Raunchy comedy pleases audience
The “Girls Gone Wild” videos are a disappointment, comedian Eliot Chang told the audience in Warriner Hall’s Plachta Auditorium Thursday night.
Girls simply flashing their breasts at a camera is not that wild, he said, so he’s going to make his own video – “Amish Girls Gone Wild.”
“There’s no nudity, it’s just two Amish girls by a light switch going, ‘Ahhh!,’” he said.
This was just one of dozens of hilarious moments throughout Chang’s 65-minute routine, which combined raunchy, explicit jokes with Jerry Seinfeld-type observations.
The combination of two different styles might be too much for some comedians, but Chang kept the laughs coming, whether he was commenting on how birds can possibly get hit by cars or describing his love of making noise during sex.
Chang brought a light touch to sensitive issues, including racism and homosexuality.
He challenged the attitudes of those who might expect him to use his Asian heritage as a source of humor and described the way his white friends will make sure he doesn’t find an Asian joke offensive before they laugh at it.
His description of a friend who came out of the closet was one of the show’s highlights.
“I don’t care where you stick it, where’s the money you owe me?” he said he told his friend.
At times Chang proved to be a skilled social observer, such as when he said everyone who listens to rap suddenly thinks they’re thugs – even people with lisps.
Chang answered the crowd’s demands for raunchy material.
While his bits about bad breast implants and comparing penis sizes were funny, they also were strangely insightful.
One of the things that worked so well was the boyish enthusiasm Chang brought to the stage.
He obviously enjoyed himself and was a high-energy performer throughout, climaxing at the moment he picked up his microphone stand and swung it around in the air.
Audience members said they appreciated the fact Chang’s material consisted of more than just ethnic jokes.
“I found it really refreshing that he didn’t rely on being Asian for comedy,” said Detroit senior Katy Mathieu. “He incorporated himself into a lot of it; he was all over the stage. If he comes back, I’d definitely see him again.”
