# 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:** 1 **Showing post:** 2
### Author: ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@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. * * * * * * BTW: Main thread here: > [@The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-marvelous-mrs-maisel-spoilers/803565): > > 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,… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marvelous-mrs-maisel/985038)._