Monday, January 6, 2020

Movie #1849 ........................."Marvelous Mrs. Maisel" Season 3

Movie #1849 "Marvelous Mrs. Maisel" Season 3 was marvelous again.  How does this show bat 1,000 every season?  How does it rank with the other two?  A tad better than Season 2 for me, I think, but even steven with 1.  8 episodes and so much growth, so much humor, so much of promises of new stories.  Why did I like this one so much?  The opening episode I had to watch twice because there was so much going on, I couldn't take it all in on one session.  She was performing in  a USO type activity, and it's where we meet the whole SHI world ---- he's a black singer I liken to Johnny Mathis --- his wonderfully smooth voice, with female backup singers, and one female musician we get to know even better than the others.   Mrs. Maisel is much less blue now that she has crawled out from the basement (having -to -prove -herself) type places...... Susie, or what Mom refers to as "the little guy with the plunger," has a lot of stress in this season and really shares the best acting time with Midge as they travel from one place to another (the Florida scenes in the pool were my favorite).  Sterling K. Brown (from This is Us) joins the cast here as Shi's agent, Jane Lynch appears quite a bit and she's always a welcome, Cary Elwes (Men in Tights) does a stint, too, Lennie Bruce has some great scenes, esp. with Dad, Mom and Dad share a house with Midge's in-laws (hoy vey!) and even come for a visit with Midge in Florida.  The Productions Value of this show is out the wazoo with Costumes, props, sets, etc.  Meanwhile, the kids stay with their dad and Midge's folks and folks-in-law, while she is traveling, and her ex is building a nightclub that shares property with a Chinese gambling casino --- and that presents problems and several laughs.  There's so much going on, and for sure, there's another season, because it can't end like that, can it?  (the reason I say that is I just read that  Fleabag creator is thinking of just ending her show with season 2, and it beat Mrs. Maisel last night at the Golden Globes, so who knows......but I was confused if Season 2 Fleabag beat season 2 Mrs. Maisel  or season 3?  .......which I don't think could happen because Season 3 just came out in December for Mrs. Maisel, but it gets confusing, and as much as I liked Season 2 Mrs. Maisel, I could see Fleabag 2 beating it because of that Catholic priest story!)  But I digress --- I'd give this a 5 out of 5.  Loved it and want more and can't wait for Season 4.  If you are interested in reading what a Mrs. Maisel script would look like, here's a link to the pilot:   http://www.zen134237.zen.co.uk/The_Marvelous_Mrs_Maisel_1x01_-_Pilot.pdf







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