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After watching her comedy special, Alex Borstein: Corsets & Clown Suits, I have to say, I kind of want to be Alex Borstein when I grow up.
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel star isnt that much older than me, to be fair. Shes 52, which, according to most pop culture, is when youre supposed to become invisible as a woman. In the recently released musical special on Amazon prime, Borstein jokes about how actresses are made to disappear in their middle age, and thats why she always sleeps with one eye open and has rubbed some lamb bloods on the door jamb, its an old Jewish Jedi trick.
Where the average middle-aged woman may be invisible in pop culture, the middle-aged Jewish mom has a fate possibly worse desexed and unbearable, loud and nagging. Yet in this special, Borstein, who is a mom to two young kids, is not just sexy in her sequined clown-patterned skirt and velvety black corset, she is also a sexual being one who talks about reproductive rights, abortions and menstruating right alongside having sex after her divorce and looking at porn or as she calls it, sex documentaries.
Borsteins special is all about being perceived. She talks about spending her life in a clown suit as a famous funny lady. She was the iconic voice of Lois Griffin from Family Guy. She made her mark on MadTV and the dark HBO comedy Getting On. And if youre a reader of this particluar publication, chances are you know her as Susie Myerson from The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, who gave us all (OK, me) the butch Jewish icon we needed. And while I personally think Susie is a hottie, none of these roles demanded of Borstein the kind of traditionally accepted ideals of attractiveness and sensuality that we are used to seeing on TV.
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Husband and I watched this tonight. HOLY FUCKING SHIT! It was really funny!
"It's just chicken!" -- from the rousing rendition sung by "Jew-mangi"!
yellowdogintexas
(22,757 posts)I read two different pieces about it and hunted down the google list that came up when I typed the title in before I found the key words "Prime Video"
Easterncedar
(3,617 posts)ariadne0614
(1,876 posts)Course language almost always annoys the hell out of me, but Alex Borsteins self-described filthy mouth blew up (so to speak) up my usual aversion. This went way beyond a merely hilarious standup comedy routine. I say shes brilliant.