If the pilot is made into a series, it will follow Midge as she sets out to become a stand-up comedian. (Amazon Studios)Īlthough Midge’s impromptu flashing of the crowd earns her a 20-minute stint in jail, she impresses a local bartender, who is convinced that she is a comic genius.
Midge with her father Abe Weinberg, played by Tony Shalhoub. She jumps onstage and starts cursing off her husband, much to the crowd’s delight.
Upset and inebriated, Midge runs off to a downtown bar where her husband sometimes performs. Soon after we meet the poised Midge (Rachel Brosnahan, “House of Cards”) her aspiring-comedian husband Joel (Michael Zegen, “Boardwalk Empire”) leaves her for his secretary. She’s a 1950s housewife who seems to have a great life: She has a perfect Jewish husband, two young children, an apartment on the Upper West Side’s Riverside Drive, and, after four years of lobbying, a rabbi who has finally agreed to come to her place for the Yom Kippur break fast meal. The show, released Friday as part of Amazon’s 2017 Pilot Season - in which viewers help decide which of five shows the streaming service will produce - follows the life of Miriam “Midge” Maisel. Maisel,” which makes the characters’ Jewishness an integral - but not overdone - part of their identities.
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( JTA) - In many TV shows, a character’s Jewish identity can feel like a throwaway, usually to showcase “difference,” religious diversity, or a useful stereotype.
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