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Written by Kate Reardon
I feel obligated to admit that my expectations of this year’s Lunátics team were on the low side. So many new faces, I foolishly thought to myself. That can’t be good. Fortunately, their performance on Friday night (much to my delight) proved that my predictions were woefully wrong.
The confederates in comedy, captained by senior Alexander Most, delivered an uproarious show that exceeded the expectations of even the most optimistic audience member. Lunátics has struggled in the past to end skits on the downhill; thanks to interventions from referee Forrest Tiffany, Friday’s performance was happily free of such instances. And instead of the customary awkwardness that often accompanies inexperience, the new team members exhibited the raw energy of someone who is telling jokes that are actually funny.
President Alexander Most, one of the few seasoned Lunátics members, was his usual good sport and provided a consistently comical performance, despite taunts about his weight-lifting capacity and inability to process gluten. Many a Menlo kid was stereotyped in the “D****bag Contest” and many a child exploited in the hypothetical world of “if you know what I mean,” but these were justifiable sacrifices when considered against the beauty of senior Joseph Ocon rubbing himself with invisible money in his hands and a deadpan expression on his face, or the majesty of sophomore Michael Hester’s passionate impersonation of fellow member Sam Hausman. Though a newcomer to the program, senior Cameron Rowland provided well-timed interjections to keep the skits alive, a skill mirrored by Hausman, a junior. There were gangster versions of Hotel for Dogs 2, offensively accurate Jewish accents (courtesy of sophomore Max Goldenstein), and interesting illustrations by senior scorekeeper Sam McClure galore in this smorgasbord of coarse humor. All this, compounded with sophomore Lucas Del Calvo’s inability to remember any of his fictitious names and junior Rob Davis’ many excellent one-liners, led to a show that I, at least, found hilarious.
So kudos to the entire Lunátics crew- the performance was truly a job well done. Be sure to check out any more shows this year, for it promises to be a good one for Lunátics.
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December 10th, 2009 at 6:08 pm
I’d like to note that we can 100% disregard this review, due to Lunátics’ relentless pandering of the Journalism class. They even had their own seating section. Its clearly bribery for a better review.
That being said, it was a jolly good time.
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December 10th, 2009 at 9:48 pm
Kyle, do you actually disagree with anything we said? We can’t be bought with comfy seating. Would you prefer we write them a bad article to prove that to you?
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Kyle Kessler Reply:
December 10th, 2009 at 11:01 pm
No, I just like to complain. “That being said, it was a jolly good time.” should indicate my feelings towards the night’s festivities.
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