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New Yorp New Yorp
Jul 18, 2003

Only in Kenya.
Pillbug

Xealot posted:

It’s not trying to be Mad Men, for sure.

The tone is basically parodic of the setting it’s depicting, and lives or dies by how much you like or hate the protagonist’s quirks. A friend of mine (who’s himself Jewish) described it as a “Jewish minstrel show” and the accusation makes sense.

But verisimilitude is not a concern for it. MM cares about the reality of its characters and setting, where Maisel is basically a fast-talking cartoon in a magical stage play version of 1950’s New York.

My wife says the actors are in bagelface. I find the show mildly entertaining but obnoxious because I have enough neurotic Jewish relatives of my own without watching non jews act like over the top parodies of my irritating family.

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