Time To Reacquaint Ourselves With The Cast Of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
February 19, 2022 10:22 AM Subscribe
Amazon's The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel [Fanfare] just debuted its fourth season, its first since late 2019! The 92nd Street Y got many of the cast members together for a conversation about the new season! [1h, Rachel Brosnahan, Tony Shalhoub, Marin Hinkle, Michale Zegen, Caroline Aaron, Luke Kirby]
Is there a mapping between the fictional and probable RL characters?
posted by sammyo at 1:44 PM on February 19, 2022
posted by sammyo at 1:44 PM on February 19, 2022
I am torn. I derived considerable enjoyment from the earlier seasons (except for those interminable sojourns in the holiday camp) but somehow felt the breakdown of Ms. Maisel's friendship with the gay singing star and subsequent dashing of her nascent dreams, to be one of those perfect "art imitates life" moments. Just like the end of The Purple Rose of Cairo. Yep, I thought, that's really what life is like.
I'm not sure I have the heart to go back and suspend my disbelief so I can take up with characters clearly a few years older than they should be, and see the universe unite disparate threads and deliver meaning and beauty. Or do I? *thinking about it*
*still thinking*
posted by Atom Collection at 2:44 PM on February 19, 2022
I'm not sure I have the heart to go back and suspend my disbelief so I can take up with characters clearly a few years older than they should be, and see the universe unite disparate threads and deliver meaning and beauty. Or do I? *thinking about it*
*still thinking*
posted by Atom Collection at 2:44 PM on February 19, 2022
I love both Rachel Brosnahan and Alex Borstein in this show and I will watch anything with either or both of them in it forever.
I just want to see them both in diner vibing off each other forever.
posted by VTX at 8:59 PM on February 19, 2022 [1 favorite]
I just want to see them both in diner vibing off each other forever.
posted by VTX at 8:59 PM on February 19, 2022 [1 favorite]
The series lost me in the middle of season 3 back in The Beforetimes. I no longer felt any sympathy or investment in Midge despite how well the other characters made up for it. Brosnahan is great but Midge just got too... irritating? Maybe now I can pick back up. Things change. I also saw a 5th (and final) season was announced.
posted by I_Love_Bananas at 4:32 AM on February 20, 2022 [2 favorites]
posted by I_Love_Bananas at 4:32 AM on February 20, 2022 [2 favorites]
I also saw a 5th (and final) season was announced.
Yeah, I think it was planned with a 5 season story arc.
posted by hippybear at 6:59 AM on February 20, 2022
Yeah, I think it was planned with a 5 season story arc.
posted by hippybear at 6:59 AM on February 20, 2022
Huh, it really doesn't feel that way. It feels like it's wandering and no longer knows what to do with the characters. I also find the reality/storyland divide has become too hard to suspend disbelief on.
posted by Miko at 9:00 AM on February 20, 2022 [1 favorite]
posted by Miko at 9:00 AM on February 20, 2022 [1 favorite]
I'm giving season 4 a free ride so far because I understand they needed to wrap up a bunch of things (like all the money stuff) and get everyone in place for whatever happens next. I do see a bunch of Chekov's Guns starting to show up. The newspaper critic will be a big one, guaranteed.
But what really has broken my suspension of disbelief is the idea that Miriam can be revenge-level Angry at what happened to her after the Apollo show. She showed an incredible amount of empathy for Shy earlier in Miami. What she did then and what she's doing now just doesn't mesh.
I really really hope there's a long play happening here, like ASP is aware at how arrogant Miriam is acting and this Fall From Grace(tm) will take all of S4 and be redeemed in S5, but I'm kind of doubting that so far. I've never seen Gilmore Girls but some MMM fans are saying this is Rory all over again. I guess that's not good.
posted by JoeZydeco at 9:56 AM on February 20, 2022
But what really has broken my suspension of disbelief is the idea that Miriam can be revenge-level Angry at what happened to her after the Apollo show. She showed an incredible amount of empathy for Shy earlier in Miami. What she did then and what she's doing now just doesn't mesh.
I really really hope there's a long play happening here, like ASP is aware at how arrogant Miriam is acting and this Fall From Grace(tm) will take all of S4 and be redeemed in S5, but I'm kind of doubting that so far. I've never seen Gilmore Girls but some MMM fans are saying this is Rory all over again. I guess that's not good.
posted by JoeZydeco at 9:56 AM on February 20, 2022
that Miriam can be revenge-level Angry at what happened to her after the Apollo show.
Well, as depicted in the show, they could have just fired her, but they took the extra step of deliberately humiliating her.
posted by Chitownfats at 2:41 PM on February 21, 2022 [1 favorite]
Well, as depicted in the show, they could have just fired her, but they took the extra step of deliberately humiliating her.
posted by Chitownfats at 2:41 PM on February 21, 2022 [1 favorite]
they could have just fired her, but they took the extra step of deliberately humiliating her.
She had just done a set which featured nancy-boy jokes about the singer to his hometown crowd. The singer made sure to open up with that incredibly sexy dancer and sexy "I need a woman" song. I'm sure the intent was to pay back the humiliation they felt she had dealt out.
posted by hippybear at 9:13 AM on February 26, 2022
She had just done a set which featured nancy-boy jokes about the singer to his hometown crowd. The singer made sure to open up with that incredibly sexy dancer and sexy "I need a woman" song. I'm sure the intent was to pay back the humiliation they felt she had dealt out.
posted by hippybear at 9:13 AM on February 26, 2022
Episode five has some resolution to the whole Shy Baldwin problem. It'd be nice if there was a thread on Fanfare where this season could be discussed...
posted by Ber at 1:55 PM on March 6, 2022
posted by Ber at 1:55 PM on March 6, 2022
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