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Alex Edelman: Just for Us

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Standup comic Alex Edelman's Broadway show, featuring his experience attending a meeting of White Nationalists in Queens, New York and other stories, comes to TV.
Director
Alex Timbers
Year
2024
Genre
documentary, comedy
Box Office
N/A
Production
Above Average
Awards
Won 1 Primetime Emmy. 1 win total
Homepage
https://www.hbo.com/movies/alex-edelman-just-for-us
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And I said, "Hi, I'm Alex." - Alex Edelman: Just for Us 00:09
And I said, "Hi, I'm Alex."
But a few moments in, Chelsea just went, - Alex Edelman: Just for Us 00:12
But a few moments in, Chelsea just went,
And I thought to myself, "This could go... anywhere." - Alex Edelman: Just for Us 00:11
And I thought to myself, "This could go... anywhere.&qu...
If anyone ever asks you a question - Alex Edelman: Just for Us 00:12
If anyone ever asks you a question
Okay. Very nice. "Can you believe it?" - Alex Edelman: Just for Us 00:09
Okay. Very nice. "Can you believe it?"
"Can you believe it?" - Alex Edelman: Just for Us 00:06
"Can you believe it?"
It means I know what you're talking about, - Alex Edelman: Just for Us 00:08
It means I know what you're talking about,
If you're ever caught in a stalled conversation - Alex Edelman: Just for Us 00:09
If you're ever caught in a stalled conversation
It is evergreen. "Can you believe it?" - Alex Edelman: Just for Us 00:07
It is evergreen. "Can you believe it?"
He'll be like, "Oh, recycling!" - Alex Edelman: Just for Us 00:20
He'll be like, "Oh, recycling!"
He just went, "Hey, Alex, the Kennedy assassination." - Alex Edelman: Just for Us 00:06
He just went, "Hey, Alex, the Kennedy assassination.&qu...
And I was like, "Can you believe it?" - Alex Edelman: Just for Us 00:11
And I was like, "Can you believe it?"
"Can you believe it?" - Alex Edelman: Just for Us 00:08
"Can you believe it?"
Because she just went, "The White House! Hmm?" - Alex Edelman: Just for Us 00:11
Because she just went, "The White House! Hmm?"
- Trump's Jewish son-in-law, - Alex Edelman: Just for Us 00:12
- Trump's Jewish son-in-law,
And I so had to stop myself from doing - Alex Edelman: Just for Us 00:09
And I so had to stop myself from doing
- He's so goddamn loud." - Alex Edelman: Just for Us 00:08
- He's so goddamn loud."
Kehilath Jeshurun on 85th and Lexington, - Alex Edelman: Just for Us 00:06
Kehilath Jeshurun on 85th and Lexington,
That's the word. He's so-- - Alex Edelman: Just for Us 00:06
That's the word. He's so--
And-- Anyway, - Alex Edelman: Just for Us 00:07
And-- Anyway,
I'm nodding, I'm trying to focus more on the face, - Alex Edelman: Just for Us 00:07
I'm nodding, I'm trying to focus more on the face,
And she does most of the talking, - Alex Edelman: Just for Us 00:10
And she does most of the talking,
And after about 15 minutes, - Alex Edelman: Just for Us 00:08
And after about 15 minutes,
And when I turn around, there's this guy standing there. - Alex Edelman: Just for Us 00:06
And when I turn around, there's this guy standing there...
And this guy's sizing me up with a look on his face - Alex Edelman: Just for Us 00:09
And this guy's sizing me up with a look on his face
Like, "I'm pretty sure this is a Jew!" - Alex Edelman: Just for Us 00:12
Like, "I'm pretty sure this is a Jew!"
Do you know if these muffins is kosher?" - Alex Edelman: Just for Us 00:05
Do you know if these muffins is kosher?"
But I tried to be neutral and I said, "Hey, man." - Alex Edelman: Just for Us 00:13
But I tried to be neutral and I said, "Hey, man."
But I had just used it, so I said, - Alex Edelman: Just for Us 00:12
But I had just used it, so I said,
...we just met, but he seems cool." - Alex Edelman: Just for Us 00:13
...we just met, but he seems cool."
And then this guy, like, fumfers for-- - Alex Edelman: Just for Us 00:06
And then this guy, like, fumfers for--
But when he recovered, he just said, - Alex Edelman: Just for Us 00:06
But when he recovered, he just said,
- Here's the thing. Growing up... - Alex Edelman: Just for Us 00:06
- Here's the thing. Growing up...
...I always wanted to be White. - Alex Edelman: Just for Us 00:05
...I always wanted to be White.
I'm aware there are a few of you looking at me like, - Alex Edelman: Just for Us 00:09
I'm aware there are a few of you looking at me like,
I'm definitely White. But I grew up in a place - Alex Edelman: Just for Us 00:05
I'm definitely White. But I grew up in a place
I grew up in a place where there was a strict hierarchy - Alex Edelman: Just for Us 00:07
I grew up in a place where there was a strict hierarchy
I grew up in this really racist part of Boston - Alex Edelman: Just for Us 00:06
I grew up in this really racist part of Boston
- And in Boston... - Alex Edelman: Just for Us 00:05
- And in Boston...
And in Boston, - Alex Edelman: Just for Us 00:06
And in Boston,
Like, there are Ashkenazi Jews, like me, - Alex Edelman: Just for Us 00:09
Like, there are Ashkenazi Jews, like me,
ICs practically synonymous with Boston, - Alex Edelman: Just for Us 00:09
ICs practically synonymous with Boston,
No, truly, an incredible 100 years - Alex Edelman: Just for Us 00:06
No, truly, an incredible 100 years
They've gone up a couple of socioeconomic classes - Alex Edelman: Just for Us 00:05
They've gone up a couple of socioeconomic classes
They've had their own president, - Alex Edelman: Just for Us 00:05
They've had their own president,
'Cause at the top of this pyramid - Alex Edelman: Just for Us 00:07
'Cause at the top of this pyramid
The WASPs. And let me tell you, - Alex Edelman: Just for Us 00:08
The WASPs. And let me tell you,
Or, like, "I can't read, but I got into Harvard!" - Alex Edelman: Just for Us 00:11
Or, like, "I can't read, but I got into Harvard!&q...
And growing up, I became so keenly aware of that - Alex Edelman: Just for Us 00:09
And growing up, I became so keenly aware of that
- My-- - Alex Edelman: Just for Us 00:06
- My--
My full name, get ready, - Alex Edelman: Just for Us 00:10
My full name, get ready,
- I go-- Sure. - Alex Edelman: Just for Us 00:06
- I go-- Sure.
I go by Alex now and my family has noticed the shift. - Alex Edelman: Just for Us 00:07
I go by Alex now and my family has noticed the shift.
My father's name is Elazar. That's the name that he goes by. - Alex Edelman: Just for Us 00:05
My father's name is Elazar. That's the name that h...
And he's like, "You're not proud of your real name?" - Alex Edelman: Just for Us 00:08
And he's like, "You're not proud of your real...
- That's why." - Alex Edelman: Just for Us 00:09
- That's why."
You can't even spell their names right in English - Alex Edelman: Just for Us 00:06
You can't even spell their names right in English
I don't wanna get into a game of like, "How Jewish are you?" - Alex Edelman: Just for Us 00:10
I don't wanna get into a game of like, "How Jewish...
...qualified for the last Winter Olympics - Alex Edelman: Just for Us 00:06
...qualified for the last Winter Olympics
AJ-- I mean, like, it is eventually a joke, - Alex Edelman: Just for Us 00:08
AJ-- I mean, like, it is eventually a joke,
AJ qualified for the last Winter Olympics for Israel. - Alex Edelman: Just for Us 00:06
AJ qualified for the last Winter Olympics for Israel.
They're like, "Your brother?" "Yes." - Alex Edelman: Just for Us 00:10
They're like, "Your brother?" "Yes."...
"Your brother's an Olympian?" "I know." - Alex Edelman: Just for Us 00:14
"Your brother's an Olympian?" "I know.&q...
"What's AJ's sport?" "AJ's sport is called skeleton." - Alex Edelman: Just for Us 00:07
"What's AJ's sport?" "AJ's spo...
By the way, my father says on television - Alex Edelman: Just for Us 00:11
By the way, my father says on television
- There. Okay. Skeleton-- - Alex Edelman: Just for Us 00:08
- There. Okay. Skeleton--
It's the dumbest sport in the world, - Alex Edelman: Just for Us 00:08
It's the dumbest sport in the world,
- Here's... - Alex Edelman: Just for Us 00:05
- Here's...
We went to go see AJ qualify upstate Lake Placid, - Alex Edelman: Just for Us 00:16
We went to go see AJ qualify upstate Lake Placid,
And I think about that every day, - Alex Edelman: Just for Us 00:14
And I think about that every day,
You turn on the Olympics - Alex Edelman: Just for Us 00:05
You turn on the Olympics
Look at Simmons keeping his shoulders so still - Alex Edelman: Just for Us 00:06
Look at Simmons keeping his shoulders so still
No. Like, whenever they interview athlete families, - Alex Edelman: Just for Us 00:13
No. Like, whenever they interview athlete families,
I called him "The Frozen Chosen" for like four years in a row. - Alex Edelman: Just for Us 00:05
I called him "The Frozen Chosen" for like four yea...
And then my mom was like, "Stop calling him that." - Alex Edelman: Just for Us 00:17
And then my mom was like, "Stop calling him that."
We're sitting on this bus - Alex Edelman: Just for Us 00:05
We're sitting on this bus
And this Israeli reporter was interviewing AJ - Alex Edelman: Just for Us 00:06
And this Israeli reporter was interviewing AJ
- ...an Olympian?" - Alex Edelman: Just for Us 00:14
- ...an Olympian?"
"It's not true. I bet my dad 50 dollars - Alex Edelman: Just for Us 00:08
"It's not true. I bet my dad 50 dollars
He's one of the 30 best skeleton athletes - Alex Edelman: Just for Us 00:07
He's one of the 30 best skeleton athletes
And that's a whole separate kettle of fish, - Alex Edelman: Just for Us 00:07
And that's a whole separate kettle of fish,
And it's a huge part of my background - Alex Edelman: Just for Us 00:08
And it's a huge part of my background
...when I'm standing in this apartment - Alex Edelman: Just for Us 00:13
...when I'm standing in this apartment
- I said, "I'm Alex." - Alex Edelman: Just for Us 00:17
- I said, "I'm Alex."
"My name's Cortez." - Alex Edelman: Just for Us 00:18
"My name's Cortez."
And I'm trying to look back at him, - Alex Edelman: Just for Us 00:07
And I'm trying to look back at him,
But that tension is broken fairly quickly, - Alex Edelman: Just for Us 00:25
But that tension is broken fairly quickly,
There was a moment before I walked in - Alex Edelman: Just for Us 00:08
There was a moment before I walked in
I will excuse myself to the bathroom and just go." - Alex Edelman: Just for Us 00:06
I will excuse myself to the bathroom and just go."
People are just pulling up chairs - Alex Edelman: Just for Us 00:07
People are just pulling up chairs
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Standup comic Alex Edelman's Broadway show, featuring his experience attending a meeting of White Nationalists in Queens, New York and other stories, comes to TV.

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Director: Alex Timbers
Writer: Alex Edelman
Production: Above Average
Genre: documentary, comedy
Year: 2024
MetaScore: N/A/100
ImdbRating: 7.8
BoxOffice: N/A
Released: 06 Apr 2024
Awards: Won 1 Primetime Emmy. 1 win total
Homepage: https://www.hbo.com/movies/alex-edelman-just-for-us

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