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Responsible for the best reviewed comedy show at Edfringe 2018, Alex Edelman is an irrepressibly funny comic, with a grasp of joke structure and narrative arc that is both innate and studied. We cover his Modern Orthodox Jewish upbringing, and as well as identifying a \"a confessional arms race\" in modern comedy, he reveals a desperate need to be accepted by his peers. But is he really \"solicitous and pandering\"? Extra content for this episode includes Alex's hypothetical \"formula\" for an award-winning first hour, and why although prescriptive it isn't actually that formulaic. We also get to hear him review himself honestly... 


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Find out more about Alex at www.alexedelmancomedy.com @alexedelman


www.comedianscomedian.com @StuGoldsmith @ComComPod

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