Alex Edelman's Just for Us
With a Foreword by Taffy Brodesser-Akner.
Winner of the 2024 Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Special for HBO’s telecast.
THE STORY: After following an anti-Semitic tweet aimed in his direction down an online rabbit hole, comedian Alex Edelman finds himself in an unexpected place: at a meeting of White Nationalists in Queens, face-to-face with the people behind the keyboards. What follows makes up the backbone of this show, equal parts hilarious and gripping, that made its way from small London theaters to a unanimously well-received hit run on Broadway. Within JUST FOR US, Edelman, who was awarded a Special Tony Award® for the show, explores religion, cultural identity, assimilation, empathy, gorillas that speak sign language—and what it means to be confronted with hatred.
“Superb! JUST FOR US has been chiseled to diamond-cut perfection. It’s a joyous, uproarious 90-minute show from one of the funniest minds of this generation—or any generation.” —The Washington Post.
“Hilarious! A one-man show with three-jokes-per-minute. (Yes, I laughed at every one.)” —The New York Times.
“Sheer storytelling bravado. A raconteur who has a remarkable ability to walk right up to the abyss, peer in—and walk away with jokes to tell.”
—Deadline.
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