The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel season 3
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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I like Joel, but I feel he had way too much time. I like it best when he and Midge are happily divorced, as it reminds me a lot of how I and the Ex finally became and I like that, but I have a feeling the show is setting up Joel and Midge as endgame, and I don't like that at all.
I completely agree with you when it comes to Sophie. lots of time spent on a sub-plot which didn't really go anywhere.
Loved the Lenny bruce bits and though he was terribly underused. I would have loved seeing a bit more of him and less of Sophie. My interpretation of Midge walking away was that she didn't want to spoil their relationships. From her POV she doesn't have a very good track record at the moment. She didn't get back together with Joel, and she dumped Benjamin in a very cowardly manner, and I feel she finds her relationship as it is with Lenny, too good to spoil. (I wonder if the producer regrets making Lenny Lenny. I know they had originally only planned to use him in the pilot, but his chemistry with Midge made them rethink. now they are stuck with a real-life character- if they had used a made-up comedian they would have more leeway for a Midge/Lenny romance).
Speaking of Benjamin; it annoyed me we had to wait until the end of the season to find out how he reacted to it all. I like him, and I agree when he said Midge never even gave him the chance to see if he could handle a wife with a career.
Hated the ending with Shy. I know Midge is naive, but I don't buy she's so clueless she didn't realize how dangerous it would be to joke about his sexual orientation.
But the sets and clothes was gorgeous, and the acting so good. I loved all the interactions between Midge and Susie, and I adore Midge's parents. I Joel's secretary- she's a complete hoot!
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I talked about this more with my season 2 thoughts last year, but I do feel like I’m very much at odds with how the show wants you to see Joel and his relationship with Midge. When they talk in interviews about the happiest time of Midge’s being when she was married to Joel, I just don’t see that at all. I don’t know if they’re being set up as endgame necessarily, but I do get the vibe that very much want you to see Joel as the love of Midge’s life/the one that got away, whether or not they do end up together in the end, and it’s hard for me to see that when the show is introducing all of these actual catches for Midge like Benjamin and Lenny who are far more on her wavelength. I suppose that the heart wants what it ends at the end of the day though 🤷♀️
And yes, absolutely loved the episode with Lenny Bruce and feel like he is very underused. I’d love to think that a romance with him and Midge could happen, but again I’m not sure if I’m on the same page as the people involved with the show. Amy has talked about never wanting to consumate it, and apparently Rachel also approached her to say that she would prefer that they stay just friends, so the vibe I get is that they are more interested in the Midge and Lenny partnership in respect to their mutual admiration for one another as comedians and a man and woman being friends. At the same time though, episode five did push their attraction to one another heavily enough that I don’t see how they can really deny that it’s more than just a platonic friendship...
And agreed again on Benjamin, that whole confrontation with Midge felt like it was much needed and a response to what fans had been saying, and I liked that he had a chance to get it all out there. Also it broke my heart when he told Midge’s mother that Midge was right for him, he just wasn’t right for her :(
And yep, I do think the show pushes Midge’s naivety past the point of believability at times, it was the same in season 2 when she started joking about pregnancy and sex with the priest at a catholic wedding. There’s no way that she wouldn’t be aware of how taboo those topics are, and it does feel a bit OT at times with how carried away she gets. Maybe she could have got away with a couple of jokes about Shy being a bit of a dandy, but making his perceived effeminacy the focus of her entire opening act was obviously not going to go down well with someone who was deeply closeted
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