Students enjoy comedian

 

By Melissa Boyd (Whetstone Staff Writer)

Comedian Paul Varghese made more than 40 Wesley College students laugh when he performed in Wells Theatre April 7.

Varghese made fun of sex, religion and his parents.

Varghese explained that in his Asian-Indian culture, arranged marriages are popular, and his mother likes to check up on his progress of finding someone to marry.

Because his mother is so Christian, the conversation about his sex life included “talking” as a substitute word for sex.

He also included jokes about his heritage, imitating his father’s accent, which made his personal stories funnier.

Most students found the imitation of his father the funniest part of his whole show.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

“The parts where he talked about his father, like he was cheap [was my favorite part],” said Tom Powell, a freshman.

Varghese has previously performed in Comedy Festivals on TBS and HBO, as well as on Comedy Central and Showtime, and received several rewards such as “Funniest Comic in Dallas,” in 2009.

Brandon Wright, a sophomore, thought Varghese’s entire show was great.

“Everything was funny,” he said. “Indian marriage, his father, and the sex talk with his mother. He didn’t target one thing, and overall, I enjoyed it.”

Wright wasn’t the only who had a great time.

“It was great that we had a different person,” sophomore Charminta Brown said. “I loved it.”

Powell liked the range of comedy.

“I liked this guy because he explored a lot of different topics, like diversity,” he said.

Varghese spoke about whites, blacks, Indians, Puerto Ricans, Mexicans and Asians.

Wright hasn’t seen any other comedians this year because of his athletic schedule.

“I don’t get out much, but Wesley needs more comedians like him,” he said.