Name: Edward Norton's Problematic Role in 'The Score' | The Adam Friedland Show
Uploaded: 2023-07-07T14:00:00.000Z
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Watch the stand-up comedy video 'Edward Norton's Problematic Role in 'The Score' | The Adam Friedland Show' from TAFS Clips on Comedy Buff. Published 2023-07-07. Transcript available.

what
I'm just not feeling it today
well it's got to go out
that's the way podcasting works
alright let's get a big one then
what do you mean a big one
one last big one
yeah
okay
Robert De Niro
he's having a kid
what are some Robert De Niro movies
Midnight Run
Ronan
Ronan
yeah
The Intern
it's a shame Robert De Niro
is in a movie called
Old Cum
that would make this a lot easier
yeah
there was a movie called Old Cum
starring Robert De Niro
yeah we'd be like I guess he used
his old cum
Robert De Niro's cum is so old
his son's gonna come out like
his
fucking Edward Norton's character
in the score
yeah
yeah
because the guy's just pretending
to be retarded
yeah
that movie's awesome
yeah it's awesome
yeah
when they first introduced
Edward Norton's character
yeah
he's like
excuse me
yeah
excuse me
how do I get to
the museum
and then Robert De Niro's like
you go two blocks that way
you know
and tells him
okay
okay thank you Nick
you know
and Robert De Niro's like
the fuck did you just say to me
he's like
I'm your partner
I'm planning
I'm pretending to be retarded
it's all an act
yeah
I mean it's absurd
and then the movie's good
I mean it's like
it's crazy
like that premise is ridiculous
to sneak
to sneak into a museum
to steal some
10 million dollar scepter
yeah it's not even that expensive
you disguise yourself
as
the most memorable guy
yeah
someone that
on staff
that the security's watching
like a hawk
because they're like
he's gonna bump into everything
yeah
well not even that he's gonna bump in anything
his plan is to steal the thing
and then disappear after
yeah
and then it's like
oh
well it must have been
the mentally disabled
guy
the guy doing
an incredibly exaggerated version
of a mentally disabled guy
we thought he was just being
an edge lord
okay daddy
okay daddy
yeah
Brando's in that too
no?
yeah
yeah
big old fat boy
yeah
one of the fattest guys
I've ever seen
it's like a sneaky way
for him to
to play
like a radio character
when it's not
because nobody ever
brings that up
you know you talk about
like actors
that played
mentally disabled people
no one talks about
Edward Norton
in the score
right
because it was a guy
pretending to be
right
mentally disabled
you could really get away
with a lot
there
yeah
yeah
it's an actor
it's an actor acting
like someone acting
yeah
yeah
I mean it seems like
pretty smart
it's such an absurd
can you imagine being a professional thief
and one of your
like there's a guy that's pitching
like
oh what if I
what if I pretended to be
mentally disabled
right
there's one guy who's like
I'm the best wheel man
in the business
yeah
there's another guy that's like
I'm the best like
lock picker in the business
and the third guy's like
I'm radio
from the movie radio
yeah exactly
I have down syndrome
I pretend that I have
I'm mentally disabled
yeah and they're like
he's the best in the fucking business
yeah
we need this guy
right
it's like also
how did he even get the job
in the first place
because usually somebody
at that level would be like
put there by some sort of like
right
you know
like social services
so did he have to go through
this whole process
where he creates a fake identity
and then gets registered
as a mentally disabled person
right
a ward of the state
with the government of Canada
yeah
and then applies for a job
you know
and somehow gets it
at this meeting
it's not like a handicapped person
can just go up to the
to the
you know
right
he has to be sponsored
by a program
you can't just go to the Met
and be like
okay
can I look after the Rembrandts
yeah
and then they're like
oh what's gonna happen
there are tax credits involved
yeah
yeah
yeah
okay thank you
yeah it makes absolutely no sense
yeah
yeah
still a good fucking movie
movie though
how is he driving to work
yeah
yeah
how is he dressing so slick
also
Edward Norton used to have
the coolest leather jackets
yeah
like in that era
yeah
he doesn't work anymore
Brando's great in that movie
yeah
he doesn't really move
he's so fat
yeah he's sitting down
he's sitting
he's sitting
it's a sitting
I don't think you see him walk
I don't think you see his legs
yeah
yeah
yeah
I think he's probably just wearing a diaper
yeah
a big old diaper
Robert De Niro's character is awesome
he has a nightclub
he has a black girlfriend
just like in real life
just like in real life
yeah
he was playing Robert De Niro
yeah
he has an autistic son
he should have
he should have
his character should have
the surprise twist at the end
when he's on the phone
with Edward Norton
Robert De Niro's like
oh yeah
I got a surprise for you slick
I'm
it turns out
I'm actually disabled
I was pretending to be
not disabled
yeah
I'm a disabled guy
pretending to be Robert De Niro
and everyone in my real life
knows me as a disabled guy
dude that would blow my fucking mind
if I saw that
I'd be like how'd they
just use CGI to make him look like
he has Down syndrome
at the end
he rips off the mask
and it's just Robert De Niro
with Down syndrome
the face kind of works
yeah
what in the M. Night Shyamalan
is this movie
yeah
what a twist
mm-hmm
yeah
you talking to me
oh okay sorry
maybe he was doing
I thought you were talking to me
yeah
no
that was pretty good
I
it's honestly looks
it's a very nuanced impression
you're doing right now
just with your face
I apologize
I thought you were talking to me
it's actually incredible
yeah
a bunch of Oreos
fall out of his sleeve
yeah
you talking to me
oh shit
fuck
go to my Oreos
sorry
let's get my Oreos back
thanks
yeah he just showed up to set
we don't
we're putting him in the movie
he's a legend
yeah
dude that face is really good
do it again
yeah
they were just pitching
the whole thing
everyone's like
maybe my character
can pretend to be disabled
and Marlon Brennan was like
maybe my character
could pretend to be
hundreds and hundreds
of pounds overweight
and they're like
oh
that's a great idea
sure
yeah
we love that
yeah
we love that
okay I'll get started
you want to do it
here I am
it's me
it's honestly
it's incredible
rabbit
rabbit
rabbit
syndrome
rabbit
syndrome
yeah
rabbit
syndrome
I don't want to do stuff like that anymore
I know
we gotta grow up
yeah
but it's so good
but we're talking about the score
yeah
we're talking about a movie
that is inappropriate
yeah
and we're highlighting
ignorance
which is the basis of comedy
right