S05.E09: Four Minutes

[StarBrand]

I think that stuck the landing much, much better than Gilmore Girls. I feel very confident stating that.

The whole point about her set, whether it was funny or not (one has to consider she was on national TV), she was never going to get anywhere unless she was willing to go over someone's head, or piss someone off. That point was brought home by the Bruce flashback-he told her all she had to do was seize the opportunity to take the spotlight, which was precisely what she did. If she had the brass balls to give Gordon the finger and take over his show, she'd be capable of doing anything.

Bruce also told her last season that 90 per cent of the business was how people see you-if they see you hanging around Tony Bennett, they'll assume you're someone good. Mrs Maisel went on a national TV show, got the seal of approval from its host-getting to sit on the couch. Now people would see her as being a big deal too.

Edited December 10, 2023 by StarBrand

[Wizardpatch]

On 5/28/2023 at 11:55 AM, fishcakes said:

Also, I think it's a mistake to think that a person's happiness is completely within their control. There aren't a lot of people who get to live their ideal life, and maybe there aren't any.

From the Glamour article that @shapeshifter linked to above is this from Alex and Rachel:
 

That's been the arc of the show. Joel blew up Midge's life in episode 1 and we hear Abe reflect on that in the penultimate episode of the series: other people would have crumbled, but she picked herself up and found a new and different way of living. Had it been entirely up to Midge, Joel wouldn't have left her, and it might even be Joel with the successful standup career (though having seen his set ... uh, doubtful). But it wasn't up to her any more than it's up to any of us, yet in the end, she still had a good life.

She "picked herself up" by relying on her crazy wealthy family members, live-in maid babysitter, and her husband's booty call immediately breaking up with him and him basically being in love with her for the rest of his life. Not what happens to average divorced moms.

[shapeshifter]

On 4/15/2025 at 4:27 PM, Wizardpatch said:

She "picked herself up" by relying on her crazy wealthy family members, live-in maid babysitter, and her husband's booty call immediately breaking up with him and him basically being in love with her for the rest of his life. Not what happens to average divorced moms.

Yes. But she also forged her own path with a crap-ton of chutzpah rather than just living off of her family. 🤷🏻‍♀️