Performance Revue

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

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