10 Things You Didn't Know Inspired The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel | Unpacked
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- Опубліковано 8 чер 2024
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- Why is the story of Midge, a fictional Jewish comedian in the ‘50s so gripping and relatable?
One of the reasons is the show's dedication to authenticity!
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel is a loving homage to the culture of mid-century Jewish comedy and the Jewish value of connecting to one's roots.
How did the showrunners and actors capture Judaism so genuinely?
Let us know what you think in the comments section.
Chapters
00:00 Intro
00:36 Midge Maisel
01:58 Lenny Bruce
02:15 Midge and Lenny's relationship
02:32 The Gaslight Cafe
02:54 The B. Altman and Copacabana
03:10 The Catskills
03:59 The Concord Resort Hotel
04:17 Fontainebleu Miami Beach
04:24 Connecting with our roots
04:51 Outro
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It’s not mentioned in this video but I really like that the show pays homage to the great female bassist from the 50’s and 60’s Carol Kaye. The bassist in Shy Baldwins’ band is a woman named Carol, she wears the same style of glasses that Kaye wore and she even bears a resemblance to Kaye. It’s subtle but as a bassist myself I immediately recognized the reference. Just another example of how the producers of this show went all out to achieve that authenticity.
I noticed that as well. Love her. I like that it pays homage to different entertainment, not just comedy.
I picked up on that right away, but I also caught something more subtle. They show her playing left handed at first and then later, right handed. I wonder if the change has some significance or if it was just a gaffe
michael locicero I thought that ‘Carol’ might have been a reference to Carol Kaye, but I didn’t think the period was correct. PS - I’ve seen a couple of photos of the young Carol, and I think she’s a stunner (Edit: she did play in a touring band in the late 50's, still playing 6-string, though in 1960 she would have been 25)
love it!
Yes!!! She is also portrayed in the film Love & Mercy!
I love the fact that the actor who plays Lenny Bruce really looks like him
I feel like Rachel Brosnahan was born for a role like Mrs Maisel's, killer lines too. Can't wait for season 4!
She is! And she's acting the sh*t out of this role😂😂😍😍😍
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel has captured Judaism, the 50s/60s era and the fashion of the times in the best and most authentic way imaginable, everything about this show is awesome. I can't wait for season 4. Thank you to the producers, directors, story writes, actors, the actors are amazing, omg I can go on for ever, thank you to everyone that has made this show the best show ever ❤️❤️❤️
M e gustó mucho e sta serie ojalá continue
I have far more empathy for Shy Baldwin who is actually Johnny Mathis than I do for Lenny Bruce who caused his own demise. Johnny dealt with racism and not being allowed to stay in the hotels he performed in and having to hide that he was gay none of which he could control. The way Midge keeps Shy's secret and the friendship they form is a lovely relationship but it's sad the way it ended.
True but Shy finished it off like the toxic queen he is. It's not enough he routinely disrespects and mistreats his band, something no pro singer would be dumb enough to do. Then he dumps on poor Midge, who not only kept his secret but also patched him up the night he got his ass whooped, so he could make it to the stage and perform. So, how does he repay her kindness? By tossing her from the tour for doing the type of routine his own manager told her to do. You call that a lovely relationship? Maybe you haven't seen S3-E8 yet. I get Shy's pain and anger at having to live in the closet and by Jim Crow laws, but he shouldn't take it out on those who have his back and make his success possible.
I feel ya'll but Midge did out him at the mf APOLLO. If ya'll are in the AA community, ya'll should no that's a big no no even more so than outting someone in general. She made references questioning his masculinity and calling him "pretty" and "girly" while her intentions were good her actions were dangerous. She knew Shy's temperment as well as his secret and as usual she did not take account that her actions had consequences. I felt for Midge, but I would've kicked her butt to the curb as well.
@@themelexperience7628 I hear what you're saying. I grew up in a household with Johnny Mathis songs and I remember my Mother saying that Johnny Mathis being gay is the worst kept secret in show business and she thought it was ironic that women were falling all over him. My Mom was as white as Midge and it was also the '60s but she loved Johnny for his talent and didn't care what color he was or that he was gay but Johnny kept his secret as best he could for a reason.Johnny is still on tour today but I wonder what would have happened if a white comic who knew him personally had done that to him.Maybe things would have gone much differently. Thanks for a different point of view.
Debra Duerksen no problem! It’s kinda like Little Richard. Yes we knew but it was still a respectful thing to let him be. In the Apollo they had drag queens and queer icons on slow nights, however not everyone is as welcoming and it was dangerous to black and gay like it is today. I was disappointed with midge for not realizing this when she patched Shy up.
Also notice Shy and Reggies attitudes when they are within their own community vs clubs like Cococabana., Shy was eating different foods that he ain’t like, his songs were way more soulful, like come on Midge.
Until she stabs him in the back by outing him.
Love this! It is wonderful how you opened up the show. It is so true to our Jewish culture. I do standup for my sanity. My Dad was a 6’3” Bronx Jew who worked at The Concord in summers as a young man. He became a physician. I did too. He loved standup too. He was way cooler than me. Thanks for this!
So glad I stumbled on this show. I was a baby in the 50s born 1952... and it really gave me an education of how life was in the 50s.
Love, love, love Mr. Maisel, very funny. The actors are so natural, the chemistry and timing between them is truly amazing. 👏❤️
I love everything about this show. And what an incredible visual and audio delight!
If you’ve not seen this series, Binge it ASAP!!!! It is phenomenal!
the best show ever Thank God it exists ❤️
It should be pointed out that the “Borscht belt” resorts were built because the existing resorts in upstate NY (and in New England and elsewhere) were “restricted”: they didn’t admit Jews (or African Americans). So the Jews built their own clubs, resorts, and children’s camps (another type of facility that was restricted in the past).... BTW Phyllis Diller was not Jewish, contrary to popular belief. A Jewish female comedian from the early 60s that many people forget was Totie Fields. Many considered Fields to be among the best there was. She died relatively young, though, so isn’t as well known as she should be.
Yes Totie Fields was among the best,much funnier than most.
Totie Fields was extremely popular in her day.
Totie Fields was from the next town over to me in Natick Ma. At her height she was a far better known personality than Jeanne Carroll, her life cut short by a gruesome and extended illness.. Despite this she was voted Entertainer of the Year in 1978 by the perfomers
guild the year of her death.
Historian212, I am in shock! I had no idea! Well, I knew about African Americans but never heard about discrimination against the Jews.
The wife and I stumbled on this show on Prime and we are hooked we binged watched all 3 seasons
Amazing!Mrs.Maisels manager is a quirky Dude!😂
I love “The Maize” Never knew the 50’s to be so colorful and elegant.
Nervous Energy, oh, I was there, and it was! It was wonderful!
The wife and I stumbled on this show on Prime and we are hooked we binged watched all 3 seasons
Amazing!Mrs.Maisels manager is a quirky Dude!😂
Thank you so much for sharing!! The show is brilliant and I love learning more about it!!
This is a great show and Rachel does an amazing job in her role. It brings back fond memories of our annual summer trek to the Borscht belt including the Nevele and Concord Hotels...now hotel graveyards. I remember as a 6 year old catching Shelly Berman standup.Ahhhh....yesteryear.
Love, love, love this show! ❤️❤️
LENNY BRUCE WAS NOT A CYNICAL,DARK AND FOUL-MOUTHED COMIC. HE WAS A SKEPTICAL FREE-MOUTHED AGITATOR GENIUS! THE ONLY THING "DARK" ABOUT LENNY BRUCE WAS HIS HAIR!
Lenny Bruce OD on alcohol due to depression. He was definitely cynical and dark. I recommend looking up the real Lenny Bruce.
His humor was preety dark considering the time, No one talked about the things that Lenny used to do in stage.
He was dark because he was honest. As Playboy said after his death: "Finally, one last four-letter word concerning Lenny Bruce: Dead. At forty. That's obscene."
I think the producers of the show are taking some real liberties with history, implying a flirtation/possible relationship between Lenny & Midge. Considering that in 1960 he was DEEP into alcohol and drug addictions.... Hardly a stable, attractive personality for a young divorcée to date.
Remember the group of people Mr. Weissman brings home who wants to start a newspaper? Allen and Ezra were just two of them.
They were real people?
it’s so cool how carol kaye is still alive today! i wonder if she’s seen the show
Not to minimize the Jewish aspect, but it tells about the transition from the fifties to the sixties, and it attendant cultural shift...
i just noticed Maisel was looking directly into the camera at the first season finale, maybe the only time which the fourth wall broke
The writing the casting and the acting is just marvelous, a fantastic show...........................
Love that show......... even as a gentile. Very good insights into the culture and very well written. Hope the producers keep it going for a long time...
I lived ur video! Lots of cool stuff that I did not know 👏🏻👏🏻
Great job ! I grew up in the Catskills as we would say, but across the river in Hudson. I was in HS there in the 50’s. Every Friday night the tourists from the Catskill resorts came over to Hudson for ice cream and to prowl thru the dime stores where I was working. A lot of my friends worked at the resorts but my parents wouldn’t allow it. I had no idea why and no idea they were having so much fun over there ! I learned a lot from your segment on Mrs. Maisel !!
top notch show !
Enjoyed season 4. Waiting for season 5!
This was an interesting video well done
Thanks!
Loved it. Thanks!
I love this show
Love your videos, Southwest FL loves Israel!!!!
What does Isreal have to do with it?
DAVID ADAMS What is ‘Isreal’? Was that an intentional misspelling on your part? Almost any spell checker on any device would catch that and autocorrect. What is the intention behind your question?
i'm personally not jewish but i absolutely fell in love with this show, I think it's got so much potential to reach audiences far and wide, no matter one's religious beliefs.
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It's so interesting to see how NYC looked before the horror of the late 60s-90s.
This show is sooo good and smart and most of all, funny!! I hope it continues for many more seasons 💖! Mozel Tov! 🥂
holy shit, i'm from miami, too!
American period comedy-drama ❌
" the show explores the culture of jewsh comedy " ✅
¿Por que no los dos?
Ziouani Med They still believe everything is just about them😏
Rienzi S. “Them” ? Thank you for openly letting us know you are a racist.
Borscht it’s Ukrainian dish! People cook it in Russia too, but origin is Ukraine)
I can understand the sentiment, but keep in mind that the tendency to label it as "Russian", at least in the United States, may be partly due to the fact that the "Russian" ancestors of many American Jews (who were in fact mostly from what is now Ukraine, Belarus, Lithuania and Latvia) left the region before the existence of an independent Ukrainian state. My borscht-eating "Russian" Jewish ancestors were from the area that is now Ukraine, but they always called themselves Russian.
I love Mrs. Maisel because I lived it, the Catskills, Miami, Greenwich Village, all of it. All gone. All gone.
💙💙💙
What else is Amy not telling us? She had celebrities over at her house growing up.
I was so excited about this premise; a 50's Jewish houswife gets divorced and tries to make it a a stand-up comic. Meets Lenny Bruce, gets arrested. This could have been epic. Instead, this series has been all about style over substance, the characters become caricatures, the dialogue progressively devolves into silly, rushed and shallow dialogue that is (by design?) reminiscent of some of the inspid writing of 50's/60's TV shows and musicals. I hoped for too much from this. I'd love to see another writer/director take the same premise and make an important film/series.
you should watch the final season, i agree that at times the writing losing its footing and sounds absurdist but it finds its way so much so that the fifth season is a dream to watch. Amazing television.
This shiksa Luvs Mrs. Maisel
How can this review sixties comediennes and not mention Totie Fields??? 😞
I was a kid during the 1950s. The fashions, hairstyles, furniture, appliances are all spot-on. The only inaccurate feature is not enough people are smoking on the series. In the fifties, sixties, even seventies almost everybody smoked everywhere-even during meals.
Hi!
69 people were meshuganeh enough to dislike this.
Truth be told Luke Kirby is a much much better Lenny Bruce than Dustin Hoffman who never captured either Bruce's looks or spirit.
Borscht is Ukrainian meal
It's both. It's also polish.
How could you ignore Carol Kaye?
3:30 - Borscht is not "a classic Russian meal", it is Ukrainian. For your information
www.bbc.com/travel/story/20191014-who-really-owns-borsch
Very good. Did I not hear Roseanne Barr's name?
The only blooper in this interesting video is the fact that Phyllis Diller was not Jewish.
This was widely well known at the time There was - no confusion as one post suggest.
It's also about feminism and political comedy. Not just Jewish stuff. Lenny Bruce is in the story and was Jewish but brilliantly political and sensitive on all subjects, not merely capitalizing on Jewishness. I think the brilliant writing style and these other currents are as appealing as thr Jewishness material in the story. Your description ubder the video doesn't have any of that.
Borshch is Ukrainian guys
Ukraine wasn't it's own country until 93, so technically it's Russian too.
@@princesspeasant4536 there was no Russian when Borshch had been invented
Sofiia Vynnytska I don’t think you realize how old Russia is
@@princesspeasant4536 borscht had been invented before Moscow was founded. Kyivska Rus was before Moscow. First time word "Ukraine" was also used before Moscow, in 12th century
I should've counted the number of time this guy says 'jewish'
Lenny Bruce was not a foul mouthed comic, as you glibly portrayed him in this video. If you'd ever listened to any of his recorded work, you'd know that. There isn't a comic alive today who doesn't owe an insurmountable debt of gratitude to Bruce, and it's about time sloppy commentators like you get called to task for the disservice they do to his memory.
For the time, he was. The real disservice is not sticking to facts. The facts don't hurt his memory or contributions.
Saying Borscht is Russian is like saying pizza is French.
Borscht is Ukrainian.
Research before saying sh*t
He seriously did not say Barry Manilow had been the most famous person at the COPACABANA 🤣 ummm FRANK SANATRA 😂 it's one of the most famous nightclubs of all time E-VER-Y-ONE!!!!!! PROMFORMED THERE!!
diller was not jewish
Borsch is not a russian dish and it never was! This is a Ukrainian national dish! Remember this forever!
Exactly
Eh, its a Slavic dish nonetheless. I'm Czech and we got borscht as well.
@@zach4220 Geez your Czech borsht has nothing in common with the real Ukrainian one :D :D It's disgusting. don't say it never again
Borsht is a Ukrainian meal, not russian, you made a mistake there.
Borscht is a Ukrainian meal not Russian
You should know that borsh is a classical ukrainian dish. It`s from Ukraine, and have nothing common with Russia. It`s often served in russian restaurants as well as pasta, cordon bleu etc.
Borsch - is not russian food!!!
I want Benjamin for me. Is that too bad?
Lenny bruce is a real comedian?? Shit!
See Bob Fosse's Lenny instead of this lame fictional fluff piece, even Eddie Murphy's My Name Is Dolemite rings more true.
One problem - Dustin Hoffman's performance can't begin to compare to Luke Kirby. The fact that Hoffman looked nothing like Bruce didn't help. Watch the actual Bruce's concert movie and you will see what I mean.
Too much drama this season. Will drop next season if trend to drama continues...and I think it will.
Yes, I did think season three drug on a bit in the middle. Season four needs to resume the upbeat pace of the previous seasons.
uhmmm how is that too much drama????
Maybe you should express yourself more respectful
Ryan to whom are you addressing your comment?
I don't understand the Jewish fascination to claim an entire identity around borscht. It's a Slavic dish that would have existed with or without them.
BORSCH IS A UKRAINIAN MEAL
NOT RUSSIAN
borscht is not a Russian dish. It's Ukrainian
_"Exploring our past for inspiration and empowerment"_
Did anyone else feel a bit pukey at that sentence? The world's drunk on "pride" and "empowerment" right now. It's almost become meaningless.
blackmore4 no, i think people as disenfranchised as the jewish people deserve a bit of empowerment- which is not, as you put it, simply “pride”. it means something else in this context
this show is so white :\
Not true
Oh yes, thanks god
Yeah. Would have been interesting to tell stories of Black Jewish characters. Or even just a better treatment for Shy at least.
After I found out this person never existed and this whole premise was made up I lost interest in the show
Well, she's based on a lot of female comics from the time. She's extremely similar to Joan Rivers.
@@kelb6073 Joan Rivers was the real deal, did she get arrested all the time and fight for free speech? Thats badass if so
Okay you’re missing out then🤷🏽♀️
@@Zvwry well when you put it that way lol
@@Zvwry I hate missing out , plus its hard to find quality these dayz
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel has captured Judaism, the 50s/60s era and the fashion of the times in the best and most authentic way imaginable, everything about this show is awesome. I can't wait for season 4. Thank you to the producers, directors, story writes, actors, the actors are amazing, omg I can go on for ever, thank you to everyone that has made this show the best show ever ❤️❤️❤️
Not to minimize the Jewish aspect, but it tells about the transition from the fifties to the sixties, and it attendant cultural shift...