And because we knew we were going to get an actress to do, we felt like it needed to be more of a rant, of a monologue. It was such a wonderful dichotomy, and she crafted those monster jokes. " had that wonderful mix, that battle of wanting to be accepted on a feminine level- you can’t have that many balls and be accepted on a feminine level," Amy told Vanity Fair. In an interview with Vanity Fair in 2017, Amy spoke briefly about how she crafted Midge's comedy sets to reflect Rivers, but not completely mimic it: Plus, both Midge and Rivers were personally aided by comedian Lenny Bruce. Most importantly, however, Midge's big break at The Gaslight Cafe in New York in season 1 reflects Rivers' own performances at the same club. Veteran MMM fans will remember that Midge attended Bryn Mawr, a similar all-women college in Philadelphia. Rivers also attended Barnard College, per PEOPLE, an all-women university in New York. Similarly to Midge, Rivers was born in New York to Jewish parents who disproved of her career in comedy. Midge is heavily inspired on Joan Rivers, too.Īlthough much of her career and the show's setting is based around Amy's father, a lot of Midge's experiences are based on the life of Joan Rivers. Sherman also showed them the inherent difficulties of putting yourself in a position to be judged and how, when that ruling falls in your favor, you can become used to being the center of attention, no matter where you are, says Dan Palladino. They also learned "what it means to try to be funny," as well as "how hard it is to turn that off" when it's time for the spotlight to shine on someone else. Maisel' Season 3īut the "lessons" didn't end with Psych 101. And we certainly got to know up close-like, Amy grew up with it-but I got to see it from a more objective place."
"Through his experience, we got to know the highs and lows of a working comic. He opened for a lot of musical entertainers," explains Palladino. Amy's dad opened for the singer Dinah Washington. Those were the days when "music and comedy kind of went hand in hand," he continues, often in a "basket house" (à la The Gaslight Cafe in New York City and The Gaslight in Maisel season 1), where unpaid performers would pass around a basket in hopes that audience members would fill it with money. Maisel takes place in the late 1950s going into the 1960s.) ".That was really stand-up comedy central during the '40s and '50s and going into the '60s." (Indeed, Marvelous Mrs. "Once moved to L.A., all his cronies would sit around and talk about the good old days in New York," Dan Palladino explains. The setting for MMM is based on stories from Don Sherman's time as stand-up comedian in 1950s New York. Midge-a beautiful, young mother of two and brisket-cooking-housewife-turned-stand-up-comedian, was inspired by stories of Don Sherman and "his cronies," as Dan Palladino calls them. The character is actually heavily based on a real person from Amy Sherman-Palladino's life: her father, Don Sherman. Midge isn't fully modeled on any of the real women who once upon a time knocked the comedy world on its overwhelmingly male ass simply by telling jokes in a dress (though they were a heavy inspiration). "She's her own gal," Amy Sherman-Palladino told Women's Health of the woman she's made her own, Midge Maisel. Here's everything to know about how Midge's character came to be and who she's based off of, from the creators and Midge Maisel herself: Midge is, first and foremost, just Midge. Plus, actress Rachel Brosnahan, who plays Midge, had her own blueprint for bringing the character to life.
However, Amy Sherman-Palladino and her husband (co-creator Dan Palladino) have some very personal and specific inspiration for Midge's character on top of historical figures. If you've been a fan of the show for a while, it would be hard to ignore some obvious historical parallels between Midge and famous comedians from the 1960s. In an interview with Extra in June 2022, Rachel said MMM fans will get to "watch Midge's star rise." Sadly, this is the final season for the show, but lead Rachel Brosnahan hints that this will be quite the finale for Midge. And this upcoming season will reveal the legendary Midge Maisel's final destination, or I guess I should say marvelous! If you remember, the show's last season 4 episode left audiences with a glimpse of Midge getting back on her feet after some career fails. Maiselpremieres its first few episodes on Amazon Prime. There are only four days until the fifth season of Marvelous Mrs.
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