Think about what comedy is, and what comedy can do. How is your idea of this changing?
Talk about the evolution of Hicks’s career. How did his material change—and why did that happen? What does it suggest about the evolution of an artist?
Have you ever heard such an angry person talk so much about love? What do you make of this?
Hicks talks about playing from the heart. How will you play from the heart in your own set? What does this mean to you, in terms of material and delivery? What do you need to talk about, and how do you need to talk about it?
Come up with a discussion question or two of your own. Avoid evaluation (I like/didn’t like, this was good/this was bad).