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Sunday
May032020

Podcast Recap 'Mrs. America,' episodes 4 and 5

by Murtada Elfadl

Over at Sundays With Cate, we continue recaping and reviewing Mrs. America starring Cate Blanchett. This week we tackle episodes 4 and 5 dealing with Betty Freidan (Tracey Ullman) and Brenda Feigen Fasteau (Ari Graynor) debating Phyllis Schlafly (Blanchett). My guest is staff writer at Backstage, Casey Mink.

What did you think of the latest episodes of Mrs. America?

 

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Reader Comments (5)

As always, a great podcast episode. Congratulations on the wonderful work Murtada.

By the way, Episode 5 was my favorite so far and I think Cate does her best work of the series in it. That fish out of water panic during the debate and the slap afterward were magnificent indeed. Ari Graynor was also sublime and I hope she and Uzo Aduba get remembered by the Emmys even though it'll be difficult for all these Mrs. America actresses to compete together in the same category. I hope they don't just cancel each other out.

May 3, 2020 | Unregistered CommenterCláudio Alves

I am so far behind on my tv watching and may never catch up!

May 4, 2020 | Unregistered CommenterNATHANIEL R

Ari Graynor's performance was just riveting.

I want to give every actress on this show an Emmy!

May 4, 2020 | Unregistered CommenterTyler

the show gets stronger as it goes along, ep 5 is the best so far and I agree that Graynor is a big part of that.

That ep also contains Blanchett's best moments so far. The faces she makes after the debate, her fight with Slattery, the self slap and her scene with her son. It's a crescendo f a performance.

May 4, 2020 | Registered CommenterMurtada Elfadl

Murtada - Your podcast is great. I am going to listen to past episodes. I'm glad I discovered it!

I don't think I've seen Ari Graynor in anything else, but she was fantastic. I worry she may get overlooked at Emmy time because she's not a big "name" like the rest of the supporting cast. Tracey Ullmann was incredibly impressive as well, and such an inspired casting choice. I don't know who I'd award among the supporting cast. I am looking forward to seeing more of Margo Martindale and Niecy Nash as well.

I also appreciated the integration of Free To Be You and Me into the Episode 5 plot... it brought back memories of that book and album from my childhood. All generations of children could use a positive, self-affirming project like that.

May 4, 2020 | Unregistered Commenterjules
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