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‘Marty Supreme’ is an outstanding celebration — and indictment — of chutzpah

JL;DR SUMMARY In "Marty Supreme," directed by Josh Safdie and starring Timothée Chalamet, the story follows Marty Mauser, a Jewish ping-pong sensation from New York. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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HolocaustJewish IdentityNew YorkChutzpahPostwar AmericaCultural ResilienceJosh SafdiePing PongTimothée Chalamet

Places mentioned

London, United Kingdom
"The 23-year-old table tennis phenom, heralded as the chosen one, is dining at the Ritz in London."
New York, United States
"while also striving to float above his peoples history of oppression and retail drudgery, concocting a mythology of self-invention and radical individualism."
Egypt
"a chunk of the pyramids, which he presents to his manipulative mother (Fran Drescher) with the words, We built that."

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