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The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel is poignant in the #TimesUp era and you need to watch it!

By Alexandria Ingham

NEW YORK, NY - MAY 19: (L-R) Marin Hinkle, Michael Zegen, Producer Daniel Palladino, Writer and Producer Amy Sherman-Palladino, and Rachel Brosnahan of "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel" pose with a Peabody Award at The 77th Annual Peabody Awards Ceremony at Cipriani Wall Street on May 19, 2018 in New York City. (Photo by Paul Zimmerman/Getty Images for Peabody)
NEW YORK, NY - MAY 19: (L-R) Marin Hinkle, Michael Zegen, Producer Daniel Palladino, Writer and Producer Amy Sherman-Palladino, and Rachel Brosnahan of "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel" pose with a Peabody Award at The 77th Annual Peabody Awards Ceremony at Cipriani Wall Street on May 19, 2018 in New York City. (Photo by Paul Zimmerman/Getty Images for Peabody) /
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If there’s one thing, more shows and pulling in focus on strong women to support the #TimesUp movement. The Marvelous Mrs Maisel was one of the first and it’s the reason you need to watch it.

When you watch a TV show with a strong, unabashed woman, you’ll often find that there’s some sort of vulnerability. After all, a strong woman has to have some sort of weakness right? Well, that’s definitely not the cast with Midge in The Marvelous Mrs Maisel.

Created by Amy Sherman-Palladino and her husband Daniel Palladino, the two set on a journey to create a woman that was the strongest she could be. In the very first episode, she doesn’t break down when her husband leaves her (not quite a spoiler, since we know she’s a divorcee but I won’t share how or why he leaves). Instead, she offers the perfect burn.

That continues throughout. This is a woman who isn’t ashamed of who she is and what’s happened. She has a dream and pushes her way through it.

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However, the first season is a poignant focus on the #TimesUp era. As more women step forward to say how their careers were stopped because they refused to give into the sexual harassment from men in the business (and some men have also stepped forward to say the same), The Marvelous Mrs Maisel shows how it all happens on the screen.

While it may initially seem like the storyline is ripped from the headlines, that’s not the case. For one, the premise of the show wasn’t thought out fully when pitched, according to Deadline. When Rachel Brosnahan landed the role, she took inspiration from her own grandmother–a housewife and mother of the 1950s who wasn’t afraid to speak her mind.

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Midge doesn’t go out of her way to cause problems for others. It’s all about self-empowerment, which often means doing her own research and learning what she needs. What she doesn’t know she will learn and that helps her stay ahead of the curve.

Yet, there are the odd flaws. A good character does need the odd flaw, but she doesn’t need to have a weakened moment that takes away from the otherwise strong character. Sometimes her self-empowerment can be the flaw that draws you in.

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While this isn’t a political show, it will certainly spread the message that #TimesUp. At the same time, it’s an excellently created comedic series that is more than worth the watch.

The Marvelous Mrs Maisel Season 2 will drop later this year.

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