How Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Perfected the Long Take | Cinematography Breakdown

T. Belman. I just watched the hit series The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel on Amazon Prime. I can’t praise it enough. It takes place during my college years (late fifties and sixties) so everything was so very familiar. I chose to introduce this fantastic series to you by way of this Cinematography Breakdown. Who knew its was so complicated.

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October 27, 2020 | 2 Comments »

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  2. Yes, saw them when they came out. Marvelous. Though some continuity problems were pointed out at the time such as the scene in the kosher butcher shop.

    And then there’s the question of her Jewishness. Even as I laughed to the point of tears at the Yom Kippur-centric episode this season, I couldn’t shake my lingering discomfort. I felt like I was watching an elaborate, goyishe caricature of Jewish life. Little details irritated me—like that Midge shops at a butcher that also sells pork chops (I have a hard time believing that she wouldn’t have a kosher butcher on standby in 1959), and that neither Midge nor her parents are played by Jewish actors. https://jwa.org/blog/review-mrs-maisel-season-2

    to observant viewers but I didn’t really care. I don’t really want to know how the hot dog is made, or what’s in it. ha ha. It was a lot of fun and I had no problem suspending disbelief. The standup was first-rate. I wonder who wrote it. We have nothing like that now.