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00:00Hi, I'm Ray the Paycheck. I'm the exec at Universal Studios. I'm glad to have a cool
00:09filmmaker on board. Yep, my first mainstream movie.
00:13Good day, sir. So you've actually finished your first scene
00:20for the new film. It's a coming-of-age film called Duke.
00:23Cool, cool, cool. One thing, though. People want action movies. Bad Box Office for coming-of-age
00:27films. How about we call it Duke of Blood? Four.
00:31There's no blood. You're only on one. Call it!
00:35Well, I'll give you a little better chance. I hate that title.
00:39Link, roll the clip!
00:47I have crippling drug addiction to my antidepressants.
00:52You fell asleep already? It's boring.
00:57He said one line. Where is the excitement?
01:01Are you really going to be able to make rational choices for my film?
01:05What? Yeah.
01:09Let's fix this newsfest of a drama. Aspect ratio. Badass. Music.
01:14Cooling. Mind-blowing. Dramatic lighting. Animorphic lens. Subtitles. I need subtitles.
01:20Today's audiences have ADHD, OCD, ADD, and gonorrhea.
01:25Gonorrhea? Oh, kid. You want to make it in this industry,
01:29you gotta have action. Why are you on the table?
01:33This dialogue is for all people. We need to be hip with the kids. Let's try this.
01:39Ciao, wizard. Hit the gritty in Ohio. Let him cook his pot.
01:42On the phone shizzle. My father died in a car accident.
01:46How are we supposed to make a serious movie when they sound like clowns?
01:49We need to attract a family audience. I just wanted to make a drama movie.
01:53What if it's not a drama? What if it's an action?
01:56I can see every equation. This movie will make billions at the box office.
02:01We need to have a cinematic universe. Do cinematic universe.
02:06Do you see you? Relatable me.
02:11We need explosions.
02:19We need celebrity cameos.
02:21Ryan Reynolds. Hey, I'm Ryan Reynolds, owner of Mint Mobile.
02:25No, wait. Wait, wait, wait, wait. Where'd he go?
02:28Kids these days can't focus on one thing. They need distractions.
02:32I have an idea. This is way too boring.
02:34We need a subway service clip, Minecraft parkour, a family guy clip,
02:38a sidecar clip, another mobile game.
02:44I hate this movie.
02:45The higher ups in the universe are very intelligent.
02:47So why are you letting the rat make the decision?
02:49Oh, you mean the one that added the TikTok and the dabbing and the Snapchat filters
02:53and the fidget spinners and the Hot Night videos and the Undertale and the Whoopi Mayday
02:55and the PNG of Wonder Woman?
02:56Stop. Stop. You ruined my drama movie with your stupid marketing scheme.
03:00Just let me have my creative freedom.
03:03No.
03:04Give me the keyboard.
03:05Give it back here!
03:07Don't give me the keyboard.
03:08Come on! I told you!
03:13No!
03:30On earth and alert from the cosmic earth that seems limitless with no drop of pressure.
03:35Seems like everybody's out to test you till they see you break.
03:38Take a silver age that consumes you.
03:40I'm the reason why your throat feels looser.
03:43Chill with your old lady at the kilt.
03:45I got a 90 days vision and I'm filled with guilt.
03:48From things that I've seen.
03:49The water from the bottom of my lava canteen.
03:52The night the dinosaur swings from my life sleeper.
03:54The cause of life seems to get deeper.
03:58No!
04:10You guys just shut up.
04:12What?
04:13If you guys can't agree on the laptop, we'll just take it.
04:17I'm way too high.
04:19Time we'll eat you guys out of existence.
04:21No, no, no, no, no, no, no.
04:27So, that's what I made for film club. Do you want to hire me, Universal?
04:31I don't know if you want to hire someone who breaks the fourth wall that often.
04:35Fourth wall break inside fourth wall break. That's like 16 walls.