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Entertainment 16 Entertainment PAGE 16 THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2018 Entertainment: Weekend THE HERALD World safe again for obnoxious personalities By HANK STUEVER WP News Service Oh goody, she’s back. Midge Maisel, I mean, the sharpest wit and fastest mouth in Manhattan, who flat-out charmed viewers last year in “The Mar- velous Mrs. Maisel,” Amy Sher- man-Palladino’s rollicking (and deservedly Emmy-winning) com- edy series about a 1950s housewife who channels her boundless ener- gy and proto-feminist frustrations into a stand-up comedy routine. Season 2, which began stream- ing Wednesday on Amazon.com, picks up from the first season’s walk-off, with Midge (played to hyper perfection by Rachel Bros- nahan, who also won an Emmy for the role) spinning the plates of her precariously compartmental- ized life. Separated though not yet di- vorced from her ego-bruised hus- band, Joel (Michael Zegen), Midge now toils, if you want to call it that, in the subterranean phone banks of the swanky B. Altman department store. It’s a demo- tion from the cosmetics counter, which she nevertheless masters, answering a battery of incoming phone calls all day with the gusto of someone who won’t have to see or hear the letters ADHD together for a good 30 years at least. As other operators beg Midge to rescue them from the tangle of wires and call transfers (to the NICOLE RIVELLI/AMAZON/WP NEWS SERVICE backdrop tune of Barbra Strei- Emmy winner Rachel Brosnahan stars in “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.” The show’s second season is streaming on Amazon.com. sand’s 1969 rendition of “Just Leave Everything to Me,” never mind the technical anachronism), ups and downs of living one’s life who, when faced with the equally guably the most obnoxious (and over story structure. It’s such Sherman-Palladino executes one loudly, boisterously, hurriedly — obnoxious rules of a society that bravest) comic in town. fun to watch, however, that one of the first of many sweeping, lus- and obnoxiously, which isn’t al- tells them to be quiet and tone it Bound to live by an almost may not even notice instances of ciously transporting camera per- ways a bad thing. Those who have down, will instead respond with smothering degree of conven- disorganization. spectives across Midge’s pristine, admired Sherman-Palladino’s more words at more speed. “The tion, however, Midge and her two For it is the pure fantasy of vividly hued midcentury para- razor wit in award-acceptance Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” is a les- increasingly (almost laughably) “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” that dise, where even the shabby parts speeches and followed her work son in the artful uses of obnox- ignored children still reside in we’ve all come to see: Visually, it’s of town practically sing and zing (including the classic “Gilmore iousness, especially for those of us yesteryear’s opulence — a huge a splendid swirl of an imaginary with charm. Girls” and the underappreciated living in the brutishly obnoxious prewar apartment with her par- New York, practically vibrating The beauty seen in “The Mar- “Bunheads”) take a particular present. ents, Abe and Rose Weissman with the desire to return back to velous Mrs. Maisel” — the cos- comfort in her ability to represent By night, Midge is lured back (Tony Shalhoub and Marin Hin- a place most of us never experi- tumes, the sets, the lipstick, the and bring to life the sort of female to the comedy game by her sour- kle). Midge still keeps them in the enced firsthand. So intense is its vintage New York and, this sea- characters who cannot, will not tempered yet relentless agent, dark about her blue and bracingly nostalgia and so backward are son, equally dazzling side trips shut up. And why should they? Susie Myerson (Alex Borstein, honest comedy gigs. some of its worldviews that you to Paris and then to the Catskill Part of the fun of watching “Mrs. another of the show’s Emmy win- Much of Season 2 hangs on could almost mistake it for a Make Mountains — is a necessary coun- Maisel” is to applaud its singular- ners), who tries to capitalize on how much longer her secret will America Great Again rally, were it terbalance to what can only be de- ly sublime message, which is sim- the buzz Midge gained when she keep. Things go round and round not for the show’s intellectual un- scribed as the show’s dependence ply: I won’t shut up. You shut up. brought the house down at a Vil- a tad too often in the first five derpinnings. Almost achingly, the on obnoxiousness as a heroic trait. It’s a valentine to women who lage nightclub and won a seal of episodes, and a viewer may oc- show tries to make a case for this Yes, I said, it: “Mrs. Maisel” is fearlessly wield their command approval from none other than casionally sense that Sherman- lost world, while also indicting it. an almost scientific study of the of language and humor. Women Lenny Bruce (Luke Kirby), ar- Palladino is favoring freneticism Just about any character who isn’t part of Midge’s immediate realm (upper class and Jewish, mainly) never gets more than a bit part. That in itself can be seen as Arts committee shares the show’s tacit recognition of its own insular obnoxiousness, and it’s a relief that “The Marvelous works; reception set Mrs. Maisel” seeks to remind us — at least once per episode — that From Local Sources Arts also received the support of the 1950s were not as glorious as individuals and businesses, both they appear. The same obnox- JASPER — The Jasper Communi- in funding and material donations, iousness can carry through tri- ty Arts Commission will celebrate which helps to stretch the budget. umphantly, as when Midge takes the annual holiday exhibit of art- Members of the Visual Arts the microphone and dresses down work by its Visual Arts Committee Committee, some of whom will a group of male-chauvinist come- members with a public reception be exhibiting this year, are: Myra dians leering and sneering at her from 7 to 9 p.m. Friday. Schuetter, Trish Mehringer, Barb from the bar. In other scenes, it The Visual Arts Committee is McCullough, Bill Whorrall, Diane becomes a personality defect, comprised of a broad spectrum Wininger, LaVonne Tisdal, Curt when Midge pushes things too far, of area volunteers. This includes Uebelhor, Kit Miracle, Jay Ham- humiliating herself and others. working artists, teachers and in- lin, Julie Parr, George Smith, Fred In old movies and TV shows, terested patrons. Robberts, Emily Peak, Jen Tol- when a loud and forthright The annual holiday reception bert, Romy Kissel and Clare Bies. woman ends up in hubristic so- also serves as a thank you and Hors d’oeuvres, desserts and cial disasters, the “me and my recognition to all the volunteers, a cash bar will be available at the big mouth” lesson was implied: patrons and community support- holiday gathering. The event is She should put a lid on it and be ers for the arts in Jasper. free and open to the public. more ladylike. “The Marvelous The facility and programs The Krempp Gallery, located in Mrs. Maisel” isn’t having any of serve thousands of people in the the Jasper Arts Center adjacent to that, suggesting instead that the area. More then 150 volunteers Vincennes University Jasper Cam- funniest (and most obnoxious) devote countless hours helping to pus, is open to the public from 8:30 “The Rural Eye Doctor,” a mix-media piece by artist Bill Whorrall can person in the room also possesses make the performances, in-school a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays through be viewed at the Krempp Gallery from 7 to 9 Friday during the Jasper the sort of courage to fix her own shows, gallery exhibits and other Fridays, until 7 p.m. Thursdays Community Arts Commission’s appreciation reception. The exhibit will be problems, make her own apologies events happen. Jasper Community and from noon to 3 p.m. Sundays. on display through Wednesday, Dec. 26. and choose her own outcome. 17 Entertainment THE HERALD ■ THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2018 ENTERTAINMENT: WEEKEND ■ PAGE 17 ENTERTAINMENT GUIDE All times are Eastern unless The Equalizer 2 The great and Sundays through Saturday; 1:30 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 9; through Dec. 21; and 9 a.m.-noon otherwise noted. Denzel Washington reprises his role and nightly, next Thursday- Dec. 30 refreshments will be served. Saturday, Dec. 22. 812-544-2434 or as McCall in a brilliant performance (closed Christmas Eve and Christmas www.santaclausmuseum.org Day), Lake Rudolf Campground & RV Christmas Lego Train, 10 a.m.-4 Current cinema that often rises above the pulpy, p.m., Saturday, Dec. 15. blood-soaked material. It’s slick, Resort, Santa Claus. $15 per car. Other museums Currently playing violent, fast-paced, well-acted but Christmas Celebration, weekends, Movie and popcorn, 12:30 p.m., Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame Bohemian Rhapsody (Jasper 8 by-the-numbers summer fare. (Action Saturday-Dec. 16, Santa Claus. Saturday, Dec. 15. & Museum, 311 W. Second St., crime, R, 2 hrs., 2018) Theatres) The greatly gifted Rami Blake Buechlein and his Patoka Owensboro. bluegrassmuseum.org Malek is given zero chance to create Festival of Lights, 5-9 p.m. CT Saturdays, through Dec. 15, River alligator, snakes, lizards and Evansville African American a believable, in-depth portrayal of IMAX turtles, 1:30 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 16. Museum, 579 S. Garvin St. Hours Queen leader Freddie Mercury in this Christmas Lake Village, Santa Claus.
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