Outtakes: Devin Middleton
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In these outtakes from Devin Middleton's episode, we talk about the various reactions of Star wars fans to his set, accountability in the stand-up comedy scene, how the Walt Disney Corporation is destroying public domain, the X-Men comics, and a discussion of queer coding in the Dragonball Z series leads to the foundation of his next project.
Timestamps:
01:45 – “How many times have you done this bit?”
01:45 – “How many times have you done this bit?”
03:05 –Recording ‘The Haggard Unicorn’
03:45 – “What inspired you to do an analysis of the Star Wars movies?”
- Mentions of Artisan Culture Club, ‘The Wire’, Patton Oswalt
05:51 – “The Sith and Jedi are street gangs”
- Mentions of Crips, Bloods, The Walt Disney Corporation
07:46 – Star Wars fans
- Mentions of Stephen Colbert, JRR Tolkien, ‘The Silmarillion’
08:58 – Lando is *the* Black Person in the Original Trilogy
09:48 – “One person told me that seeing this piece changed the way they thought of doing comedy”
10:16 – “This could be a sketch”
11:15 – “Comedians should have some solidarity” / “We’re used to being burned”
- Mentions of Bill Cosby, Louie CK, Sexism, “All Lives Matter”
12:56 – Real-Time Accountability in the Comedy Scene
14:51 – The Duality of Stand-Up Comedians
16:05 – The Walt Disney Corporation Has Destroyed Public Domain
- Mentions of Mickey Mouse, Sherlock Holmes, Death of the Author, The Mandalorian
18:00 – The X-Men Franchise
- Mentions of Marvel, Fox, Marvel Comics, Public Domain, The Fast and The Furious
19:42 – “If I may make a suggestion… Dragon Ball Z”
- Mentions of Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball Z, Dragon Ball GT, Dragon Ball Super, ‘The Invisible Man’ by Ralph Ellison, Netflix, Manga
21:38 – Queer Characters in Dragon Ball Z
- Mentions of Freeza, Buu, 17
22:25 – “Every black character is actually a green character”
23:31 – How Capitalism Abuses Manga Authors
- Mention of Akira Toriyama [implied], Japan, Netflix
24:45 – James Earl Jones Narrates ‘The Bible’
- Mention of Barnes & Noble