Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life - Logo and Link Home.
Search:     
navigation bar dropshadow.
spacer alignment.
spacer alignment.
Comedian Comes to UI Campus
March 02, 2004
Comments (0) | Add | E-mail this to a friend

A mixture of shouts, squirms, and laughter filled the IMU as the king of "good bad taste" walked a fine line between offensive and obscene with jokes about Mother Teresa, Third World countries, and Jesus Christ on Wednesday.

Approximately 600 people gathered for "Did You Hear the One About the Bigot?" a stand-up comedy routine by John Waters, the director of such controversial films as Hairspray, Pecker, and Cecil B. Demented.

"I'm wondering if people will start seeing The Passion dressed like Jesus shouting out the lines," Waters said, wearing an outlandish suit jacket and bearing his trademark mustache. "It'll be the new Rocky Horror Picture Show."

Read the full story>>




Post Public Comment:

RE: Comedian Comes to UI Campus

Name (will be displayed if comment is posted):

Your E-mail (will not be displayed): * Required Field

 

Public Comments (up to 500 characters): * Required Field 


 


spacer alignment. spacer alignment.
Content area dropshadow.
spacer alignment.