#moishe maisel

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to any marvelous mrs. maisel/luke kirby/lenny bruce fans who might not already know about its existence, i highly recommend checking out kevin pollak’s new maisel podcast where his first guest is luke kirby!

currently listening to it and its so nice to hear luke speak so relaxed (unlike some of his interviews where he seems a bit more reserved haha)

i only found out about this podcast through one random tweet so hoping to share it with others who might enjoy it!

[rizahawkais]

THE MARVELOUS MRS. MAISEL | How Do You Get to Carnegie Hall?

[livelovecaliforniadreams]

[marymcmagic-hair]

the ensemble scenes were always the best part of the show. and zelda’s one liners.

[im-on-your-side-always]

Thoughts on Mrs. Maisel 5x01

- Esther reminds me a lot of her mother.

- Esther talking about Abe in the past tense 😭

- LOVED that Rose called Susie

- Susie getting out of bed was hilarious

- Abe and Susie -> the duo we all need

- these family dinners are so much fun 😂

- Midge, Abe and Joel at the table for kids 😂

- Rose claiming not to understand Midge because she’s too far away but hearing Abe clearly 😂😂

- Moishe and Shirley are getting what??

- the Susie and Mike scene at Gordon Ford 😂

- the Mei storyline was to be expected. glad we got to see her again though.

- i‘m also annoyed every single time we see joel on screen

- LENNY ❤️❤️

- not Till There Was You playing over the speakers at jfk 😭

- Kitty mention 🥺 so happy he gets to spend some time with his daughter

- “I’m not gonna blow it.”

“I’m gonna hold you to that.” 😭

-> i thought the episode was pretty good, my expectations were lower. there were some really fun scenes. can’t wait to watch the next two episodes.

[mrsmaiselsource]

THE MARVELOUS MRS. MAISEL characters as PANTONE colors.

(insp.)

[theycallme-thejackal]

Countdown to The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Season 5

S04E01: Rumble on the Wonder Wheel

[harrietmjones]

Goodnight The Marvelous Mrs Maisel. Can’t believe it’s all over. 😭💖🎙️

[wonderlandleighleigh]

Lenny + Moishe getting along or bonding. (Maybe Joel being a baby about it?)

Moishe beams as he settles next to Lenny, who sits on the couch with Lily in his arms, feeding her from a bottle.

"They're magic when they're that little," Moishe says.

Lenny grins and nods in agreement. "It won't last of course, but it is nice."

"The pre-nightmare years," Moishe says. "No talking back. No throwing toys around."

"She wouldn't do that, would you, Lilbit?" Lenny coos. "You're the best. You wouldn't stress your mother out that way."

Moishe chuckles. "I'm glad you and Miriam could make it tonight. I know having a newborn can be challenging."

"Well, Rosh Hashanah is an easy one," Lenny shrugs as he finishes feeding his daughter. "Midge went to services for a little while, and then came home to scoop us up and we headed here. Yom Kippur is gonna be harder. I'm trying to convince her not to go to services since she can't fast this year."

"You'll talk her into it," Moishe assures him. "God is usually pretty understanding about the care and feeding of newborn babies and the well-being of their mothers."

"Well, I know Lily would appreciate the leniency," Lenny jokes.

"Oh, I bet she would," Moishe says, reaching out and lifting the baby from her father's arms, resting her on his shoulder and patting her back. "You two and your big mouths, making such a good, well-behaved baby. God really does have a sense of humor."

Lenny laughs softly.

"Hey, Pop - Ma was-" Joel stops in his tracks as he walks into the living room of his parents' home, staring at his father holding his ex-wife's newborn baby. "Uh..."

"Lenny and I were just talking about how funny life is," Moishe tells him, looking completely unapologetic as he rocks Lily.

"Sure," Joel clips out. "Ma just wanted to know where you'd gone off to."

"Right here," Moishe grins.

"Okay, then."

Both men watch Joel storm from the room and Moishe shakes his head.

He shifts the baby back to Lenny, smiling at her fondly. "She's a doll, Lenny. Congratulations again."

"Thanks, Moishe."

[sonatine]

Marvelous Maisel Linguistics Question

Why does Midge call her parents Mama and Papa but Joel calls his Ma and Pop?

They’re both around the same age, Jewish, and from New York. Is this the Manhattan / Brooklyn divide? Did Moishe and Shirley want to use a newer terminology?

[postguiltypleasures]

My Peak TV journey *The Marvelous Mrs Maisel*

Prior to the final I made some predictions about where the show would end up. one was that Esther would grow up to resent her mother like Lorelei resented Emily Gilmore. I was right about that. I also speculated that maybe this was the story of how Midge could make anybody laugh, but could not make it as a comic. I was wrong about Midge’s career.

I liked the flash forwards but some of the choices of people she would be involved with seemed more funny peculiar than funny haha. It implies she was involved with Mike Nichols after that first season episode where she did not know about his act with Elaine May and almost ended up in a Nichols and May knock off act. The flash forwards made a big deal about her working with Bob Hope which tracks with aspirational dialogue from earlier in the series. While Hope had a long and successful career, meaning I understand why he was chosen as the symbol of what success i the field looked like, he also fell incredibly out of fashion starting in the late sixties. As a choice, it says Midge never quite seemed “young” in her career. Which, I guess makes sense.

That said I really liked the final season. In earlier posts about the show I acknowledge criticism that the Weisman’s players by goy actors were so much more likable than the Maisels, played by actually Jewish actors. This season seemed to recognize it and subtly corrects.

The elder Maisels were suddenly hilarious, if still crass and unkind. The Wiseman’s reliance on their housekeeper Zelda, who got married and retired over the season revealed some very unappealing aspects of their characters.

The show sometimes felt like it took place in 1960 for multiple years. As a series The Marvelous Mrs Maisel didn’t exact love the time period in which it took place, so much as it loves the pop culture from its time. It never made me want to be there, just to keep watching people in their colorful, well tailored clothes. But it was not particularly critical, nor interested in a “this is what led to things being the way they are now” type of rational for its existence. As a choice it’s doesn’t clarify, but doesn’t let you wallow for the good old days either. Sometimes it felt like every year on screen was 1960. This disinterested ambivalence occasionally led to wanting to me I’d want to fact check it, but rarely actually doing it. The one time I did was regarding Clark Gable’s death, which I thought stool place a year after the season took place. I was wrong. 

In the final episode there was an establishing shot of the Ansonia indicating that is where Midge live in 2005. Later she makes a comment about Yoko Ono being one of her neighbors. Ono famously lives in the Dakota, several avenues from the Ansonia. I was going list this as another thing that makes me doubt the interest in veracity o the series. Then I found this discussed in this post finale interview with Amy Sherman-Palladino. It’s a fictional building in a fictional timeline. Don’t make a big deal about it. Some how this made define with it.

I want to end this by praising the actors who joined the series late players. 

Some how I forgot that Julie Klausner joined the series late in the fourth season, but she regularly had me giggling over her appearances in the final season.  (Interestingly, Klausner is not a Lenny Bruce fan.)

Alfie Fuller is new to me and she was so great as Dinah. I hope Dinah has as great a management career and I look forward to seeing Fuller in something soon.

Reid Scott is such a charming bully as Gordon Ford, you almost don’t resent his character’s success. (Though I think the no writer on the show rule was a good one) 

I’ve liked Chris Eigeman since those Whit Stillman films and I really liked seeing him run the Village Voice here.

Jason Ralph, (Rachel Brosnahan’s real life husband) had some very funny bits as Mike, especially in relation to Suzie. Seeing him here mostly made me think how I want to see him as a lead again. 

Nina Arianda has intrigued me since I saw her play Stan Laurel’s wife in Stan and Ollie. She still does as Gordon’s wife/Susie’s ex, Hedy. 

[ginandweas]

The Marvelous Mrs.Maisel SEASON 4 EPISODE 8 "I've invented a drink. It is pink and fizzy and you set it on fire. It's stunning. I've named it 'I Once Was a Man'."

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The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel S05E03 (Typos and Torsos)

Book title: Henderson the Rain King (1959) by Saul Bellow

[dearvoidgoodnight]

“Sometimes it takes falling in the shower for everything to become very clear. Life is precious. You have to think about the other people in your life.”

-Moishe Maisel

[im-on-your-side-always]

Thoughts on Mrs. Maisel 5x09

- omg the episode starts with lenny 😭

- damn this hurts 💔

- susie and lenny 😭

- “is midge here?” 😭

- seven minutes in and they shattered my heart already

- susie fighting with the police. you just have to love her.

- abe talking about the kids 😂

- so happy for midge. she’s so excited.

- moise and shirley slipping in the shower. these two are just hilarious

- seriously, midge? why joel? it’s annoying how much they are pushing them.

- awwww abe is so proud

- he’s so excited when telling rose

- even zelda is calling now 😂

- she kept the piece of paper from the fortune cookie 😭

- gordon, are you fucking kidding me? what the hell?

- susie calling mike 😂

- “tits up”

- alfie is also there!! his storyline was completely wasted in season 5.

- abe and rose are so proud 🥹

- susie looks also so proud

- SIX MONTHS EARLIER

- omg that scene was everything

- midge x lenny, i’m going to miss you so damn much

- “everyone will know who you are. they will know your wit, your intellect, your smile, your great expressive eyes. they will be helpless to your charms. they will fall at your feet and worship at the altar of you and your show corset.” LENNY BRUCE THE MAN YOU ARE

- midge and susie made up ❤️

-> so I gotta say that the finale was decent and I liked it. there were obviously some storylines that weren’t really brought up again or didn’t get any closure, but that was expected. and after the first couple of episodes we can be very happy with this finale. I thought it was great we got to see almost everyone again in this episode, even if it was just for one scene.

midge and susie were the heart of the show and i’m happy the show ended with them. thought this was very fitting.

[theycallme-thejackal]

Countdown to The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Season 5

S01E02: Ya Shivu v Bolshom Dome Na Kholme