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In the season finale of The Marvelous Mrs Maisel, Midge (sort of) gets it all – AV Club


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In the season finale of The Marvelous Mrs Maisel, Midge (sort of) gets it all
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He's shocked and deeply embarrassed, and we're not sure what he'll do next, other than blow his job prospects by being Joel again. Meanwhile, Susie seeks out Lenny Bruce for a favor in order to help she and Midge out. Instead of a Chanukah celebration
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Everybody Bombs: On the (Occasional) Brilliance of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel – Paste Magazine


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Everybody Bombs: On the (Occasional) Brilliance of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
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I meant it when I compared Midge's performances to musical numbers, in structure if not in tone—in the season's best sequence, she assumes emcee duties from Lenny Bruce (Luke Kirby) and drops a half-stoned, wholly captivating comic explosion on an
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In the fourth episode of Amazon's The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, comedy scene veteran Susie Meyerson (Alex Borstein) invites aspiring stand-up Midge Maisel (Rachel Brosnahan, suitably marvelous) on a tour of New York's clubs: an oddball ventriloquist, at a
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Who Is Midge Maisel Based On? Amazon’s ‘Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’ Draws Inspiration From Comedy Elite – Bustle


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Who Is Midge Maisel Based On? Amazon's 'Marvelous Mrs. Maisel' Draws Inspiration From Comedy Elite
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The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel features one real comedian — Lenny Bruce, the infamous and unrestrained comic who influenced basically all of your favorite funny people. However, most of the characters on the Amazon series are fictional, but seem to have
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Midge makes up her mind about who wears the pants now in The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel – AV Club


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Midge makes up her mind about who wears the pants now in The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
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One of Midge's charms is that she is completely at ease in new situations: When Susie excitedly points out to Midge that the famous and talented Lenny Bruce is in the same diner as the two of them, Midge says, “Oh, you mean Lenny?” as if it's
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