The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

MORBS

i usually just watch one ep per day. i can't binge anything an hour or longer.

there's not that many eps so

I guess this is a dramedy, I wanted a sitcom.

Season 3 is a visual tour de force it must be restated.

I'm having a hard time getting through S3 because I don't like the characters anymore I think. I'm somewhere in the middle, but I'll power through.

i predict morbs eventually hates this show, but then i fuckin hate this show

I keep thinking about season three but after spending all day locked up with a manic extroverted 5 year old starring a 1 hour show at 9:30pm feels like a huge slog

I can't count how many films I've seen where the first 20 to 30 minutes are excellent and fun and then they peter out in weaknesses brought on by clumsy plot exposition, complications, and resolution, because their early strength had nothing to do with the strength of their storyline. Series are not immune to this, either. Beginnings are easy, developments and endings are hard.

I'm 3 episodes into this, and it's pretty entertaining, BUT... the thing that most annoys me is that Midge has gone on stage 3 times and KILLED entirely by IMPROVISING, apparently. A sheltered UWS princess with no stage experience? Even the greats have told stories about dying in their early sets. I know it's not a documentary, but the plausibility matches that Tom Hanks-Sally Field film Punchline. I'm looking forward to seeing if she ever bombs.

It also feels like this show started with the production design, costume design, music clearances, and enough budget to redress those Village streets, which is not cheap.

Almost everybody gets funny shit to say, esp the dykey manager. Tony Shalhoub is very convincing and funny, but the shocker is that Kevin Pollak (who I've never liked much at all) is even better! "The thirteen Jews..."

Another anachronism complaint: the Friars Club scene starts with the fanfare of "Comedy Tonight." That's 1962.

yeah there's a bit of suspension of disbelief in her early abilities, she comes across as a savant in her first few improv gigs, then her first few planned gigs are terrible even though it would seem she's sharp-witted enough to plan material if she can do it off the dome like that.

I just rode with it, it's not realistic obv

Pollack is so good; Shalhoub really comes into his own in the back half of Season 1, it takes a while for his character to really build up a head of steam

Pollak is hilarious in the bank loan scene in Season 2

"YOU...are *not* a Jew!"

I love all the parents so much. Her stand up skills go downhill pretty badly, it is a little strange.

I love this show. I kind of think Morbs will enjoy enough about it before bailing because of storyline or something. But I can't get enough of sets and costumes and colors and pitter/patter. My only real gripe is Joel. I really had hopes he would get run over by a horse and carriage or fall off a fire escape etc etc spoiler.

oh yeah he sucks bad

he should have been eaten by a feral mountain lion by Ep 2

he's a shitty ex/husband alright, tot foxy actor tho

morbs otm

alex borstein my favorite, then Lenny

Also Midge paraphrased Dr Spock's baby book as saying "You got this." Give me a break, I never heard that til five years ago.

Joel....foxy????!!!

he is a quintessential Cute Jewish Boy, even though the character is a monster

it's pretty clearly indicated that what brought the two of them together was laughs and sex, not necessarily in that order

The laughs come during the sex

Joel is v handsome imo

Yerac favors men of a certain stature iirc

he played randall on Walking Dead! I did see him Brooklyn (the movie) last year.

now I had to search for how tall he is.

i looked it up

he’s 5’8”

He wish he were a little bit taller

you wish he was a baller?

he has a girl who looks good
you should call her

be easier to pull a rabbit out of a hat
also they repoed my '64 Impala

"When I was three I could resole a shoe."

I know the actor who played Red Skelton (at the Copa) in episode 4.

(who is funny and talented, and knows his vintage comedy, but neither looks or sounds like Red)

I own the Mort Sahl LP she's listening to in ep 5

are you enjoying it?

mostly

i'm glad she bombed TWICE in the fifth episode; bout time

my favorite thing in S1 is episode 3 when she gets stoned for the first time with Lenny & the band

season 3 is dreadful

glee with namedropping of ppl that nobody cares about or arent real

lenny bruces top cat routine is getting worse

disagree on Lenny - one of Lenny’s best epidodes is in this season!

s3 is definitely a slog at first but it comes together really well in the last few episodes

hmmph ok we'll see

Midge is a self-saboteur, as the Jane Lynch episode proved. Infuriating.

i am glad you are sticking with it!

s1 finale a little heavy on the Midge-Joel content (also he's no Sal Mineo per the final insult), but loved Shalhoub's "I will have to kill you." The Lenny rescue seemed a little forced too.

Not read the full thread - is this worth sticking with? I liked S1 well enough but s2 is a bit boring (up to ep4 or 5 so far). Too much Midge's mother, not enough hustle, also don't massively care about Joel unless they actually go into why he cheated in the first place...?

Yeah I left it around the same episodes iirc. Not that I disliked it anymore. But I didn’t feel like knowing more about what happened to these characters (never like Joel so him being more present was a pain)... I may go back at some point though.

Love her parents though !

I'd encourage you to keep at it. All the characters bring their own rewards in the end.

Season 1 is probably the best but I enjoyed sticking with it