Podcasts Arts Performance Revue Devin Middleton

Devin Middleton

Published: Jan. 25, 2021, 12:30 p.m.

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Devin Middleton engages in a socially-distanced interview about his opening set during KJ Whitehead\'s \'The Haggard Unicorn\' album recording in January 2020.

Devin summarizes the first nine films in the Star Wars franchise in about nine minutes through a socially-conscious lens. He uses this framework as a way to critique the franchise\'s white-washing of the pop-culture science fiction landscape, as well as it\'s clumsy handling of the topic of slavery.

Devin is a musician who releases albums under the stage name Debonair Status. His most recent release, \'Black Genderfluid Depression Jamz, Vol. 563\' is available now.

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Time Stamps:

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01:10 \\u2013 Opening Set from KJ Whitehead\\u2019s Haggard Unicorn

  • Mentions of Mo Less, Star Wars, The Collaboraction Theatre Company

10:31 \\u2013 \\u201cI moved to Chicago in 2015\\u2026\\u201d

  • Mentions of Improv, Sketch Comedy, The Sound of Music, \\u2018My Favorite Things\\u2019, Juicy J

14:32 \\u2013 \\u201cI\\u2019ve never thought of myself as a comedian\\u201d

  • Mentions of iO, Second City, \\u2018Who\\u2019s Line Is It Anyway?\\u2019

16:49 \\u2013 Exposure is a Scam

18:15 \\u2013 Introvert Tendencies

19:35 \\u2013 Music Production Background(s)

  • Mentions of George Carlin, Richard Pryor

21:25 \\u2013 Moving

  • Mention of Notre Dame, Fort Wayne, Indiana, Aurora, Illinois

22:35 \\u2013 \\u201cDo you consider [this] stand-up?\\u201d

  • Mentions of Alt Comedy, Libertarians, Brother Nature, Napkins

24:39 \\u2013 \\u201cMy comedy is lazy\\u201d

25:08 \\u2013 \\u201cI always want to make being thoughtful cool\\u201d

  • Discussion of the term \\u201cSocial Justice Warrior\\u201d

  • Mentions of Black Lives Matter, Alt-Right Trolls, Common Sense Gun Laws, Police Reform, Philando Castile, Being Edgy, Labels, KJ Whitehead, Trans Comedians

32:08 \\u2013 \\u201cGetting into your set\\u201d

32:35 \\u2013 Shock Humor vs. \\u201cEdgy\\u201d

  • Mentions of \\u2018The Prestige\\u2019, Dave Chappelle

34:03 \\u2013 Why Was Dave Chappelle\\u2019s Audience Laughing?

  • Mentions of The Chappelle show, Ashy Larry, \\u20188:46\\u2019, Netflix, Louie CK

37:28 \\u2013 Getting into the Set (For Real This Time)

  • Mentions of Patton Oswalt, \\u2018Parks and Rec\\u2019

38:03 \\u2013 Breaking the Fourth Wall

39:15 \\u2013 Reviewing Star Wars Episodes VI through IX

  • Mentions of J.J. Abrams, Rain Johnson, Nostalgia

43:50 \\u2013 Conceptualizing the Bit

  • Mentions of David Simon, George Floyd, COVID-19, Dated References

45:45 \\u2013 Racial Bias in Star Wars (and America)

  • Mentions of George Lucas, John Boyega, Plot Twists, Daisy Ridley

49:00 \\u2013 The Walt Disney Corporation Kowtows to Twitter

49:20 \\u2013 Murder is Just a Phase

50:10 \\u2013 The Lion King is a Better Movie, \\u201cAnakin is black!\\u201d

  • Mention of James Earl Jones

52:46 \\u2013 \\u201cThe Sith and Jedi are street gangs\\u201d

53:31 \\u2013 \\u201cLeia is sold into slavery, but it doesn\\u2019t matter\\u201d

54:06 \\u2013 Darth Vader Keeps Forgetting That He Loves His Son

55:23 \\u2013 \\u201cHan Solo is a fuckboy\\u201d

  • Mention of \\u2018Solo: A Star Wars Story\\u2019, Ellis Island

56:53 \\u2013 \\u201cThe \\u2018Dragonball Z\\u2019 set is coming\\u201d

  • Discussion of which is in Devin\\u2019s Outtakes episode

57:26 \\u2013 Evaluating the Set

58:24 \\u2013 Social Media, \\u201cEverything is @Debonairstatus\\u201d

59:00 \\u2013 Final Words

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