Edgy Comedian Sean Larkins Visits Longwood

"Are you a virgin?" This was the question comedian Sean Larkins chose to open his act. It was a startling approach to the show and certainly one that neither I, nor the audience I believe, was expecting. He warned everyone not to let anyone pressure them into sex, but also said that he wasn't going to lie, it was pretty fun. While I understood where he was going with this question, trying to draw in the audience, I'm not convinced that it was the most appropriate question to ask.

He asked next who was a Christian. This is a bit of a safer question but still religion is also a touchy topic. He talked about how hard it was to stay Christian in college, and then went on to talk about "super Christians." He asked if there were any super Christians in the audience, which he explained is a Christian who smokes weed, has sex and is still a Christian. He then asked who smoked and who drank. His questions were blunt, and I doubt much of the audience answered honestly.

He talked about different nationalities in the audience. "Are there any Asians in here?" Two guys raised their hands. Daniel was from Korea and David was from Japan. After exclaiming that neither of these boys had Asian names he asked if their countries were fighting. I didn't particularly care for this joke; then again I'm not a big fan of jokes dealing with nationality in the first place.

His act was interesting and interactive. The audience was pretty small, so he was actually able to have conversations with audience members during the show. By asking the audience different questions he was not only able to pull them into the show, but he was also able to mesh the show to fit the audience. He started ragging on Farmville, saying that he went to the movies and "Jaws" and "Star Wars" were playing.

He gave the ladies in the audience a little lesson on being sophisticated. He warned to be discreet with tattoos because as cool as it may be now we could regret it later. Imagine being an 85-year-old woman walking into church with a tattoo with profanity on your neck. He also recommended that the ladies steer away from stripping.

"Girls, clap your hands like you just took a pregnancy test and it was negative," and the girls started to clap. "Now, guys, clap like you just found out that you aren't the father," and the guys clapped and hollered. He finished with one final sex joke: "One girl accused me of cheating. I hate it when I am accused of something. OK, so maybe I was cheating, but she didn't know that! It's not like she had proof or anything!" A majority of the audience didn't have a response to that final joke. He ended with, "Alright, so you guys didn't like that joke. That's OK. I would have to say this was one of my best shows. Maybe even better then the show I did on HBO."

The show was fairly funny but not at all what I would have expected from Lancer Productions. It was typical inappropriate college humor with a lot of sex and foul language. It was weird, though, to sit the ballroom of the student union and watch some guy stand up on a stage and talk about the kinds of things my friends and I would joke about in my dorm room. It was a good show, but the setting just wasn't right.