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Get married, pamper husband, take care of the house and the kids, and repeat. In all of this, make sure you always show up pretty. The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel may be a work of fiction but Miriam Maisel’s life in a series, right from the very first episode, shows how women are expected to lead when it comes to being the nurturers, and be welcoming of the emotional labour that comes along.
Even then, they would never get the same place on the table as a man. In a single episode, the writers have done a wonderful job in summing up how a woman’s life starts from wanting to getting married, getting married and watching the husband leave (because he is unhappy with his own life and not only because he has an extra-marital affair). The women are conditioned to not resist and try to blend in.
And when the husband decides to leave, he tells the wife (like a man-child) – “Will you tell your parents for me?”
And when Miriam tells the parents, they ask – “He left… what did you do?” The blame falling on woman, instead on the husband who is an entitled prick to be blaming her for holes in his sweater, is part of the natural course of events when a relationship falls apart.
As the story follows, she is repeatedly told to “Dress up well, and get him back!”
But thankfully, without succumbing to the situation, she never loses her wit and humour and also comes close to finding a vocation. She realises her potential as a stand-up comic when nudged by her soon-to-be talent manager Susie.
In all of the five seasons, the show has multiple moments when it mocks at women being stereotyped in everyday situations. And it does that with great aplomb. The subtext, it goes without saying, is lucid right from Episode 1.
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