#Lenny x Midge

[livelovecaliforniadreams]

Lenny + Midge + Parallels, Callbacks, & Foreshadowing (Seasons 1-5) 

+Bonus

[taishaunas]

“Their affection was true and real, but his life was obviously becoming subsumed under all of the incessant litigation that was so damaging, coupled with how he was opting to treat his pain... But the nice thing about true love is that it never fades.” - Luke Kirby

[alltheshipsilove]

GIF by @taishaunas

times that Lenny Bruce (played by Luke Kirby) in Marvelous Mrs. Maisel had no business leaving me IN PHYSICAL PAIN

the eye contact, the posture, the dialogue: 10/10 THIS MAN DELIVERS

[lovepollution]

“They’re like two trains running side by side. There’s a love there that’s equal to the love that they have for the work that they are pursuing.” - Luke Kirby

[trash-laurry]

i painted over a jack vettriano painting, two of my fav characters ever, Midge maisel and lenny bruce from the marvelous mrs maisel.

if you wanna buy prints of this, you can find em in my redbubble shop!

thank uuu

[absurdiststances]

I’m gonna hold you to that.

[hepsimanyak]

beginning and ending

[sadgirlkendall]

having many thoughts…

[midgclenny]

I’m okay I’m okay I’m okay

[livelovecaliforniadreams]

[mondieuwordnerd]

After season 4 strongly implied that Lenny loved Midge and she had feelings for him too, he was only in 3 scenes of season 6? He was one of her most significant relationships across the show and i feel like that was just ignored in the finale season. The episode showed the impact addiction had had on his career and that while, a relationship long term probably wouldn't have worked they still cared about each other and that felt like the only weighty moment between them in the whole show. She was carrying a fortune cookie in her bra from her dinner with him but little more. Not even him celebrating her success. I feel a little cheated when the finale gave time for all the other people in her life.

[alltheshipsilove]

are they popular? cause if not they really should be

psa to go watch Marvelous Mrs. Maisel which is about an aspiring comic. it’s not a new show or anything but it’s wonderful.

introducing Lenny and Midge: intense eye contact, quick wit and multiple seasons long arc

as a side note, the main character Midge, is a very well-written character and the main plot is well done

thank you to @million-tears for the GIFs

[lovepollution]

Length: 2 hours 5 minutes Format: mp4 Resolution: 1920x1080 [link]

[pitroig]

Mrs. Maisel: it’s ok that you’re not perfect.

I can only describe the latest episode of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel as charming and intelligent. I believe it has perfectly encapsulated, in its pacing, scene selection, and motifs, the reasons why this series will remain embroidered in our minds like a heart in bright red thread. Additionally, I think it manages to explain the storytelling of this season and tie up the loose ends we have seen in Midge's character over the past 8 episodes, which have angered a part of the audience.

And I think that all the explanations lie in those four minutes of monologue that she steals from Gordon Brown's pettiness, and with it, steals the spotlight from all the men who have taken it from her until now.

- Is Midge a "bad mother"? Probably. Very likely, in fact. This last episode shows us a Midge so focused on her success and career that she doesn't scold her children even when they have clearly done something very wrong (pretending to be sick and insulting their elders is wrong no matter how you look at it). In the monologue itself, she anticipates that her children will end up in therapy complaining about her, as we know actually happens, and she accepts it as part of the evolution of parent-child relationships. But even more revealing is the fact that she pretends to forget her children's names and then remembers them, ah, when the monologue is already over. - Is Midge a worse character for being a "bad mother"? No! On the contrary! I think it makes perfect sense in terms of character development because from the very beginning, all Midge wants is to be the center of attention. Fame. In the Catskills, always winning awards and competing. At her own wedding, giving a monologue. Maybe she never wanted to be a mother; what she wanted was to be herself. But what she was raised for was to be a good wife. Only when she sheds that burden, only when Abe sees her exactly as she is, does she understand that it's the layers of convention that have been dimming her shine. Midge loves an audience. When years later, she has a free Tuesday, and we hope she uses that Tuesday to tie up one of the loose ends: Will she go see her children? Grandchildren? Her parents' grave? Joel's grave? No. She wants to work. She needs the adrenaline rush of the show. She needs to be the center of attention. And there are only two people in the world who understand that. One is Susie. The other, of course, is Lenny Bruce.

- Lenny Bruce. I don't want to spoil the devastating opening scene or ruin the smile of the last scene they share together, but I'll comment that in the monologue, Midge says that dates, boyfriends, lovers become cannon fodder for the comedic. She does it with her own ex-husband, right in front of him, and she will do it later with other ex-husbands. But she never does it with Lenny Bruce because Lenny Bruce, the one she doesn't want to see when he's no longer himself, is the guiding star of Midge, and she will never, ever dare to touch him for fear of breaking him.

- So, does she love Lenny or does she love Joel? Despite the undeniable chemistry Midge and Lenny share, she can't love Lenny because, in human terms, there isn't much he can offer Midge. Joel, on the other hand, despite his many faults and fragile male ego, is still the guy who cares about Midge, and above all, the guy who always sees Midge as a shining star, always the center of attention in his life. And in the end, that's what she has always wanted, right? I think it's okay for Midge Maisel to be selfish, to lose focus, and to be clumsy when it comes to handling her ambitions and her life. We're all doing the best we can, and chances are, we're messing up all the time.  It isn’t a show about a woman who has it all. It is about a broken woman who has lost the only thing that gave her life a sense of purpose and identity. It was about another woman marginalized by societal norms, ignored and living in the shadows of sticky-floored bars. And how together, they found a safe space for them to be, their reason for being in comedy—not in motherhood, marriage, or a desk job—but in building this space, they broke all the codes and rules. 

No matter the cost.

*Please note that the term "bad mother" used here is loosely defined. I am referring to widely recognized social conventions regarding the expectations and stereotypes associated with motherhood.

[hepsimanyak]

[wonderlandleighleigh]

Canonnly do you think Midge loves Lenny in anyway ?

I do.

Midge burst into snotty, helpless tears in that alley in 1965 because she knew she was losing him to the drugs.

Having had experience losing someone I cared very deeply for to that specific thing? I can confirm that you don't cry like that without love.

If you look at her private memory board, in the very last scene, there are pictures of Midge. Pictures of babies. A photo of her and Susie.

And Lenny's Carnegie Hall playbill.

No other recognizable character can be seen on that board. Midge. Susie. Lenny.

She also kept the fortune. Tiny Lil slip of paper.

That was in what? 2004? 2005?

That is a long, long time to keep track of a tiny, tiny slip of paper from a night 45 years previous if his words and adoration didn't mean much to her.

You don't do that for people you've forgotten. People you don't love in some way.

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