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The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Posted: 14 Dec 2018, 23:18
by Charlie O.
Anyone else watch this Amazon Prime series?
I'm loving it to pieces.
Re: The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Posted: 15 Dec 2018, 23:05
by Jimbly
half way through season 1. it is utterly fantastic
Re: The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Posted: 15 Dec 2018, 23:18
by Charlie O.
Hooray!
Re: The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Posted: 16 Dec 2018, 03:24
by mentalist (slight return)
Yes! A fan. Created by Amy Sherman-Palladino, who created Gilmore Girls among other things.
Re: The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Posted: 16 Dec 2018, 03:40
by Charlie O.
mentalist (slight return) wrote:... who created Gilmore Girls
I didn't know this, and it surprises me - although I never saw much of
Gilmore Girls, I don't think of it as being anything like this (maybe I'm wrong?).
Re: The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Posted: 16 Dec 2018, 22:48
by mentalist (slight return)
Charlie O. wrote:mentalist (slight return) wrote:... who created Gilmore Girls
I didn't know this, and it surprises me - although I never saw much of
Gilmore Girls, I don't think of it as being anything like this (maybe I'm wrong?).
Snappy dialog, humour, strong female characters, the musical references, that's very GG I think.
Re: The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Posted: 17 Dec 2018, 09:23
by Jimbly
The end song over the credits is always way out of the period. Episode we watched last night ended with The Go-Gos Our Lips are Sealed.
Re: The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Posted: 17 Dec 2018, 17:34
by Charlie O.
Jeemo wrote:The end song over the credits is always way out of the period. Episode we watched last night ended with The Go-Gos Our Lips are Sealed.
To their credit, the "musical anachronisms" are always used in either an "incidental music" way (
i.e., it isn't something the
characters are hearing) or, as you say, over the credits.
With Amazon Prime streaming, you can move your mouse and a thing will pop up on the screen telling you who the actors in this scene are and, if there's a song playing, what the song is. There's a Season 2 episode where the music over the credits is "Tell That Girl To Shut Up" by Holly & The Italians. I accidentally bumped the mouse and it showed the song as "Tell That
World To Shut Up", by The B-52's - with a thumbnail picture of their first album.
Re: The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Posted: 02 Jan 2019, 18:33
by Jimbly
Finished season 2. Loved it. Did you spot Yoko Ono?
Re: The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Posted: 02 Jan 2019, 19:13
by Charlie O.
You mean someone "playing" her, right?
Re: The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Posted: 03 Jan 2019, 22:05
by Jimbly
Yes
Re: The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Posted: 03 Jan 2019, 22:21
by Charlie O.
Yeah, I noted it, then forgot about it 'til you mentioned it. I had to look up Yoko's Wiki entry to see if she was actually in NYC ca. 1959 (answer: I think so).
While I'm enjoying the show and am gratified to see the various characters grow some layers, I will note that the bits of stand-up we see from Midge in this season are (generally speaking) not as amusing as those in Season 1. That could prove a problem if the writers don't get on top of it.
Re: The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Posted: 03 Jan 2019, 22:24
by Charlie O.
I've been putting off watching the last episode. I remember how aggravating the wait was between the pilot and Season 1, and between Season 1 and Season 2. I guess there's not much I can do about that that's reasonable.
Re: The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Posted: 03 Jan 2019, 22:47
by Jimbly
It's the problem with streaming shows, whether to binge or spread them out.
Re: The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Posted: 03 Jan 2019, 23:00
by Charlie O.
A neat interview with the Palladinos here about the technical/directorial/visual aspects of Season 2:
https://www.vulture.com/2018/12/mrs-maisel-season-2-palladino-interview.html
Re: The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Posted: 11 Mar 2019, 11:35
by Neil Jung
Half way through season 2, which was slow to start but has really picked up with her secret being accidentally revealed.