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Book SynopsisSmart, quirky, female-centric, drenched in pop-culture references—Amy Sherman-Palladino's singular TV voice has won her legions of fans and critical appreciation over the past two decades, thanks to shows like "Gilmore Girls," "Bunheads," and "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel." Sherman-Palladino—the first woman ever to win Emmy Awards for both comedy writing and directing in a single year—may write about different decades and milieus, but her sensibility is unique and unmistakable throughout. Her greatest contribution may be her pantheon of unforgettable female characters, including Lorelai Gilmore (Lauren Graham), Rory Gilmore (Alexis Bledel), Sookie St. James (Melissa McCarthy), Michelle Simms (Sutton Foster), Susie Myerson (Alex Borstein), and Miriam "Midge" Maisel (Rachel Brosnahan). In The Women of Amy Sherman-Palladino, writers from different walks of life—scholars, critics, writers, comedians, dancers—take us on a journey through the worlds of these characters, and how they have influenced their own lives. This is the second book in "The Women of" series, after The Women of David Lynch, published in June 2019. This unique series, covers great female characters in television and film.
Table of ContentsTable of Contents:
Part 1: Our Little Corner of the World
1. An Introduction: 3 Pilots + 1 Funny Girl = Multitudes of Amys by Scott Ryan
2. Growing up Gilmore by Hannah Klein
3. The Jewishness of Midge Maisel by Darren Richman
4. “But None of That Means You Shouldn’t Try”: How Perseverance Shaped Me as a Teacher by E.J. Kishpaugh
5. The Marvelous Ms. Caroline Hirsch by Noelle Wilson
Part 2: 4 On Rory and the Final 4
6. What We Don’t Talk About When We Talk About Gilmore Girls by CÉlÈste Fohl
7. All That Brains and Talents: The Failure of Rory Gilmore by Constance Grady
8. Fandom and Final Words by Lynn Messina
9. Rory Gilmore: The Patron Saint of Good Girls by Jessica Pan and Rachel Kapelke-Dale
Part 3: Mothers and Daughters
10. Rose Goes to Paris, Mrs. Weissman Stays Home: How Rose Weissman defines and defies the 1950s American housewife ideal by Radhika Mitra
11. Bunheads’ Michelle Simms: An Unlikely Inspiration in Paradise by Claire Kretzschmar
12. The Indian Mothers and Daughters of Amy Sherman-Palladino by Proma Khosla
13. Thank God Midge Maisel Doesn’t Mother Much by Alison Star Locke
14. Watching Gilmore Girls, Watching Ourselves: A Storyteller Comes Home by Elisa Lorello
