6/24/2023 0 Comments Love rosie book series![]() ![]() In the pilot, meandering on stage in a nightgown, Midge was so freshly scored that she bared almost everything - literally and figuratively - to a bunch of drunks at a Greenwich Village comedy club. Alex Borstein’s character is a dogged and (eventually) self-made talent manager who felt the fearlessness of the show’s heroine from the beginning. The only person who always stood by Midge is Susie Myerson. (Oh, so you married well and had kids? Where’s the job security in that?) That Midge got into this line of work only after her so-called perfect marriage fell apart serves to remind us that everything society tells nice young women to do is part of a greater hoax. Miriam “Midge” Maisel, a New York City housewife played by Rachel Brosnahan, isn’t supposed to succeed as a comedian because she doesn’t look like someone who would: She’s too poised, too pretty, too educated and - when she’s hired to be the “lady writer” for a late-night host in Season 5 - too female to tell jokes for a living. Maisel,” the Emmy-winning Prime Video comedy series that concluded its five-season run on Friday, is a story built to fight perception. This article contains spoilers for the series finale of “The Marvelous Mrs. ![]()
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