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00:00Ooh, my feet touch the ground
00:04Here I am, bro, hear that trumpet sound
00:06Yeah, I have arrived
00:08And me and my girls want to dip and slide
00:10Swerve, better make way, skirt, skirt
00:13I got rules to break
00:14Working on top, now it's time to drive
00:16Ooh, honey, boom, cute, smart, clap, bye
00:18If you didn't know it, then now you know
00:21Ooh, girl, magic
00:23Yeah, I'm magic
00:24Don't you know
00:25Aren't you new, baby?
00:26Give me an inspiration on the floor
00:29Ooh, girl, magic
00:31Ooh, girl, magic
00:32Don't you know
00:33Don't you know, baby?
00:34Ha, ha, ha
00:35All right, S.N.
00:59Are you ready for more?
01:02We are back for more
01:04Those of you who are walking on by
01:05Come on in, you're going to want to be here for this
01:08We have a great, great special for you
01:10We're going to meet and greet
01:11This is the cool thing about Essence Festival of Culture
01:14You have so many folks who are here
01:16To hang out with you
01:17To party with you
01:18To entertain you
01:19And even give you an inside scoop
01:22Of what goes on behind the scenes
01:25So today, we are fortunate to have with us
01:28The members and the cast of Marvel's Moon Girl
01:31And Devil Dinosaur
01:33Please help me welcome them as they come on out
01:36The voice of Lunella Lafayette, a.k.a. Moon Girl
01:42Diamond White
01:43Voice of Pops
01:45Lunella's Grandpa
01:47Gary Anthony Williams
01:49Co-executive producers Rodney Clowden
01:53And Pilar Flynn
01:54And co-producer and story editor
01:58Halima Lucas
01:59Hi, hi
02:01How are you?
02:05It's all love, it's all family
02:07At the Essence Festival of Culture
02:09Hi, Halima
02:10She says she has short legs
02:15Look, you and I both
02:17Okay, these are the heels
02:18Alright, thank you
02:20Here we go, here we go
02:21Great to have you all
02:22Are you enjoying the Big Easy so far?
02:24Yes
02:25Oh my gosh
02:26I'm learning to sweat
02:27I'm learning to sweat again
02:29He said he's learning to sweat again
02:30It kind of lays on your shoulders like a blanket, right?
02:33The humidity just comes in
02:34Well, today we have you all here
02:38Rodney, tell us about Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
02:41Okay, well
02:42Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
02:44Is based on the comic book
02:46It's a show about a 13-year-old super genius named Lunella Lafayette
02:51And her 10-ton T-Rex named Devil Dinosaur
02:55Now, Lunella is one of the smartest people in the Marvel Universe
02:58So she made a portal
03:00Which accidentally brings Devil Dinosaur into her world
03:04So she made a portal that's bringing this dinosaur to her
03:07Yes
03:07Wow
03:08Yes, so what do you do when you have a big red dinosaur at your disposal?
03:13You form a partnership and become a superhero team
03:16So that's what she does
03:18She fights crime in the Lower East Side with her partner Devil Dinosaur
03:21And the show's got a lot of heart
03:23It's got a lot of things that you love from Marvel
03:25Hard humor and action
03:26And great music
03:29Executive music producer Raphael Sadiq
03:31He's all over it
03:32Yes
03:33Yes, yeah
03:33It's amazing
03:34All right, so Diamond, tell us about Lunella Lafayette
03:38A.K.A. Moon Girl
03:39And what do you enjoy about voicing her?
03:42Well, Lunella Lafayette is a 13-year-old super genius
03:46She's one of the smartest characters in the MCU
03:48She builds all of her gadgets
03:49Her superpower is how big her brain is
03:52Right
03:52My favorite thing about voicing her
03:54Honestly, I get to have a lot of fun
03:56I get to pretend that I'm 13 again
03:58And it's teaching me a lot about STEM
04:02And all of these cool science things
04:04And the representation is amazing
04:05If I had a Lunella back when I was a kid
04:08Yeah, if I had it too
04:10So I'm glad that the representation is finally here
04:12And it's cool to see someone that looks like me
04:15Has hair like mine
04:16And who is smart, you know
04:18I love her
04:18It's amazing
04:19And the thing about our show
04:20Right now, season one is on Disney Channel
04:24It's streaming, the whole first season
04:26It's streaming on Disney Plus
04:27So you check it out
04:28We also have a trailer that we want to teach you
04:30So that people who haven't seen it
04:33To get a taste of what you are missing out on
04:35Okay
04:36Are we going to do that right now?
04:38Watch the screen
04:39Still working on that thing that's going to fix all our problems
04:40Time to get genius
04:43It's working
04:46Yes
04:47Oh, no, no
04:48Oh
04:50Lunella
05:01Lunella
05:02Lunella, Lafayette
05:03Casey
05:05OMG
05:05Wait, Cuban Clifford
05:07We got to do this on the DL or my family will freak
05:10Now we got a super villain
05:14Somebody call the Avengers
05:17You even go below 14th Street
05:19I've got to fix this
05:20I am the smartest 13 year old
05:23And now I have a dinosaur
05:25My brain, your brawn
05:27We can be superheroes
05:29What do you think?
05:30No
05:31What?
05:31It's not in that outfit
05:33Zang
05:36We did the thing
05:38Yeah, yeah, we did
05:40There's no one else to stick up for the Lower East Side
05:45You're just a kid
05:46Are we in over our heads?
05:50You're going to inspire people
05:52Just like you inspired me
05:53Moon girl, magic
05:55Our world needs saving right now
05:59Words, Team Mundang
06:02This one's a fighter
06:06It's like you always say
06:09One girl can make a difference, right?
06:11Especially when that girl is you
06:13Let's do this, D
06:16You go, moon girl
06:19Do your thing
06:20Moon girl magic
06:23What are you doing?
06:26You can't eat that without some of my pie
06:29Wow
06:31All right
06:37Round of applause for Marvel's moon girl and devil dinosaur
06:41Now, Gary, you play Pops
06:43I do, yep
06:44Lunella's roller skating grandpa
06:46Right, I'm very, very young
06:48I'm probably 19, 20 year old in real life
06:51Uh-huh
06:51But I play Pops
06:53I play her granddad on this show
06:54Got you, got you
06:55I understand
06:55Call acting, got you
06:56I understand
06:56Because I'm only 21
06:57I just started, you know
06:58I just started
06:58I need to see your ID
06:59So how fun has it been to play this role?
07:03It's been a dream
07:05We started actually recording during COVID
07:07Really?
07:08So we've been working on it for a few years now
07:10And I love Pops because he's kind of like heart in the family
07:14And he grew up like I did
07:16Like with all the family around
07:18My grandmother was always around
07:19So that's the kind of family that's in here
07:21It's been absolutely fantastic
07:24And I know Kamala
07:25I know you're out there in disguise
07:26Kamala Harris
07:27Wherever you are in disguise
07:28Watching this panel today
07:30So just make sure you check out Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur on Disney and Disney Plus Kamala
07:35Absolutely
07:35And can you roller skate in real life?
07:37That's the question
07:38I
07:38Look, hi
07:39My name is Gary
07:40I'm 57 years old
07:42I lied about my earlier age
07:43They sent me a brand new pair of roller skates
07:46Did they really?
07:47They are by my front door right now
07:49This may be the last interview I do
07:52Because when I get home
07:53I'm going to teach myself how to roller skate
07:55Uh-oh, we gotta see that
07:56Don't let them go to waste
07:57Good luck
07:58How hard could it hurt?
08:00I mean, just get your helmet, your pads, and you'll be okay
08:03Uh-uh, I'm going out all natural
08:05You'll be okay
08:05Now, Pilar, this series was recently picked up for a second season
08:09Yes, we're so excited about that
08:11So what's going to be happening
08:13And what do you hope audiences take away from Moon Girl?
08:16Well, what I hope they mostly take away is our core message
08:19Which is that one person can make a difference
08:21And what we mean by that is no matter who you are
08:24No matter where you live
08:25If you're really passionate about something
08:27If you see something you want to change
08:29You can step up and be your own superhero
08:31Absolutely
08:32And you don't need superpowers
08:33All you need to do is be a powerful advocate
08:36For either yourself or for your community
08:38So that's kind of the core of the show
08:40And what we believe in, you know, in our team
08:42And so hopefully the audience sees that as well
08:44We're excited
08:45And Halima, this one is for you
08:47Why is Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur special?
08:50Is there an episode that you really enjoyed watching?
08:54Yeah
08:54Well, I would say the show is special to me
08:58Because, you know, riffing off some of the things that Diamond talked about
09:02It's a show where, you know, I'm a lover of the genre
09:06I love sci-fi
09:07I love fantasy
09:08I love super and action and comedy
09:10And what's wonderful about this is I get to actually see myself in this genre
09:17And so we know black women, young black girls
09:20We're marvelous
09:21But now we get to see that to marvel proportions in this show
09:25In a way that I didn't grow up getting to see
09:28And I've never gotten to see
09:29So I think that's what is so special to me
09:32And that goes into every episode
09:34I've loved every episode that we've done
09:36But if I had to shout one out
09:38There's an episode called
09:40Like Mother, Like Moon Girl
09:41And it's an episode where it explores Lunella's relationship with her community
09:47What it means to be a leader
09:48And taking after her mother
09:50Who is a staple in the community and an activist
09:53And so when questions around gentrification and changes in the neighborhood come up
09:57We get to see Lunella as Moon Girl level up in a way that we've never seen before
10:03Love it, love it
10:04All right, one last question before you go
10:06Because we've got to wrap up
10:07This will be our speed round
10:08For those who have not checked out the show
10:10And you need to
10:12What's one word you'd use to describe it?
10:16Vibrant
10:16Vibrant
10:18One hyphenated word
10:19Black family love power excellence
10:23That's a hyphenated word
10:25That's a hyphenated word
10:26Okay, we got you
10:27One phrase that we've used
10:29One girl can make a difference
10:30If it's going to change to be one person can make a difference
10:33Love it
10:34Yeah, my phrase would be
10:35You guys, it is a treat for the eyes
10:37But it's also a feast for the soul
10:39One word, exceptional
10:42Okay, exceptional
10:44And thank you all so much for stopping by
10:46But wait, wait
10:46What is this box here?
10:49Oh, you mean that big red box?
10:50A little red box there?
10:51A little red box on this Essence stage
10:52What is this big red box?
10:54Well, this is in relation to
10:57Later on, we're going to have
10:59I'm going to just invite you guys
11:00To come to our theater
11:02Film festival panel
11:04It's on Theater 2
11:05At 2pm
11:07It's 2 to 3
11:08Theater 2
11:09And we'll be talking about
11:10More about Moon Girl
11:11We'll be screening an episode
11:12One of our favorite episodes
11:14And then there's some little swag
11:16That we'll be giving out
11:17To the people who come to the panel
11:19Wait, are you saying that
11:20People who come to the panel
11:21Will get gifts
11:22They will get things
11:23And this is for you, Deja
11:25Is this just a little
11:26That's for you, yes
11:27Hold on, hold on
11:28We're going to take it off
11:29Dun, dun, dun, dun
11:30Oh my gosh
11:32You get a little
11:33You get a little plushy devil
11:34Come on, you know you want one
11:35You know you want one
11:36And you get this book
11:37Which is not even out
11:38It's on pre-order on Amazon
11:40And today's going to be tomorrow
11:41So you get the exclusive book
11:42I need the book
11:43So, show up
11:45She said she needs the book
11:46I was like, I need the book
11:47And also, if you look under your chairs
11:50Right now
11:50No, don't do that
11:52You were looking at it
11:53You were looking
11:54Don't do that
11:55Don't look under there
11:56Don't forget
11:57Come to Theater 2
11:592 p.m
12:002 p.m
12:00Check out Moon Girl
12:01Absolutely
12:02We got it for you
12:03Thank you all so much
12:04Thank you guys
12:04Don't forget
12:05Remember, guests to Disneyland Resort
12:07Can meet Moon Girl
12:08At the California Adventure Park
12:10And you may be able to catch her
12:12Upstairs at our Disney Character Zone
12:15And we'll be back
12:15With our next panel
12:17But thank you guys
12:18In the meantime
12:18Thank you
12:19Thank you everybody
12:20Thank you
12:21Bye
12:21Go ahead
12:22You can look under your chair
12:23I'll see you next time
12:25I'll see you next time
12:26Bye
12:27Don't you know
12:27Don't you know
12:28Don't you know
12:28I'll see you next time
12:29I'll see you next time
12:30I'll see you next time
12:30I'll see you next time
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