Alex Edelman: Just for Us

The standup of alex edelman. Lots of jewish jokes. And anti-semite jokes! Conversations about koko the gorilla... and when they told him robin williams had died. He's very animated... he never stops moving around the stage. How to deal with the haters, and nazi's... at their own meetings. Because he went to one! What to say in awkward conversations; jared kushner, and why he's so loud in temple. Alex's boston roots. His brother, the olympian. Jokes about the royal family. How hanukah really works, and why it's not better than christmas! Families, babies. Really funny. Good stuff. From new york city, on max streaming. Funny stuff. Directed by alex timbers.

Alex Edelman truly knows how to tell a story. In "Just for Us," he masterfully weaves tales from his own life and experiences. While his family has certainly provided him with some memorable anecdotes, none quite compare to the pivotal event that inspired this remarkable show.

This particular performance centers on one extraordinary event: Edelman, a Jewish man, attends a meeting of white nationalists. His motivation? To "understand" them - to grasp their perspectives and the roots of their beliefs. One might question the thoroughness of his pre-meeting contemplation; personally, I wouldn't have ventured within a mile of such a gathering. However, because he did, we are gifted with a collection of incredibly funny and insightful stories.

I cannot recommend this show enough. Take the hour and a half to relax and immerse yourself in this amazing narrative. You certainly won't regret it.

And overall extremely entertaining, i don't know if it's the hyper polish ((that's polish as in rub till smooth, not.. You know - Warsaw haha (sorry)) after being on Broadway and all but Sheesh-what a show! And yes, I'm a Jew or more accurately Jew-ish and it should be stipulated that this adds to the experience, cause we can relate to so much of this, even with the 'ish' suffix in full bloom -and I wanna add that there's an element of vainglorious pride watching and hearing Alex, so understand there is some bias but objectively I would and will recommend this. (and of you are wondering about the 8, well... That's high for me, i reserve tens for stuff like Attenborough documentaries and thr 9s goto Rick and Morty sooo)

The best way to describe this is performance standup. This is a much loved Broadway "show" that everyone was trying to get their friends to go see and raving about everywhere. Alex also toured this show to a few cities but never reached me and I'm so glad I'm getting to see it here. It reminds me of the great Hannah Gadsby sets where a general theme is presented, expanded on, digressed from and told in a story manner. The callbacks are brilliant and I have never sat in my living room and howled, snorted and spilled my beverage to anyone before. This is smart performance, physical humor that eclipses all those high paid comedians who aren't really funny (they know who they are). I hope he comes up with another show and we get to journey again with him. I will introduce this to friends and watch is over and over.

Surprising find. Engaging and clever performance. He follows tangents but unfailingly ties it all back and returns to the deliver the central story. I had never heard of Alex Edelman but was fishing around on streaming services hoping to find another engaging stand up comedy performance, dipping my toe in for 10 or 15 minutes and finding so many duds. I found this show very entertaining and have watched it twice now. I had checked out all the comedians interviewed by Seinfeld on Cars and coffee, Bill Burr and friends, HBO specials, Netflix specials... found some gems to be sure, but so, so many disappointments. You can only watch so many stand up sets filled with content the performer is claiming is off bounds and cannot be joked about, but oh so bravely soldiers regardless for the entire show. Some can pull this off with real talent, but that's the exceptional performers. This will be too left for some and too intellectual for others, Edelman is clearly highly intelligent and this is a tight and incredibly well polished show. Highly recommended. I look forward to his future work.