The Elite: The Marvelous Ms. Maisel

If I had to declare one series to be perfect—even though that doesn’t exist, one actual piece so majestic outside of my fantasy-genre tendencies, it’s this one. It was created by Amy Sherman with the help of her husband Daniel Palladino. The protagonist—Ms. Maisel is played by Rachel Brosnahan. With her is her wonderful cast with starring stars like Alex Borstein as Susie Myerson, and Michael Zegen who plays Joel Maisel.

Our protagonist is set in a place where everything plays against her. This woman, this wife, this girl loses her world. Her husband minuscule her into something so little, she disappeared; but she didn't let it happen. For she became exactly what she tried to be, what she deeply wanted to be. A performer. A comedian. Her story is of secrecy at the beginning. She's divorced. woman, living alone but with a dream. She faced the world of show business with a punch. For she was a woman, one without husband, one with children, Jewish. She was an unfit woman to society, but that was what made her so great.

People underestimated her and believed her to be nothing compared to the other men and woman who were already in the industry. But she paired with a very determined manager, who

was also a newcomer, was unstoppable. She became an icon. A star that defied everything, all the odds.

She stands on the stage, and talks "real." There's no other word to explain it. She's not fake. There's no character. There's no modified expression. There is no lie. She is her. In a way, that is exactly what it should always be. The more we as artists diverse away from reality, the more we become less human: to her that means getting less laughs. Comedy is not a construction that can be perfect. It's in that same imperfection where the best comedians rise, because they're real.

As an actor, who also looks to do good in this industry, I was shocked to see and be part of this series' public. I was shocked because it worked perfectly. The actress was acting a character who was an actress or comedian, acting. But in the end, she wasn't acting, she was, simply, living. A character who lived, an actress who played living. Nothing more, nothing less. It was in

that simplicity, in that beauty that I was able to recognize how majestical a piece, was this work. Not just by the protagonist, but by everyone there. I forgot many times that this was fiction, and not real, that this wasn't some reality tv show. To act well, is to forget you're acting. That's the beauty of the work.

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