Cultural Attendance: Comedy Event

Shepherd's Poster for the Event

My boyfriend Colin and I went to see comedian Ron Mcgehee in the Student Center ballroom, on April 8th at 7:00. The event was sponsored by the Office of Multicultural Student Affairs. Ron Mcgehee is a half-Korean, half-Irish comedian from Los Angeles, California. Mcgehee was a semi-finalist on "Last Comic Standing."

In his routine, Mcgehhe oftens pokes fun at his Irish father and Korean mother and the conflicting upbringing between them. In his routine, he also makes references to his mother's rigid expectations of him, as well as his marriage, relationships and his school life.

The crowd was a little small, but receptive to the comedy. My boyfriend and I found ourselves relating to and laughing at a lot of his jokes regarding relationships.

I found myself a little bored with the constant jokes about the differences between men and women, with the usual stereotypes that men are simple, clueless shmucks and that women are bitchy, manipulative control-freaks. Generally, that sort of stuff sort of turns me off from a comedy routine.

However, the rest of the routine was alright and I definitely had some good chuckles. God love him, the man did not have much of a crowd to work with, but we tried to be responsive and laugh/clap/respond when he interacted with us, considering that there were less than thirty people in the room.

Going to this event was a nice break from the everyday and it was nice to go to a Shepherd event where you could have a good laugh and a moment's break from school work.