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  • Here’s to one of our favorite Prime Video moms, Midge Maisel. Stream The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel now, only on Prime Video.
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    About The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel: In 1958 New York, Midge Maisel’s life is on track- husband, kids, and elegant Yom Kippur dinners in their Upper West Side apartment. But when her life takes a surprise turn, she has to quickly decide what else she’s good at - and going from housewife to stand-up comic is a wild choice to everyone but her. The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel is written and directed by Amy Sherman-Palladino (Gilmore Girls).
    About Season 4: It's 1960 and change is in the air. Looking to hone her act, Midge finds a gig with total creative freedom. But her commitment to her craft and the places it takes her creates a rift between her and the family and friends around her.
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Комментарии • 211

  • @alexhook9151
    @alexhook9151 2 года назад +1018

    Calling your kids name 10 times and them not hearing you is so accurate. No problem hearing a candy packet opening though.

    • @DeathnoteBB
      @DeathnoteBB 2 года назад +11

      Nah we here it, keep shouting “WHAT?!” and get 0 response

    • @AnnetteWarren
      @AnnetteWarren 2 года назад +2

      100% my son

    • @Adultwomanlol
      @Adultwomanlol 8 месяцев назад

      That's autism

  • @samspotz8r8s
    @samspotz8r8s 2 года назад +1052

    Her parenting is one of my favourite things about her character. It feels so cathartic to see a character who probably would never have had children had the idea not been so unthinkable at the time. She loves and cares for her children, but being a mother isn't what fulfills her and it shows.
    I've grown up being told I would change my mind about not wanting kids of my own since before I was even 10. I'm almost 30 now and nothing has changed. I still like but never want children, and I'm still expected to change my mind by so many around me.
    I imagine I would be the same kind of mother at Miriam. And it's really nice to see a mom not be dramatically terrible, but also clearly not in love with motherhood despite the social expectations.

    • @minminnnn
      @minminnnn 2 года назад +13

      how do you deal with all the comments people make, especially by other women? i feel this way sometimes, but it's viewed as almost unnatural in my community to not want children after marriage.

    • @samspotz8r8s
      @samspotz8r8s 2 года назад +12

      @@minminnnn its never not frustrated me, but I (or I try to) have patience with friends and family. For strangers I’ll usually keep the subject short and say I know myself well enough, or that I don't think I need a reason not to have kids. They don't need to hear my personal justification. As I get older I feel more confident that I don't need to justify myself or give into ayone elses idea what will make me happy.
      When you do things that goes against what others find normal others will almost always react with shock, and that shock will always sting psychologically. I try and remember that it's just the early survival part of our brains reacting and that I don't need to listen. For them it's nothing personal and they mean no harm, but sometimes I have to remind them how it feels personal regardless when they ask. It helps to remember that it's slowly becoming more and more normalized.

    • @loloso6964
      @loloso6964 Год назад +4

      ​@@ADDrecords oh, you'd be surprised how many people care and comment about women who don't want to have kids.

    • @tanakolenova
      @tanakolenova Год назад +10

      Maybe she actually would have had children anyway. I mean, why are we thinking that she wouldnt? Just because motherhood alone does not fulfill her? We would never expect fatherhood to fulfill a man so much that he doesn't want a career. We only have this crazy expectation for women.

    • @Matchu2113
      @Matchu2113 Год назад +8

      I’m a mom of 3 adult kids. I love it, but Geez Louise, it’s not for everybody!
      My best friend growing up never wanted children and never had any. The comments from friends and family were expected. But we grew up in a small town. Walking out of the grocery store, I heard comments behind us. WTF?
      Why is her decision suddenly fodder for town gossip?
      People can really suck sometimes!

  • @thinkinginn7443
    @thinkinginn7443 2 года назад +396

    She’s always a gem. 🤣😂 I do find it funny that people always critically focus on Midge not ‘being a good mom’ because of her emotional distance and investing in her career more. It’s like a weird ‘nothing changes’ observation because she does care about her kids, she tries to provide in her own way, she worries about them, she just has the same level of physical and emotional presence in their lives as (ironically) a male/father figure.
    Unheard of in her time, and despite us being in the ‘future’ of 2020s, still looked down on in our time.
    Because let’s be honest, if genders were flipped people claiming she’s a bad ‘father’ would be minimal.

    • @ruposhiquddus4838
      @ruposhiquddus4838 Год назад +18

      Finally! Somebody pointed out the double standard. Thank-you! 🙌

    • @mimio008
      @mimio008 Год назад +5

      You kidding? A dad taking his son's call at work and listening to him recite alphabet? A great dad in my book! 😂😂😂

    • @zoelester7379
      @zoelester7379 Год назад +3

      i would still think he’s a bad father regardless, as most fathers are i suppose.

    • @mattmatical2235
      @mattmatical2235 Год назад +1

      If the roles were reversed, they’d say she was a great father and would only talk about how horrible Joel is 😆

  • @sadem1045
    @sadem1045 2 года назад +539

    Midge and Joel have the ideal post-divorce relationship.

    • @sshukla7975
      @sshukla7975 2 года назад +26

      Isn't that all the relationship with Role reversed in current time for 99% of women.
      Men out like midge and hearing their kids grow up, but most of them don't feel guilt or shame for not being there as its women job.
      And women like Joel at home, working, taking care of home, kids, maintaining social retionships and even relationship with their husband.
      It's just role reversal, in my opinion.
      When a women is out of house, she is guilt tripped ALOT. while what midge is doing is what expected of men even today and no-one flinches an eye.
      Think about it.
      THATS THE WHOLE SATIRE OF THE SHOW, in my opinion.

    • @sadem1045
      @sadem1045 2 года назад +5

      @@sshukla7975 You're assuming most fathers who travel for work never feel bad about it. That's incorrect.

    • @ravalipriya3680
      @ravalipriya3680 Год назад +2

      ​@@sshukla7975 but i taught joel gets babies for weekend . We should praise her supportive parents and in laws

  • @effytraveler6155
    @effytraveler6155 2 года назад +1134

    She’s clearly a woman who would have been childfree if she didn’t follow the life script like it was a shopping list. Boyfriend. Got. Married. Got. Live with husband in same building as parents. Got. Kids. Got. No thought.

    • @unknown4957
      @unknown4957 2 года назад +33

      Well idk she seems like a good mother, I feel like she would’ve done both. And it’s good material for her comedy

    • @AstraeaAntiope
      @AstraeaAntiope Год назад +55

      @@unknown4957 She is pretty open in her comedy about not enjoying motherhood, not finding purpose/fulfillment in it, and questioning if she just did it because it was the thing she was "supposed to do."

    • @STho205
      @STho205 Год назад +6

      ​@@AstraeaAntiope the character finds fulfillment in making drunks laugh, getting applause and working for terrible people.
      Everyone has their own favorite brand of masochism.

    • @Kelly-uw1xr
      @Kelly-uw1xr Год назад +8

      @@unknown4957a lot of childfree women would be amazing parents. They just chose themselves first

    • @AraneaTempestatibus
      @AraneaTempestatibus Год назад +1

      ​@@AstraeaAntiope Imagine being born because of people's indecision and/or beliefs...oh, wait...we were all born like that, well, not all, some did it by mistake...how charming.

  • @johanndominik2032
    @johanndominik2032 2 года назад +1310

    She loves her children. At the same time, she is no helicopter-mum.

    • @spacebar9733
      @spacebar9733 2 года назад +25

      no one who does the best for their kids is a helicopter mom.

    • @katemiller7874
      @katemiller7874 2 года назад +12

      I was a helicopter mom. Always knew where they were. Both adults now living their best life. I think it gets a bad rap because for lazy people it takes too much effort.

    • @spacebar9733
      @spacebar9733 2 года назад +26

      @@katemiller7874 Knowing where your kids are isn't helicopter parenting. It doesn't take effort at all. It's just good parenting.

    • @elisemiller13
      @elisemiller13 2 года назад +25

      @@katemiller7874 A helicopter mom is a hovering (like a helicopter) micromanager, not one who knows where their kids are

    • @sonias9722
      @sonias9722 2 года назад +4

      she barely sees them

  • @mlpmeg1213
    @mlpmeg1213 2 года назад +311

    “It’s a fucking man’s world, sweetie.” “Okay”
    🤣

  • @strugglingcollegestudent
    @strugglingcollegestudent 2 года назад +172

    Esther said a word!
    Good for her!
    I love that part.

  • @metro121482
    @metro121482 Год назад +121

    I love how half of the commenters say what a terrible mother Midge is, and the other half say that she is an amazing mother. In reality, she is neither. She's not the best mom in the world, nor is she the worst one. This isn't always seen in television and movies, so it's fun to see it here. Everything people are fighting about in the comments is true: she loves her kids. They are always looked after and taken care of. She does not spend as much time with them as she could because she is focused on her career. Motherhood is not the be-all-end-all of her existence. Every one of those things is true, which is part of what makes her such an interesting character. I don't know why people feel the need to argue back and forth in the comment section when they're technically all correct. People. 🙄

    • @jocelynthom2904
      @jocelynthom2904 Год назад

      Well said! Thank you!

    • @KittyKat-ky5us
      @KittyKat-ky5us 7 месяцев назад

      I think she’s still a good mother, kind of reminds me of my mom

    • @metro121482
      @metro121482 7 месяцев назад +1

      @@KittyKat-ky5us That's my point. She's more similar to REAL mothers, unlike the mothers we often see in fiction. It seems like media often shows mothers as either the "perfect supermom," or they're totally awful. Most real mothers have both their faults and their strengths. They have their "Great Parenting Moments" while they also have their "Parenting Fails." I believe my own mother was, (and still is,) an absolutely amazing mom. But she was definitely NOT perfect! Midge defies the over-used "fictional mom" stereotypes; she's not supermom, but she's not the worst mom, either.

  • @user-tu5zb4mj1k
    @user-tu5zb4mj1k 2 года назад +328

    you missed: "there's a baby in the car!" midge:"bring that too!"
    (I'm not saying she's a bad mom, it's just how they raised children back then)

    • @rosequartz4102
      @rosequartz4102 2 года назад +9

      I watched that one yesterday and it reminded me of my own childhood in the 80s😂 I mean as long as it wasn't THAT hot and the window was down my mom just left me sleep.

  • @aprilS2180
    @aprilS2180 2 года назад +250

    so sweet taking her kids to say goodbye to her old apartment

  • @nlpnt
    @nlpnt 2 года назад +119

    I do think it was a lost opportunity not to have Midge have to come to grips with Ethan going to public school in Queens, both to tell that story of her personal growth and to set up a sequel series that picks up 10 years later with him in Forest Hills High at the same time as The Ramones.

  • @aislynnsavannah4341
    @aislynnsavannah4341 2 года назад +70

    "My leg hurts"
    "well what did you do?"
    "why is it my fault?" 😂🤦‍♀️

  • @user-qu3sx3cf7q
    @user-qu3sx3cf7q 2 года назад +171

    Ethan is so much like his mother 😭

  • @yalejosie
    @yalejosie Год назад +37

    Midge reminds me of my mom in all the best ways. Esther is a lucky girl to have such a strong, ambitious woman as her role model in life! I know seeing my mom chase her dreams growing up has helped me feel confident chasing mine ❤

  • @camgeorge6222
    @camgeorge6222 2 года назад +154

    I dont see midge as the best mom but she is not bad she is a good mom who is trying her best. Especially when trying to get a career. I dont see wat every ones issue with her is.

    • @rustyrelicsfarm2406
      @rustyrelicsfarm2406 Год назад +7

      Those usually are the best moms. The ones who don't give up.

  • @rosequartz4102
    @rosequartz4102 2 года назад +224

    That's insane, just this morning I started rewatching the series and thinking, she's such a killer mom!! Nice little synchronicity here😁

  • @passiveaggressive6175
    @passiveaggressive6175 Год назад +53

    She raises her kids as a typical mid-century, middle/Upper Class mom. She’s done her job birthing - now the help pick up the slack.😅😅😅😅

  • @StutiMishra
    @StutiMishra 2 года назад +25

    Midge: It's a ******* man's world, sweetie.
    Ester: Okay!
    😁

  • @belleepoque2544
    @belleepoque2544 2 года назад +74

    Someone should make a compilation for Astrid. I love her!

    • @rosequartz4102
      @rosequartz4102 2 года назад +2

      Astrid is a treasure! I've wanted to be Jewish since I was about eight, so almost 30 years now. Astrid makes me want to take the plunge though I don't think I'd use the Yiddish lingo so freely as she does.

  • @agenttheater5
    @agenttheater5 2 года назад +53

    0:53 She understands them completely, doesn't she?

  • @denisefreitas6727
    @denisefreitas6727 2 года назад +49

    Love this! Happy Mother's Day!! 💝

  • @65g4
    @65g4 2 года назад +97

    Gilmore Girls, Bunheads, The Marvelous Mrs Maisel Amy Sherman Palladino is a genius

    • @SL-lz9jr
      @SL-lz9jr 2 года назад

      Bunheads wasn’t as good. Had potential.

    • @65g4
      @65g4 2 года назад +3

      @@SL-lz9jr still think it was great not as good as gilmore girls sadly they pulled the plug on it before it reached its potential.

  • @Bergen98
    @Bergen98 Год назад +3

    5:12 - that trading jokes about kids growing up was hilarious

  • @susandunn7207
    @susandunn7207 2 месяца назад

    I really loved this show. Was so sad to see it end

  • @MikeA15206
    @MikeA15206 Год назад +9

    So many people who bash her can't imagine what the 1960's and 19070's were like. My Mother's life, or my Father's lives didn't revolve around me, and I am better for it. I can actually figure things out. Kids today are going to have a hard time in adult life.

  • @kimberlyterasaki4843
    @kimberlyterasaki4843 Год назад

    I should watch this video every time I get envious of my friends with kids

  • @blindpeopledostuff3587
    @blindpeopledostuff3587 2 года назад +39

    Ester said “ok”. That was funny after being told that it’s a man’s World.

  • @zaurisgandarov1857
    @zaurisgandarov1857 2 года назад +82

    GOD the mother son dynamic (que italian kiss) - especially: You've seen me naked right buddy part🤣

    • @65g4
      @65g4 2 года назад

      That was gold every son has seen their mother naked 🤣🤣🤣

    • @valentinakacelnik7189
      @valentinakacelnik7189 2 года назад +2

      they are jewish not italian

    • @zaurisgandarov1857
      @zaurisgandarov1857 2 года назад

      @@valentinakacelnik7189 ok question a jewish guy doing an Italian kiss

    • @65g4
      @65g4 2 года назад

      @@zaurisgandarov1857 what are you talking about?

    • @ashleyb2984
      @ashleyb2984 2 года назад +4

      @@65g4 I think they mean “chefs kiss” haha

  • @bigmodaco
    @bigmodaco 2 года назад +9

    Best show EVER

  • @paulajulias5333
    @paulajulias5333 2 года назад +19

    the Episodes in the catskills I always wondered where the baby was 😂😂

    • @strugglingcollegestudent
      @strugglingcollegestudent 2 года назад +4

      Same! Like did she leave the car?

    • @er6730
      @er6730 Год назад +3

      I was always wondering that! Like okay, you've snuck out in the night, did you bring the kids to your parents? Just left them there? What's going on, where are they?
      Says something when the viewer is more mindful of the children than the character is.

  • @loveautumnbreeze
    @loveautumnbreeze 2 года назад +1

    Cant wait to see the last season..

  • @Banimondala
    @Banimondala 3 месяца назад +1

    I love her parebtung style ❤

  • @delaudosa
    @delaudosa 2 дня назад

    I feel they have more of a relationship with their dad, I liked the way Joel communicated with them. Even when he was upset he would apologize for being upset

  • @nelliekat403
    @nelliekat403 2 года назад +162

    You should do more content with your actors like Netflix and others do. Do more interviews, etc.

    • @65g4
      @65g4 2 года назад +4

      Totally agree

  • @marinabbb8213
    @marinabbb8213 2 года назад +1

    Спасибо, что снимаете такое классное кино! Могу смотреть его 24 часа в сутки. Люблю всю съёмочную группу!!!

  • @rayarony2958
    @rayarony2958 2 года назад +43

    I'm sure Ester will grow up to be the sensible n matured one and Ethan will be a drama queen

  • @barbarabonnette2705
    @barbarabonnette2705 Год назад +1

    Ethan Rocks! 😂😂😂😂

  • @amywalker3684
    @amywalker3684 2 года назад +17

    Only one more season!😥

  • @Jess-T
    @Jess-T 2 года назад +3

    This is how I raise my daughter as well!

  • @paulchezkari6952
    @paulchezkari6952 Год назад +1

    Me watching the background more😅

  • @chipmunkpark8826
    @chipmunkpark8826 Год назад +13

    When I was a child...children would eat in a different table. I ALWAYS HATED THAT...when my mom and I would be alone in the house, we would eat together but when the family gathered. I always had to go to another place💀

  • @austinnoliphant
    @austinnoliphant 2 года назад +8

    Sissy ran away, I'm literally holding her. Great.

  • @sarveshribangadkar
    @sarveshribangadkar 2 года назад +3

    What's the name of this song 8:28 ?

  • @ff_m3570
    @ff_m3570 2 года назад +5

    She kinda acts like the fun aunt.

  • @galbahnusen8767
    @galbahnusen8767 Год назад +13

    I totally forgot that she even had children. Guess that speaks for itself in a way.
    I do think her (and her husbands) parenting style is borderline negelctful from todays perspective, but at the same time did she not have many options in her time in society. And other people took care of them at least.
    Her being a very nurturing mother would not have been realistic with her character arc.

    • @Adultwomanlol
      @Adultwomanlol 8 месяцев назад +1

      They were with their grandparents and nannies as was the norm for rich people back then.

  • @AshleyLoveland1739
    @AshleyLoveland1739 Год назад

    Let a human being grow

  • @SuperWolsey
    @SuperWolsey Год назад +1

    Our Lois Lane, boys and girls!!

  • @marjoriegarland2798
    @marjoriegarland2798 5 месяцев назад +3

    Yom Kippur is scarey!

  • @maringal44
    @maringal44 Год назад +3

    She left Esther in the car at camp.

  • @zuzupetals6025
    @zuzupetals6025 Год назад +10

    I always felt bad for her children. It’s the only part of the show I wish would’ve been written differently.

    • @chaaaargh
      @chaaaargh Год назад +3

      yeah lol i'm not sure how people think she's a good mother, i guess everyone has different standards. i agree that she clearly cares for them, but she's not even fully aware that they're around half of the time lol

    • @AutumnKiss3212
      @AutumnKiss3212 Год назад +2

      ​@chaaaargh I thought the best mother thing was sarcasm till I looked at the comments and I'm like dang you all ACTUALLY think she's an amazing mother?

    • @whatcanidooo
      @whatcanidooo 5 месяцев назад +1

      Yeah like all these people saying she’s a good mother had me seriously concerned about like…their standards for parenting. Especially since the least season confirms that she wasn’t and her kids have issues now. I love the character, but it’s not like she isn’t flawed

  • @t.g.7973
    @t.g.7973 Год назад +3

    Ummm so no credit for Zelda!?

  • @jonathanwilliams1974
    @jonathanwilliams1974 Год назад +5

    Great series, but she's kind of a terrible mom. I think that point is made pretty clear in the last season when she's estranged from her now grown up children. The show is honest about her choices and her desire to pursue her career over family...and it showed the cost at the end when she's walking in her big spacious mansion...alone...with only her staff to keep her company. She got what she wanted...but in the end was she truly happy?

  • @AbhishekAngira
    @AbhishekAngira Год назад +3

    Ethan's kinda creepy, I like it :P

  • @theabristlebroom4378
    @theabristlebroom4378 Год назад +8

    Spoiler for the last season.
    Grownup Esther doesn't seem to think her mom is all that great.😮

  • @katemiller7874
    @katemiller7874 2 года назад +20

    She’s never with them.

    • @blugreen123
      @blugreen123 2 года назад +3

      It's just the way it was back then, especially if you had money.

  • @laurelmackereth1308
    @laurelmackereth1308 2 года назад +15

    Honestly, her kids are so rarely mentioned, I’m not sure why they were put in the script at all. There are no scenes of her trying to balance being a mother and a comedian or her talking about how she wouldn’t have had them if it wasn’t expected of her.

    • @AstraeaAntiope
      @AstraeaAntiope Год назад +6

      In the first season she does a whole riff at the jazz club about just that (if she just had kids because it was expected.)

  • @soniaamin1270
    @soniaamin1270 2 года назад +47

    she is hardly ever with her kids (not judging) but that isn't a everyday mom.

    • @katemiller7874
      @katemiller7874 2 года назад +2

      Exactly.

    • @yaruxzasevillano1268
      @yaruxzasevillano1268 2 года назад +21

      I mean, working mothers do exist

    • @soniaamin1270
      @soniaamin1270 2 года назад +22

      ​@@yaruxzasevillano1268 yes there are. but calling this fictional character, mother of the year, is a stretch. season 1 and season 2 had the kids exclusively brought up the house help and the grand parents (who did not seem very attentive tbh). season 3 the kids were forgotten by the writers.

    • @ohemaa_ang
      @ohemaa_ang 2 года назад +12

      @@soniaamin1270 i think that was the joke tho... that she is imperfect but she still loves her kids

    • @Matchu2113
      @Matchu2113 Год назад +1

      @@yaruxzasevillano1268
      I was a working single mom for part of my life. I never jammed out of the house without saying goodbye. Even when I got remarried and had somebody in the house 24/7 to watch my kids, I spent time with them.
      I grew up in a house with live in help because my mom was I’ll, but she spent time with me, reading to me, watching TV with me, playing cards, etc.
      Everybody has different parental/child experiences.
      The dichotomy between Midge leaving the house without a backward glance for her children and Susie’s secretary bringing the kids to work was perfect.
      See what white privilege can buy? 🤣

  • @xiaomidemo8060
    @xiaomidemo8060 2 года назад

    Well, she has a baby.

  • @yushikuang7877
    @yushikuang7877 2 года назад

    She must be italien

    • @lillyess385
      @lillyess385 2 года назад +1

      She's Jewish

    • @65g4
      @65g4 2 года назад

      @@lillyess385 yes they are clearly jewish does yushi even watch the show.

  • @lindawatson8795
    @lindawatson8795 2 года назад +53

    She’s good but she’s never with the kids!!

    • @agenttheater5
      @agenttheater5 2 года назад +54

      Upper middle class mothers like her and her mother weren't generally with the kids. Rose was against the idea of Midge having dinner with her kids.

    • @GameChanger597
      @GameChanger597 2 года назад +10

      That's actually not true. They would've had to be way more wealthy than that to have the Nanny raise the children. A mother's absence back then would have consisted of meeting friends for a luncheon once a month and selling Tupperware on occasion. Mothers have always been very much involved with their children pretty-much since the beginning of time

    • @terynb4407
      @terynb4407 2 года назад +6

      Different times plus I also think it has something to do with child labor laws

    • @DeepikaGinger
      @DeepikaGinger 2 года назад +14

      A big part of that is because she had to become a working mom pretty early in the series.

    • @katemiller7874
      @katemiller7874 2 года назад

      Ever

  • @sshukla7975
    @sshukla7975 2 года назад +6

    The headline saying, midge is real mother! But actually no-one wants that mother/wife in their life.
    It's the truth though.
    Women are still ostracized for leaving for work and looked down in business and corporate or even in traveling job for being inadequate women and for not being there for the kids, while men can do it no issues.

  • @raleemay
    @raleemay Год назад +5

    Far from “mother of the year” 🤣

  • @jeanlloyd3029
    @jeanlloyd3029 Год назад

    Z

  • @renatabilac8119
    @renatabilac8119 Год назад +5

    It's funny how ASP written Midge as an unfit mother, yet Amazon is trying to convince us she is actually the best mother ever. :D Well, no one who has seen the season 5 could possibly think so. Because the quality of parenting is seen in grown up children and their relationships with themselves, parents, outside world, their partners. Esther is a mess, Ethan grown completely away from his mother.
    Only reason anyone tries to defend her shitty motherhood is because they see themselves or their parents in it. Joel is thousand times better father than Midge is mother. But yes, he is not realistic, she IS - it was very common for women of her class in that era to go do whatever they want to do and let other people take care of their children. The fact she was able to be nice the few times in a week/month she actually interacted with her children, makes her sane, not a great mother. It's very easy to control oneself when you don't have to do it all day, every day. And don't kid yourselves. To be present is one of the most important things in parenthood, especially when the alternative is to give your children to Rose Weissman. :D

  • @catmansma
    @catmansma 7 дней назад

    Midge was not the best mom. I'm glad they showed the older Ester in a flashback. She was her grandpa and did not like her mom. And Ethan...didn't like her and she humiliated him. I always wondered where were the kids?

  • @alinamartin7715
    @alinamartin7715 2 года назад +43

    She was a bad mom but she also never wanted kids so whatever. I thought it was a good character point.

    • @zoegrant1929
      @zoegrant1929 Год назад +4

      How is she a bad mother? She provides for them, she loves them fiercely and they're always well looked after. If she was a man no one would be calling her a bad mother

    • @alinamartin7715
      @alinamartin7715 Год назад +3

      @@zoegrant1929 I guess I mean from the children's standpoint in that she's never around and doesn't seem to care if she is or isn't.

    • @zoegrant1929
      @zoegrant1929 Год назад +1

      @@alinamartin7715 Her children have never complained about her not being around. Esther's too young to care, and Ethan is always happy to talk on the phone to his mother and ramble about his day to her. He never once says, "Mommy, why are you never here?"

  • @karhart6663
    @karhart6663 Год назад +4

    She's a careless parent. When she's present, she is good, but every time she gets distracted by her dreams the kids are pushed away. The grandparents are potentially more self absorbed and harmful to them and Midge constantly expects her parents to care for the kids. Plus, in spite of any intentions she has with raising them, her careless mothering seems to be evident in the latest season.

  • @janwencel609
    @janwencel609 Год назад

    Actually, she is a lousy mom

  • @temperhollow7716
    @temperhollow7716 2 года назад +29

    I don't feel any nurturing connection with her children whatsoever, in fact her parenting style is downright negligent.She is solely focused on her career.

    • @swordchild0013
      @swordchild0013 Год назад +3

      How is she negligent ? The kids are always taken care of? She has a good relationship with them? She is not a stepford stereotypical mum but I would not call her negligent

    • @johanna2690
      @johanna2690 Год назад +1

      @@swordchild0013 have you seen the new season? The first five minutes of the new season show how her adult daughter feels about her mother.

    • @swordchild0013
      @swordchild0013 Год назад

      @@johanna2690 not heard it yet / which part

    • @johanna2690
      @johanna2690 Год назад

      @@swordchild0013 Season 5, episode 1, first five minutes. But they hint that her kids resent her in the future throughout the whole season.

  • @frosinicapandispan5534
    @frosinicapandispan5534 8 месяцев назад +1

    I mean, she's not a monster, but she's a terrible parent. Wouldn't call.her a mother

  • @shanoriya
    @shanoriya 6 месяцев назад

    She’s a horrible mother

    • @GingerDancer77
      @GingerDancer77 6 месяцев назад +1

      That’s the joke 🤦‍♀️

  • @namewitheld2568
    @namewitheld2568 Год назад +4

    Funny. Her attitude toward her kids is the one thing I didn't really like about her. She treats them like charming accessories.

  • @marieklenke2916
    @marieklenke2916 2 года назад +30

    I love midge, but she is a HORRIBLE mother!

    • @nadivan
      @nadivan 2 года назад +16

      example cause you saying Horrible i think she is like normal

    • @swordchild0013
      @swordchild0013 Год назад +1

      Why is she horrible?

  • @er6730
    @er6730 Год назад +1

    I couldn't handle the way she acted with her kids. I'm no helicopter mom, and actually have had the police called on me for neglect because I wasn't helicopter-y enough for someone (it was fine, I didn't get in trouble, but now I have a fear of busybodies)
    But the way she doesn't consider them is shameful. She doesn't think of them as people who need her protection, at all. They're like houseplants to her, not even like pets. I had to stop watching the show for that reason, I was just yelling at the screen the whole time.

  • @lavanyaravindran3986
    @lavanyaravindran3986 9 месяцев назад +3

    is it only me? I feel she is a bad mother, and her lack of attention ruined her sons life, and made her otherwise intelligent daughter go to therapy

  • @GameChanger597
    @GameChanger597 2 года назад +40

    I'm sorry but No🙄 I love Midge n all but if this were real life, she wouldn't be first in line for mother-of-the-year. At the very least, a good mom doesn't choose their career of debauchery over seeing their own children everyday Lol

    • @silverarrowtarot
      @silverarrowtarot 2 года назад +28

      agree. great show awesome character but not mother of the year LOL

    • @GameChanger597
      @GameChanger597 2 года назад +8

      @@silverarrowtarot Aaahh a voice of reason. Thank you for your sanity 😅

    • @Ilikefrogs..
      @Ilikefrogs.. 2 года назад

      Capitalism forces mothers to choose their careers over their children every day. It doesn't make us bad mothers. We'd just rather our children not grow up homeless.

    • @medinirajan5702
      @medinirajan5702 2 года назад +128

      That's such bullshit. First of all, parenting was vastly different in the 50s. You can't judge her parenting with modern day standards. Secondly, she is absolutely allowed to choose her career over seeing her children everyday. They have a father, two sets of grandparents and a friend circle. She knows they're in good hands. She calls everyday to check on them, makes sure they have the best education, etc. If she was a man, no one would be questioning her touring the world for her career. Men do it literally all the time.

    • @philyra2
      @philyra2 2 года назад +77

      @@medinirajan5702 Yes! Thank you! Why does no one judge men for jetting about and rarely seeing their children? If a woman does it, she's a bad mother. Meanwhile, if a man takes his kids to the park for half an hour suddenly he's father-of-the-year. Sheesh. Effing double standards.

  • @ursulaomarra877
    @ursulaomarra877 Год назад +1

    She sucks as a mother. The housekeeper is more of a mother to those 2 kids.

  • @robberbarron8161
    @robberbarron8161 2 года назад +7

    Will she come over already I hold important knowledge and engineering