The Twilight Zone
2019
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In the Zoom talk, Aaron defended the casting of “Mrs. Maisel,” which includes Rachel Brosnahan as Midge Maisel, Tony Shalhoub and Marin Hinkle as her parents, and Luke Kirby as the legendary Jewish...
Luke Farrell Kirby (born June 29, 1978) is an American-Canadian actor. He is best known for his role as Lenny Bruce in the Amazon Prime Video comedy-drama series The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, for which he received a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series.
Her New York Jewishness colored her jokes, her accent, her mannerisms and much of her daily life. That’s because the whole landscape of the show was Jewish, from the well-to-do, acculturated...
Luke Farrell Kirby is a Canadian actor. In 2019, he won a Primetime Emmy Award for his guest role as Lenny Bruce on the television series The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. Kirby was born in Hamilton, Ontario, to American parents.
Luke Kirby’s Lenny Bruce is back in full force this season. Playing a fictionalized version of the Jewish comedian that, Kirby’s Bruce, while troubled and problematic, is also incredibly swoon-worthy and passionate about supporting Midge’s career.
Neither Rachel Brosnahan’s Midge; her parents the Weissmans, played by Tony Shalhoub and Marin Hinkle; nor Luke Kirby’s Lenny Bruce are real-life Jews. But in a way, it really is the Jewface casting.
From her upper-class jewish upbringing to her no-holds-barred style of comedy, the character of Mrs. Maisel was very much indebted to history.
