Moira Rose knows.
At first viewing, the character Moira Rose from the series Schitt’s Creek (2015-2020) would seem to be vacuous and shallow, only concerned with comfort and status, but the series creators, Dan and Eugene Levy, developed a character with greater depth and wisdom than is initially apparent.
The character of Moira offers insight and sage advice, often when least expected and generally unsolicited. Though the interjections may be immodest, Catherine O’Hara’s delivery is sublime, as she plays Moira Rose with fragile dignity.
"When they get mean, you tell them to go to hell. Because only you know who you are, and those cruel internet people cannot take that away from you. You will forge on."
— season 1, episode 3
Amen!
"We have so many disasters bombarding us right now, my dear, the middle name of an ungrateful child is hardly a priority."
— season 1, episode 6
It is important to have a big-picture perspective.
"You take his hands in yours, you look him in the eye, and you say, no."
— season 1, episode 9
Tears or none, sometimes one has to put one’s foot down.
"... a podunk baby out of wedlock is not something your father and I can afford to negotiate at this moment."
— season 1, episode 10
Fiscal responsibility is important to consider.
“I won’t wear anything with an adhesive backing.”
— season 3, episode 9
Nor should you. Words to live by.
Words aside, the collective vision of Dan Levy, Catherine O’Hara, and Costume Designer Debra Hanson (and inspirationally, Daphne Guinness) have coalesced to deliver some of the most inventive fashion that the “small screen” has ever seen. See every ensemble in 3 minutes and 18 seconds:
