THE IRRESISTIBLE LADY MAISEL Thinking, and thinking cheerfully in this complicated time, overwhelmed by two irresistible female protagonists: one, Miriam (Midge) Maisel (Rachel Brosnahan), a young and well-to-do Jewish New Yorker lady from the Upper West Side who, after the trauma of her break-up with her husband who was convinced - mistakenly - that he was a great comedian, turns out to be -yes, she is- a terrific and irreverent comedian, a great stand-up comedian, almost the feminine of Lenny Bruce (to whom a poignant portrait is dedicated); and the other, Susie Myerson (Alex Borstein), the [...]
