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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