09-26-2018, 07:45 AM
Since it made so much buzz at the Emmys and took home a truckload of awards, I figured it was time to check it out.
And it's good. It's almost like a costume drama set on the upper West Side during the late 50s early 60s. Midge Maisel is the titular heroine who is devoting her entire life to making her marriage the best that it can be. Mr. and Mrs. Maisel live in a great apartment with her parents in the apartment upstairs. Mr. Maisel has got a great job. She secretly puts on cold cream so he can wake up every day to his beautiful bride. It's Idyllic. She even keeps copious notes on his nascent comedy career even though he is secretly doing Bob Newhart's act. They even bump into famous figures of the 1960s like the Kingston Trio and Lenny Bruce in the clubs of Greenwich Village.
But things fall apart. He's having an affair with is secretary and wants out. Mrs. Maisel turns to comedy to talk about her rage. And she happens to be the really funny one in the family. More about that in a second.
In the second episode we get to meet more of the supporting cast which has the stellar Tony Shaloub and Kevin Pollack as the fathers of Mr and Mrs Maisel. They both need more to do. But one of the things they are trying to do is get Mr and Mrs. Maisel back together.
It's all very well done and you do get an interesting look at life in New York at that time.
But the comedy. Mrs. Maisel is supposed to be hysterically funny which is what is going to help her. But the jokes and material they give her just aren't that funny despite the fact her audiences laugh hysterically during her sets. It's the one weakness of the show.
We are three episodes in and plan to watch more.
And it's good. It's almost like a costume drama set on the upper West Side during the late 50s early 60s. Midge Maisel is the titular heroine who is devoting her entire life to making her marriage the best that it can be. Mr. and Mrs. Maisel live in a great apartment with her parents in the apartment upstairs. Mr. Maisel has got a great job. She secretly puts on cold cream so he can wake up every day to his beautiful bride. It's Idyllic. She even keeps copious notes on his nascent comedy career even though he is secretly doing Bob Newhart's act. They even bump into famous figures of the 1960s like the Kingston Trio and Lenny Bruce in the clubs of Greenwich Village.
But things fall apart. He's having an affair with is secretary and wants out. Mrs. Maisel turns to comedy to talk about her rage. And she happens to be the really funny one in the family. More about that in a second.
In the second episode we get to meet more of the supporting cast which has the stellar Tony Shaloub and Kevin Pollack as the fathers of Mr and Mrs Maisel. They both need more to do. But one of the things they are trying to do is get Mr and Mrs. Maisel back together.
It's all very well done and you do get an interesting look at life in New York at that time.
But the comedy. Mrs. Maisel is supposed to be hysterically funny which is what is going to help her. But the jokes and material they give her just aren't that funny despite the fact her audiences laugh hysterically during her sets. It's the one weakness of the show.
We are three episodes in and plan to watch more.
As a matter of fact, my anger does keep me warm
