SLINGING CANDLES Ft. Juju Green ｜ Episode 191
Episode Stats
Length
1 hour and 19 minutes
Words per Minute
235.78261
Summary
JuJu Green is a stand-up comic, comedian, podcaster, and all-around hootie. She's funny, smart, and knows how to do it all. We talk about how she got her start in comedy, her love of Spongebob, and how she and her sister got their start in the business.
Transcript
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I used to be a sales associate at Bath and Body Works.
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I feel like you would sling a candle like nobody's business.
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Hey, everyone, and welcome back to another episode of the comment section show.
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Today we have for our next installment of the spooky season,
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the one, the only, the hilarious, the iconically talented Juju Green,
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None of the people behind this camera care about.
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But shopping used to feel more fun before all of the algorithm fed blah in the endless sea of dupes.
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Hey, you just like called yourself like the fish from Spongebob.
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You know, you go, oh, the chocolate, the chocolate, like fish.
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My favorite side character would be the guy who's like, my diet Dr. Kel.
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He stole me because I can't eat without a drink.
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So I too would berate the pizza worker if he forgot my big drink.
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It took them legit like two days to get to them.
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We go like, it feels like the beginning of like TikTok as we know it.
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Like, you know, I feel like, I feel like I'm like, you know.
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Now we, now we, we're seeing your, like, I guess have seniority.
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We're seeing your citizens, honestly, on TikTok.
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Senior citizens is what I was thinking a little bit.
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Like, every time I get a haircut, she's like, no.
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Yeah, you don't know what's going on back there.
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So, I'm just like, I'm just embracing it preemptively before it gets, like, real bad.
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But he told me, like, the second it starts to wean even a little, picking the whole head.
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I was like, if I shave this, this is about to go crazy.
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You're still, I'm sure you would have been a great dad.
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As long as I'm not, like, Tyler Perry's definition of, like, a black man in America.
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Because they're always mean, they're always bald, and they're always dark-skinned.
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So, I feel like I'm fighting against the Tyler Perry stereotype.
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My niceness goes away with the hairline, apparently.
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Well, speaking of our senior class, when we were drafted many a year ago, you've been
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But, like, hopefully, I'm, like, enough people's movie guy.
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I've been doing a lot and working really hard to, like, cement this.
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Like, it always feels like it's going to go away.
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To be honest, every day it's, like, it's going to be deleted tomorrow.
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Yeah, at this point, I'm, like, just do it already.
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But, like, in this sense, I'm, like, please, just stop.
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And so, with that in mind, I've always just kind of, like, tried to separate myself from, like, you know, just being TikTok.
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I feel like, like, you've transcended what social media can be, right?
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Like, because I don't want to interview you on your own podcast.
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How do you feel, like, being where you're at now?
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Like, are you, like, in the, or do you just feel, like, normal and you're just trying to maintain?
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I feel, at this point in my career, I feel like I'm in purgatory.
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So, like, I'm not quite, like, oh, that girl on TikTok.
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But you've been to just as many award shows as I've been to.
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We've been to quite a few events, like, premieres, all that stuff.
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And, you know, like, when you go there, of course they invite us because people watch us.
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But then when you get in those rooms with higher level talent, we're just the help.
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That's when you get the rude awakening of just kind of, like, people, you guys who watch
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Like, you know, we have all these things going for us.
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But then when you're, like, standing face to face with someone like Leonardo DiCaprio
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or The Rock and they have no idea who you are, what you do, or where you come from, you're
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Yeah, but I feel like, you know, we can appreciate the levels, if that makes sense.
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I feel like there's categories of, like, these type of things.
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Like, you may not watch sports, but that still doesn't mean someone like a Kevin Durant is
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So I feel like in our kind of, like, stratosphere, you can consider us the top dogs and there are
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people who really just only consume content from that stratosphere.
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But when it comes to, like, intermingling, like you said, like, being the help in certain
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And it's also, like, it's driven by ego more than anything, in my opinion.
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We've been in enough rooms now to know, like, that's more ego than anything.
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Because obviously there's a reason why we're in the room.
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But I joke all the time because I say, like, honestly, like, high, high, high level talent,
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like, what you would consider your average celebrity.
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They're actually more oftentimes than not a lot nicer, in my opinion, than, like, reality
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Reality star people, like, we're in different buckets, right?
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And then we're all kind of mixed in between in these rooms.
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And I was, like, the only people that have ever been rude to me, like, in my experience
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Because they think they're more famous than us.
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And I think we're the same, if we're being real.
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Because I feel like we're all just living in a reality.
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But I think, like, there is a level of just kind of, like, once you get that taste of fame,
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it's like, what are you going to do with it, right?
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Or who are you going to become once you get that little taste?
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Some people will hit, like, 10,000 followers on Instagram and say, like, I'm an influencer.
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And they somehow, there's, like, a delusion of, like, oh, because of these 10K, I'm just
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And for me, I've always tried to stay grounded when I, like, I know where I come from, right?
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Like, I know I'm just a guy who just puts out, like, fun movie videos.
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So, like, whenever I hear people be like, oh, you think you're so much bigger than what
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Well, and also, too, like, sometimes when, because we've worked carpets, like, you and
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I, sometimes when I work carpets, like, you know, like, stars are online like us.
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And they're like, oh, my God, I love your stuff.
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And sometimes when I'm, you know, when you work in those little press pits, you sit
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in those little pig pens and then you're, like, shoulder to shoulder with everybody.
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And so, sometimes when A-level talent will recognize me and they're like, oh, my God,
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People next to me will be like, what do you do?
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Like, I literally tell them, I tell wiener jokes on the internet.
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I mean, when you're telling wiener jokes and someone like LeBron James is like, fuck
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And that's honestly where the real magic happens.
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Because I feel like we put those A-list level talent on such a level that we dehumanize
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And I feel like the fact that they do watch us and they do get that brain rot and they
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acknowledge it, that's where the true humanization comes from.
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And that's where it's like, oh, we're all people just kind of existing.
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Like, they really, I feel like they genuinely appreciate when you pop those bubbles for
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And you just talk to them like they're, I literally said, I was like, I like talking to them like
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That's how I like talking to them because that's how I talk to everybody.
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Everybody has the same level of candor from me and fervor.
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And I think that makes it more fun and interesting.
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So I feel like that's why they liken to you as well.
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I just told this story for the first time online.
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And I'm going to tell it to you because I'm going to hold on to this forever.
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Listen, Pedro, let me know if you remember this and let this happen.
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And it was at this after party that I snuck into for Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent.
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And my friend, I think you know her, Liv Pearsall.
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And she was just kind of like, I really want to meet Pedro.
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And like, but she's like, I don't know how to approach a famous person.
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And like, Pedro's like surrounded by a circle of people.
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And he's like, Pedro's like one of the nicest celebrities.
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And one of the nicest, most genuine celebrities I've ever seen.
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It's like almost he doesn't realize he's a celebrity still.
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And he's just smiling at everyone the whole time.
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He's taking everyone one by one, giving them their time.
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And then finally, this woman, she walks up to him and says, hey, my son's a really big
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As the kid's crossing over, he, like, sees me out the corner of his eye, flips his shit.
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So, I look at the kid and I say, of course, you can take a photo with me, man.
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Just go ahead and take a photo with Pedro first.
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You're all, do you want to get your fans first?
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And so, he takes a photo with him, runs back to me, takes a photo, like, gives me a, like,
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And then now it's just me, Pedro, my friend Liv, and maybe, like, a couple other people.
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He, like, literally just kind of, like, scoots over to me like this and goes, I'm sorry,
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And I'm, like, well, again, I just make videos.
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Like, he probably just saw a couple of my Marvel videos and he likes them on TikTok.
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And we really got to have a genuine conversation about movies, like, the whole ecosystem of,
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And then we partied for the rest of the night with me, him, and Tiffany Haddish.
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I got invited to, like, a party and there was a lot, a lot of famous people there.
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And I took my girlfriend and we were, like, we were hanging out, having a good time.
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And then, but mind you, like, there was, like, the most famous people I've seen in a
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Like, everyone, everyone who's anyone was there, which was cool.
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And I was sitting at the table with my friend and we were talking.
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And then this girl came over and she was, like, I can't believe you're here.
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Like, she was, like, literally, she's, like, I'm sorry.
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And I was, like, oh, girl, you can freak out whatever you do, whatever you want.
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Like, she's, like, giving me all this rundown of my, like, history.
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Like, she was, like, the very first video I ever saw of you was this one.
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And I was, like, she goes, I am so, I can go home.
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And she goes, you're, like, the most famous person in the world to me in this party.
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And I said, hey, make sure you tell Trevor Noah that.
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I would say, especially for other talent to see you and be, like, yeah, what do you do?
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Because they're, like, I feel like I should know you if someone freaks out like that about you.
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And I think, like, it's a double-edged sword because, like, that's, like, the, because I'm guessing this was in L.A.
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It's, like, the double-edged sword of L.A. where it's, like, oh, you're, people know you.
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Like, let's start a relationship because, like, you know, you're someone.
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And, like, you know, I feel gross sometimes when that happens.
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But a lot of times when, like, people walk up to me and, like, you know, they're showing me appreciation for what I do, I go, like, oh, wow.
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Like, you know, and that's always, like, the goal, right?
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I never got into this to, like, become, like, famous or anything like that.
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Like, that's literally the bedrock of what we do is just, let's just put up what is on our minds right here.
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And so whenever, like, somebody does tell me, especially when it's, like, a high-level person that says, like, I fuck with your shit.
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Like, I just threw that shit out, like, on a whim just because, like, I don't have anybody else to talk about it with.
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And I want to know, like, from you, like, who's, like, the biggest person?
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Who was the first person that, like, walked up to you and was like, oh, my God, like, I am such a fan of what you do.
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I would like to know the same thing for you if you have one.
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I was so – it was at my first ever red carpet.
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And it was at Disneyland, someplace that I used to work at.
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So I'm kind of, like, already having all these emotions, like, going back to a place that I used to work at.
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I'm seeing all my coworkers and everything while also just trying to be out the way.
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So, and my friend Taya, I kept asking her, like, am I doing all right?
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And out of nowhere, I hear someone just go, straw hat goofy.
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And I turn around, and I just see AJ just, like, beelining it towards me.
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And for a minute, I'm thinking to myself, because he still looks like the bad boy in the group.
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So I'm thinking, like, I'm about to get my ass kicked.
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Like, I thought I said something about a movie that somebody had beef with.
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And he, like, comes up, gasped me up, and says, AJ from the Backstreet Boys, I wanted
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to say I love your shit, love what you're doing with the Marvel shit.
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Every time something Marvel comes out, I just want to let you know I'm on that shit, like,
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He's honestly so real for that because I lean on YouTube for those opinions.
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I was always like, well, I got to see what straw hat says first.
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Like, again, it's a double-edged sword for me because I'm just like, don't always lean
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Like, I don't want to be the end-all, be-all of, like, the opinion on that.
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Because then that creates, like, people say, well, what makes him, like, the foremost voice
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And so, like, I tell people, hey, get multiple sources.
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I'm going to go watch their videos and see if they felt the same way.
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And both of you guys – and same with Cinema Joe, too.
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Sometimes you guys don't say what everyone wants you to say, especially when you work in movies.
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You have to be careful about reviews, but you also have to be honest.
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So, that's what I fuck with you guys, especially, is because you guys are still very honest.
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Even if you're working with them, you're still very honest.
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I'll tell you a story about me that me and Cinema Joe, like, shared on a carpet one time.
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This is a little bit of tea, and I won't say names.
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But a certain movie came out on a certain platform, and it didn't do well.
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I would just flat out and say it wasn't a good movie.
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And in my review, I said, this movie feels like a rev-up, not a complete piece of work.
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And I don't think I can fully say how I feel about this movie until the other piece of this work comes out.
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But that being said, here's what I felt about the movie, da-da-da-da-da-da-da.
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So, fast forward, I get invited by this service to, like, be on the red carpet, ask some questions to a bunch of talent for a bunch of different projects.
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And for this particular project, I had the director of it and then the star of it.
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And as we get closer, I realized that the director was crossed out.
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And I go, um, excuse me, why is this director crossed out?
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And they told me, oh, they basically specifically requested that they do not talk to you.
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They talked to everybody else except for me and Cinema Joe, two people who had very similar reviews on this project.
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Like, oh, okay, you're going to put art out but don't like when it's critiqued.
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And the thing is, too, is that, like, I like this director a lot.
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I went to bat for a lot of work that I consider to be great.
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And I've also, like, held them to the fire and said, like, this isn't necessarily the best thing you could have done.
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And so, but what that told me is if you're truly tapped in online and you saw that review, maybe you should have, like, tapped into how I feel about you personally.
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Because if you would know that, again, I'm a big fan of what you do.
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I think you are a, like, staple in the industry at this point.
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I don't think you're never going to, I'm not going to take your job away from a bad review.
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And, like, at the end of the day, like, I know this is a passing project that there are fans of it.
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So, like, you know, the fact that they were, like, oh, yeah, we're not going to talk to you and you.
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And it was the moment where I saw the director pass Joe and I look at him and I, like, do my paper like this and he gives me the, like, both of us.
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And that's, you know, like, that's the cost of, like, integrity.
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Like, sometimes directors who, like, got a little bit of a stick up their butt, like, they get really sensitive.
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But I think, like, bitching out of an interview like that, just on some mean girl shit.
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Because that's not, that has nothing to do with, like, you can not like the review and you can still pretend.
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Because what are the odds you're going to be, like, why is your movie, why was your movie so ass?
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Considering the review, I feel like even when you and Cinema Joe, for example, when you're, like, not that big of a fan of it.
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Like, you're not, like, this movie fucking sucked.
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And I feel like people who try to, because we talk about ego, people who try to do what we do.
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Like, I think they have this thing in their mind of, like, if you're not, like, completely blasting a movie, you're not being honest.
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Like, if you're not talking shit on this movie, you're not being honest.
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I saw Jay Soop talking about that the other day.
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It's, like, it's the era of hating everything or loving everything.
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Like, I'm not trying to sit out here and, like, hate shit.
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Like, I will, like, call out a bad movie and say, like, I have questions.
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Now, I do realize that some of the movies that I consider terrible, people may love.
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So, I'm not going to shit on somebody and yuck their yum.
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And so, like, you're not speaking to intellect of someone who does enjoy it.
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And some movie reviewers are way fucking meaner than that.
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Like, sometimes I just go, like, did the director do something to you?
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Like, and, like, I feel, and, like, you know, there's a place online.
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It's an echo chamber and it's filled with, like, a bunch of, like, horrible people where
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they come on and they just say, this is, like, the most awful piece of shit
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Like, I'm dumber for watching it, things of that sort.
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Like, you know, it is funny to see somebody tear down a movie, but at the same time, like,
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People put a lot of their time into making something like this.
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And a lot of times, like, the result is not always their fault.
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So, like, there's people that I talk to in the industry, and I will say names of these
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But, like, when I make some shit, like, I need you to tell me.
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And I'm like, well, that's one, being a professional with integrity does.
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And two, that's what a good friend would do, right?
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Tyreek is also one of those people, because you saw the reviews for him and whatnot.
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And I feel like Marlon and his kind of, like, reactions to the reviews and everything was
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And with a supreme understanding, which is kind of, like, not everything is going to
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Maybe even further down the line, there may be some appreciation for it, right?
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And I remember, you know, I was hanging out with Tyreek right after I had seen the movie.
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And, but this is before the movie had, like, it's why it released.
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And he says that he loves that I'm very honest.
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So, he kind of keeps asking me, what did you think about the movie?
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And I was just kind of like, do you want me to tell you right now?
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I can be real with you right now, how I feel about the movie.
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And he was just kind of, actually, I just want to, like, save it for, like, when it actually,
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And it's not like, oh, this movie's, like, the best thing ever.
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And, you know, we were texting, like, right after.
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And, you know, we were just having, like, a normal conversation.
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And, like, I said, like, the one thing that we could take away from this is that people
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love you, Tyreek, as a performer, as a person, like, this press tour that you've been
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And, like, regardless of what people feel about this movie, your star power is proven.
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And I think that's, like, and I think that's something that, like, we should hold on to.
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And he says something along the lines of, I'm a team player.
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Like, his ego isn't tied to how well a movie does or how great it is.
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And so, like, even with my opinions on his movie.
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And he knows that at the end of the day, he's going to try his best to just make something
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So, like, with people like Ryan, people like Tyreek or in this industry and, like, they
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make things and they don't take opinions personal.
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Those are the type of people that I feel like, like, are, like, the cream of the crop.
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And the ones who will last, there will be longevity there.
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Because they're not too proud to, like, take constructive feedback, I guess I would say.
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Not necessarily criticism, because nobody enjoys criticism.
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But, like, I think constructive feedback is, like, yeah.
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But there is something to be said, though, about, like, a director passing you up specifically.
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So, I'm like, your ego is too big to even fucking fake it.
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The sad part about it is, is that this director is going to, they're going to keep getting
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Like, but I just hope that they grow out of it.
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That's all, that's, that's, like, all I can say.
00:27:51.340
Because at this point, I'm just kind of like, man, you've made great things.
00:27:55.920
Like, you've done, you've had a really great career up to this point.
00:27:58.660
I would have thought you would have learned about that by now.
00:28:04.760
And I'm like, that was the most disappointing thing about it.
00:28:07.420
Where it's just kind of like, you, I could either take it as he is that precious about
00:28:13.100
And maybe that's just him writing and dying on his work.
00:28:20.260
I just literally cut, like, I kept saying nay, but now I said him.
00:28:26.620
I would say, too, that does speak, though, to the power of you and, like, Cinema Joe's, like,
00:28:33.800
Like, and it matters because a lot of people see it.
00:28:36.260
And that's why they get so fucking butthurt about it.
00:28:41.440
But this actually leads to my next question, because I was going to ask you how you felt
00:28:46.120
about, like, this kind of polarization of critiquing art, where it's like, you either
00:28:51.060
everyone has to love it, and if you go against it, you're fucked up in some way, or everybody
00:28:57.360
And then if you like it, or like something about it, they're like, oh, okay, Dick Rider.
00:29:03.280
Like, I know that the movie scene on TikTok has been tainted with this, like, it's all just
00:29:08.000
complete lack of critical thinking, or like, a forming of your own personal opinion.
00:29:13.880
I'm like, I have my opinions, but I want to go see what my favorite movie reviewers think,
00:29:18.240
Yeah, it's always good to bounce off of each other.
00:29:19.760
Like, I have my opinions, I just want to know what they think, and maybe they align, maybe
00:29:24.920
But I've already formed my own, because I have my own brain that critical thinks.
00:29:31.300
And like, I feel, and I'm definitely getting into that question.
00:29:39.720
Like, as you know, there's a spectrum of TikTok, there's either supreme hate or supreme
00:29:44.560
And a lot of people don't have any room for in between, and everyone's doing it for the
00:29:48.560
The hate, unfortunately, on TikTok gets more views.
00:29:52.260
Even if, and you could, I could tell from a mile away when someone doesn't believe what
00:29:57.780
Like, and I, and I, back then I used to like call it out and be like, bro, be genuine.
00:30:02.180
And they like regurgitate the same talking points.
00:30:04.340
The same talking points that they heard from everybody else.
00:30:09.060
Like, when they say, when they give a critique, like very surface of like, oh, the pacing was
00:30:17.080
But like, I came up, like, you know, going to a movie theater and then afterwards me
00:30:21.300
and my friends will sit in front of the car and just talk about the movie.
00:30:25.260
And like, it is kind of fun that, you know, one didn't like the movie and then the other
00:30:30.900
And it's like, it's cool when you're with your friends.
00:30:32.400
Because no matter how, like, contentious it may look, like, it's all love at the end of
00:30:41.740
And like, it becomes, it's not two people like sitting outside theaters now like a million
00:30:48.480
But in terms of like, aligning my opinion with other people or like feeling like I have
00:30:53.880
to, like, you know, I've loved, I've liked movies a lot, like The Flash.
00:30:58.240
I came out of The Flash being like, oh, I liked it a lot.
00:31:00.480
And obviously it was not received well at all, like at all.
00:31:09.100
Because you're like, yeah, you're standing on it.
00:31:14.960
And what I find is like, it doesn't matter a lot of the time what your personal reasons
00:31:20.300
As soon as they hear that you like something that they hate, raps.
00:31:29.720
And I've been very clear that everything that I watch and all my opinions come from my own personal
00:31:34.800
Like when I say like, I like the flash and I say like, Hey, the father son dynamic, like
00:31:40.100
the parental aspect of it, the emotional core of the story is what I gravitate towards because
00:32:00.940
It's, it's 100% jealousy because, because talking about movies is something that everybody
00:32:07.960
Like you can get on there and like give your opinions and everything.
00:32:10.560
And you're going to wonder why people are getting more opportunities that you want doing the
00:32:22.460
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Like I remember somebody called me the Drake of movie TikTok one time.
00:33:02.560
And he was wearing this ugly ass like bonnet and shit.
00:33:06.540
And I was like, I was like fucking Gengar bonnet.
00:33:12.620
And this was like in the throes of like the Drake and Kendrick like this and everything.
00:33:16.460
And so I was like, what do you mean by the Drake of movie TikTok?
00:33:22.480
I wouldn't say I'm worldwide popular, but like I'm pretty popular in comparison on TikTok.
00:33:29.640
And Drake is always accused of not fully being a part of black culture and therefore not being
00:33:38.100
Like he just takes from everything else and he just kind of fakes it to make it.
00:33:42.340
So the Drake of movie TikTok would be like someone who is not like your typical film bro.
00:33:48.380
Like I'm faking it or like I'm just a popular choice.
00:33:51.140
Like I don't know about real film, which is a film bro way of thinking.
00:33:57.500
It's very ironic because it's like, because it's like, I remember one dude made a comment
00:34:01.140
that was like, oh, I bet you he only watches like the biggest 20 movies of the year.
00:34:08.200
Like he doesn't know anything about this like 1938 French film.
00:34:14.560
Like, it's just kind of like, and then the ones who go like, you didn't see this movie
00:34:23.200
And I'm just kind of like, and you could just clearly tell that they're comparing themselves
00:34:32.520
And it's always those opinions are very like, I hated it.
00:34:37.180
And then they're like, it's nothing like this film.
00:34:39.220
And they'll bring up a fucking black and white silent film from wherever the fuck.
00:34:43.860
And you're like, that movie is ass because I don't like it because of this.
00:34:53.740
It's like, and because you're not like, I hate things that other people universally love.
00:34:59.260
All of a sudden they're like, oh, Dick Ryder, you're just doing this because it's, or actually
00:35:06.420
Like, like, like I have a lot of fun telling people that Cars 2 is not good.
00:35:12.160
I have, I have a lot of fun telling people that.
00:35:15.800
Listen, I think a majority of people would take that Cars 2.
00:35:27.400
I, I, and I, and I've been very clear about this.
00:35:31.960
He's already, like, as someone who grew up in Compton, a redneck, like, character for
00:35:40.660
I don't fuck with characters that just give me, like, redneck.
00:35:47.260
I'm just kind of like, he just seems like he's.
00:35:53.120
And people really fucking hate when I say that.
00:36:06.360
Like, if I'm watching and, like, when, you know, when him and the second one, when him,
00:36:16.200
Okay, okay, so when they're doing that and they're like, oh my God, how romantic.
00:36:30.380
So, like, literally, literally when they made the live action one, I went and saw it in
00:36:34.860
The only reason I did was because Beyonce was in it, and I'm being so literal and very
00:36:40.260
That is the only reason I saw it, and I did not enjoy it.
00:36:42.580
Because, again, I don't fuck with the animals like that.
00:36:48.580
Meanwhile, I'm being strangely turned on by Nala's doomy eyes that she gives Simba in that
00:36:56.920
The mane, the way they did his mane, like the hair.
00:36:59.300
And I saw why they make them look more human-like because of the eyeballs.
00:37:04.100
Like, women with those eyes, like, Jesus Christ.
00:37:08.420
When you're like, I have a lot of fun telling people Cars 2 isn't good.
00:37:12.800
It's just like, I will tell you why I don't like Cars 2.
00:37:17.260
And I'm not going to fault you for that, right?
00:37:18.840
I'm just going to say my reasons for not liking Cars 2 is my reasons, right?
00:37:23.660
And, like, people who just try to be like, oh, you're just trying to be different or you're
00:37:29.240
just trying to, I'm just like, it's not a, what do I have to gain from doing that, right?
00:37:33.200
You also have a ton of opinions that align with the masses, too.
00:37:37.060
Like, a lot of really popular movies, you're like, I loved it.
00:37:40.800
It's not like you're going the opposite way every single time.
00:37:44.420
But when you like things that are universally loved, they're like, oh.
00:37:49.880
Have you been, there's this guy that's been popping up on my TikTok a lot recently, and
00:37:53.240
he does a lot of, like, the, like, skits where he talks directly to camera as, like,
00:38:03.700
Because, like, I've had many of experiences like that.
00:38:05.840
And it's like, oh, when you meet that film bro at the party, it's like, oh, you like
00:38:13.120
It's like, you like pizza, but you don't know the flavors, the texture.
00:38:22.300
That's why I was curious what your opinion was on, but now that makes more sense.
00:38:25.900
I think, too, with the hate thing that you said, like, hate gets more clicks and views.
00:38:29.700
Especially when you hate things that are popular.
00:38:31.880
And so people are like, but then that's the thing, too.
00:38:34.100
Even if you grow that following, if you just hate every single thing that comes out, you're
00:38:38.200
still not going to get an opportunity that you get.
00:38:43.560
And I'm not saying that, like, you need to like more things to get opportunities.
00:38:47.000
Just be a little bit more, like, kind about it.
00:38:51.580
And then when you explain your hate, like, I will watch a video where somebody explains
00:38:55.720
in depth why they don't like something and why it doesn't work for them.
00:38:58.820
Because I feel like whenever we watch movies, we learn a little bit more about not just
00:39:04.220
So if you're telling me what you don't like about a movie in depth and the reasons why,
00:39:07.920
and you can say something like, oh, I can't relate to this bit because personally,
00:39:11.320
I grew up with this and this and this and that.
00:39:14.020
I will watch that teardown of a movie because it's kind, it's well thought out.
00:39:17.840
And I feel like that's a very interesting way to come at a movie.
00:39:27.220
I like watching very nuanced breakdowns of things.
00:39:29.840
This is, these are the reasons why it didn't really work for me.
00:39:33.100
And I think too, like you said, you can still be like, have integrity in your reviews
00:39:38.040
and not be like a big pushover for like studios and still get invited to things.
00:39:44.200
Because they still want you there because you're still clocking the views.
00:40:04.360
And I, and I like, I, you know, I see their fandom for FNAF the same way I see my
00:40:10.480
Like I'm a huge, like cult follower for One Piece.
00:40:15.120
But I didn't give a good review for the Five Nights at Freddy's.
00:40:18.820
But it wasn't like a teardown or nothing like that.
00:40:20.660
I was just kind of like, it seems like it would be great for the fans.
00:40:24.600
I just don't, I just think it could have been more rated R.
00:40:26.900
You know, I just give the full, the full rundown.
00:40:29.400
Universal asked me to host my first Hall H panel at San Diego Comic-Con for Five Nights at Freddy's 2.
00:40:41.340
And there was a, and there was a moment where I fucked up in the middle of this big panel.
00:40:53.900
And I'm talking to the whole cast of season two and everybody's like really great and everything.
00:40:57.780
And I'm not going to sit up here and pretend that like, I'm like the biggest fan or whatever.
00:41:01.720
But I am going to say like, what you guys do for these fans, like it's amazing, it's incredible.
00:41:05.900
Like the animatronic work is like really dope, this, this, and that.
00:41:08.300
So in the middle of this, I say like, they give me a question because they give you questions as well as like questions of your own.
00:41:14.080
And they give me a question to ask, which is like, if you could walk through San Diego Comic-Con in a animatronic costume as a disguise, who would it be?
00:41:23.860
Some of them are like, the crowd is cheering for some of the answers.
00:41:26.520
And I'm thinking, this is like a really good question.
00:41:28.620
And then Josh Hutchinson looks at me and says, which one would you choose, Juju?
00:41:33.540
I don't know the names of nobody in this movie.
00:41:37.840
I just know Freddie, I know Cupcake, and Chica.
00:41:41.580
They've already said Freddie, Cupcake, and Chica.
00:41:46.100
I literally said, I got main character energy, so I'm going to go with Freddie.
00:41:49.400
And everyone clapped and everyone did the thing.
00:42:02.500
Because I think, because we see interviewers and moderators, they go into these spaces like red carpets and junkets and stuff unprepared.
00:42:12.460
We've seen like, it seems like, and I feel like this is just the internet just giving us that on the For You page or whatever.
00:42:16.560
But we've seen like, almost a rise of interviewers who are ill-equipped to interview.
00:42:21.580
And a lot of it, you could just tell it's just no research.
00:42:24.400
Like, you saw what happened to Babyface at the Grammys.
00:42:31.120
And I was like, Babyface, I would have never done that to you.
00:42:48.200
Like, how good is it that we have these stories to tell?
00:42:52.100
No, when I'm in there, I'm like, what the fuck am I doing here?
00:43:04.860
With the rise of ill-equipped and common sense and things of that sort.
00:43:08.000
And even if I don't know something, I'm still going to study the fuck out of it.
00:43:15.860
So I know at least enough to have the conversation.
00:43:18.760
When I started working in advertising, the first thing I learned in my first couple months
00:43:23.760
was you're going to get brands that you're not interested in.
00:43:27.220
It's your job to find something that interests you.
00:43:33.260
And so with Five Nights at Freddy's, I was like, okay, I didn't like the movie.
00:43:36.600
I know Universal saw that I didn't like the movie.
00:43:39.060
But how can I interest myself in Five Nights at Freddy's?
00:43:41.920
How can I get myself excited for Five Nights at Freddy's too?
00:43:44.960
I literally studied like MatPat videos and like Twitch streamers who will play the game.
00:43:50.060
And I like fully dove into the lore, like what fans were saying on Reddit.
00:43:53.780
And so by that time I got on that panel, I was very well prepared.
00:43:57.720
Except for that, like, which animatronic would I like?
00:44:09.980
And so like what I appreciate about you is that like, like before knowing you, I didn't
00:44:15.400
know how much you knew about movies or how much you knew about like celebrity or pop culture
00:44:19.720
But I always, whenever I would see you interview somebody, you interact with somebody, I could
00:44:25.200
And so like, I feel like preparation in this business is like everything.
00:44:29.140
And I feel like we just don't have a lot, or at least we're not seeing a lot of it
00:44:33.280
And I think too, like to your point about like ill-equipped people, like people who
00:44:37.220
aren't just not good interviewers, you know, this always happens, especially when we're
00:44:40.480
on carpets where it's like this conversation of like, why the fuck are influencers interviewing
00:44:44.760
Which like, I think there is validity to that argument.
00:44:51.020
Like, just cause it's like, it works the same way just cause you have a million followers,
00:44:54.840
a million plus followers doesn't mean you can talk to people just because you can
00:44:58.060
talk to people doesn't mean you can make it clippy and funny for TikTok.
00:45:00.700
So it's like, it's a very, you know, like squares and rectangle situation to me, especially
00:45:10.320
Um, so I do have the literal qualifications to be an interviewer.
00:45:14.540
That being said though, I don't think you need those like fucking badges in order to do it.
00:45:20.160
I really do think a huge part of it is being personable.
00:45:23.600
Like being, I was like the ability to like having a degree, having the training is cool.
00:45:29.620
Um, but that's not going to guarantee you don't eat shit on carpets or you don't offend
00:45:34.360
people or you don't like, you can't relate to them.
00:45:37.760
Well, it's just, it's just, there's no guarantee either way, because the ability to read a
00:45:41.780
room is like far more important in these rooms than it would be for that.
00:45:45.620
Like it's the ability to liken yourself to someone for 15 seconds and get something worth
00:45:53.880
And that's something that comes, I think it's like naturally to people and also like honed over
00:46:00.800
That's why sometimes you'll see influencers that are terrible interviewers.
00:46:03.880
Sometimes you'll see actual journalists as terrible interviewers.
00:46:13.400
And it's like you said, it's like being in front of people and like being able to feel
00:46:17.360
the energy of the person in front of you and like matching that energy and not everybody
00:46:22.720
Like, you know, like there's this, uh, there's this one interviewer who got into some hot
00:46:28.620
Like he's so big to the point where he gets cameos and like shows as himself.
00:46:34.340
But, uh, he recently got into some hot water when he had that interview with a chase infinity.
00:46:38.960
When he, it was, mind you, this is her first feature length film like ever.
00:46:44.640
I don't know if it's her first record, but she's just in the moment.
00:46:47.980
And he's a seasoned interviewer and he acts her straight up, what is it like to call Leonardo
00:46:55.040
And it's like, you know, and it's like, and I'm like, you've been doing this for a while.
00:47:05.820
And not, not one part of your brain was like, that's inappropriate.
00:47:13.720
Look at Juliana Rancic when she said that shit about Zendaya at the Oscars.
00:47:17.080
You know, a trained interviewer, someone who was, has a master's in journalism.
00:47:21.800
And like, it doesn't matter, like how much you study for it, what your degree is in.
00:47:25.260
Like, it doesn't always guarantee that you're not going to eat shit.
00:47:28.440
Like, or do something awful that's, that lives forever.
00:47:31.560
Which is why I think, but I did, I did think of this recently when you were talking about
00:47:36.160
the five nights, five nights at Freddy's thing.
00:47:38.140
A few years ago, I did something for only murders.
00:47:47.180
I watched the first two episodes outside of that.
00:47:52.340
And that's not, it's not because I hate the show.
00:47:54.540
I like, I don't watch anything new ever really.
00:47:57.780
I'm like, I'm like what Chris Fleming calls a culture scavenger.
00:48:00.580
Like after everybody's done with it, I go and I rummage through the garbage and then
00:48:18.800
Fast forward, like a year later, I get invited to do something for Hulu for this show, but
00:48:24.340
it's like an after show and it's being taped by Hulu.
00:48:30.080
Cause in my head, I was like, I just went to two.
00:48:35.280
We're going to send you the first three episodes of season three.
00:48:38.280
But it's like an after show where like, I have to know a lot about, like I have to know
00:48:47.480
How long did you have until I had like three days?
00:48:50.820
Oh, so then of course I left it till the last day.
00:48:55.940
And then I put it on season one, episode one, I'm watching 45 minutes in, I fall asleep.
00:49:07.920
And so then what I did was I went on Wikipedia and I read the summaries for every single episode.
00:49:14.220
And then I watched the first three episodes of season three.
00:49:23.280
And so I went completely prepared because I was like, got it, got it, got it.
00:49:33.600
Like it's supposed to be like a fun little, like, what would you do?
00:49:45.520
Like, you know, even, I feel like even if you weren't like a fan in any capacity, right?
00:49:51.460
And you just went on YouTube and watched like the recaps of seasons.
00:49:54.720
And then like go on Wikipedia pages or even just like, oh, what are the most iconic moments
00:50:01.980
And you could just go in there and be like, yo, this was a lot of fun.
00:50:20.340
This first one says, before moving, reviewing movies, Juju worked as a copywriter at an ad
00:50:31.220
It had its hard days because, you know, it's still corporate America and as a creative,
00:50:38.780
there's so, it sucks when there's so many rungs of like approvals to get through.
00:50:42.740
Like you see ads all the time and you ask yourself like, how did it get through this many hands
00:50:48.620
You're like, you're like, it goes through a certain amount of hands and then like the
00:50:57.360
So when you saw that Sydney Sweeney thing, you said.
00:50:59.280
Listen, listen, listen, I know where, I know where it went, went south.
00:51:04.500
There needs to be someone in the room to say something.
00:51:06.940
There needs to be someone in the room to say something.
00:51:10.540
That's also another reason why you need more people of color.
00:51:13.540
You need more diversity in interviewers because they will not offend people of color.
00:51:19.160
Honestly, when they see people of color on that, they're more excited.
00:51:21.960
They're like, yo, they're like, yeah, let's go, let's talk.
00:51:26.840
The video of you dapping up Ryan Coogler at Wakanda 2 was at the premiere, the second
00:51:35.040
And listen, I just wanted to tell him straight up like, hey, man, I just appreciate everything
00:51:42.480
Like, it took him maybe like 20 seconds to like figure it out that he watched me already.
00:51:46.700
But he was just kind of like, oh, yeah, fuck yeah, bro.
00:51:53.120
Like, you know, I knew that that got me into that situation.
00:52:09.680
But to like go back to like the advertising thing, like I love that job.
00:52:16.660
Like I went to school for advertising and it was a long roundabout way to get there.
00:52:22.860
But once I was there, like the people that I worked with was amazing.
00:52:25.520
I started working there when my daughter was born.
00:52:27.860
So every year Mark there was like around the same time as my daughter's birthday.
00:52:31.160
So like I have a very like fond memory of that place.
00:52:34.000
And then super duper fun fact is that once I left, just recently this year, they asked
00:52:40.700
me to come back to like do a commercial with them.
00:52:58.780
Well, that was the job I had before I started doing this.
00:53:03.700
But I did do, and I'll say this because fuck it.
00:53:14.160
Well, I went to Pro Bowl like I think three years ago, two, three years ago.
00:53:18.680
What was interesting though is like I went through Meta, which I love.
00:53:24.640
And we were going to Pro Bowl, but they invited me and my man like individually, which I thought
00:53:32.360
And then it was like kind of dragging, like giving me the information.
00:53:35.840
And then my manager called me and was like, yeah, so here's the thing.
00:53:40.340
They're like nervous about me being there because I've talked about being fired from there.
00:53:49.820
Go live and be like, these are the people that fired me.
00:53:57.680
I mean, if anybody had the power to tear down the NFL, listen, it will be Drew of Wallen.
00:54:06.300
And they literally just, they expressly like said they didn't like how I was describing
00:54:11.020
leaving the NFL, even though that is exactly what happened to me.
00:54:18.200
Which is funny because I went and like we had a lot of fun.
00:54:22.220
I'm not going to, I'm not going to say anything, do any, relax.
00:54:25.700
And honestly, that was when my manager told me, I think it's really funny that certain
00:54:37.880
So that's why I thought it was funny when I pivoted to the NBA, like when the NBA asked
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me to be in the commercial last year, I was like, fuck yeah, dude, I'd love to do
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So that's why they just don't really care for me talking about being fired, even though
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I think it would be more embarrassing if I said like, oh, I chose to leave.
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Honestly, then you would have been like, well, let's tell the full story.
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I know one of my first videos I ever made before I started like really leaning into making
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I made one about like, because someone had made a funny skit of like, this is how it feels to
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be like in your mid-20s, like pitching social ideas to older people.
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I'm sitting there dead ass in like nine to five, like office attire.
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I'm going, no, like ice in the veins is like, it's funny.
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And I literally would explain like ice in the vein.
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Like I'm telling you right now, Lamar Jackson is really into it.
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And I was like, really trying to explain it to them.
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And they were like, they just weren't having it.
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And then I remember another one I was pitching forever was, um, Andy Reed, like the head coach
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I was trying to do a thing where I made him the Lorax.
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Like I was like, I want to Photoshop him looking like Lorax and you can make the chiefs, the
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And like, I was like me explaining that at 24 to like a 50 year old woman.
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And I'm like, you see, here's the thing that animated movie.
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I'm actually, I don't know if I've ever told this story on here and I'm forgive me if I
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Anyways, there was one where the chiefs won a big game.
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This was like at the start of their fucking the tyranny that they've been holding.
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I don't even watch football, but I've been enjoying that tyranny.
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So they, when this was like at the start of it, they had, they'd won a game, a really
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And then Andy Reid was in a press conference after.
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And they asked him, because I think it was like the, to go to the conference championship
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Like now that you won again, like, what are you going to do?
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And he said, I'm going to go home and eat some Kahlua pork.
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And he's known for saying silly, weird shit like that.
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I had to beg my boss to let me clip that and put it into a meme of some kind.
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She was literally like, that's the dumbest thing I've ever heard.
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So I fought on the hill for that one stupid ass quote.
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That was one of the only things that went viral.
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Please tell me your petty bone came out on that one too.
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I was like, the chief's account did retweet it.
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I bet you she was hating like a motherfucker too.
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Because she ended up firing me a couple months later.
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It felt like a humiliation ritual of me just being like, if they had the jokes they have
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now on TikTok, I would have been terrorizing that office.
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The only person in the universe watching that one is basically a guy teaching people
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like agility and stuff, but it was like the silliest moves.
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I would be terrorizing the NFL's TikTok if I was working there still.
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You gave me PTSD because like I have a very similar story like working in advertising.
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And again, I love everybody who was on that team.
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And so I had this like really dope idea and I still stand by this idea of being dope
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What if we really leaned into the whole anime aspect of this whole like Japanese, this
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And so I said, what if like, you know, I don't know how much anime you watch, but-
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In anime, you've probably seen this, like the openings and closings of animes are iconic.
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Like they get like a full production, separate animation style.
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They get like actual big stars to sing the songs.
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To the point where people will have rankings of their favorite openings and endings.
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Now, I was proposing that for the opening and closing ceremonies, we would have an animated
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like opening ceremony that was all animated, like animated.
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And then at the closing ceremonies, we will have a closing as well.
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And it's a bit you can carry throughout the Olympics.
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And then I was like, also like a big thing with like the sports in general, like the highlight
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If you miss a sport, you can actually see the highlight reel.
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But what if we got anime animators to animate the highlight reels of the day in an anime
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And so they were just kind of like, yeah, but does anime, is it really popular like that?
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Because Bleacher Report does it all the time now.
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And what we ended up doing, it was like the super watered down version of it.
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We took like highlights from the day and like they just basically put like LED lights surrounding
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That's even worse when they don't do it the right way.
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And so I was just kind of like, listen, I'll make it happen because it's my job.
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Mind you, we also got an animator to do a Kevin Durant dunk in animation style.
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And that shit looked fucking like straight out of the Dragon Ball Z six shit.
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And they were like, yeah, we're not really feeling this.
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So during the whole like the whole ceremony of like the Olympics.
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Athletes were coming out doing like iconic poses from anime characters and stuff like that.
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And everybody's like like paying homage to anime.
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And then like a bunch of brands was also coming out doing some anime stuff.
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And that's where you need to take your genius elsewhere.
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That's how I was like when I started to realize like y'all not listening.
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Yeah, wait, that actually reminds me when I was working at the NFL.
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And there was like this wave of like there was like the first female referee, the first
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like female like coordinator, like assistant coordinator, first female.
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And I literally pitched, I was like, let's do the Marvel scene with all the women.
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But we'll put the faces of these women on them because I was supposed to target women.
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And they were telling me because it's like superheroes.
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I said this was the biggest superhero movie of all time.
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And then, you know, and then I saw fucking Bleacher Report.
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I really did think I was like, I have to go over there because they're taking funny ideas.
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And I even said this, too, in an interview recently that the NFL, like, I told them because TikTok was growing at the time I was working there.
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And they straight up told me, that's stupid because that app's not going to be around for much longer.
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And now every time I see a checkmark next to the NFL TikTok, I swipe.
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You just want the satisfaction of what I'm swiping away.
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It's like the equivalent of, like, a flip phone and, like, closing it.
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You also played high school varsity basketball.
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It says, your first feature film role is the voice of a gym teacher in the movie Ruby Gilman, Teenage Kraken.
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But it was, like, it was still the biggest blast that I've ever had.
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Because, like, you walk in and, you know, they have, like, the screen up there with, like, your character.
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They gave you a whole script, which is nice of them because they literally just have the one line.
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And, you know, I just have to go in there and say one line maybe, like, 45 times in different ways.
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And I was like, dang, this is, like, hard because I got to work on different inflections on just the same thing.
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And I didn't know which one they were going to pick.
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So, I was kind of, like, waiting to see the movie.
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I was like, that's pretty cool that I actually got one.
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But the cutest thing of the whole thing, though, is that whenever my daughter would see a billboard.
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Because, you know, this was, like, a couple years ago.
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And I woke up, and sometimes on the weekend, she has a habit of, like, waking up a couple
01:04:40.280
And she'll be in the living room, and she'll be watching TV or whatever.
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And all I heard was my voice saying the line over and over and over again on a loop, followed
01:04:55.920
So, I thought that was, like, a really surreal moment that my daughter woke up to watch the
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movie and watch my one line over and over and over again.
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Do you think you'll want to do more voiceover work?
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I think you would be great with voiceover work.
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Okay, this next one says, you simultaneously worked at Disneyland, Amazon, and went to
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I don't think I've ever talked about this, like, publicly.
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I worked at Disneyland full time, and then I really needed money, because the relationship
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that I was in at the time, like, I was the only one who was able to get work, and, like,
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I really wanted to, like, move out of my parents' house, because I was about to have my daughter.
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And, like, it all led to, like, something good.
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So, like, people say, like, retail is bad, which it is.
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That feels like a whole category and lane of its own.
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During the strike, when I couldn't talk about movies, I made quite a few videos just recounting
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From the guests to the people who work there, everybody's a character.
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Like, I will get on every soapbox and say, fuck Don at Disneyland.
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And I was so happy to find out that years later...
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I also, like, talked shit to him when I arrived as a special guest.
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But I found out later, as I was making this video, from my co-workers who discovered the
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And not just fired, he got escorted by security.
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Now, it's one thing if you're a guest and you get escorted.
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If you're a cast member in costume getting escorted by security off, that's not a good look.
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For me, when things like that happen, when karma, like, really works out for me and I'm
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Whenever that happens, I'm like, God, play my walk-up song.
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But everybody else that I work with, though, like, super great.
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Like, honestly, the Disney family is, like, unlike any other.
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Like, I'm still close with a lot of those people.
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It is really full circle that you work with Disney a lot and get to go back and stuff.
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I hosted a live stream for their 100th anniversary on my birthday.
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And while I was in advertising, I did pitch, like, the 100 Years of Wonder line.
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One of the facts on here says, we once ran into you at California Adventure at the Lamplight Lounge.
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It was the Avengers crossover that nobody knew happened.
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It's like the Rocky Apollo Creed fight where the movie ends and you don't know who won
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Your mom was like, oh, I don't know if you remember.
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Well, and also, obviously, as you know, me and my sister are both creators.
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You've been my brother's favorite creator for years.
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My brother loves your Marvel stuff and loves your movie reviews.
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And that you love anime because he loves anime, too.
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Would you classify Avatar The Last Airbender as an anime or no?
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Because I think he told me the difference is that's going to piss me off because I was
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That's where we get into, like, a slippery slope, though, because it's like, it doesn't
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Like, what if I made something animated in Japan and does that make it animated?
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But I will say, like, it is made over here and it is, like, it's like, because then when
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And we're going to have to put that up into the conversation as well.
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They have very anime-like reactions and stuff, too, in Boondock.
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Like, from the fighting to, like, the themes to everything.
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But I think Afro Samurai, the anime, was inspired from a Boondocks-like moment.
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I do think Avatar, The Last Airbender, I really do think that's one of the greatest shows
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Because I watched the entire thing with my brother.
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So we watched the entire thing, I think, earlier this year.
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Like, I still say, like, Zuko has one of the best arcs.
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The fact that Katara and Aang got together in the end makes my ass itch.
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That is one of the one notes I do have, actually, is that was the wrong choice.
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But, like, the story that we were, I feel like in another universe, yes, that makes perfect
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But I feel like for the story that we are given, like, I think Aang, he doesn't deserve
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I just feel like they just had a better growth.
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And as someone who's, like, dating someone who's, like, older, I'm like, that's fine.
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Well, I thought this way before me and my girlfriend got together.
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But also, like, I've always saw my, like, Aang is, like, me.
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Like, I've always saw him, like, I'm just the kid who just wants, like, the hot older
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But Zuko does have one of the best character arcs ever.
01:12:05.100
And then last fun one is that you used to work at, used to be a sales associate at Bath and
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I feel like you would, you would sling a candle like nobody's business.
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I feel like you would kill sales at a Bath and Body Works.
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Like, and it was a very short lived experience.
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I'm very shocked because I never talk about it.
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They hate, they hate when you rise too quickly.
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Well, maybe it was, I literally worked there for maybe like a month and it was like one
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So they were like, don't make any plans because we can call you at any time.
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And I only maybe worked like once or twice a week.
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And I mainly got the job because like one, it was my first ever job.
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I'm after Body Works during Black Friday, like time and a half.
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They didn't, they called me in for that Black Friday.
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I worked two hours and they told me to go home, which I think is illegal.
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I was still logged in to the like system and I kept looking at my schedule.
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And I've been waiting to get called in for four years.
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And I'm still, like I'm still waiting to this day.
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Because technically I'm still an employee probably, maybe.
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But I did go in one day and like I was logged out finally.
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Well, I just feel like you could sell anything, honestly.
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I just sing songs and shit and do trivia and do bullshit like that.
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If I wasn't in a relationship, I would have cleaned up nicely with the mom demographic.
01:14:35.200
I would have been real popular in that Bath & Body Works.
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Well, that brings us to the end of our amazing episode.
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I know you've done junkets where they say like, oh, you have five minutes.
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And then you ask, you get through half of the question and it's up.
01:15:10.520
You actually invited me to come on your podcast when you first started.
01:15:15.880
I think I was going to be like the third or fourth guest or something like that.
01:15:27.520
I think something was going on with my daughter at that time.
01:15:29.700
And so my mind was just completely somewhere else.
01:15:32.020
And I think I got a text from you that was like, hey, we're here.
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And for the love of Christ, I thought you hated me for the longest time.
01:15:45.820
I thought like, I think it took me like a year.
01:15:53.120
And I was like, and I hadn't seen you for like a year after that.
01:15:59.100
Like, it was like we were going to things, but I would get there after you left or whatever.
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And then sometimes we would run into each other.
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But when we saw each other again, eventually, like everything was still like all good and
01:16:16.820
But at the same time, like, again, I love your podcast.
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Like, I love your show and I love everything that you've done.
01:16:21.300
And I kept thinking to myself, like, I let her down.
01:16:26.840
Well, you made it up to me by coming back on a spooky episode.
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Once I got the call, I was like, yes, like clear everything.
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And I've had horse blinders on for three years.
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Guys, what you need to understand about us is that we are so under the water.
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My girlfriend actually like just like, like actually read them.
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Listen, the amount of people that I imagine beating down your door and just getting ignored
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by you is like, honestly, keep them wanting it.
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But thank you so much for coming and hanging out with us.
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Our haters are really sitting there in the comment section just kind of like, oh, fuck
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When people get bored, they really pick on the two of us or try to anyway.
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And I'm so happy that you're getting even more involved in the movie scene.
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I really do think they need more people like you.
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And I want to make sure it keeps happening against everyone's will.
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Thank you so much for tuning into this episode of the comment section show.
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Thank you to my amazing guest, Straw Hat Goofy, a.k.a. Juju.
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I'm your movie guy, hopefully, Straw Hat Goofy.
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And I also host a podcast called Get Wrecked with Straw Hat Goofy on iHeartRadio.
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We have Shola Mariduena, a.k.a. Blue Beetle, coming through this week.
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Make sure y'all go check out Juju on everything.
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But for the two, three, four, five people that maybe haven't, make sure you follow Straw Hat
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