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...said Sollors of Lam. Lam detailed his resistance to his mother’s attempts to bind him to his culture by reading letters received from relatives left behind. “What did I do? I skimmed. I skipped. I shrugged,” read Lam, drawing laughter from the audience. The theme of angst also pervaded Lan Tran’s reading, a performed monologue of runaway-cum-pickpocket Violet from Tran’s solo show “Elevator/Sex,” which premiered off-Broadway last May and foregrounds the similarities between the experiences...
...it’s just driving to work and it’s like, ‘God, I can’t wait to see Will and Vince.’”Wilson seems most in his element when discussing his fellow frat-packers, breaking into laughter when reminiscing about Ferrell’s infamous streaking scene in ‘Old School.’ “The thing with Will, you always feel like, ‘God, poor Will. He has to do this streaking scene. He’s going...
When some members suggested that students might plagiarize in moments of high stress, Petersen immediately alluded to calendar reform as a solution—eliciting laughter...
...name-calling was saved for the final battle of wits and words between heavy-hitters Bryan and Darrow. Darrow surprised the audience by calling Bryan to the witness stand, on the premise of his Bible expertise. Darrow succeeded in lampooning the aging statesman and the audience was brought to laughter when a flustered Bryan responded to a tough question with “I do not think about what I do not think about!” In the end, Bryan and his creationist views were morally defeated. The narrator then described the aftermath of the trial, including the death...
...beset by a gripping, realistic asthma attack after he confessed his feelings to Melissa. It was the one scene completely devoid of the comic element, and was shocking after the almost 90 minutes of straight chaos and humor that ran beforehand. It jerked me out of my laughter and into tears within a second...