2008 Woodie Awards
Comedy Against Conservatives
Chris Nickels
Issue date: 9/9/05 Section: News
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Jeff Kreisler, Sean Krespo and Scott Blakeman got plenty of laughs and lots of applause as they threw off scorching wisecracks and put-downs against, well, every facet of the conservative movement you could think of.
Their performance on Wednesday, "Comedy Against Evil," was sponsored by the College Democrats as a part of Welcome Back Week.
After introducing himself as the "seductively plump" lovechild of George Clooney and John Belushi, Kreisler enlightened his audience on how he became a stand-up comic.
"Before comedy I went to Princeton," he said. "Then I went to law school; then I took psychedelic mushrooms; then I fought a dragon - and here we are ... Or are we?"
Indeed, no subject was too risqué for these performers; everything from sex, drugs, war, political debacles and the sexual orientation of Karl Rove were part of their satiric repartee.
The College Democrats hoped that mixing humor and politics would spur students' interest in the political arena.
"I think nowadays satire has the power to enthuse students with political fervor and inspire them to take action against political events or situations that they may otherwise feel helpless about," senior College Democrats President Liz Pavle said.
"So often students at Colgate are turned off by what they assume will be a 'boring lecture.' If we can motivate students to make it to our events in the first place, then hopefully they will be motivated in the future to take interest in the College Democrats and the political party in general."
Junior College Democrats Treasurer Allie Weinreb concurred.
"One of the main reasons we had the event was to attract new members (especially the freshmen) as well as introduce politics in a lighter, more fun way," Weinreb said. "We are definitely trying to make the campus more politically active by having a wide variety of events that will attract many different kinds of people."
Self-described as "'Fair and Balanced,' in the Fox News sense," the performance seemed to lean a little to the left. Krespo expounded on the group's political affiliation.
Their performance on Wednesday, "Comedy Against Evil," was sponsored by the College Democrats as a part of Welcome Back Week.
After introducing himself as the "seductively plump" lovechild of George Clooney and John Belushi, Kreisler enlightened his audience on how he became a stand-up comic.
"Before comedy I went to Princeton," he said. "Then I went to law school; then I took psychedelic mushrooms; then I fought a dragon - and here we are ... Or are we?"
Indeed, no subject was too risqué for these performers; everything from sex, drugs, war, political debacles and the sexual orientation of Karl Rove were part of their satiric repartee.
The College Democrats hoped that mixing humor and politics would spur students' interest in the political arena.
"I think nowadays satire has the power to enthuse students with political fervor and inspire them to take action against political events or situations that they may otherwise feel helpless about," senior College Democrats President Liz Pavle said.
"So often students at Colgate are turned off by what they assume will be a 'boring lecture.' If we can motivate students to make it to our events in the first place, then hopefully they will be motivated in the future to take interest in the College Democrats and the political party in general."
Junior College Democrats Treasurer Allie Weinreb concurred.
"One of the main reasons we had the event was to attract new members (especially the freshmen) as well as introduce politics in a lighter, more fun way," Weinreb said. "We are definitely trying to make the campus more politically active by having a wide variety of events that will attract many different kinds of people."
Self-described as "'Fair and Balanced,' in the Fox News sense," the performance seemed to lean a little to the left. Krespo expounded on the group's political affiliation.