Mrs Maisel's Spooky Disease
A Farewell to Golden Arms
I love The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.
Granted, I haven’t seen that much of it. I liked what I watched! I have a hard time buying into the Amy Sherman-Palladino-verse, but I would never take her shows away from anyone.1 But I love the television show Mrs. Maisel because before that show, everyone used to tell me that I looked like the girl from The Ring. Now my most common celebrity lookalike is Rachel Brosnahan, a beautiful Emmy-winner.2
But would I look as beautiful with a golden arm?
Here’s today’s Perfect Thing:
Okay, I don’t mean to make light of *checks notes* Pulmonary Gold Disease. But this clip is ridiculous. It was part of a horror anthology series on Quibi, an ill-fated streaming app that was intended to be watched on your phone.3 It seems that all Quibi content has since migrated to Roku. I just moved, so I don’t know a) if I ever had a Roku or b) where it would be now. All this to say: I have not watched the entirety of The Golden Arm (Michigan) from 50 States of Fright. Rachel Brosnahan herself says that the episode is supposed to be silly and scary, because it was directed by Sam Raimi.
You know Sam Raimi. Even if you think you don’t, you do. He has given our culture so much, from the Evil Dead series…
To Drag Me to Hell…
To all three of the Tobey Maguire Spiderman movies.4
All of these things are over-the-top, silly at times, scary at other times, and, crucially, VERY GOOD. Raimi is also the director of the upcoming Doctor Strange movie. I am actually excited for that, even though I do not like Doctor Strange. I love Sam Raimi!
I am willing to give him the benefit of the doubt; maybe the Golden Arm episode is actually good when watched all the way through. Maybe it is supposed to be silly! Either way, these short clips of it are everything to me. And I should know. I’m literally Mrs. Maisel.
Gilmore Girls is nice, but not really my speed. Why do people always assume that I love it? I have some theories
With significantly bigger boobs than mine, but I love this! Conflate me with her in your head! When I die, remember my boobs as bigger than they actually were! This is my final wish.
If Quibi hadn’t died of natural causes, we’d need an alibi: where was Christopher Nolan at the time of the murder?
These movies are ALL VERY GOOD. Even Spiderman 3. Unironically good. I will not be taking questions at this time.