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Adam Mamawala to headline CAB's first comedy show of the semester
By Ghada Emish '19
September 1, 2016
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This coming Saturday, Sept. 3, CAB is hosting a show by standup comedian Adam Mamawala. The show will take place at 8 p.m. in the Fillius Events Barn.
Mamawala was born to an Indian father and, in his words, a “tiny” white woman from New Jersey. For this reason, he usually talks about his experience as a man with unidentifiable physical features and the way people react to his multi-racial background. The setting of Mamawala’s show is entertaining and culturally rich at the same time. His performance is a social window to a unique cultural background. Mamawala presents simple, everyday situations with thoughtful perspectives.
Mamawala’s profession as a standup comedian came out of the blue into his life. In an interview, he shares that during his freshman year at the College of New Jersey, he made humorous comments on a basketball game while hanging out with a group of his friends. This led to his trying his entertaining skills at an open mic night and from there Mamawala started taking standup comedy to the next level.
Mamawala combines jokes’ materials from his personal life and public trends. His comedy routine includes a GPS that produces different, strange accents. He has madea hilarious comments about Obama’s monotonic speeches, in an almost indifferent manner, on economic issues. Political comments of this sort are largely expected to be featured in Saturday’s show in light of the upcoming presidential elections. Mamawala’s strongest qualities are his charismatic and contagious smile, amusing presence and interestingly effortless manner in telling his jokes. In this sense, Mamawala’s attitude contributes to his comic sayings, making his jokes unforgettable.
One of comedy’s strongest traits remains to be the ability to talk about topics not normally publicly discussed in an open, yet tolerant manner and laugh on them. Mamawala’s originality in making jokes explicit yet un-edgy makes his comedy an intelligent humor, not fleeting joke. Saturday night’s performance is anticipated to be a compelling and refreshing break from studying.