Janet Shaw is a minor character from the first season of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. She is an experimental beat poet, who performed regularly at The Gaslight Café in the late 1950s.

Janet performed a poem about Spokane at the Gaslight on the night that Archie and Imogene came to see Joel perform. The three, along with Midge, had already been waiting for quite a while when Janet came on, and the slow, repetitive nature of her performance finally gave Midge the impetus to seek information. Ultimately, Joel was called up immediately after Janet, and bombed spectacularly.

A few days later, Janet was performing a poem about Spokane when Midge barged in, hot off the heels of losing her apartment, and stole the stage with some help from Susie. Despite Janet's displeasure at being so unceremoniously removed, she stuck around and watched Midge's set.

JANET: This poem is about Spokane. Spokane. Spokane. Spokane. Man.
– S1E1

JANET: Wichita. Wichita. Wichita. Haw. Clothed in mendacity, Wichi-taa.
– S1E2

1. Pilot
2. Ya Shivu v Bolshom Dome Na Kholme

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