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Tonight, I was invited to Synergy, which I have been told is the first all Christian comedy club in the US (I'm doubting that, but we'll let it go for now). I would not have normally gone, but the sheer novelty of it caught my attention. The Washington Post did a write-up on the club not too long ago.
The venue was very, very rough (I'd suspect that the particularly primary color blue paint was still drying on the walls) -- basically a empty slot in a strip mall with hard back chairs for the audience (if you go, be forewarned. Not all that comfortable). There's no cover, but they do take up a donation in the middle of the show.
The opening comic/host was actually decent. Sean Sarvis had a decent run as a secular comic for a while (before he got his religion), so he had some decent material and good instincts. The middle performer (who I think was named Platinum) was a complete waste. She used hackneyed material with not much in the way of delivery. The closer (Marcus Wiley) had an unusual style (as well as some odder topics), but he was effective.
There was nothing at this show that I would have been even slightly bothered to watch with my mother. "No offending" should probably be the slogan of the club. Aside from the Christian culture in which a good number of jokes were steeped, the material would not have been out of place in a Bob Hope special, or at a Disney theme park. Brett Leake would have fit in perfectly at this place. I rather doubt I'll ever go back, but it was an interesting experience for at least one go 'round.
Posted by Casper at July 23, 2004 10:23 PM