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Show _ _...._ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _. , __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ . ._ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 111119'""'.""" ., t. THE 87TH YEAR; NUMBER 33 SOlTIIERN lJTAl-f L'NIVERSITY, CEDAR CITY, UTAH TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1993 Starlight Club 'wildly funny' REVIEW BY BROOKLYN BUNKER Thunderbird Sraff Writer wThis is the whitest crowd I've ever seen," commented George Lopez as he surveyed the SUU Starlight Club audienc.e Thursday night. Lopez, a comedian who performed a wildly fu nny routine, hails from Los Angeles and ap~red at the Starlight Oub as a part ofThunderweek activities. His credentials include appearing on the Arsenio Hall show eight times, co-starring in the movie Ski Patrol, filming a recent commercial fur US West Communications, and performing on wrious comedy shows. • The event at SUU was well-attended, and Lopez proved to be well worth watching as he whirled through a plethora of jokes about racial stereocypes, celebrities and fast food. Being Mexican himself, most of Lopez's jokes dealt with the racial stereotypes projected on Mexicans, but he presented them in a humorous manner that demonstrated his ability to laugh at himself. He described the predicament of having everything in his horel rooms nailed down to prevent theft, including the television remote control, and created a cenario of a Mexican president and his cabinet deciding what to do with Saddam Hussein. "W e're doing a drive-by in Iraq," Lopez said. Also, Lopez talked a great deal about Mexican food, especially the little packets of salsa at McDonald's. "Just like my grandmother used to make, sniff, sniff," Lopez joked. Lopez poked a bit of fun at Utah and the Mormon community, describing how he performed at Brigham Young University and the reaction of students there. "I was drinking a Diet C.oke and they all followed me around saying, "What does it taste like?" The audienc.e laughed hysterically when he bellowed in a deep voice, "Welcome to U tah. Set your docks back 20 years." Other subjects that Lopez covered in his routine included President Bill Clinton, George and Barbara Bush, Michael Jackson, elderly drivers, "redneckst Ted Kennedy, gays in the military, bachelo rs, T aco Bell and women who snore-a wide wriety of entertaining topics that kept the audience laughing throughout the entire show. During the performanc.e, Lopez constantly paced the stage, claiming that he was about ro fall through at any moment, and fiddled with the tangled microphone cord. The audience roared at his exaggerated facial expressions and convincing impersonations throughout the show. Everyone enjoyed Lopez's act not just because it was humorous, but because he was able ro talk about controversial themes and demonstrate that he could make fun of himself. Most of Lopez' s jokes were quite well sprung, with the exception of a few that just didn't bring any laughs-but that's to be expected with a large audience with such diverse tastes in comedy. Overall, Thursday's Starlight Club was c.erta.inly worth attending and was a perfect event to include as part of SUU' s Thunderweek activities. Leo Tarpley, a freshman ph,sical therapy major, participated in the costume concest at Frida,'s World Tour activit). The World Tour also featured an aut.obahn race and food rep-resenting ...arious countries.Thunderweek activiries concluded with the LDSSA Sweetheart BaU Frid.a) and Student Ski Da) at Brian Head Sarurda,. Thunderweek 'a success,' s~ys SUUSA BY DARLENE STEPHENS Thunderbird Corresporuunc SUU's Thunderweek was another successful completion of fun and diverse activities, according to SUUSA leaders. Although some of the attendance at activities was low due to mid-terms, the majority drew in large crowds. One of the most popular events was the World Tour Wednesday. It had a casino-type atmosphere with pretend money. George Lopez' comedy show was also well-attended. Although there were expected large crowds at many of the events, some of the activities were planned to have a more intimate group setting, incl~ding the Dating Game. SU's imitation of the popular game show had one of the smaller crowds, but SUU leaders say it was just as entertaining and possibly more friendly and casual because of the size. "I was very pleased with all of the activities, especially Mr. and Miss SUV-everyone who attended had a lot of fun," said Usa Pearce, SUUSA activities vice president. Pearce did say she would change one thing about Thunderweek. She said she would re-schedule the dates of Thunderweek to avoid conflicting with students' mid-terms. Pearce adds that all of the events appear to be profitable, and the money that was made from the events was redistributed back into wrious accounts to be used for future activities. |