# Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marvelous-mrs-maisel/985038
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Tags:** tv-shows-scripted, amazon-prime
**Created:** [June 5, 2023, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marvelous-mrs-maisel/985038 "2023-06-05T13:49:19Z")
**Posts on this page:** 9
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### Author:  [@19USMC69](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/19USMC69)
#### Post date: [June 5, 2023, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marvelous-mrs-maisel/985038/1 "2023-06-05T13:49:19Z")
Probably later than most I just finished all the episodes. Absolutely loved it. Anyway, was this series particularly helpful or not helpful to any of the actors or actresses who were featured?
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### Author:  [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)
#### Post date: [June 5, 2023, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marvelous-mrs-maisel/985038/2 "2023-06-05T13:58:31Z")
I think it might take a few years to figure that out, but it raised Rachel Brosnahan’s stock with a lot of Emmy Nominations and one win.
It had to have elevated Alex Borstein, this was huge for her. Also 2 Emmy wins for her part on the show.
I suspect it will help Luke Kirby who played Lenny Bruce.
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BTW: Main thread here:
> [@The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-marvelous-mrs-maisel-spoilers/803565):
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> Season 1 of [this Amazon Original series](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5788792/)was released on 11/28, and I inhaled it over the weekend. I LOVED it. I actually can’t think of anything about it that I didn’t like. A high-level setup would be to say that in 1958, an Upper West Side housewife’s husband suddenly leaves her and their two young children, and she discovers that she has a talent for stand-up comedy. I found it of course very funny – both overtly and subtly – but also touching at times. And none of the characters annoyed me,…
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### Author:  [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)
#### Post date: [June 5, 2023, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marvelous-mrs-maisel/985038/3 "2023-06-05T15:41:13Z")
The actors playing Midge’s parents, Marin Hinkle and Tony Shalhoub, picked up a number of award nominations and awards as well. Shalhoub is already very well-established but Hinkle’s profile has definitely been raised and she’ll probably get better offers from now on.
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### Author:  [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)
#### Post date: [June 5, 2023, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marvelous-mrs-maisel/985038/4 "2023-06-05T19:21:30Z")
> [@Gyrate](#):
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> Shalhoub is already very well-established but Hinkle’s profile has definitely been raised and she’ll probably get better offers from now on.
I feel like I read an interview with her last year and she revealed that she wasn’t crazy about tv work and plans to refocus on theater.
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### Author:  [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)
#### Post date: [June 5, 2023, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marvelous-mrs-maisel/985038/5 "2023-06-05T20:53:58Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#):
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> It had to have elevated Alex Borstein, this was huge for her. Also 2 Emmy wins for her part on the show.
I think she’s really _the_ breakout star of the show. She’s been visible (or audible in the case of _Family Guy_) for decades but was really pretty much considered part of the furniture on Fox TV. Sally is her Vincent Vega moment.
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### Author:  [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)
#### Post date: [June 5, 2023, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marvelous-mrs-maisel/985038/6 "2023-06-05T21:21:20Z")
> [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#):
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> Sally is her Vincent Vega moment.
Susie.
And yes, Alex Borstein was wonderful. I’m glad Susie had a happy ending. I was worried about her gambling problem.
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### Author:  [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)
#### Post date: [June 5, 2023, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marvelous-mrs-maisel/985038/7 "2023-06-05T21:47:01Z")
> [@Llama\_Llogophile](#):
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> Susie.
🤦♂️
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### Author:  [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)
#### Post date: [June 6, 2023, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marvelous-mrs-maisel/985038/8 "2023-06-06T05:10:13Z")
> [@19USMC69](#):
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> Anyway, was this series particularly helpful or not helpful to any of the actors or actresses who were featured?
I mean, I assume they got paid.
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### Author:  [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)
#### Post date: [June 12, 2023, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marvelous-mrs-maisel/985038/9 "2023-06-12T02:25:48Z")
Almost done with last two eps!!! I absolutely love this show and its detail to the time periods.
At first I was disappointed with a flashback format for the last season, but it made it more interesting as time passed from Midge’s first interviews in the “future”.
Unbelievable all-around cast for all seasons. No one performed less than stellar.
Brosnahan is so gorgeous and talented as Midge. Borstein is the shit that holds it all together all the time.