I love this show! I have thoughts about what you said:
-I actually thought the D-Day joke still felt like a bit of a surrender-esque joke. I mean, I feel like it was making fun of Abe since he was blustery, and possibly even making fun of the American propensity to think they single-handedly saved the day. But I think it rubbed me the wrong way because that American view is so entrenched among many that I feel like a cursory joke like this one just reinforces instead of subverts.
-But I think overall I probably have more problems with this show than you, so maybe I'm just automatically less willing to give it a chance. I love it, but I have problems.
-One of my favorite things about the show is the fact that Midge is a mother but not that focused on being a mother, and yeah, they continued to do so great with that. I loved in S1 when she did that whole bit on stage about how she didn't have pictures of her kids. I wish they would do more with her personal feelings about motherhood vs social expectations, but that would make it again All About Being A Mother, which we probably don't need.
-(I was disturbed by the times the children were actively forgotten, like the commenter above mentioned, though I think we were supposed to be disturbed.)
-I LOVE that the central relationship is between her and Susie. I love their friendship, and I agree with you that it is refreshingly unidealized.
-I thought that was supposed to be Yoko Ono too. I'm actually surprised they don't have more celebrities, because why not? I feel like having had the painters be real people could have been interesting. I understand why the Shy Baldwin character is not real, given that we might be spending quite a bit more time with him next season (?)
-I, too, was reminded of Dirty Dancing!
-Definitely agree Amy Palladino has Things To Say about women in comedy, and I am HERE FOR IT
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Date: 2018-12-09 06:06 pm (UTC)-I actually thought the D-Day joke still felt like a bit of a surrender-esque joke. I mean, I feel like it was making fun of Abe since he was blustery, and possibly even making fun of the American propensity to think they single-handedly saved the day. But I think it rubbed me the wrong way because that American view is so entrenched among many that I feel like a cursory joke like this one just reinforces instead of subverts.
-But I think overall I probably have more problems with this show than you, so maybe I'm just automatically less willing to give it a chance. I love it, but I have problems.
-One of my favorite things about the show is the fact that Midge is a mother but not that focused on being a mother, and yeah, they continued to do so great with that. I loved in S1 when she did that whole bit on stage about how she didn't have pictures of her kids. I wish they would do more with her personal feelings about motherhood vs social expectations, but that would make it again All About Being A Mother, which we probably don't need.
-(I was disturbed by the times the children were actively forgotten, like the commenter above mentioned, though I think we were supposed to be disturbed.)
-I LOVE that the central relationship is between her and Susie. I love their friendship, and I agree with you that it is refreshingly unidealized.
-I thought that was supposed to be Yoko Ono too. I'm actually surprised they don't have more celebrities, because why not? I feel like having had the painters be real people could have been interesting. I understand why the Shy Baldwin character is not real, given that we might be spending quite a bit more time with him next season (?)
-I, too, was reminded of Dirty Dancing!
-Definitely agree Amy Palladino has Things To Say about women in comedy, and I am HERE FOR IT
also, hi