Have You Seen Fleishman Is in Trouble?
I recently watched a series on Hulu called Fleishmann’s in Trouble with Jesse Eisenberg, Claire Danes, Lizzy Caplan and Adam Brody. In my humble opinion, this series should get nominated for a plethora of awards, and I would like to thank my son for recommending I watch it.
Taffy Brodesser-Akner the showrunner of the show (and author of the novel upon which it’s based) described it best: “It’s a story about middle age and marriage and divorce, and getting older and nostalgia and lifelong friendship, and parenting and career and ambition. There’s no category of middle-class, middle-life that it isn’t about. But ultimately, Fleishman is a story about storytelling.”
And yes, while this show focuses on mid-life and most of us here are in later life, one of my biggest take-aways is that no matter what age we are, we are all human and experience many of the same feelings and challenges.
So much of what happened in this show resonated with me even though I’m 2 decades older than the characters. After I watched all 8 episodes I went back and hand-picked some of the quotes that stood out most to me so I could share them with you; and I think they may resonate with you too. Join me?!
Not be missed take-ways:
1. To survive is to evolve. To evolve is to move forward. And to move forward, is to recover.” Fleishman’s In Trouble
2. One thing we can count on is to continue to be baffled.
3. Pay attention to what lights you up and do something about it.
4. It’s one thing to appreciate a moment in time and thinking that you will one day you will miss it. Just be careful not to miss it because all you could think about was not wanting it to end.
And your mission, that I hope you’ll choose to accept…
1) Watch this show if you have Hulu.
2) If you are feeling a longing or desire… (and it won’t cause harm to you or others), is it to take a dance class, voice lessons, art or foreign language class, a trip, call a long lost friend…whatever it may be, do it.
3) Share this episode with someone who you think will like it.
4) If you listen on Apple Podcasts, please leave a rating and review…if you liked it.
Thank you so much for listening! And until the next time, live passionately, vulnerably, and keep loving later life!
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