards Paris but I never got the idea she cared much about what Paris had gone through after they become friends and especially in the college seasons. Paris just seems to be something for Rory to laugh at and talk to her love interests or Lorelai about behind Paris' back, bc Rory really didn't have many female friends or friends period besides Paris. Which is something else I think the show could have explored if it was a bit more enlightened. And maybe if the show wasn't up Rory's butt for so much of it would could see Paris call her out on her flaws a bit more and see some conflict between them where Rory isn't ALWAYS the victim. Idk
Inthe kidnapping scene Rory was dolled up because her mom warned her. Paris' mom did not care enough to warn her, so it kind of shows how Rory has better home life. Also looks like Rory outright lied to make Paris jealous or something.
This remind me of the series Crazy Ex Girlfriend. There's a character, the kind silly boss, that value themain character and their friendship. Rebecca (the main character) treats that friendship like Rory treats Paris. BUT! the kind silly boss tell her that he notice that and it's not fair. That help Rebecca wake up and treat better his friend
What?. Who said Rory had to call Paris her friend. Paris mad Rory high school experience hell and bullied her. Would you call your bully your friend. I don't understand why fans cry over this
What I like about Paris is she isn’t your stereotypical mean girl who is mean to Rory because she thinks she’s pretty or trying to steal her man. Paris is mean because she is academically hyper competitive which is a refreshing twist.
Paris is not a Nepo baby, she is a rich baby, I don’t think her parents help her to get her to were she is, besides giving her the means to do it. But nepotism is not only about money, is about the networking, influence, and power. I doubt her parents helped her with that fertility clinic. She may be rich, but she worked hard for her degrees and businesses.
@@DeliciaDulce You forgot she got into Yale because of her family connections. That does make her a Nepo baby. And like I said, she was a very hard worker despite that.
@@hakanozaslan9571 every Geller went to Harvard. She had the name weight in Harvard, and she didn’t get in. The one with name advantage in Yale was Rory because of Richard. Paris parents were rich. I guess being a Geller has importance in society… but being rich does not equal being a nepo baby. Being a nepo baby is very very tight with finding success in your career because your family hand it to you
@@DeliciaDulce again...watch the episode where Rory gets into Yale and finds Paris in her dorm decorating it. She clearly said that she pulled some strings to get in there because her "life coach" told her she should be close to Rory. You dont have to agree with me but there is no reason to repeat yourself 🙃
@@hakanozaslan9571 sorry to join in your conversation. I don't think that was the reason why she got into Yale, but rather how she and Rory became roommates. When Rory asked it was such a weird coincidence that Yale put them as roommates, Paris said that it was because her life coach told her dad that Paris' journey with Rory had not ended, so her dad pulled the strings to make them become roommates. With that being said, I think Paris got accepted in Yale because of her merits, her dad only helped her with the rooming situation after discussing with her life coach. I might be wrong, but that was how I remembered it.
Paris was a great character. She was the right balance of flawed and sympathetic. Paris was never really a villain when Rory and Lorelai were more villainous. The character was made for Liza Weil because of how well she auditioned. Paris actually deserved to go to Harvard or Yale with her efforts, unlike Rory. Rory spent her high school years being told how great she was and the show treated her like the angel who could do no wrong. Paris got her rejection form Harvard and experienced not getting what she wanted before college. She was not going to drop out just because a professor hurt her feelings.
Loved how Paris also used resources that were available to her due to her family’s financial status. She knew she was privileged but never abused it; used it to further her academic career and future in general. She works hard for the money! Shout out to the late, great Donna Summer.
Paris is by far the best character in Gilmore Girls. She is strong willed, hard working and always improving herself. For girls, she is the best role model.
@@bili8617 what bad behavior? That she is bossy? I don't think that's a bad thing. She has some real psychological issues, that I agree in. But she goes to therapy and even hires a personal coach. She works really hard to improve herself, she is always there for her friends, when something bad happens to her, she adapt to it, learns from her mistakes and keeps on fighting.
@@avi.chan23 She bullies everyone around her. While she was editor, she treated everyone horrendously - repeatedly calling her coworkers idiots, demeaning them, micromanaging to the point of ludicrosity, calling them by numbers. She built a bunker! She mistreated her roommate, cheated on her boyfriend and dumped him in the coldest possible way after stringing him along for weeks. When Rory dropped out of Yale, she had a fit about how this will affect her without a thought about what must've happened to Rory to take such a drastic turn. When she created that tutoring business, she bullied and was offensive to her students and their parents. When Rory's article was not published, Paris's reaction was to make sure that hers did. When Rory's grandfather was in hospital, she redacted her notes because "there is only place for one woman at the top". Is that what you call being there for her friends? What did she learn from her mistakes? At the end she was just as aggressive as in the beginning.
Role model for professional life not for overall personality. I am sure people so pushy and aggressive like Paris will get cancelled in 2 seconds in today's age.
Thank god for this take on Paris. She is my favorite character on Gilmore girls and love her spirit and her ambitions. I love that Rory and Paris became friends and helped each other with their shortcomings. The episode of Rory and Paris dumping their boyfriends and drinking founder's punch episode is one of my favorite.
I think paris and rory is a potrayal of 'rival' relationship. I often find it funny how many stories and real people cried the hardest when their rival gone, more than their best friend. Probably the same people that know and went the same hardship with you would become your ultimate companion afterall😂
Paris once mentioned that Rory is the only person who can challenge her mentaly and she need her. I think it was when Rory decided to take a break from Yale. I'm surprised it was never mentioned in this video.
Wish I had been watching this show when it was on the air. I am 3yrs younger than the characters, and watching the HS to College journey takes me waay back. Paris would have been a great role model for me because even though she can be difficult she believed in herself, something I struggled with in my early HS days and still even to this day.
I'm surprised that no one has really mentioned that Paris seems to be on the autism spectrum. She is socially awkrawd, hyperfocuses on things, and says things like they are. Being on the spectrum myself I could relate a lot to her 😁
The one thing I felt was off was the fertility clinic. She strikes me as being the type to know boutique overpopulation wasn't it. Or, at least, I think they should have made it clear she was doing it for the money but didn't want children herself. Or better yet, I could see her being a taskmaster foster parent. Giving kids who had difficult home lives like hers a chance to feel secure (and also bettering their grades lol)
@@MsPandachen yeah, I'm sure that helped but I don't think that means she deserved to be handed an admission spot. I mean, it's just a 20+ year old tv show but just thinking in a spreadsheet & weighing everything- interview, grades, volunteer work, career goals, family & wealth, etc... Doesn't line up, haha, but whatever, it's just tv.
@@jaimim3675 According to the show she had the grades. She was a valedictorian in a prep school. She did volunteer work, she was very clear and focused on her career aspirations. What's more a person to do?
@@bili8617 I was under the impression while watching that she only edged Paris out after her meltdown. I would rather see someone who pursued and excelled at a myriad of things like Paris than someone who liked the idea of something but didn’t do anything to support it like Rory (no mentors, no volunteer work in a local court or shadowing local reporters, no additional summer work at a news station or newspaper…) She wasn’t unqualified, but I think Paris was a better choice, especially w/ the hindsight of how she developed as a person & where her career led.l
@@jaimim3675 I don't think that it works like that. She didn't edge Paris out. They were 2 of thousands of applicants to Harvard. And Rory did volunteer work during high school. It wasn't specifically journalistic related, but I don't know how many positions are open to high schoolers. Typically, internships at newspapers and court houses are for college kids. And Paris played her interview from Harvard and she was a raving lunatic. You have to make a good impression during the interview. That's how it works.
This villainization of Rory and heroization of Paris is, frankly, ridiculous. The character of Paris made the show more interesting, but as a person she is extremely rude, a terrible bully, has zero consideration for anybody else and is obsessive to an unhealthy degree. She's a nightmare as a roommate, she's offensive to everyone, she's extremely aggressive. Being smart and driven doesn't excuse this bad behavior. On the other hand, Rory makes a few mistakes and suddenly she's the villain of the century (in comment sections across YT). This video says that "everything just falls into place for her". Have you actually watched the series? Rory is also very smart, driven, focused and hard-working. Just because she's not Studentzilla doesn't mean she's any less dedicated. Of course, a person who is kind and considerate and doesn't roll over people will be more likeable. That's is how it should be.
So basically she’d be Jess? I always hated Jess. Plus neither were ‘genius’ - just into fiction books and selfishly oblivious to the world around them.
Paris was one of my favorite character, never betrayed herself, was focus, very smart, sarcastic and have goals, also became more successful than Rory, who was annoying, entitled, and went downward spiral in the end.
I don't see the flaws everybody sees in Paris. She's good-natured and has morals and ethics. Maybe that was Rory's friendship and her nanny's upbringing, But Paris is good-hearted, and although she now has a lot of power, she'd never do something to harm other people. I think she's fine and underachievers should go back to their tree branches, complain about the world and blame others for their problems while the Paris of the world will continue to do better for others.
Liza Weil's talent definitly helped to make Paris more well-rounded than just an antagonist. She was in a really good teen film circa 1999 called Whatever, and she helped to make Paris feel more grounded and more interesting than Rory, as Rory often came off as too lucky in her life without really trying, then couldn't handle failure.
Paris may be smart, but she is a bully. Would you really be friends with someone like Paris in real life? Don't think so. Can't stand bullies like her who think they are better than everyone else. Confidence is one thing, but arrogance is another.
Much like Samantha Jones on Sex and the City, Paris Geller is shown to be the most genuine character to admire on their respective series. It shows how we as women have evolved in a positive way to see how problematic Carrie Bradshaw and Rory Gilmore were when we initially admired them as lead characters. As a 50 something woman myself who watched both series, I'm proud of us as women who are growing stronger in society so we can see that those old series are really dated. I am thankful we had Gilmore Girls and sex and the City during the early 2000s though because it was important to see women like them as we navigated a very different society that conspired against women. We now see that in how society treated Britney and so many female public people then.
When Paris dumped her boyfriend at the end of the first series because she valued her career more than anything else, it was like she unleashed the power of career ambition. She's basically the superhero of putting herself and her goals first.
Yes *"thinker"* archetype women should be given a chance to shine... instead of women always being portrayed in media as ambivalently drowning in emotions all the time (tiring and old)
I love Paris and always have, but there are parts of this video I don't agree with, mainly a) the parts that demonize Rory because I do not agree with The Take's take on her, and b) the idea that Paris got a "Happy Ending," because she did not. The video makes the point that Paris worked harder to get into Harvard than Rory because she did a bunch of extra curricular and volunteer work, and since that is how Universities tend to work, that is technically true. How ever, it's not something that Paris was willing to do that Rory wasn't. Paris grew up in the IV league pre-school and forward world, where probably the only relationship she had with her parents was them telling her what she needed to do to get into the schools she got into. She would also have counselors and teacher encouraging these sorts of behaviors. Rory, on the other hand, before the events of the S1, went to public school, which isn't always so great at preparing kids for college until high school, and even then, only so much. Her mother wanted her to go to Harvard, but didn't actually know how to get her in, other than good grades. Her grandparents knew the system, but were essentially cut off from Rory for most of her life. Basically, nobody told Rory what was required until Paris, where Paris would have been raised in a hyper-competitive environment where that would have been drummed into her from an early age. The fact that Rory does so well at such an advanced school and is able to get some curriculars under her belt at what is essentially the eleventh hour says a lot about her intelligence as well as her ability to rally. I'm not saying Paris didn't deserve to be valedictorian or to get into Harvard. Of course she did! But that doesn't mean Rory didn't also. Chilton Rory works hard to get where she is, and she earns what she gets. Another consideration when comparing the two is there chosen careers. Despite coming from money, or possibly because of it, Paris chose two very lucrative career paths. Rory, on the other hand, chose something is very financially unstable, and was encouraged in this choice by those around her. Both girls had the goal of getting into a college, and were a little thrown off kilter when they were no longer working towards those goals. However, once Paris started on her career path at Yale (because she did get into a lot of IV Leagues, just not the one she came on too strong about) she was able to use the same studious skills, because the career's she chose were very academic. Rory, on the other hand, chose a career path that wasn't quite as academic, which is probably one of the reasons that she struggled with it so much. That being said, her problem when she interned for Mitchum wasn't her writing ability, or any of the skills that make one a good student, but her timidness, her lack of being comfortable making herself heard when it would seem rude to do so. Paris will do anything to get her way, even if it seems rude, makes her less likable, or will even get her in trouble, as shown by her willingness to break into Chilton for the sake of the social contacts she can get from being a Puff. As the video says (and I do agree with this) Paris needed to excel at school, because it was all she had. This wasn't true for Rory, but that doesn't mean her home-life was perfect. As much as her family loved her, Rory's existence was essentially a mistake that she constantly felt she had to justify and correct. Why don't they have money? Why doesn't she have a relationship with her grandparents? Why isn't her dad around? Why is her mother so immature? The answer to all of these questions are because she was conceived while her mother was a teenager and it changed (some characters would say ruined) everyone's lives. Rory might know that Lorelai loved her, but she also had to be the adult for a lot of her upbringing. She also could never complain about her situation because the situation was her fault, and Lorelai gave up a more "comfortable," life to raise her. Her grandparents could only forgive her mother, and Rory's existence, if Rory was the new and improved Lorelei, with all the potential required. It was Lorelai's idea for Rory to go to Harvard, and probably Chilton too. When Rory has second thoughts, they are not allowed, and we see that once Rory sees how much her mother is sacrificing for her, and how it is affecting her family, she agrees to go to Chilton even if it's not necessarily what she wants, because it will make her family happy. Paris knew she couldn't make her family happy, so she needed something good outside of her home. Rory's world is full of love, but it feels conditional, like it could implode if she steps one foot wrong. Her mother and grandparent's relationship was ruined because of her existence, and it's her job to fix it. Her grandparents rejected her mother because of the mistake her mother made, a mistake called her. She's seen the consequences of setting one foot out of line, and it means you're whole world turning upside down. She loves her mom so much, and can't imagine losing her, but she believes her grandparents are good people who love their daughter, and were still willing to throw her away for messing up. That doesn't even address her father who was never around. She needs to be perfect and likable, or she could lose her family, and her family is her whole world. So, it's hard for her to risk doing something that might get her in trouble. She did okay at the internship, but she didn't do anything that she thought she could get yelled at for, and then she ended up getting yelled at for her lack of willingness to get yelled at. And this big rejection comes not only from this huge mogul who knows everything about her chosen field, but also her boyfriend's father. I do wish we got more context on why Rory chose to steal a boat, but I suspect that her reaction was so big because she felt she had already blown up her life. Then, when she suggests taking a little time off school to figure herself out, Lorelei flips out in a very Emily-like way, saying "no, you can't ruin your life, you can't go off the path we decided on for you and stay at home with me while you figure things out," which isn't all that different from what Rory feared would happen if she stepped a toe out of line. And I'm not trying to bash Lorelai as a mother, because I think she did a decent job for someone raising a child by herself when still a child herself, but whenever Rory goes off-book, she doesn't get the support her mom promised her she would always have. I know I've gone on a rant here, and this was about Paris, so I'll stop talking about Rory, but I just want to make it clear that while Paris deserved more than she got, it wasn't like she didn't get it because Rory did. For the second part, which I promise, is all about Paris, (and thanks if you're still reading my comment) the vidders say that when we caught up with Paris in A Year In The Life, she had found a way to get the life she wanted, and I strongly disagree. Paris' career was in a great place, and I'm so happy that she found that, but she was also going through a divorce, and had a terrible relationship with her kids, who she admitted she didn't even like, and was clearly not a good mom to. Now, romance and kids aren't everything, and if Paris had chosen to not have kids, it would have been totally valid. What we see, however, if that she has basically become her parents, good money, bad marriage. Hopefully she doesn't make the same tax mistakes they did (or however they lost their fortune) but when she was a kid, she had no reason to think she would go broke, yet she was still very unhappy with her home life. Now she's become the sort of mother that she had, the mother who made her feel bad about herself and like school was her only way out. She's still close to Rory, but as far as we can tell, she hasn't made any other significant connections in life, and in her divorce she's lost some. Basically, she's the same person she was in school, good at the work, bad at the social and family stuff, only now, she's the one responsible for kids who are going to grow up feeling unloved. You want to believe that if you had bad parents, you'll do better with your own kids, but Paris is just continuing the cycle and making the same mistakes, which is very sad. That's mostly what I wanted to say. Feel free to respond to my opinion.
Only thing I didn't like about her arc was her and Doyle getting divorced in the revival. I really thought their whacky relationship would go the distance :/
High strung characters are often attractive, even if comically, like invader Zim, I always dreamed to have such amounts of energy like Paris. Instead i'm sleepy and slow all my life.
Honestly, Paris was a little like Blair Waldorf. She was from a wealthy family but worked super hard and had to fight and even manipulate, cheat, hustle to succeed and Rory was just like Serena.. except Rory studied well but she breezed through everything. Anyone else see the parallels? I love the scene in Gossip Girl where Blair said she deserved to get in Yale way more than "that Rory" ...LOL
Speaking of smart girls. Can you please do an essay on Down A Dark Hall? The overall tone & ambience is dark literally. Society wants us to be perfect so we can be used.❤
I loved Paris' character arc, how she ended up in a great place academically while having a pretty stable relationship with a pretty mature world view. I hated what they did to her personal life in the revival.
Also let's not forget pretty privilege that may affect why some good things just came to Rory or why Rory was often chosen instead of Paris even though I am willing to bet that Paris worked harder. Some might say that Rory was better at dealing with people that Paris - well, of course she was - if she was always greeted with smiles and people approached her friendly b/c she was pretty, then she learnt how to deal warmly with people so it became her default.
Yes and no. I know beauty is subjective. But Paris may be less kept, she sometimes has oily hair etc. But she is beautiful aswell. I think its because she has a wall up and, than all the things you wrote play out
@@Sunflowers_220 In no way I meant to disrespect the actress who plays Paris. She is obviously a beautiful woman but the actress who plays Rory is beautiful in more "warm" inviting" way. Anyway, the show definitely played down Paris's appearance.
I like to ship Paris and Jess. They would have been a cute couple. They got character development arcs and would have helped each other with their character development.
I'm sorry but Paris Geller is very problematic and toxic in some ways, she undermines Rory's success (the valedictorian rant and other stuff), doesn't know how to make friends because of her hostile attitude, is very agressive, and competitive towards everyone. Her adult life also sucks. She's just a try hard productivity tyrant which is the epitome of capitalistic ideology. Although I like her because of the touch of humor she brings to the show and her insecurities that makes her likeable she's by no mean a role model for me. She doesn't question the world and society she lives in.
I just started watching Gilmore Girls and I love Paris she is very admirable and can be hilariously ridiculous sometimes. But that time she shut off Rory’s alarm clock and left only 5mins for breakfast… I love Paris regardless but omg she would have gotten put out of the dorm for that 😂🤣 Waffle Bar day too 😂 Seriously don’t touch peoples alarm clocks, capisce?
Not calculating that she would be so well-liked by the audience and should actually be the better version of Rory than Rory, I find, is the biggest oversight by the writers. Hence, she ended up being terribly written - at least in the high school arc, I couldn't finish the show, unfortunately - and all she's ever wanted was nonsensically, unjustly given to Rory because she's the main character that we're SUPPOSED to root for 🙄 Oh also, Rory wasn't the only one who wasn't scared of her or did we forget the two girls Paris hung out with before Rory even came into the picture?
She was more caustic, so it put many people off, she did not pretend to be something she is not she doesn't mince words. She should have crafted her social skills, she would have been more successful with achieving her goals. Paris would have known this in real-life, and would have been able to learn needed social skills. But her parents were absent so who knows.
I love placing characters in Hogwarts houses 🤣🤦🏽♀️😂 Paris being an overachiever striving to be first but end up with the silver medal, that is classic Slytherin. And I guess Rory fits well in Gryffindor. Hard worker, but sometimes things just falls into her lap and she gets the gold.
Paris is soooo loved!❤❤ I mean, she goes on to beat whatever put her down and define her own success, being accepted in many career paths and she truly " becomes who she is", whereas Rory clearly dwindles and is a more lost character on the end. Every time I watch the show I have different feelings and Lorelai mother and daughter become the less interesting characters for sure. The Kims, Luke/Jess, Paris all sooo much more endearing and layered
I’m watching this show for the first time and I just want to skip through all scenes involving Lane. I fail to see her point in the show. And such a waste because her path was similar to Lorelai in terms of having overbearing parents that create the path for their daughters but all it did was chase the daughters away. Lorelai could have been helping Mrs. Kim to soften her approach.
Intense? Let me rephrase this for you: Paris is hostile. One of the things that has aged poorly in this show is the portrayal of hostility as a personality trait.
Paris is very resourceful, making use of every resource to achieve her goals. Rory wants to be a top international journalist but doesn’t take initiative to doing other things outside of school to achieve those goals. She goes about things simply and expects major returns.
While Paris was the over achieving hard worker on the show, Rory was the golden child smart girl... at least for a while. Next, check out our video on how Rory became the epitome of the faltering millennial: ua-cam.com/video/dKXTJvR1COw/v-deo.html
Paris Geller once mentioned to Rory that being the smartest student doesn't guarantee future success or happiness. She believed that hard work, adaptability, and real-world experience often play significant roles in achieving success beyond academics. So maybe rory's downfall in the show is a lesson since everything her whole life was perfect.
Paris had her meltdown but unlike rory, developed and pushed herself.
I think there is something to observe about feminity here too. Rory is all pouty and doe-eyed and quiet in an acceptable performance of white feminity, while Paris is assertive and outspoken which are stereotypically acceptable as male traits, but considered "unbecoming" on a woman.
Kind of gives me "people would like you if you smile more" vibes.
Most of her "achievements" were due to her family's help and background. Chilton? Lorelai. Getting accepted to Yale and Harvard? Her grandfather. Yes, she had the grades, but reading books and looking nice isn't everything. Still, I think it was ridiculous that Paris didn't get accepted. Almost impossible. Unless there was something going on with her family and the applicant's officers knew about it, there was no way a child like that wouldn't get accepted.
It was her interview, she came accross as a very weird and rude person.
@@Sunflowers_220 you really believe they don’t get people like that at Harvard’s law? Or engineering?
Paris definitely has the squidward effect of the show as in we are supposed to hate this person when really she becomes the more relatable and well rounded character
Except Paris actually gets a happy ending, the show rewards her for her characteristics while ultimately Rory is left wanting and a far worse position. Meanwhile Squidward is stuck in eternal hell. The shows writing is very different in that way. We love Paris because of the way she is written. We love Squidward in spite the way he is written into the stories.
@BioshadowX you make a fair point Maybe not the best analogy lol I definitely agree with you on that
That's a joke right.
Paris and Rory are like the realistic down-to-earth versions of Blair and Serena.
Paris being Blair and Rory being serena right?
@@rubymoon3182 yeah
YES!
the fact she didn't get into harvard while rory was criminal but it was realistic and she actually developed positively as a character because she actually faced her challenges not like rory
realistic? it was the most unrealistic thing ever
I thought so too until you heard her interview- on paper she was perfect but that interview showed her flaws. And it worked out so much better for her than Rory!
@@squeekytoy123 which interview ? J I can’t remember
it was realstic because this is life you don't get what you want sometimes @@diorchanelhermes
@@diorchanelhermes When Rory came to console Paris, Paris played a recording of her Harvard interview; she was erratic, going on about a subject and yelling at the interviewer.
It's funny how the character we're suppose to "hate" became the most realized and has THE narratively satisfying arc compared to the central lead of the entire series.
That often happens.
Yes, like Louis Litt in Suits. In the end, he has the best character arch
Did you know the actress who played Paris originally auditioned for Rory and the writers loved her so much, but not for Rory, they told her they were writing a character for her on the show and that's where Paris came from
@@mrdad-zl9zlshe doesn’t have “the look” if you know what I mean
That's why I consider Gilmore Girls the masterpiece in wrighting. Eventhough Rory was nerfed too fast in my opinion, it kinda makes sense because of her inability to get back on her feet, so she actually stopped trying like in depression. And of course, depression is just stereotypicaly shown like crying all the time, when it can be masked like everything, and for me her being more and more immature actually shows that-she experienced setbacks and gradually lost interest in even trying. Instead of fighting, she started expecting for the others to drag her around and do her job of keeping her happy, while the others played along thinking she can do no wrong. Lorelei, of course, who fought her whole life finally called her off on her bullshit, but for Rory it was a pill too hard to swallow, so she found the others to leach off of them-grandparents, boyfriends and so on.
The best Paris moment is when Logan is in hospital and Rory calls her up to say the doctors won't tell her anything. Paris gets the doctors on the phone, works her magic, and then calls Rory back to fully inform her of the situation.
Sometimes you need a "difficult woman" to get something done, and I love how realistic that moment is in terms of Paris helping Rory the best way she knows how - by being the force of nature that she is.
i initially hated paris for being such a bully but towards the end of the series she became the kind of friend i would want to have to guide me - rational, reliable, critical, and very clever.
I wouldn't want Paris as a friend I wouldn't put up with her crap.
I’d rather have Paris as a workplace woman’s fav anti villainess.
Absolutely obsessed with the love for Paris in this video and in the comments! “Tie your tubes idiot” is one of the funniest lines of TV 😂😂
I LOVE that line.
I believe Rory wouldn’t have gotten into Harvard if it weren’t for Paris telling her about needing extracurricular activities to build up her resume because grades alone won’t get one in. Rory wasn’t even doing anything of sorts
She would have gotten in on her own without Paris help. And it's funny you all crying about Harvard but they didn't go. Paris had to follow Rory to Yale
all of her Stars Hollow volunteering (dance marathon for charity, thanksgiving/christmas plays, etc) wouldve counted. she was involved in her community, Chilton just wasn’t aware of it because they don’t know much about her Stars Hollow life
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It’s interesting how Paris told Rory that a lot of Valedictorians don’t do well later in life, and it ended up becoming Rory’s case.
That's the problem of taking things for granted, it reminds me of an episode of Sabrina The Teenage Witch where Sabrina saw her future getting a good grade in a school project, so she didn't put the effort and of course got a bad grade lol.
I feel like in the year in the life episodes the original writers were like "oh, yes, Rory, we're coming for you."
@@bigsistahtipsI actually liked that though. Rory was too perfect, which made her unrelatable. We meeded to see her fail.
@@mcostagirl123 that’s why they quit. They wanted to add all that on the last two seasons but the producers didn’t so yeah
@@bigsistahtips who quit? and add what?
My favorite Paris moment is when she becomes very Comrade at Rory's DAR USO themed party. She really does feel the most layered character on this show. She's the best.
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“Rory was the only one who wasn’t afraid of Paris, and Paris was the only one who didn’t see Rory as a perfect angel.“ That really stood out to me more than anything else.
Yes it stood out to me too. But Why was Rory not afraid of Paris ? Paris is just too difficult to deal with in real life and most would be scared of her and not go too deep tp understand her. In my opinion Rory thought of herself as the pretty princess whom everyone loved including tristin who was Pariss crush. Rory actually considered Paris an aggressive loud over the top idiot whom no one likes and by making Paris and Tristin date forcefully she even made it look like Paris was getting leftover scrapes of men or guys whom Rory doesn't like. Atleast while in Chilton for most part Rory was the perfect princess who was so well liked and adored that she knew insecure Paris was just a loud inferior subject who could do some charity.
@@chummidixit6433 Paris was a bully and Rory was nice to Paris and tried to be her friend while Paris was JEALOUS of Rory and thought her of a competition and tbh Paris was a horrible insecure person
Paris became the new Rory as she didn't peak in high school like Rory did and then sank. Paris was a Phoenix!
No Paris just yelled at the interviewer and bullied people
None of the two girls can hold a stick to Lane. She always stayed true to herself and everyone.
She was compassionate but knew when she had to stand her ground.
She was hard working but not a sore loser even when her dreams crashed down on her.
Yet, she is always overlooked. If she had the privileges Paris and Rory had, she’d put everyone to shame.
I find it so odd that Lane didn't attend a good school like Julliard. I've never met "poor" Koreans out of Korea. Although they're not millionaires, she could've gotten a scholarship, even with Zack working and helping at home. She definitely had all the potential in the world. Yes, her arch was rebelling against being a good Korean girl, marrying a Korean man and having Korean kids. But I really would've loved seeing her going for more. Ultimately, the only things that changed were her career and Zach, but she still had to give up a lot.
I think the writers have this bourgeois idea that ALL small-town kids endup the same: marrying, having children and working whatever job that'd hire them.
Lane was the underdog to make Rory's life be seen as the perfect life. The writters did Lane so wrong, is revolting even.
@@bigsistahtips like. Honestly. I am so surprised how Mrs. Kim didn't push Lane to attend Chilton. It would've been so in her character
@@noidea5927are you kidding? She barely let her go to the Stars Hallow school... going to a school in a different town would have been far out of the question.
@@wynterblackwell3640 you have a point, tho.
You have to admit her being just a character on a screen is a big reason why we can like her so much.
No one wants to be stuck with someone like this in real life. Imagine if she was your employer. You’d hate her💀
Tv shows characters you are supposed to relate or put yourself into. So yeah. I doubt anyone would like lorelai either or even Luke or rory, they are all fictional and over the top. Paris was just the best realistically.
It seems that many characters in GG are like that, you can laugh with them and find them relatable but you wouldn't want to hang out with them IRL. Which makes for a good show
Out of the many many gripes I have with A Year in the Life one of not the biggest was what happened with Paris’ personal life. Like I get relationships don’t always work out but Paris and Doyle had a strong connection and understanding of each others strengths and weaknesses. More frustrating ( and keeping in the theme of special that people are destined repeat their parents choices) is that she has chosen to the nanny be the primary caregiver of her children. There absolutely nothing wrong needing help/support as a parent but she seems appears to not really know them or be close to them. Obviously good parental attachment is harder when you don’t a model it yourself but to seems like Paris would put in the effort to do better.
@maymoreshet2954 Yeah I can see validity in that. To me it would have been more realistic to choice not have them because she realized it would up like that. Still in context of series with her doing fertility it makes some sense but it leaves a sour taste in your mouth if you think that may have been her primary motivation. Also I'm not trying say she doesn't care about them but the significant outsourcing of care when she is usual so engaged with everything she does is troubling/frustrating to me.
I actually think Paris would have been a very involved, possibly helicopter mom. I think of all the characters she would have broken her family dynamic. I also would have loved to see Lane open a small music shop with lessons in Stars Hallow & Paris come in as a ‘consultant’ and help her expand and franchise it. Better to have had Paris get her MBA from Harvard - the MD / JD seemed random. Paris would have had to pay for graduate school out of her own pocket, MBA = far more practical. Plus can’t you see Paris running a hedge-fund?! Could have been a hilarious spin off show.
Paris was never a villain she had such a hard personal life and Rory brought so much joy to her life and made her better. Thank heavens the writers kept her after season 3 when Rory went to Yale!
Sorry Paris was a villain in the show.
@lauriecarson6483 How in any way shape or form was she a villain? She was nothing but a true friend to Rory. Christopher was the true villain of the show, he was a garbage father to Rory, let Lorelai and Rory down by getting Sherry pregnant after promising them he would be back in their lives and frequently got between Lorelai and Luke!
@@HarryThomasPictures She was rude, insecure, and thought Rory was her competition besides she never got to Harvard because she was yelling and being disrespectful and Rory was kind and nice to Paris while Paris was making Rory's life miserable
@AshudwayAtakDeng-lt4sn Paris learnt to be calmer, she even stook up for Rory after Logan did Rory dirty in season 6. She even hugged Rory so there is a softer side to her!
@@HarryThomasPictures so when she started to cheat on Jamie and dumps him doesn't make her a horrible person?
Paris is a legend. Thank you for shining a spotlight on her character.
Paris is a b. Yes I said it. Ifvtouoke bullies then you need help.
Paris, outside of Luke, has always been my favorite. Paris could have easily been a one note character, but Liza brought so much depth and warmth to her. Plus while watching the show I found a lot of myself in Paris, so she really helped me grow as a person. I was disappointed with her regression in "A Year in The Life." Of course everyone but Dean, Emily, Jess and Luke had regressions in "A Year in the Life."
I really didn't like the new season "A year in the life" because of Rory struggles (and other stuff) but after watching this video I kind of made peace with that because if you think about it everyone has a time in their life when you have to face the hard truth that life isn't going to be what you planned and for Paris that moment was the final years of high school and not being accepted to Harvard, while for Rory it was in her thirties, as A year in the life tells us (and I am actually in Rory's situation right now). I find it beautiful in a way.
Always thought that Paris was a complete badass. Driven, focused, but not a snob and willing to try everything, prepared, open-minded... Where as I am very dreamy, when My poorly written goals fall apart I tend to fall by the wayside.
Paris not a snob that's a joke
Me and my sister hate watch Gilmore girls because we just can’t find Rory and Lorelai relatable. But we both agree that Paris was far and away the better character. She would have made a better lead. She could easily be a Tracy flick and she was in the beginning but she a proper character and story arc that branched out better in the spin off than Rory and lorelai
YES my friend and I love Gilmore Girls, but for everything but the Gilmore Girls, haha!
@@laurena9563 me and sister always talk about how Mitchum was right about Rory. She bolted when she got the smallest criticism. And it’s interesting that she was raised as not a nepobaby and then slowly turned into a nepobaby. Like when Logan introduced her to his family and she immediately was like “but I’m a Gilmore” yet you never cared about being a Gilmore in that way.
Lane and Paris made for much better characters to follow.
@@MeganSin Absolutely, and totally. My friend and I said the exact same thing; he called her out, and wasn't even that rude about it, to be honest. Yes, a statement like you don't have the "it" factor can be taken personally, but you can either choose to grow from a moment like that, and show someone you do have what it takes to succeed in your chosen profession, or fold, and Rory folded. Again, not like it's a necessarily "bad" thing considering how young she was; but what WAS bad was everyone enabling her and coddling her and not telling her that if she wanted to prove Mitchum WRONG, to get back in the saddle and show him that he's wrong. Instead, they enabled her and thereby proved Mitchum's exact point that she was spoiled and a bubble wrapped big fish in a small pond.
Like this video said, Paris did have moments where even though she was wealthy initially, she still worked her butt off and didn't take "no" for an answer. Plus she wasn't taken in by the superficiality of elite universities despite attending one, and her true family basically became the nice nanny who actually cared for her rather than her biological family. Paris is 100 percent a better example to strive for on this front.
@@MeganSin what's worse than nepotism is that rory became a greedy layabout.
I couldn't find Paris relatable cause I don't praise bullies and I don't praise how she treats people. In real life you wouldn't like her.
I really love her ambition, diligence and dedication
Always hated how much Rory seemed to be reluctant and embarrassed about their friendship. Meanwhile Paris felt like much more of a real person with flaws.
In the episode where they join the creampuffs and they are both "kidnapped" and dragged out of bed by the group to go vandalize the school, we see Paris is disheveled, her hair messy and generally she just looks like a girl who has been sleeping and ripped out of bed. Meanwhile Rory is woken up with makeup and perfect hair, because of course, it's Rory.
Paris asks Rory if she wakes up like that, and Rory says something like yep, and Paris say something like life isn't fair. I thought this was a really interesting layer to their relationship, and kind of the hidden tension between them that could have been explored more.
Both from filthy rich families, but with Rory as the perfect, smart but not too nerdy and attractive to guys debutante, and Paris as the overachieving, type A, insecure and troubled "shrew" who will do anything to get to where she wants.
And then later the narrative punishes Paris for losing her virginity, bc ofc this show has a creepy thing about purity.
I honestly would have explored the disconnect between them in their friendship more, with Rory's detachedness and judgment towards Paris vs Paris' intense insecurity and jealousy towards Rory, for her loving mother and happy small town life vs Paris' cold and traumatic home life.
They kind of explore it in the show, but moreso as something ONLY Paris needs to grow from. Rory expresses some sympathy towards Paris but I never got the idea she cared much about what Paris had gone through after they become friends and especially in the college seasons.
Paris just seems to be something for Rory to laugh at and talk to her love interests or Lorelai about behind Paris' back, bc Rory really didn't have many female friends or friends period besides Paris. Which is something else I think the show could have explored if it was a bit more enlightened.
And maybe if the show wasn't up Rory's butt for so much of it would could see Paris call her out on her flaws a bit more and see some conflict between them where Rory isn't ALWAYS the victim.
Idk
Inthe kidnapping scene Rory was dolled up because her mom warned her. Paris' mom did not care enough to warn her, so it kind of shows how Rory has better home life. Also looks like Rory outright lied to make Paris jealous or something.
Paris literally used to bully Rory??????
This remind me of the series Crazy Ex Girlfriend. There's a character, the kind silly boss, that value themain character and their friendship. Rebecca (the main character) treats that friendship like Rory treats Paris. BUT! the kind silly boss tell her that he notice that and it's not fair. That help Rebecca wake up and treat better his friend
What?. Who said Rory had to call Paris her friend. Paris mad Rory high school experience hell and bullied her. Would you call your bully your friend. I don't understand why fans cry over this
What I like about Paris is she isn’t your stereotypical mean girl who is mean to Rory because she thinks she’s pretty or trying to steal her man. Paris is mean because she is academically hyper competitive which is a refreshing twist.
Paris didn’t get validation at home, seems like she was abandoned by her parents. She seeks validation through her achievements and that is her love.
I loved Paris! Unlike Rory she was a loyal friend and a VERY hard worker, despite being a nepo baby.
Paris is not a Nepo baby, she is a rich baby, I don’t think her parents help her to get her to were she is, besides giving her the means to do it. But nepotism is not only about money, is about the networking, influence, and power. I doubt her parents helped her with that fertility clinic. She may be rich, but she worked hard for her degrees and businesses.
@@DeliciaDulce You forgot she got into Yale because of her family connections. That does make her a Nepo baby. And like I said, she was a very hard worker despite that.
@@hakanozaslan9571 every Geller went to Harvard. She had the name weight in Harvard, and she didn’t get in. The one with name advantage in Yale was Rory because of Richard. Paris parents were rich. I guess being a Geller has importance in society… but being rich does not equal being a nepo baby. Being a nepo baby is very very tight with finding success in your career because your family hand it to you
@@DeliciaDulce again...watch the episode where Rory gets into Yale and finds Paris in her dorm decorating it. She clearly said that she pulled some strings to get in there because her "life coach" told her she should be close to Rory.
You dont have to agree with me but there is no reason to repeat yourself 🙃
@@hakanozaslan9571 sorry to join in your conversation. I don't think that was the reason why she got into Yale, but rather how she and Rory became roommates.
When Rory asked it was such a weird coincidence that Yale put them as roommates, Paris said that it was because her life coach told her dad that Paris' journey with Rory had not ended, so her dad pulled the strings to make them become roommates.
With that being said, I think Paris got accepted in Yale because of her merits, her dad only helped her with the rooming situation after discussing with her life coach.
I might be wrong, but that was how I remembered it.
The tie your tubes comment. Haha damn. Poor Paris, I always felt bad for her.
Paris was a great character. She was the right balance of flawed and sympathetic. Paris was never really a villain when Rory and Lorelai were more villainous. The character was made for Liza Weil because of how well she auditioned. Paris actually deserved to go to Harvard or Yale with her efforts, unlike Rory. Rory spent her high school years being told how great she was and the show treated her like the angel who could do no wrong. Paris got her rejection form Harvard and experienced not getting what she wanted before college. She was not going to drop out just because a professor hurt her feelings.
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Loved how Paris also used resources that were available to her due to her family’s financial status. She knew she was privileged but never abused it; used it to further her academic career and future in general. She works hard for the money! Shout out to the late, great Donna Summer.
0:12 "No, its national baptism day. Tie your tubes idiot." My girl is ruthless. 😂
I’m tempted to watch the show because of her 😊
I watched GG when it first aired. I’m that old. I realize now how insufferable the leads were and what a icon Paris truly was.
Please do! I watched the series originally and Paris always owned every scene.
@@carlabarrick8538 will do ✌🏻
I watch GG cause of Rory and Lorelai and Luke. Paris is the last person I will watch the show.
I think this video has made me cry more than any other one on this channel. Thank you.
Paris is by far the best character in Gilmore Girls. She is strong willed, hard working and always improving herself. For girls, she is the best role model.
She exhibits a lot of bad behavior. She's no role model.
@@bili8617 what bad behavior? That she is bossy? I don't think that's a bad thing. She has some real psychological issues, that I agree in. But she goes to therapy and even hires a personal coach. She works really hard to improve herself, she is always there for her friends, when something bad happens to her, she adapt to it, learns from her mistakes and keeps on fighting.
@@avi.chan23 She bullies everyone around her. While she was editor, she treated everyone horrendously - repeatedly calling her coworkers idiots, demeaning them, micromanaging to the point of ludicrosity, calling them by numbers. She built a bunker! She mistreated her roommate, cheated on her boyfriend and dumped him in the coldest possible way after stringing him along for weeks. When Rory dropped out of Yale, she had a fit about how this will affect her without a thought about what must've happened to Rory to take such a drastic turn. When she created that tutoring business, she bullied and was offensive to her students and their parents. When Rory's article was not published, Paris's reaction was to make sure that hers did. When Rory's grandfather was in hospital, she redacted her notes because "there is only place for one woman at the top". Is that what you call being there for her friends? What did she learn from her mistakes? At the end she was just as aggressive as in the beginning.
Role model really. You like bullies she made the girls cry when talking at Chilton. Who would want her as a role modle
Role model for professional life not for overall personality. I am sure people so pushy and aggressive like Paris will get cancelled in 2 seconds in today's age.
Thank god for this take on Paris. She is my favorite character on Gilmore girls and love her spirit and her ambitions. I love that Rory and Paris became friends and helped each other with their shortcomings. The episode of Rory and Paris dumping their boyfriends and drinking founder's punch episode is one of my favorite.
Yep. Loved her character
I think paris and rory is a potrayal of 'rival' relationship. I often find it funny how many stories and real people cried the hardest when their rival gone, more than their best friend. Probably the same people that know and went the same hardship with you would become your ultimate companion afterall😂
Ok, but be honest, how many of you would put up with being Paris' friend most of the time? Rory deserves a metal for patience.
I wouldn't put up with Paris at all. She would end up on the ground real quick.
Paris once mentioned that Rory is the only person who can challenge her mentaly and she need her. I think it was when Rory decided to take a break from Yale. I'm surprised it was never mentioned in this video.
Wish I had been watching this show when it was on the air. I am 3yrs younger than the characters, and watching the HS to College journey takes me waay back. Paris would have been a great role model for me because even though she can be difficult she believed in herself, something I struggled with in my early HS days and still even to this day.
I watched the show for her
I'm surprised that no one has really mentioned that Paris seems to be on the autism spectrum. She is socially awkrawd, hyperfocuses on things, and says things like they are. Being on the spectrum myself I could relate a lot to her 😁
The one thing I felt was off was the fertility clinic. She strikes me as being the type to know boutique overpopulation wasn't it. Or, at least, I think they should have made it clear she was doing it for the money but didn't want children herself. Or better yet, I could see her being a taskmaster foster parent. Giving kids who had difficult home lives like hers a chance to feel secure (and also bettering their grades lol)
5:16 that statistics was so true for rory 😮
Should've added that Lorelei told Rory she was going to get kidnapped, and not to forget her lip gloss.
Controversial opinion: The only reason Rory got into the big 3 was because of her legacy status & stat-sharing amongst the schools.
She probably interviewed great
@@MsPandachen yeah, I'm sure that helped but I don't think that means she deserved to be handed an admission spot. I mean, it's just a 20+ year old tv show but just thinking in a spreadsheet & weighing everything- interview, grades, volunteer work, career goals, family & wealth, etc... Doesn't line up, haha, but whatever, it's just tv.
@@jaimim3675 According to the show she had the grades. She was a valedictorian in a prep school. She did volunteer work, she was very clear and focused on her career aspirations. What's more a person to do?
@@bili8617 I was under the impression while watching that she only edged Paris out after her meltdown. I would rather see someone who pursued and excelled at a myriad of things like Paris than someone who liked the idea of something but didn’t do anything to support it like Rory (no mentors, no volunteer work in a local court or shadowing local reporters, no additional summer work at a news station or newspaper…) She wasn’t unqualified, but I think Paris was a better choice, especially w/ the hindsight of how she developed as a person & where her career led.l
@@jaimim3675 I don't think that it works like that. She didn't edge Paris out. They were 2 of thousands of applicants to Harvard. And Rory did volunteer work during high school. It wasn't specifically journalistic related, but I don't know how many positions are open to high schoolers. Typically, internships at newspapers and court houses are for college kids. And Paris played her interview from Harvard and she was a raving lunatic. You have to make a good impression during the interview. That's how it works.
Paris was my favorite definitely could relate to her ❤
Paris is my spirit animal
Once they left high school and the show got exponentially worse, she carried the hell out of it
I love Paris 😭
Also, everyone is so upset that Rory cheats with Dean and no one ever mentions that Paris cheats on her boyfriend with the old guy.
Right?.
This villainization of Rory and heroization of Paris is, frankly, ridiculous. The character of Paris made the show more interesting, but as a person she is extremely rude, a terrible bully, has zero consideration for anybody else and is obsessive to an unhealthy degree. She's a nightmare as a roommate, she's offensive to everyone, she's extremely aggressive. Being smart and driven doesn't excuse this bad behavior. On the other hand, Rory makes a few mistakes and suddenly she's the villain of the century (in comment sections across YT). This video says that "everything just falls into place for her". Have you actually watched the series? Rory is also very smart, driven, focused and hard-working. Just because she's not Studentzilla doesn't mean she's any less dedicated. Of course, a person who is kind and considerate and doesn't roll over people will be more likeable. That's is how it should be.
So grateful to have this video pop up in my feed
Please do a video about Lane from Gilmore Girls!
That would be depressing 😕
Hands down the best, smartest, funniest character on the show. A legend and a role model. Thanks for giving her her due.
I get the criticisms of Rory, but if she were a main male character, she’d be perceived as a slacker genius lol
So basically she’d be Jess? I always hated Jess.
Plus neither were ‘genius’ - just into fiction books and selfishly oblivious to the world around them.
😂😂😂😂😂
Paris was one of my favorite character, never betrayed herself, was focus, very smart, sarcastic and have goals, also became more successful than Rory, who was annoying, entitled, and went downward spiral in the end.
Paris was a bitch and annoying. And who said Rory had to be successful.
I don't see the flaws everybody sees in Paris. She's good-natured and has morals and ethics. Maybe that was Rory's friendship and her nanny's upbringing, But Paris is good-hearted, and although she now has a lot of power, she'd never do something to harm other people. I think she's fine and underachievers should go back to their tree branches, complain about the world and blame others for their problems while the Paris of the world will continue to do better for others.
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I see a lot of myself in Paris, it’s great to see positive portrayals of Type A characters
Paris isn't perfect even in the revival, but I appreciate that unlike Rory she never stopped fighting for her goal of being an HBIC.
i love her
Liza Weil's talent definitly helped to make Paris more well-rounded than just an antagonist. She was in a really good teen film circa 1999 called Whatever, and she helped to make Paris feel more grounded and more interesting than Rory, as Rory often came off as too lucky in her life without really trying, then couldn't handle failure.
Rory's rich kid privilege did ended up catching up with her.😂
Paris was rich too or did you forget
You always seem to post videos about a specific character or subject right after I spend a couple days obsessing over them. 😂
Paris may be smart, but she is a bully. Would you really be friends with someone like Paris in real life? Don't think so. Can't stand bullies like her who think they are better than everyone else. Confidence is one thing, but arrogance is another.
Yeah but Rory has a thing for wounded animals.
@@user-ze1ec2ub6zRory was the only one who puts up with Paris's crap. No one would be fiends with Paris
I just watched Gilmore Girls for the first time and I loved Paris lol
Much like Samantha Jones on Sex and the City, Paris Geller is shown to be the most genuine character to admire on their respective series. It shows how we as women have evolved in a positive way to see how problematic Carrie Bradshaw and Rory Gilmore were when we initially admired them as lead characters. As a 50 something woman myself who watched both series, I'm proud of us as women who are growing stronger in society so we can see that those old series are really dated. I am thankful we had Gilmore Girls and sex and the City during the early 2000s though because it was important to see women like them as we navigated a very different society that conspired against women. We now see that in how society treated Britney and so many female public people then.
That's a joke
When Paris dumped her boyfriend at the end of the first series because she valued her career more than anything else, it was like she unleashed the power of career ambition. She's basically the superhero of putting herself and her goals first.
Yes *"thinker"* archetype women should be given a chance to shine... instead of women always being portrayed in media as ambivalently drowning in emotions all the time (tiring and old)
I love Paris and always have, but there are parts of this video I don't agree with, mainly a) the parts that demonize Rory because I do not agree with The Take's take on her, and b) the idea that Paris got a "Happy Ending," because she did not.
The video makes the point that Paris worked harder to get into Harvard than Rory because she did a bunch of extra curricular and volunteer work, and since that is how Universities tend to work, that is technically true. How ever, it's not something that Paris was willing to do that Rory wasn't. Paris grew up in the IV league pre-school and forward world, where probably the only relationship she had with her parents was them telling her what she needed to do to get into the schools she got into. She would also have counselors and teacher encouraging these sorts of behaviors. Rory, on the other hand, before the events of the S1, went to public school, which isn't always so great at preparing kids for college until high school, and even then, only so much. Her mother wanted her to go to Harvard, but didn't actually know how to get her in, other than good grades. Her grandparents knew the system, but were essentially cut off from Rory for most of her life. Basically, nobody told Rory what was required until Paris, where Paris would have been raised in a hyper-competitive environment where that would have been drummed into her from an early age. The fact that Rory does so well at such an advanced school and is able to get some curriculars under her belt at what is essentially the eleventh hour says a lot about her intelligence as well as her ability to rally. I'm not saying Paris didn't deserve to be valedictorian or to get into Harvard. Of course she did! But that doesn't mean Rory didn't also. Chilton Rory works hard to get where she is, and she earns what she gets. Another consideration when comparing the two is there chosen careers. Despite coming from money, or possibly because of it, Paris chose two very lucrative career paths. Rory, on the other hand, chose something is very financially unstable, and was encouraged in this choice by those around her. Both girls had the goal of getting into a college, and were a little thrown off kilter when they were no longer working towards those goals. However, once Paris started on her career path at Yale (because she did get into a lot of IV Leagues, just not the one she came on too strong about) she was able to use the same studious skills, because the career's she chose were very academic. Rory, on the other hand, chose a career path that wasn't quite as academic, which is probably one of the reasons that she struggled with it so much. That being said, her problem when she interned for Mitchum wasn't her writing ability, or any of the skills that make one a good student, but her timidness, her lack of being comfortable making herself heard when it would seem rude to do so. Paris will do anything to get her way, even if it seems rude, makes her less likable, or will even get her in trouble, as shown by her willingness to break into Chilton for the sake of the social contacts she can get from being a Puff. As the video says (and I do agree with this) Paris needed to excel at school, because it was all she had. This wasn't true for Rory, but that doesn't mean her home-life was perfect. As much as her family loved her, Rory's existence was essentially a mistake that she constantly felt she had to justify and correct. Why don't they have money? Why doesn't she have a relationship with her grandparents? Why isn't her dad around? Why is her mother so immature? The answer to all of these questions are because she was conceived while her mother was a teenager and it changed (some characters would say ruined) everyone's lives. Rory might know that Lorelai loved her, but she also had to be the adult for a lot of her upbringing. She also could never complain about her situation because the situation was her fault, and Lorelai gave up a more "comfortable," life to raise her. Her grandparents could only forgive her mother, and Rory's existence, if Rory was the new and improved Lorelei, with all the potential required. It was Lorelai's idea for Rory to go to Harvard, and probably Chilton too. When Rory has second thoughts, they are not allowed, and we see that once Rory sees how much her mother is sacrificing for her, and how it is affecting her family, she agrees to go to Chilton even if it's not necessarily what she wants, because it will make her family happy. Paris knew she couldn't make her family happy, so she needed something good outside of her home. Rory's world is full of love, but it feels conditional, like it could implode if she steps one foot wrong. Her mother and grandparent's relationship was ruined because of her existence, and it's her job to fix it. Her grandparents rejected her mother because of the mistake her mother made, a mistake called her. She's seen the consequences of setting one foot out of line, and it means you're whole world turning upside down. She loves her mom so much, and can't imagine losing her, but she believes her grandparents are good people who love their daughter, and were still willing to throw her away for messing up. That doesn't even address her father who was never around. She needs to be perfect and likable, or she could lose her family, and her family is her whole world. So, it's hard for her to risk doing something that might get her in trouble. She did okay at the internship, but she didn't do anything that she thought she could get yelled at for, and then she ended up getting yelled at for her lack of willingness to get yelled at. And this big rejection comes not only from this huge mogul who knows everything about her chosen field, but also her boyfriend's father. I do wish we got more context on why Rory chose to steal a boat, but I suspect that her reaction was so big because she felt she had already blown up her life. Then, when she suggests taking a little time off school to figure herself out, Lorelei flips out in a very Emily-like way, saying "no, you can't ruin your life, you can't go off the path we decided on for you and stay at home with me while you figure things out," which isn't all that different from what Rory feared would happen if she stepped a toe out of line. And I'm not trying to bash Lorelai as a mother, because I think she did a decent job for someone raising a child by herself when still a child herself, but whenever Rory goes off-book, she doesn't get the support her mom promised her she would always have. I know I've gone on a rant here, and this was about Paris, so I'll stop talking about Rory, but I just want to make it clear that while Paris deserved more than she got, it wasn't like she didn't get it because Rory did.
For the second part, which I promise, is all about Paris, (and thanks if you're still reading my comment) the vidders say that when we caught up with Paris in A Year In The Life, she had found a way to get the life she wanted, and I strongly disagree. Paris' career was in a great place, and I'm so happy that she found that, but she was also going through a divorce, and had a terrible relationship with her kids, who she admitted she didn't even like, and was clearly not a good mom to. Now, romance and kids aren't everything, and if Paris had chosen to not have kids, it would have been totally valid. What we see, however, if that she has basically become her parents, good money, bad marriage. Hopefully she doesn't make the same tax mistakes they did (or however they lost their fortune) but when she was a kid, she had no reason to think she would go broke, yet she was still very unhappy with her home life. Now she's become the sort of mother that she had, the mother who made her feel bad about herself and like school was her only way out. She's still close to Rory, but as far as we can tell, she hasn't made any other significant connections in life, and in her divorce she's lost some. Basically, she's the same person she was in school, good at the work, bad at the social and family stuff, only now, she's the one responsible for kids who are going to grow up feeling unloved. You want to believe that if you had bad parents, you'll do better with your own kids, but Paris is just continuing the cycle and making the same mistakes, which is very sad.
That's mostly what I wanted to say. Feel free to respond to my opinion.
parisssss 💗
everyone else wanted to be Rory. i wanted to be Paris.
Wow you wanted to be a bully got it
Only thing I didn't like about her arc was her and Doyle getting divorced in the revival. I really thought their whacky relationship would go the distance :/
So you like her being a bully
High strung characters are often attractive, even if comically, like invader Zim, I always dreamed to have such amounts of energy like Paris. Instead i'm sleepy and slow all my life.
Honestly, Paris was a little like Blair Waldorf. She was from a wealthy family but worked super hard and had to fight and even manipulate, cheat, hustle to succeed and Rory was just like Serena.. except Rory studied well but she breezed through everything. Anyone else see the parallels? I love the scene in Gossip Girl where Blair said she deserved to get in Yale way more than "that Rory" ...LOL
Speaking of smart girls.
Can you please do an essay on Down A Dark Hall?
The overall tone & ambience is dark literally. Society wants us to be perfect so we can be used.❤
Paris was always my favorite!
Paris was a great character
I loved Paris' character arc, how she ended up in a great place academically while having a pretty stable relationship with a pretty mature world view. I hated what they did to her personal life in the revival.
@thetake is still uploading to Spotify right?
Actual question from someone that isn't familiar with the show, is paris autistic coded?
Not as far as I know. But some of her traits could be counted into the autism spectrum.
Not at all - she's just so blatantly Type-A with like, hyper vigilance 😄
Also let's not forget pretty privilege that may affect why some good things just came to Rory or why Rory was often chosen instead of Paris even though I am willing to bet that Paris worked harder. Some might say that Rory was better at dealing with people that Paris - well, of course she was - if she was always greeted with smiles and people approached her friendly b/c she was pretty, then she learnt how to deal warmly with people so it became her default.
Yes and no. I know beauty is subjective. But Paris may be less kept, she sometimes has oily hair etc. But she is beautiful aswell. I think its because she has a wall up and, than all the things you wrote play out
@@Sunflowers_220 In no way I meant to disrespect the actress who plays Paris. She is obviously a beautiful woman but the actress who plays Rory is beautiful in more "warm" inviting" way. Anyway, the show definitely played down Paris's appearance.
The Miranda of Gilmore Girls
Paris didn't have an assertive bone in her body, only aggressive and passive-aggressive bones.
I like to ship Paris and Jess. They would have been a cute couple. They got character development arcs and would have helped each other with their character development.
Nah Jess wouldn't put up with Paris at all. She is to bossy for him.
@@lauriecarson6483 Jess was able to put up with Rory.
I'm sorry but Paris Geller is very problematic and toxic in some ways, she undermines Rory's success (the valedictorian rant and other stuff), doesn't know how to make friends because of her hostile attitude, is very agressive, and competitive towards everyone. Her adult life also sucks.
She's just a try hard productivity tyrant which is the epitome of capitalistic ideology.
Although I like her because of the touch of humor she brings to the show and her insecurities that makes her likeable she's by no mean a role model for me. She doesn't question the world and society she lives in.
Paris our beloved 💖
Loved watching this video! Low key Paris was my favourite character because I found perfect child Rory so annoying lmao
I find Paris annoying all the time. I can't handle bullies and acting like a victim
I just started watching Gilmore Girls and I love Paris she is very admirable and can be hilariously ridiculous sometimes. But that time she shut off Rory’s alarm clock and left only 5mins for breakfast… I love Paris regardless but omg she would have gotten put out of the dorm for that 😂🤣 Waffle Bar day too 😂
Seriously don’t touch peoples alarm clocks, capisce?
Not calculating that she would be so well-liked by the audience and should actually be the better version of Rory than Rory, I find, is the biggest oversight by the writers. Hence, she ended up being terribly written - at least in the high school arc, I couldn't finish the show, unfortunately - and all she's ever wanted was nonsensically, unjustly given to Rory because she's the main character that we're SUPPOSED to root for 🙄 Oh also, Rory wasn't the only one who wasn't scared of her or did we forget the two girls Paris hung out with before Rory even came into the picture?
She was more caustic, so it put many people off, she did not pretend to be something she is not she doesn't mince words. She should have crafted her social skills, she would have been more successful with achieving her goals. Paris would have known this in real-life, and would have been able to learn needed social skills. But her parents were absent so who knows.
I love placing characters in Hogwarts houses 🤣🤦🏽♀️😂
Paris being an overachiever striving to be first but end up with the silver medal, that is classic Slytherin.
And I guess Rory fits well in Gryffindor. Hard worker, but sometimes things just falls into her lap and she gets the gold.
Paris is soooo loved!❤❤ I mean, she goes on to beat whatever put her down and define her own success, being accepted in many career paths and she truly " becomes who she is", whereas Rory clearly dwindles and is a more lost character on the end. Every time I watch the show I have different feelings and Lorelai mother and daughter become the less interesting characters for sure. The Kims, Luke/Jess, Paris all sooo much more endearing and layered
My motto in life is WWPD
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That character was written for that actress
She gives me Azula vibes.
To me Paris and Rory are the best of friend than Rory and Lane in my opinion.
I’m watching this show for the first time and I just want to skip through all scenes involving Lane. I fail to see her point in the show. And such a waste because her path was similar to Lorelai in terms of having overbearing parents that create the path for their daughters but all it did was chase the daughters away. Lorelai could have been helping Mrs. Kim to soften her approach.
Intense? Let me rephrase this for you: Paris is hostile. One of the things that has aged poorly in this show is the portrayal of hostility as a personality trait.
Do you have eyes to see / ears to hear ??????? Shepherd's Chapel Network !!!!!!!
Better Paris than rory. Paris has achieved her goals whilst rory failed.
Paris is very resourceful, making use of every resource to achieve her goals.
Rory wants to be a top international journalist but doesn’t take initiative to doing other things outside of school to achieve those goals. She goes about things simply and expects major returns.
That one girl Paris was talking to when defending Rory was Jane from Braking Bad. She will later choke on her own vomit.