Lovely to have it back, love the long takes (a real hallmark of this show - Coney Island scene for example - often choreographed). Midge is working at a strip club, dad is the theatre critic for the Village Voice. Obviously, hadn't read my Greenwich Village book before, didn't understand all the relevance, e.g. John Waters' cameo in Christoper Street (where gay liberation started) directing Midge to a lesbian club, Cherry Lane Theatre, Lenny Bruce on TV, Susie's office overlooking Broadway.
Some of the Jewish humour writing is terrific, Shaloub wonderful. Comedy routines really good also. Also some of the outlandish strip acts e.g. the Wizard of Oz routine with 'Dorothy' spinning around upside down in tornado.
Rachel Brosnahan, Alex Borstein, Michael Zegen, Marin Hinkle, Luke Kirby, Jane Lynch.
Husband Daniel Palladino is a writer alongside Amy; also Kate Fodor. They also share the directing in turns (one episode was directed by Scott Ellis). Amy was a writer on Roseanne, created and wrote The Gilmore Girls, does not believe in a room full of writers, but rather 'one or two clean, creative voices in charge'.
David Mullan is the DP but rightly Jim McConley gets a big credit as A Camera / Steadicam operator.
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