1. Yo. Hey. What is so important?Copy !req
2. Why couldn't you tell me
whatever this is over the phone, huh?Copy !req
3. 'Cause I wanted to see your
stupid face when I told you.Copy !req
4. Okay. You know that teaser
poster we released yesterday?Copy !req
5. Yeah. The Kool-Aid one, yeah?Copy !req
6. It has gotten more positive
online engagementCopy !req
7. than any teaser poster released by anyone
in the last five fucking years!Copy !req
8. It's fucking destroying.Copy !req
9. - Wait, are you serious right now?
- I am fucking dead serious.Copy !req
10. - I'm fucking dead serious, man. Yeah.
- Oh, my God.Copy !req
11. How is this happening?Copy !req
12. You know, I think it's just
the perfect stormCopy !req
13. of nostalgia, kitsch, irony and stupidity.Copy !req
14. Fucking people are just lovingCopy !req
15. - the fucking Kool-Aid right now.
- Oh, my God.Copy !req
16. - Oh, yeah!
- Oh, yeah!Copy !req
17. - Yeah! Oh, yeah.
- Oh, yeah! Oh, yeah!Copy !req
18. - Oh, yeah.
- Oh, yeah.Copy !req
19. - Yeah!
- We're gonna make a billion dollars!Copy !req
20. We're gonna make
a fucking billion dollars!Copy !req
21. - Do you wanna make out right now?
- We can't do that anymore.Copy !req
22. - Are you sure?
- We said we wouldn't.Copy !req
23. - We're gonna be fucking rich!
- We're gonna make a billion dollars!Copy !req
24. - We're gonna be fucking rich! Yeah!
- Yeah, motherfucker!Copy !req
25. Okay.Copy !req
26. All right, on the heels
of the huge launch of our poster,Copy !req
27. we are gonna be all up
in Anaheim Comic-Con tomorrowCopy !req
28. announcing this dope cast!Copy !req
29. I got Nick Stoller to write a bit
for Ice Cube to come out during the panel.Copy !req
30. He's gonna, like, crash through the wall
as Kool-Aid, "Oh, yeah!"Copy !req
31. That's great. Stoller, he should
actually write a joke for meCopy !req
32. because I've decided
I'm personally gonna introduceCopy !req
33. Ice Cube as the Kool-Aid Man at Comic-Con.Copy !req
34. Look who's hopping on the
bandwagon now that it's got some heat.Copy !req
35. Well, you know,
I figured it's a, you know,Copy !req
36. good moment for me to show
confidence in the project.Copy !req
37. Also really, like, rub it in everyone's
fucking face who said this was gonna suck.Copy !req
38. - I mean, we got Biel, we got Duhamel...
- Yes.Copy !req
39. - ... we got Oh, we got Cube.
- Boom.Copy !req
40. I mean, how could you not be
excited about this cast?Copy !req
41. Yeah. How could you not be excited?Copy !req
42. I can't believe we got Ice Cube.
He is better than Kevin Hart.Copy !req
43. I still think Tracy Morgan
would have been so funny.Copy !req
44. "Who's thirsty?Copy !req
45. Somebody gettin' pregnant!"
You know, it would have been great.Copy !req
46. Sal, can you hang back?Copy !req
47. - Me too?
- No, you, out.Copy !req
48. - What happened?
- What's up?Copy !req
49. Okay, so,
we are loving the enthusiasm in this room.Copy !req
50. I'm just having, like...
I'm starting to have like a...Copy !req
51. a nagging concern
that something is really fucking sus.Copy !req
52. - Sus? Like bad?
- Yeah.Copy !req
53. This isn't sus at all. This is amazing.Copy !req
54. - Yeah, no, there's no sus...
- Are you kidding me?Copy !req
55. Look, I know Josh Duhamel's
not Mr. Comedy,Copy !req
56. - but he is so good looking and cool.
- He's funny enough.Copy !req
57. Duhamel is the least of my concerns.Copy !req
58. What is it? Just spit it out.
What's going on here?Copy !req
59. Okay, I'm starting to thinkCopy !req
60. that maybe casting Ice Cube
as the Kool-Aid ManCopy !req
61. could potentially be problematic.Copy !req
62. Why? You're the one who said we
should cast Ice Cube in the first place.Copy !req
63. You actually said for a musician,
he's remarkably unproblematic.Copy !req
64. - That's true.
- Oh, God.Copy !req
65. - Oh, my God.
- You see it?Copy !req
66. - Oh, no! Oh, fuck.
- What? What do you see?Copy !req
67. - What am I not seeing? What is happening?
- I know.Copy !req
68. - Okay. Fucking...
- Okay, just...Copy !req
69. What Maya is saying is that perhaps
we're playing into some stereotypesCopy !req
70. - because there might be...
- Oh, my God.Copy !req
71. a group of people who historically
enjoy Kool-Aid more than others.Copy !req
72. - I think that's what you were saying.
- Yeah, thank you.Copy !req
73. Fuck... Everyone enjoys Kool-Aid.Copy !req
74. I grew up drinking Kool-Aid.
Who doesn't like Kool-Aid?Copy !req
75. - I agree. It's fine.
- Yeah.Copy !req
76. - He doesn't see it, so we're—
- It's good.Copy !req
77. - Okay, great, great. I'll...
- Oh, no.Copy !req
78. - He's Black.
- Okay, you don't have to say it.Copy !req
79. - To say that out loud. We get it.
- Shit.Copy !req
80. Is this racist?
Did we do something racist?Copy !req
81. - Yeah, kinda.
- Okay, you guys,Copy !req
82. - this could be a major marketing issue.
- Oh, fuck.Copy !req
83. This is exactly the kind
of shit that social gets salty over.Copy !req
84. They're gonna tear us new assholes.Copy !req
85. That's gonna leave a stink on this whole,
beautiful thing.Copy !req
86. I always knew something
like this would happen to me.Copy !req
87. You know what,
I'm the whitest motherfucker in this room.Copy !req
88. Trust me, I will take the fall for this.Copy !req
89. - I'm dead.
- Are you kidding me?Copy !req
90. I am personally getting up in front of
thousands of people tomorrowCopy !req
91. and announcing this hate crime.Copy !req
92. Oh, God.Copy !req
93. Look, maybe we're just spinning out.
You know what I mean?Copy !req
94. Maybe it's like white guilt, you know,
and it's not a big deal.Copy !req
95. We should talk to Quinn.Copy !req
96. - Let's ask her, you know?
- Good idea.Copy !req
97. - She's very young and with-it...
- Yeah, she's got a cute bob.Copy !req
98. - She's not white.
- Don't say that. She's...Copy !req
99. - She's different. She's the same.
- She's not different! She's the same.Copy !req
100. - And I think that is so great.
- We're all the same.Copy !req
101. - Let's just head out.
- I think it's fucking great.Copy !req
102. - Knock, knock, knock. Hi.
- Hi.Copy !req
103. - Hey, girl.
- What's happening right now?Copy !req
104. Am I being fired?Copy !req
105. No, far from it. Yeah, you're actually of,Copy !req
106. very particular use at the moment.Copy !req
107. Great.Copy !req
108. - Let me just ask you.
- Yeah.Copy !req
109. Do you think it's weird
in any way, shape, or formCopy !req
110. that the Kool-Aid Man
is being voiced by a person of...Copy !req
111. Ice Cube?Copy !req
112. Why would that be weird?Copy !req
113. Maybe it wouldn't. There you go.Copy !req
114. - Thank you. Right, good. See?
- I feel a little bit better.Copy !req
115. Because Ice Cube's Black?Copy !req
116. We did not call Ice Cube Black,
just for the record.Copy !req
117. None of us called him Black.Copy !req
118. I mean, I guess I get your concern,Copy !req
119. but I've never really viewed
Kool-Aid as a Black person drink.Copy !req
120. - Okay, great.
- It's a poor person drink.Copy !req
121. - I don't wanna hear it.
- No.Copy !req
122. - Don't say that, please.
- That's a whole separate bad thingCopy !req
123. - you just said.
- People love Ice Cube, okay?Copy !req
124. - Just stick with him. It's fine.
- Okay.Copy !req
125. Respectfully, I don't think
Quinn is the spokespersonCopy !req
126. - for all peoples if you know what I mean?
- Yes, I never said I was.Copy !req
127. - Honey, give us a sec.
- Sal's right. Look,Copy !req
128. we need a much more
specific perspective on this.Copy !req
129. - You know what I'm saying? Who?
- Tyler.Copy !req
130. - My Tyler. You know, who run...
- Oh, yes, Tyler. Hard working, dedicated.Copy !req
131. - Very specific.
- Yes.Copy !req
132. He's running the photo shoot for
Ain't Yo Mama stage eight. Let's go.Copy !req
133. - Thank you, Quinn.
- Yeah, you're welcome.Copy !req
134. Hey.Copy !req
135. - I'm good with it.
- Oh, my God.Copy !req
136. Great. That's great news. Great news.Copy !req
137. Honestly, when you think about it, if you
didn't cast a Black man as Kool-Aid,Copy !req
138. - that would be more racist.
- Precisely, yes.Copy !req
139. That's exactly why we cast him.Copy !req
140. Thank you so much, Tyler.Copy !req
141. We so value and appreciate you.Copy !req
142. - Yes, thank you so much.
- No. Come here.Copy !req
143. I do not feel comfortable
speaking for all Black people.Copy !req
144. Oh, my God.Copy !req
145. Can't you just, like, rubber-stamp
it on their behalf for the time being?Copy !req
146. Anaheim Comic-Con is tomorrow, dude.Copy !req
147. No.Copy !req
148. Why don't we ask Ziwe and Lil Rel?Copy !req
149. Oh, yeah, great idea.
Can you ask them for us, please?Copy !req
150. No.Copy !req
151. I love Ice Cube as the Kool-Aid Man.Copy !req
152. - Great. Thank you.
- Dope. Dope AF.Copy !req
153. Okay, so, are y'all thinking Mrs. Kool
could be like Gabby Union, or...Copy !req
154. She is great, but no, it's not her.Copy !req
155. Is it Keke Palmer?Copy !req
156. - She slays, but no, it's not.
- Yes.Copy !req
157. No, it's not.Copy !req
158. Mrs. Kool's Black too though, right?Copy !req
159. Mrs. Kool is for sure a woman of color.Copy !req
160. - Yes.
- POC, hello. Yeah.Copy !req
161. Is the color Black?Copy !req
162. Her color is Korean.Copy !req
163. Is that not...Copy !req
164. - Is that bad?
- Well...Copy !req
165. Well, it's bad if you're
implying that a Black woman,Copy !req
166. is not good enough to be with
a successful Black man like Kool.Copy !req
167. No.Copy !req
168. Hey. No, I'm not implying that.Copy !req
169. I'm not. Look, I'm not implying... Look...Copy !req
170. Let me just make one thing clear.Copy !req
171. We are in no way saying
that a Black woman is not,Copy !req
172. good enough to be with a successful
Black man like the Kool-Aid Man.Copy !req
173. I think, if anything, I never viewed
the Kool-Aid ManCopy !req
174. as a successful Black man.
I didn't view him as a ma...Copy !req
175. He's a CGI glass jug
filled with red liquid.Copy !req
176. - He's not real, you know what I mean?
- It's all pretend.Copy !req
177. Sure. Look, I...Copy !req
178. All of that makes sense,
but really, when you think about it,Copy !req
179. if Kool-Aid is voiced by a Black man,
you know what that means.Copy !req
180. - Yes.
- That's...Copy !req
181. The thing is I very much
don't know what that means.Copy !req
182. Wake the fuck up.Copy !req
183. - Okay.
- Okay?Copy !req
184. Now I'll tell you what it means.Copy !req
185. It means that the Kool-Aid man
has the soul of a Black man...Copy !req
186. Yes.Copy !req
187. and he has the soul of a Black manCopy !req
188. because Ice Cube
is voicing that Black man.Copy !req
189. So Kool-Aid is Black.Copy !req
190. Kool-Aid is a Black man.Copy !req
191. The Kool-Aid man is...Copy !req
192. Black.Copy !req
193. - I feel that. Black man, yeah.
- Yeah, that makes sense now.Copy !req
194. - Thank you, guys.
- Thank you.Copy !req
195. - So, Sandra Oh is out as Mrs. Kool.
- Very informative.Copy !req
196. - Fucking fired. Done. Gone.
- Goddamn it.Copy !req
197. All right, I got it.
Are you ready for this shit?Copy !req
198. Here we go.Copy !req
199. - Regina King as Mrs. Kool.
- Okay, great.Copy !req
200. - I like that, yeah.
- Love her. Obsessed.Copy !req
201. Now... Wait, we have to recast the daughter.Copy !req
202. - Why?
- 'Cause she's half Asian.Copy !req
203. You want "who's the father"
questions coming up?Copy !req
204. We might as well burn
a cross at Comic-Con.Copy !req
205. - Why did I agree to introduce this panel?
- God, slow down, motherfucker.Copy !req
206. My hair.Copy !req
207. And booyah. Look at that.Copy !req
208. That feels good. That is progress,
you know what I mean?Copy !req
209. What?Copy !req
210. I mean, is it weird that all of
the live-action characters are white,Copy !req
211. and all of the non-white actors are CG?Copy !req
212. And so then, the only actual human faces
we see on camera are white faces.Copy !req
213. - Yes, the answer's yes.
- Right.Copy !req
214. That's obviously very fucking weird.Copy !req
215. We can't have a segregated cast.Copy !req
216. How did we not see this until right now?Copy !req
217. I think maybe because we had Sandra Oh.Copy !req
218. She kind of, like, offset the whole thing.Copy !req
219. Okay, here's what we're gonna do,
Josh Duhamel, he's fucking gone,Copy !req
220. and Don Cheadle,
he's the new live-action dad.Copy !req
221. Matt, the cast we had this
morning is so fine, okay?Copy !req
222. This is all making it a lot worse.Copy !req
223. Okay, we can't have Biel and Cheadle
because of the white wife thing.Copy !req
224. - Fuck, she's right.
- Because of what?Copy !req
225. Because if Don Cheadle
is married to a whitey,Copy !req
226. then that could be construed
as possibly problematic to Black women.Copy !req
227. - Do you want that? Okay.
- Okay, no.Copy !req
228. But you're telling me that
interracial marriage is now regressive?Copy !req
229. I've exclusively dated white men.
Does that make me a racist person?Copy !req
230. Honestly, it might.Copy !req
231. Holy shit, I got it.Copy !req
232. Lesbians.Copy !req
233. Two white lesbians with a Asian child.
Is that anything?Copy !req
234. Does their gayness
mitigate their whiteness?Copy !req
235. Okay, I'm sorry, I love lesbians,Copy !req
236. but white women are the fucking worst
right now. They're so toxic.Copy !req
237. Okay, you are a white woman.Copy !req
238. How dare you? My dad is from Cyprus.Copy !req
239. I got it. I fucking got it.Copy !req
240. We make them all Black, baby.Copy !req
241. We Black Panther this shit,
you know what I mean?Copy !req
242. That's unassailable.Copy !req
243. - That's doing the work, you know?
- Yeah.Copy !req
244. - Boom. You ready for this?
- Yeah.Copy !req
245. Watch this. Don Cheadle as the dad.Copy !req
246. - Keke Palmer as the mom.
- Love it.Copy !req
247. And this will be a young Black actor TBD.Copy !req
248. - Okay, I can sell it.
- Boom.Copy !req
249. Great. This actually makes it
feel important almost now, you know?Copy !req
250. This could be like our Hamilton.Copy !req
251. Okay, wait, hold on.
Stoller's at the production officeCopy !req
252. with the writers right now,
and they're working on a new draftCopy !req
253. - so we should probably—
- Okay, I'll give them the note myself.Copy !req
254. - Right. Wow.
- Maya, you come with me.Copy !req
255. - Okay. Coming.
- Let's get these white losers off.Copy !req
256. - Totally. Yeah.
- Bye white losers. Bye-bye.Copy !req
257. There's a lot of enthusiasm internally
for this new version of the film.Copy !req
258. Yeah, we think that
it's more of the moment...Copy !req
259. - No. More fresh.
- Exactly.Copy !req
260. Yeah. Lots of new opportunities for comedyCopy !req
261. will come from the new casting, you know?Copy !req
262. Totally. Super-duper fresh.Copy !req
263. Yeah, so, Nick, as the director
you think you can pull this off?Copy !req
264. So, we're talking about
an almost entirely new cast?Copy !req
265. - Yes.
- Yeah.Copy !req
266. Which would require substantial rewrites.Copy !req
267. - Yes.
- Definitely.Copy !req
268. - Yeah.
- And we're f...Copy !req
269. we're five weeks out from shooting.Copy !req
270. I mean, yeah, we could do this.Copy !req
271. - Great. Perfect. Love that.
- We got this. Yeah...Copy !req
272. You got this. Yeah.Copy !req
273. - What do you guys...
- I mean, it's...Copy !req
274. - Wow.
- ... it's certainly an exciting new versionCopy !req
275. of the Kool-Aid man story.Copy !req
276. - Yes. Yeah. Wow. Yeah.
- Great.Copy !req
277. But...Copy !req
278. are we 100% sure we should
be the writers on this movie now?Copy !req
279. Why not?Copy !req
280. - You guys have been rocking it.
- Yeah.Copy !req
281. Because it would be way
out of our wheelhouse.Copy !req
282. - Definitely.
- It's a comedy.Copy !req
283. You guys are comedy writers.
That is the definition of wheelhouse.Copy !req
284. Yeah, but... We're...Copy !req
285. We're talking about
the live-action family and...Copy !req
286. You want them to be Black.Copy !req
287. We can't do that.Copy !req
288. Like, then... What, we're taking jobs
from Black writers?Copy !req
289. - Like, we c... I mean, we couldn't.
- I'd hate that.Copy !req
290. Okay, so can you help me understand this?Copy !req
291. Yeah.Copy !req
292. You can write then
for one Black person, but—Copy !req
293. But now it's all Black people.Copy !req
294. So in an attempt to not be racist,Copy !req
295. you're limiting the amount of Black people
you're willing to write for?Copy !req
296. Look, if this is the path
you guys are gonna go down...Copy !req
297. I don't think we can work on this anymore.Copy !req
298. Well, this is very much 100%
the path we're gonna go down.Copy !req
299. - We vetted it with Lil Rel. Okay?
- Yeah, it's vetted.Copy !req
300. - We are so sorry.
- We're sorry.Copy !req
301. - Thank you. That's it.
- Wow. Thank you.Copy !req
302. We believe in the project, it's...
It isn't easy.Copy !req
303. Thank you so much.Copy !req
304. - Thank you, we'll... See you. Yes.
- Hey, best of luck on this.Copy !req
305. Thank you.Copy !req
306. - We should have lunch, guys.
- We'd love that.Copy !req
307. That'd be great. Thank you. Thanks.Copy !req
308. I'll rewrite the whole thing.
I don't give a shit.Copy !req
309. - I'll rewrite the entire thing.
- Thank you. Thank you, Nick.Copy !req
310. - I got it.
- I knew you would. Thank you, man.Copy !req
311. - There he is.
- Thank God.Copy !req
312. Oh, and Matt,
just one quick housekeeping thing...Copy !req
313. - Yeah.
- Just a little thing...Copy !req
314. - So in order to hit the dates...
- Yeah.Copy !req
315. on our budget,Copy !req
316. and given these...
The substantial changes that we just...Copy !req
317. - Yeah.
- I just received,Copy !req
318. - which I love and are awesome...
- Great.Copy !req
319. I'm going to have to bring on an animation
company that is primarily artificial.Copy !req
320. - Like, AI artificial?
- Yeah, artificial...Copy !req
321. - Like, artificial intelligence.
- Artificial intelligence?Copy !req
322. Can't you hire more human animators?Copy !req
323. - It's like two to three million dollars...
- That's too much. Don't do that.Copy !req
324. for each one. Yeah, but I'm talking
about the eyebrow... Little things.Copy !req
325. - Eyebrows.
- Eyebrows, eyeballs, like...Copy !req
326. Nobody even gives a shit about that.Copy !req
327. - Yeah, that's fine.
- Maybe a background.Copy !req
328. Okay, do what you gotta do,
just, you know, keep it under wraps.Copy !req
329. - Just on there. Okay. Yeah.
- Just sprinkle it on there. Not too much.Copy !req
330. Yeah, I'm just worried about
not looking racist, okay?Copy !req
331. Okay, I get it. Thank you.Copy !req
332. - Oh, yeah.
- Thanks. Thank you. Oh, yeah!Copy !req
333. Oh, yeah!Copy !req
334. Donny C. in the house.
Right there. Nailed it.Copy !req
335. Yeah, I think we did too.Copy !req
336. - I feel really good about it.
- Don Cheadle's the man.Copy !req
337. So good. Funny too.Copy !req
338. I didn't know his ears were pierced.Copy !req
339. I mean... Now this is racist.Copy !req
340. - What? How is that possible?
- No!Copy !req
341. Look at all of them. What do you mean?Copy !req
342. Well, it's just weird.Copy !req
343. Like, before we had a cast that was
all over the map, racially,Copy !req
344. so having a Black Kool-Aid man
didn't seem like anything,Copy !req
345. but now that they're all Black,Copy !req
346. kinda seems like what you're saying is
that Kool-Aid is only for Black people.Copy !req
347. - Fuck.
- Goddamn it, she's right.Copy !req
348. Okay, but he has to be Black because
Kool-Aid has the soul of a Black man.Copy !req
349. What?Copy !req
350. You weren't there.Copy !req
351. And his wife has got to be Black, right?Copy !req
352. I don't even wanna get
into that whole thing, okay?Copy !req
353. I don't know what to do with that.Copy !req
354. Okay, here's what we do.Copy !req
355. If we don't wanna be racist
or seem racist,Copy !req
356. we just gotta make this cast reflect
America's racial demographics,Copy !req
357. you know what I mean?Copy !req
358. That way, no one can possibly accuse usCopy !req
359. of not being representative
of America, racially,Copy !req
360. because we will mathematically
be representative of America racially.Copy !req
361. Let's do that.Copy !req
362. Okay. This is what I'm...Copy !req
363. - Okay, this is what I'm seeing.
- Okay.Copy !req
364. Seventy-five percent
of America is all white.Copy !req
365. Sixty percent white
if we exclude Hispanics.Copy !req
366. So, that would be 3.6 white people
needed for this cast.Copy !req
367. Oh, no, remember we round down
for whites, that's three.Copy !req
368. Wait, we're lumping Hispanics
in with white people now?Copy !req
369. - What the fuck is that all about?
- I...Copy !req
370. Sometimes. When they're not,
they're 25% of the population.Copy !req
371. Black people are 13%, Asians 6%,
and the rest don't matter.Copy !req
372. I mean, obvi, they matter, of course.
All lives matter.Copy !req
373. - All lives matter?
- God.Copy !req
374. All right, okay,
so according to this math,Copy !req
375. we need 0.36 an Asian person
to round this out.Copy !req
376. What the fuck is 0.36 of an Asian person—Copy !req
377. Okay, round up half an Asian, Quinn. Fuck.Copy !req
378. - Oh, my God.
- Israel is technically a part of Asia.Copy !req
379. I would just like to say that, okay?Copy !req
380. Holy fuck, Matt! No!
We are not going there.Copy !req
381. Going where? Jews are a race.
It's not my fault the Jews are a race.Copy !req
382. - All right, here we go again.
- What?Copy !req
383. It's not...
We are a race of people and a religion.Copy !req
384. It's complicated. Do we need
Jewish representation in the film?Copy !req
385. - Should we cast Josh Gad?
- No. Guys, listen, everybody focus.Copy !req
386. We just need one real half Asian. No Jews.Copy !req
387. Okay. How about a Hispanic?
How about a Hispanic person?Copy !req
388. - Yeah. Anya Taylor-Joy. She's great.
- She's fucking whiter than me.Copy !req
389. No, she's Argentinean.
She's full Argentinean.Copy !req
390. - She is?
- Oh, fuck! A white Hispanic!Copy !req
391. Two birds with one stone. Anya Taylor-Joy.Copy !req
392. - No! That's like half of a bird.
- Anya Taylor-Joy.Copy !req
393. - No stone.
- Okay.Copy !req
394. Fucking how are any of these better
than a couple of lesbians?Copy !req
395. Because gay has too many moving parts.Copy !req
396. Yeah, gay is way too complicated.
Just stick to race, okay?Copy !req
397. - Thank you.
- Make it simple.Copy !req
398. - Here we go. Gay child.
- Everybody can switch—Copy !req
399. No!Copy !req
400. Stop! Guys, stop.Copy !req
401. This is an insane conversation
for us to be having.Copy !req
402. We should not be saying any of this shit.
All right?Copy !req
403. This all started this morningCopy !req
404. 'cause we had concerns
that it was perhaps racially insensitiveCopy !req
405. for Ice Cube to portray the Kool-Aid Man.Copy !req
406. There is one person who could tell us
if that's the case,Copy !req
407. and I'm gonna go talk to him.Copy !req
408. Excuse me? I'm looking
for Mr. Ice Cube? Mr. Ice? Mr. Cube?Copy !req
409. It's just Cube, man. He's in the booth.Copy !req
410. Great. Thank you. Appreciate that.Copy !req
411. Cube.Copy !req
412. - What up, Matt?
- How's it going?Copy !req
413. All good. What's happening, man?Copy !req
414. Not too much.
Am I interrupting the flow or anything?Copy !req
415. Nah, we just taking a break.
Checking out the game.Copy !req
416. Great. Cool, yeah. Sports. The best.Copy !req
417. So, what's up?
How's everything going with Kool-Aid?Copy !req
418. So well, actually. Really great.Copy !req
419. We just, we had one small concern.Copy !req
420. Concern?Copy !req
421. Concern's not even the right word.
It's more of a question.Copy !req
422. A question that I think
only you can answer.Copy !req
423. Okay. So, there's been some...Copy !req
424. discussion around the office that perhaps...Copy !req
425. Why are you whispering?Copy !req
426. No reason.Copy !req
427. There's been some discussion
around the officeCopy !req
428. that perhaps the Kool-Aid Man
being portrayedCopy !req
429. by a certain person,Copy !req
430. who is a certain member
of a certain African American community...Copy !req
431. - Just say Black.
- Great, I will.Copy !req
432. Black person,
a part of the Black community...Copy !req
433. The concern is that maybe
you playing the Kool-Aid ManCopy !req
434. might be viewed as offensive
because it plays into racist tropes.Copy !req
435. Are you serious?Copy !req
436. I knew when you came in here whisperingCopy !req
437. you was gonna be
on some passive-aggressive bullshit.Copy !req
438. - No, it's not passive-aggressive. I—
- You trying to fire me?Copy !req
439. No!Copy !req
440. You think a white dude could
play Kool-Aid Man better than me?Copy !req
441. Not unless you feel that way. No.Copy !req
442. Well, then why you trippin'?Copy !req
443. Is it 'cause I got first-dollar gross?Copy !req
444. Hey, Matt!
Don't be a cheap motherfucker, man.Copy !req
445. No. This has nothing to do
with the money, honestly.Copy !req
446. This is purely about the racist thing.Copy !req
447. So there's people that's concerned,
for real?Copy !req
448. That a Black man is playing Kool-Aid?Copy !req
449. It has come up as a concern, yes.Copy !req
450. Now that shit's offensive.Copy !req
451. See? Why is that offensive?Copy !req
452. The whole thing is we're trying not
to be offensive.Copy !req
453. It's offensive because
some asshole studio execCopy !req
454. think that I'm not sophisticated enough
to understand that playing Kool-AidCopy !req
455. could possibly be a trope
and people could see it as a stereotype.Copy !req
456. For the record, I do not think that.Copy !req
457. But yes, some stupid studio executives
have brought that up.Copy !req
458. Well, tell that motherfucker this,
all right?Copy !req
459. - The Kool-Aid Man is Black.
- Okay.Copy !req
460. - He ain't white. He ain't no Mexican.
- Right.Copy !req
461. He Black. I'm the motherfucking
Kool-Aid Man. All right?Copy !req
462. - Yes.
- And if you get anybody else to play him,Copy !req
463. now that shit's offensive.
And they're gonna be coming for your neck.Copy !req
464. That is not gonna happen 'cause
you're the motherfucking Kool-Aid Man.Copy !req
465. That's right.Copy !req
466. - Love it. We're on the same page.
- Hey.Copy !req
467. - Thank you.
- That's why you're my nigga, Matt.Copy !req
468. And you're mine. Yes.Copy !req
469. Hey. Don't come down here
with no bullshit like that anymore.Copy !req
470. - Never will again.
- All right.Copy !req
471. So glad we worked this out.
I'll see you in Anaheim.Copy !req
472. - See you in Anaheim.
- We're so psyched.Copy !req
473. - Yay, yay.
- Yay, yay.Copy !req
474. Thank you. Hello, Anaheim Comic-Con.Copy !req
475. Thank you for this warm welcome.Copy !req
476. Well, Hollywood is abuzz
with one question.Copy !req
477. Who is the star of Kool-Aid: The Movie?
Well, here with an exciting announcementCopy !req
478. is the head of Continental Studios,
Matt Remick.Copy !req
479. Thank you, Nick.Copy !req
480. Thank you, everybody.Copy !req
481. I am thrilled and honored to announce
that the Kool-Aid Man will be voicedCopy !req
482. by none other than
the incomparable Ice Cube!Copy !req
483. Oh, yeah, baby!Copy !req
484. - Thank you.
- Yeah!Copy !req
485. Oh, yay, yay!Copy !req
486. Yay, yay.Copy !req
487. And we have time to answer a
few questions from the audience,Copy !req
488. if anyone has anything they'd like to ask?Copy !req
489. I have a question.Copy !req
490. Yes. The Homelander there.Copy !req
491. I just saw on Reddit that you're using AI
to replace human animators. Is that true?Copy !req
492. Well, is it?Copy !req
493. I actually think our director,
Nick Stoller, can speak to that.Copy !req
494. Nick, why don't you come back out here?Copy !req
495. Come down, Nick.Copy !req
496. - Hey!
- Fuck you, Stoller.Copy !req
497. Fucking hack.Copy !req
498. Uh-huh. I'd rather talk about
our amazing cast.Copy !req
499. As an animator, this is pure evil.Copy !req
500. Do you have any questions
for Ice Cube you'd like to ask?Copy !req
501. You're taking jobs away from artists,
real human artists.Copy !req
502. You are everything that's wrong
with Hollywood.Copy !req
503. Yeah!Copy !req
504. - Yeah, man. She right. AI is bullshit.
- Yeah!Copy !req
505. Fuck AI! Fuck AI! Fuck AI!Copy !req
506. Fuck AI! Fuck AI! Fuck AI!Copy !req
507. Bullshit. Can't believe y'all got me
part of this bullshit.Copy !req
508. - Crushed it.
- Don't touch me, motherfucker.Copy !req
509. Thank God they didn't mention race.Copy !req
510. No shit. We dodged them bullets.Copy !req