Some of the more extreme moments - including caressing football coach Jeff Jagodzinski's face before kissing him on the forehead during his closing number - added to the hilarity of the night, but some of them perhaps pushed the envelope.
Touching on homosexuality, various races, and mentally challenged people, some elements of the act were reminiscent of D.L. Hughley's performance at BC in 2005, which resulted in a small amount of student outcry. "As far as a comedy show goes, you never know what you're going to get," Reisenwitz said. "It's a risk that you take with events like these."
Nevertheless, students thoroughly enjoyed the show, as evidenced by the sustained laughter over a two-hour period. "I thought they were all brilliant. I was stunned to see Will Ferrell's prowess as a ninja, and the rendition of Little Orphan Annie's song brought tears to my eyes," said Lauren Wolahan, A&S '10.
Sievers said last night was the "big" event for the spring. "There are some other things that we have thought up that will be revealed in the next week or two," he said. "There will be a few of the other traditional events for the spring, but this was definitely our big act."
Given how large the act was, however, it did not come cheap. Due to the fact that the UGBC has not been billed yet for the event, exact numbers could not be released, but Reisenwitz said that it was more expensive than Kanye's $150,000 show.
The UGBC has never broken even from sales for the shows that come to BC, Sievers said, so this was a major expense for them, despite the successful ticket sales.
Reisenwitz also noted that it was especially costly for the UGBC because, in an attempt to keep ticket prices on the low end, they compensated with their finances.
"The tickets for the shows at the other schools that the tour stopped at were 10, 15 dollars more expensive than ours, and they were made available to the public," Reisenwitz said. "In order to keep our ticket prices down, we created a budget that would absorb the hit. So yeah, it cost us a lot, but we planned for this."
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