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Culture ‘The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’ undercuts its own feminist and Jewish identity
“Do what I say and not what I do,” seems to be the catchphrase for the newest season of “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.” The fourth season sees comedy prodigy Miriam “Midge” Maisel rejecting the rules of a man’s world and attempting to have it all — her Upper West Side lifestyle, her job and her…
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Culture In Season 4, Mrs. Maisel tries to have it all
Miriam “Midge” Maisel has never played by the rules. But she’s back, finally, for Season 4 of “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” and this time, she’s actively trying to break them all. Midge has been kicked off of the tour that was supposed to make her career and suddenly can’t get a gig anywhere, she’s taken…
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Fast Forward ‘Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’ to end after next season
Just one day before the highly anticipated Season 4 premiere of “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” Amazon announced Thursday that the series about a mid-century Jewish comedian has been renewed for a fifth and final season. Production of season five of the comedy series, created by Amy Sherman-Palladino and exec produced by her husband Dan Palladino,…
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Culture Are you ready for season four of ‘The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel?’
Midge Maisel has come a long way since we first met her in a basement comedy club in Greenwich Village, her picture-perfect marriage and picture-perfect life falling apart in real time. Now she’s gone on tour, done shows in Las Vegas and…her life is still falling apart. But in a new way! The fourth season…
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Fast Forward Mrs. Maisel spent the summer there. Now it can be yours for Just $6M.
(JTA) – This upstate New York resort’s lake, bowling alleys and cabins were the setting for Mrs. Maisel’s Catskills summer retreat. Now it can be yours for a mere $6 million. The Scott Family Resort in Deposit, which has been operating for 150 years, is on the market. The owners had announced in a January…
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Culture The Jewish Geography Of The 2020 Golden Globe Nominees
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association is continuing its love affair with Jewish filmmakers with the 2020 Golden Globe nominees. We don’t expect that members of that outfit are particularly interested in Jewish geography, but here at the Forward, our offices are plastered with headshots connected by yards of red thread and dates of b’nai mitzvah….
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The Schmooze The ‘Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’ Season 3 Trailer Is Here, And It’s Raunchy
“In 1960 an unmarried woman will take the pill so she can have as much sex as she wants!” our Mrs. Maisel tells a delighted crowd during a standup set in the teaser for the third season of Amazon Prime’s “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.” “As much sex as she wants” is a pretty clear thesis…
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