![]() But those struggles were only alluded to in the show - quick glimpses of needles in a bag in a bathroom, Lenny passed out in a gutter and rescued by Midge - which did not deal with them in enough of a real way. His complicated arc dipped and in out of the comedian's real life, such as actual Lenny's struggles with addiction. That includes Lenny, who deserves a better ending. Rachel Brosnahan (Miriam 'Midge' Maisel), Luke Kirby (Lenny Bruce) in "The Marvelous Mrs. ![]() ![]() Every money problem vanished.īut "Maisel" gave us a tour of comedy ups and downs, including the struggle to find gigs, to be taken seriously as a woman in comedy (everyone thought Midge was a singer, at first, because of the way she looked), juggling day jobs and the pressures of family, performing on tour and being fired. Its best moments were the most specific, the ones firmly rooted in its art form: comedy. One of the deserved criticisms of the show was that there were no consequences for our main (rich, white, heterosexual) heroine. Well, we've all been brought down by something or someone, although hopefully our lowest points didn't end with an arrest, like it did for Midge. ![]() Maisel" followed the adventures of one Midge Maisel ( Rachel Brosnahan), a wealthy housewife who stumbled onto the Gaslight Café stage after a night of heavy drinking. ![]()
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