The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel season 3

[frelling_tralk]

I have noticed that a lot of people seem more frustrated with the character and the show in season 3, but I still found it very entertaining to watch with this latest season. I absolutely loved the set design and the cinematography, Shy’s songs were so catchy that I certainly had zero complaints about the time spend on them. I can see now why Amy

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[rromantic]

Very well said, this neatly sums up my experience of season 3 as well. :)

Joel lost my interest completely when he asked Midge to tell her parents about him walking out on her vs telling them himself. I know the dialogue might have been meant as banter but she did end up telling them (he didn't) and Joel remains a total coward to me, a soft and weak character. Him jumping up on stage at the Catskills was just too little, too late.

[frelling_tralk]

Yep, I can see where they’re going with trying to redeem his character in seasons 2 and 3 and show his reasoning more, but you’re just never going to create a favourite character to me out of someone who left his wife for his secretary because he felt overshadowed by how witty and brilliant she was. It would have redeemed him more for me maybe if they showed that he had changed his old patterns with Mei, but instead he was still caught up with exactly the same obsession with feeling intimidated and not wanting to be shown up by a more gifted partner

[violateraindrop]

I eventually want to watch the show, so I'm skipping the entry for now.

However, I'm glad that you still come back here to ramble! I love reading people's elaborate thoughts on shows and movies :D

[frelling_tralk]

I do want to at least try and make more of an effort with LJ, I guess that I’ve just been been more drawn to twitter lately because I feel like that’s where most of fandom is these days, but really there’s no reason that I can’t try and keep up with both platforms

[eiffels]

I actually couldn’t believe that ending either. A proper cliffhanger.

[frelling_tralk]

It will certainly be interesting to see where they go from here!

[tabaqui]

*waves

[frelling_tralk]

Thank you! :waves back

[tabaqui]

Yeah, i just dunno if Midge was *that aware* of it all. I mean - she was shocked he was gay to begin with, had *no* idea, and i think the 'secret lingo' of gay in the sixties probably eluded, for the most part. Who knows!

I have almost never literally laughed out loud at a tv show, and I have at this one every season. I dunno if there's to be another season, but i hope so.

Tangentially - i LOVE LOVE LOVE the colors and style of the whole thing, *so* gorgeous.

[frelling_tralk]

I thought that the Judy Garland joke and the ‘he has a man for everything 😉’ made it seem like Midge believed that the hometown audience were aware of Shy’s sexuality, and it was more of an unspoken thing that they could snigger and wink wink nudge nudge about. She never came out and said it, but some stuff was so strongly implied that it did come across to me like she misunderstood what Reggie meant about this audience knowing all about Shy, and so thought it was the kind of thing that it was okay to joke about as an inside joke between her and the audience. Incredibly obtuse really though when you look at Shy’s coming out scene with Midge, and how he was clearly trusting her with something very private and painful to him

Totally agreed on the look of the show and how stunning it is!

[scripsi]

I liked some parts enormously but felt it was too much dead time which just stretched out. I don't care for Shy's kind of music, so all those songs dragged terribly for me- but I can see it wouldn't if you like it

[frelling_tralk]

Honestly I did feel like that a little towards the end with some of the dancing segments *g* I very much enjoyed all of the singing, but I do remember some of the dancing and choreography seeming never ending in a later episode, so I suppose it all depends on what you’re into really