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Positive:
83
Mixed:
19
Negative:
0
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Critic Reviews
Dec 6, 2019
Season 3 Review:
Season 3 has 10 episodes, which means that there's still room for the series to delve into those [racial] issues, but if Maisel continues to skirt over the most serious issue of the time that it's set in, its claim of authenticity will deservedly be questioned. The spectacle doesn't hold up in the long term without substance and good writing becomes less relevant if you aren't talking about what matters.
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The Daily BeastFeb 21, 2022
Season 4 Review:
After setting the show and the character forth on a pretty thrilling trajectory for the first three seasons, this new one is a complete reset. As in, Midge Maisel is in exactly the same situation she was when we first met her: single, desperate, and obstinately pursuing a career in comedy even though she can’t land a gig or respect.
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Feb 16, 2022
Feb 16, 2022
Season 4 Review:
The main character is coasting on her greatest hits, the show is coasting on its greatest hits and so my review is mostly that the things I like about the show remain, the things I don’t like about the show remain and there isn’t enough that’s different to shake it out of a rut.
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Dec 6, 2019
Season 3 Review:
"Maisel" has always trafficked in nostalgia, but Season 3 worships the past to a fault, spending far more time than necessary with the late 50s and early 60s ephemera. The show is stuck: Midge is becoming too boring, and everyone else is too ridiculous. The writers force the characters through change in an attempt to freshen the series and create more dramatic and surprising developments, but they have been pushed past believability.
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Dec 4, 2019
Season 3 Review:
Nostalgic wish fulfillment carries the show further than it has any right to—but it’s not enough to make eight episodes cohere into a season, or for three seasons to cohere into a story. ... Maisel’s greatest character is none of the series regulars. It’s Luke Kirby’s take on real-life comedy great Lenny Bruce.
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Feb 16, 2022
Season 4 Review:
It gives me no pleasure to share that the show is now fixated on its characters complaining problems of the characters’ own making. In one episode, Midge literally thinks her biggest problem is not getting free milk. Worse, the once guillotine-sharp dialogue that made the Sherman-Palladinos favorites amongst TV snobs has been replaced with nonsensical dialogue that constantly loops back on itself.
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