#joel maisel edit

[theycallme-thejackal]

2x01: SIMONE | 4x08: HOW DO YOU GET TO CARNEGIE HALL?

[mrsmaiselsource]

take the moment and taste it. you've got no reason to be afraid.

[lefttigerobservation]

i humbly offer you this edit that took me three (3) whole days in the midst of starting s4 of tmmm LATE TO THE GAME. please enjoy it. i love it. i'm having so much fun & they are so dear to my heart.

i love streisand & she just FITS this series so well. the urge to do happy days are here again is also very strong. up next is potentially a smidge "love is the opening door" or "killer queen" :]

PS: mxonyx is just a personal handle, there are no actual accounts associated with it hehe. if I start to post more, i'll let y'all know!

PPS: cyberlink you have treated me well ty.

[dorothy16]

rachelbrosnahan I’m a day late but…6 years ago yesterday “The Marvelous Mrs Maisel” pilot dropped on @primevideo and you all made it a hit. The first picture is from my first camera test. The rest, as they say, is history. I didn’t take nearly enough pictures of the first chapter of our adventure, but here are a few. More to come 🥂

[busybeeblogs]

Hi Guys, made an edit for class as a little love letter to some of my favorite TV Shows and movies <3 I don’t post much of my own stuff on this blog but this is definitely fandom-related, so I think it deserves to be up here!

(Also up on my YouTube LillyBeeTV if you wanna drop a like hehe)

[4pondsinabox]

I know there needed to be some conflict in the second half of S3 but Colin insisting that Pen give up Whistledown reminds me uncomfortably of Joel and Midge from The Marvelous Mrs Maisel … specifically s1-2 edition 😬

[i-will-sing-no-requiem]

You Pick I Vid [Closed]

I saw something like this on youtube and it looked like fun so I thought I'd try one here

How it works: this is the video I'm gonna be editing

comment a ship from my list and a part and I'll make a fanvid of the ones chosen it'll be first come first serve and I'm not repeating couples

Part 1: Roy x Keeley (for @obsessivedaydreamer) Part 2: Sawyer x Juliet (for @obsessivedaydreamer) Part 3: Kate x Toby (for @unorthodox-oblivion) Part 4: Hazel x Augustus (for @ur-average-farp) Part 5: Jack x Kate (for @unorthodox-oblivion) Part 6: Luke x Lorelei (for @theycallme-thejackal) Part 7: Midge x Lenny (for @theycallme-thejackal) Part 8: Lane x Dave (for @ethereal-veggie and רחל דב on youtube) Part 9: Sookie x Jackson ( for רחל דב on youtube) Part 10: Josh x Donna (for @theycallme-thejackal)

list of ships i'll do under the cut

Anne with an E Anne x Gilbert

Brooklyn 99 Jake x Amy Holt x Kevin

Community Troy x Abed Jeff x Annie

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them Newt x Tina

The Fault In Our Stars Hazel x Augustus

Gilmore Girls Luke x Lorelai Rory x Jess Lane x Dave Sookie x Jackson

The Good Place Eleanor x Chidi Janet x Jason

Harry Potter Harry x Ginny Ron x Hermione

Heartstopper Nick x Charlie Tara x Darcy Tao x Elle

The Hunger Games Katniss x Peeta

Juno Juno x Paulie

Looking for Alaska Miles x Alaska

Lost Sawyer x Juliet Jack x Kate Claire x Charlie Kate x Claire Desmond x Penny Daniel x Charlotte Sun x Jin Sayid x Shannon Sawyer x Kate

The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Midge x Lenny Midge x Joel Joel x Mei

Modern Family Haley x Andy Phil x Claire Mitch x Cam

New Girl Nick x Jess Cece x Schmidt Winston x Aly

The Newsroom Will x Mac Don x Sloan Jim x Maggie

Once Upon a Time Emma x Killian Snow x Charming Mulan x Aurora Robin x Alice Regina x Robin Hood Rumple x Belle

Parks and Recreation Leslie x Ben April x Andy Ron x Diane Tom x Lucy Ann x Chris

Pitch Perfect Beca x Chloe

The Princess Bride Westley x Buttercup

Rosaline Rosaline x Dario

Schitt’s Creek David x Patrick Ted x Alexis Moira x Johnny

Love, Simon Simon x Bram

Ted Lasso Ted x Rebecca Roy x Keeley

This Is Us  Kevin x Sophie Kate x Toby  Jack x Rebecca Randall x Beth

Timeless Lucy x Wyatt Rufus x Jiya

The Vampire Diaries Damon x Elena Klaus x Caroline Katherine x Stefan

Wednesday  Wednesday x Enid

The West Wing Josh x Donna

[katzell]

I agree that flash forwards killed the suspense. I see how they wrote themselves into a corner with Susie and Joel's storylines. The gambling, mob, and night club storylines were set up over a few seasons and there was no way to pay them off in the six months of time they had allotted to break Midge.

Perhaps an edited season 4 that got us to Carnegie Hall by episode 4 would have allowed us to get to the break by the season 4 finale. That would have left a season 5 that could have jumped around in time and paid off many of the long running storylines. They could have mixed in character focused episodes, one for Susie (like we got), one for the kids, one for Joel, one for her parents, and one for Lenny. The Midge and Susie break up and reconciliation then could have been paid off in the finale. I do think a sizable group of the fanbase would have still hated that. Epilogues are inherently annoying as they prescribe certain imaginations of the future. But I found enough to enjoy in these flash forwards that I would keep them. But like you, I found that interspersing them killed the suspense of her monologue and distracting mysteries and payoffs which overshadowed other storylines.

Still, I preferred the unevenness of season 5 to the turgid season 4 where Midge spent almost 8 full episodes sulking and playing the victim. I don't mind that characterization, I mind 7 episodes before someone tells her to get off her ass. At least season 5 only gave us one Midge Maisel temper tantrum.

your thoughts on the marvelous mrs. maisel finale? especially, the conclusion of the lenny and midge’s storyline?

Thank you so much for the ask!

I've been thinking about it for weeks, so it's time to get into it. I'm going to mainly address the Lenny and Midge part of the question, mostly because addressing everything else would make this far longer than it already is. And boy is it long. Here we go!

After years of ranting and raving, I now know when there is a version of a show I am watching and a completely different show the writers are creating. When I realize the show I want isn't something the showrunners are interested in, I cut and run.

I nearly dropped Maisel many times over the years as it became clear Midge was never going to have her big break before the finale. It would rather spin its wheels and have more family dinners and musical numbers than grapple with the real dangers of being in show business in the 1950s and 1960s. Midge and Lenny was the only thing that kept me going, and paradoxically it was because Lenny was going to die rather than in spite of it.

I never carried an ounce of hope that Lenny was going to escape the real fate of Lenny Bruce. When the Palladinos introduced Lenny in the pilot, they never meant for him to be a regular character. It was supposed to be a fun nod to the comedians of the time and the kind of comedy the Palladinos were inspired to explore in the series. And then Luke Kirby gave a mesmerizing, unforgettable performance. From that point forward, ASP was always very careful to make most of the characters who populate Midge's world fictional versions of real people. The decision to call him Lenny Bruce and not David Blake (or something better) put limits on what that character could realistically be or do.

For ASP, saving Lenny would have meant undercutting the few ties to reality Maisel had established. And I I agree with her. Especially given how little the show really seemed interested in exploring the darkness of that world. Sexism, racism, antisemitism, homophobia were all present, but the tone was always more light and whimsical. Which is why we got so many interminable boring overindulgent musical sequences.

Knowing that Lenny's death was coming filed in some of the shadows the show itself danced (literally) around. It also allowed me to enjoy Midge and Lenny as a pair of star crossed lovers who could have saved each other, but ultimately don't because of both their own faults and the societal forces around them.

Accepting those limits, I found really beautiful tragedy in Lenny's final two appearances. The opening scene broke me. I was prepared for him to die, but I wasn't prepared to watch him fail. Immediately after the episode I was upset with that narrative choice, but rewatching his previous appearances I came to agree this moment carries more narrative weight than one terrible phone call ever could. Midge watching Lenny fail and not confronting him after was set up in season four. And it's a tragedy of miscommunication on both their parts that comes from a place of love and respect.

Lenny told Midge when he woke up on her couch that he never wanted her to save him again. He was so embarrassed at the idea of Midge seeing him at his worst that he fled her home without his shoes, without using the bathroom, almost in a state of undress. Lenny also made clear to Midge that his drug use wasn't something he would discuss with her in the hotel room. Lenny so desperately wanted Midge to be impressed by him. And yet that desire ultimately prevents any chance Midge has of actually getting close to him. At Carnegie Hall, he realizes for the first time how carefully Midge listens to him and appreciates him. The thought terrifies him. Suddenly his best self seems like it might ruin Midge. So he bolts.

Lenny and Midge could talk about the struggle of comedy and even nod to the ways the world was inhospitable to people who lived outside of the accepted cultural mores of the time, but Lenny could never bring himself to share with her the nature of his addiction. For Lenny, this subject was far more taboo and unspeakable than religion, race, and sex. Because unlike those topics, society saw (and still sees) addiction as a personal failing. For all that Lenny could call bullshit on some things, he internalized this myth. If Lenny had been more honest with Midge, if he had gotten out of the cab and gone back upstairs, if he had let Midge know more about his drug use, if he had asked Midge to bring an umbrella to support him for more than national television appearances, Midge would never have let him fall on his own.

Midge remembers everything Lenny ever said to her. His words are maxims, even prophesies. Midge believes Lenny even when she shouldn't. We see her quoting him often. She carries his fortune with her for the rest of her life. It's such a clear indication of her love for him, but it's also a tragedy. Midge probably let herself believe that the paraphernalia she found in the bathroom wasn't a big deal, because Lenny had promised her it wasn't. By the time she had heard enough to know differently, the damage was done. If Lenny hadn't told her not to save him she would have tried to pull him out of his spiral with everything she had. As it was, she sent him Susie, her best friend, her greatest asset, the lifeline she had relied on over and over. But it just wasn't enough. Midge couldn't meet him at the club and respect what he had told her. And Midge always, always tried to do what Lenny said.

That miscommunication, that tragedy, is heartbreakingly rendered by Rachel Brosnahan and Luke Kirby. Without explicitly saying anything, we know Lenny wants Midge to walk through that door and to try to rescue him. And we know that Midge wants to do just that, but cannot bear the idea of being rejected by him.

In the end, at least, we have that scene in Chinese restaurant which I think might be the most visually stunning scene of any of Midge and Lenny's encounters (I'm sorry Miami club, you are a close second!) It's a nice final reminder of what Lenny did for Midge: he acknowledged she deserved a place amongst the elites of the craft. I only wish there had been room for Midge to also validate Lenny. I would have loved her to give him some parting words that he might also treasure.

There are other ways of tragically ending Midge and Lenny's journey that I would have loved to see, but given the Palladinos disinterest in really exploring the nasty, dark, ugly parts of show business in the 1960s, I am not surprised we didn't get them. That can be a project for a fanfic writer who doesn't want to "fix it" so much as "make it worse." (Go for it fanfic writer! Sometimes we need sad things!)

I also have my own ideas of what would be a happy ending for these characters (see Midge and Lenny's Alternative Adventures). But I think the key to landing those stories (for me) is to confront this miscommunication so that Midge and Lenny can both accept and demand more from each other and to build up a new, less brittle kind of respect that comes from real intimacy. I want productive fights that tear through artifice and expose the mess underneath. Only then do I think they have a shot of saving each other from their own worst instincts.

Does that mean I liked it? Hahahahaha I don't even know. I respect it. It lingers. I felt something. And that's better than most series finales. And Midge and Lenny remain sensational.

[actuallylorelaigilmore]

the marvelous mrs. maisel  3.01 ⟶ 3.08

[theycallme-thejackal]

Countdown to The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Season 5

S02E07: Look, She Made a Hat

[mrsmaiselsource]

THE MARVELOUS MRS. MAISEL characters as PANTONE colors.

(insp.)

[artistisdead]

all hail the upper west side??? you are lovely??? i'm here with someone special tonight... someone i love dearly, almost as much as i love myself??? i thought it was sensational??? maybe someday, before i'm dead??? you want me to go away... because i would make you nervous??? i think there are many things about you men would find wildly attractive??? it's always the pretty ones who try to kill you??? you are more important than god??? to you. always??? i got to see the show corset??? i will be laughing through the entire thing, i promise??? if you blow this, midge, i swear... you will break my fucking heart???

idk bout u guys but lenny has the best lines for midge ugh JOEL COULD NEVER

[ginandweas]

- THE MARVELOUS MRS.MAISEL “Interesting People on Christopher Street” (4x04)

[bruestuff]

[thatmansplayinggalaga]

[i-will-sing-no-requiem]

Every All Too Well Lyric as a Ship

Midge & Joel (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel)

(45/53)

[insp]