Female empowerment and the #MeToo movement were top of mind at a Q&A panel for “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” held Saturday at the Hollywood Athletic Club. Stars Rachel Brosnahan, Alex Borstein, Michael Zegen, Marin Hinkle, and Tony Shalhoub joined creator Amy Sherman-Palladino and executive producer Daniel Palladino for a panel discussion moderated by director Paul Feig.
The comedy series centers on a 1950s housewife (Brosnahan) who becomes a stand-up comedian after her husband (Zegen) runs off with his secretary. Sherman-Palladino revealed that she wanted to explore what would happen when “a woman who really has a specific place and a specific role to play decides to break out of that role and go against the time.”
The male-dominated world of stand-up comedy — which Sherman-Palladino learned about firsthand from her father, the late comedian Don Sherman — felt like the perfect arena for her convention-bucking heroine. “If you’re going to...
The comedy series centers on a 1950s housewife (Brosnahan) who becomes a stand-up comedian after her husband (Zegen) runs off with his secretary. Sherman-Palladino revealed that she wanted to explore what would happen when “a woman who really has a specific place and a specific role to play decides to break out of that role and go against the time.”
The male-dominated world of stand-up comedy — which Sherman-Palladino learned about firsthand from her father, the late comedian Don Sherman — felt like the perfect arena for her convention-bucking heroine. “If you’re going to...
- 4/19/2018
- by Zach Laws
- Gold Derby
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