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Jillian Ebanks - Where Does Comedy Go From Here?
The first installment of Performance Revue's 'Where Does Comedy Go From Here?' is a conversation/interview/check-in with Jillian Ebanks. <p> Jillian is a comedian, actor, a Bob Curry fellow, a co-producer of B.A.P.S., and a brilliant black woman just trying to survive during a global pandemic in a regressive country. <p> Jillian's waxing video is now on YouTube! Give it a look: https://youtu.be/-_0sikMMaZQ. <p> Time Stamps:<p> 01:20 - Recap of Previous Episode Begins<p> Mention of Drake <p> 01:55 – “I’ve toned down my love of rappers”<p> 02:16 – “I’m trying not to idolize celebrity”<p> Mentions of Lizzo, Beyonce, Megan Thee Stallion<p> 02:52 – “I think celebrity is dangerous”<p> 03:00 – Recapping the “Drake Rant”<p> 04:01 – Recommending ‘Unlocked’ by Denzel Curry and Kenny Beats<p> Mention of Tiana Taylor<p> 05:14 – Harry Potter and the Curse of the TERF Author<p> Mentions of J.K. Rowling<p> 08:03 – Lauryn Hill, ‘Doo Wop (That Thing)’ is a slut-shaming song<p> Mention of ‘Friday Night Lights’<p> 09:42 – Kanye West is a mental landmine in my randomized playlists<p> Mention of Kim Kardashian<p> 12:20 – “I host weekly support meetings for people who have given up their favorite rapper”<p> Mention of ‘Rami’<p> 13:58 – The Covid Waxing Video<p> Inspired by waxing her face during a Zoom call. Improvised performance<p> 17:20 – “Covid Chic”<p> 19:43 – Chicago Winters<p> 21:17 – Will all performances be online?<p> Mention of BAPS<p> 23:31 – “I got invited to do a stand-up show in a back yard”<p> 24:38 – “Broadway is closed until January”<p> 25:14 – COVID Begins; the impact on gigs and jobs<p> 27:25 – The governmental response, or lack thereof<p> Mention of Bob Curry Fellowship<p> 30:40 – How has COVID changed your comedy?<p> 32:21 – “I haven’t been able to find anything funny about Corona Virus, itself”<p> 33:13 – Impact of the George Floyd protests<p> 33:45 – “Even white people are protesting now”<p> 34:14 – “I’ve never watched any footage. Ever.”<p> Mentions of Philando Castile, Eric Garner<p> 36:30 – “Being black in America was hard enough”<p> 38:05 – Mention of Colorism<p> 38:30 – Mentions of Trayvon Martin, Sandra Bland<p> 39:25 – “Where does comedy go from here?”<p> 40:48 – “We are living in farce”<p> 41:51 – “I write from a source of insecurity”<p> 43:53 – Sidebar on Marxism<p> 44:43 – Fuck Starbucks<p> 44:57 – Internalized Capitalism<p> 46:37 – “I was up for a promotion and I didn’t want it”<p> 48:26 – “I feel like I wasted this stay-at-home order”<p> Mention of Pro Tools<p> 50:00 – Jillian has a hard time accepting compliments<p> Life During Quarantine<p> 50:34 – Dating during quarantine<p> 51:49 – Intimacy (or lack thereof) during COVID<p> 53:10 – Addressing priorities and FOMO<p> 54:00 – Roommates and companionship<p> 56:30 – The creative process<p> 57:10 – Jillian accepts the compliment<p> 57:40 – Pay people a living wage (unions are good)<p> Jillian talks about working out of a theater in DC<p> 59:28 – “This is the most money I’ve ever had, and it’s because I’m on unemployment. That’s not fun for me”<p> 1:01:28 – “This feels like 2008 all over again”<p> 1:02:10 – My biggest investing win<p> 1:03:30 – How industries and jobs are changing<p> 1:05:06 – “We have no national guidance”<p> 1:05:44 – “I’m not a sharp enough satirist to satirize what’s going on right now”<p> The Banana Republicans sketch<p> 1:06:52 – Political false equivalency, “Why are we appeasing racists?”<p> 1:08:30 – Mitch McConnell can die<p> 1:08:36 – Media Diet<p> 1:09:35 – Jillian Recommends HBO’s ‘Watchmen’ and ‘Gentefied’<p> 1:09:55 – We review ‘Veep’<p> Neither of us liked it, but we respect the effort by the talent involved<p> 1:11:31 – Jillian’s criteria for consuming quarantine media<p> 1:12:16 – For the record, ‘Insecure’ is an amazing show<p> 1:12:25 – Jillian recommends ‘Rami’, ‘Snowpiercer’, ‘I May Destroy You’, and ‘Killing Eve’<p> 1:14:35 – Jillian does not recommend ‘Ozark’<p> 1:14:45 – I recommend ‘The West Wing’<p> Stark contrast between the show and the Trump administration<p> 1:15:49 – “It’s hard to watch newer shows right now”<p> 1:16:02 – Jillian enthusiastically recommends ‘Hamilton’<p> Mention of Daveed Diggs<p> 1:16:48 – We both recommend ‘Blindspotting’, ‘Black Panther’, and ‘Into The Spiderverse’<p> Mention of Spike Lee’s ‘Da 5 Bloods’<p> 1:18:10 – We both recommend ‘Always Be My Maybe’<p> 1:18:53 - Jillian pitches me on ‘The Lovebirds’<p> 1:20:17 – I pitch Jillian on ‘The Witcher’<p> Mention of ‘Game of Thrones’<p> 1:21:30 – No black main character in ‘The Witcher’ (Mimi Ndiweni as Fringilla Vigo notwithstanding)<p> 1:21:54 – “Storse material”<p> 1:22:28 – Jillian recommends the new ‘Charmed’ reboot<p> 1:23:07 – First impressions of ‘Space Force'<p> Something is missing from the show, even though it has a lot of talent involved<p> Show is trying too hard. Too much going on.<p> Mentions of ‘The Office’, Steve Carrell, ‘High Fidelity’, Tawny Newsome, Lisa Kudrow, Zoey Kravitz<p> 1:27:23 – Jillian can’t stop watching ‘Hamilton’<p> 1:27:56 – I stan for ‘Hedwig and the Angry Inch’<p> 1:28:20 - Jillian stans for ‘Hamilton’<p> 1:30:48 – “I love fantasy, I just don’t feel represented in fantasy”<p> Mention of Disney, Avengers, ‘Endgame’<p> 1:34:29 – Disney corporation constantly changes laws on public domain<p> Factual Error: Ron DeSantis is the Governor of Florida, not Rick Scott. I confused one anthropomorphic sack of turds for another. <p> Mentions of Disney World, Disney Land, Michael Eisner, Rick Scott, Stacy Abrams, Andrew Gillam, Beto O’Rourke, Lori Lightfoot<p> 1:36:40 – Possible futures for media production and live performance<p> Mentions of ‘Euphoria’, Zendaya, John David Washington, Leslie Odom Jr., ‘The Winter Soilder’<p> 1:39:04 – “All the things we want, we can have. We just don’t want to wait for them”<p> 1:39:40 – Final Thoughts<p> Recommendations for ‘Pose’ and ‘Disclosure’<p>
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