Kachelle Pratcher
Blue & White Flash / Staff Writer
Popular comediennes Lav Luv, Ms. Dominique and Gary Owens brought laughter to the stage at the Jackson State University ‘One Nation Under the Blue’ annual comedy show.
Hosted by the Student Government Association, the show was held on Oct. 17 in the Rose E. McCoy Auditorium with a large audience turnout that including students, faculty, staff and alumni.
Willie Bell, a.k.a. DJ Willie B., a senior education major from Jackson, Miss., started the show off right with music that got the crowd hype while waiting for the show to start.
The host and first comedian to hit the stage was comedian Lav Luv who has appeared on BET’s “Comic View” and HBO’s “Def Comedy Jam”. He had the crowd roaring with laughter with jokes addressing his own college experience. He left the audience with a positive message of staying in school and having fun.
“Watching Lav Luv on stage was too crazy, I couldn’t believe he was actually here I was laughing so hard in my seat. This comedy show was well worth my money,” said Demonta Rule, a junior mass communications major from Atlanta, Ga.
The next comedian to hit the stage was Ms. Dominique who came out dancing to the popular ‘Bands a Make Her Dance’ song. To see her dancing to the music had the crowd laughing uncontrollably. Ms. Dominique has been featured on HBO’s “Def Comedy Jam” and Comedy Central’s “Chapelle Show”.
Dominique’s jokes about campus police had the crowd screaming with laughter. She also addressed positive messages like voting, partying smart and enjoying life.
“This comedy show was really funny, I can’t even explain how much of a good time I had here tonight,” said sophomore Keisha Jones, a music major from Oxford, Miss.
Headlining this year’s show was comedian Gary Owen. Owen has also appeared on BET’s “Comic View”, sitcom “Tyler Perry House of Payne”, and movies “Little Man” and “Think Like a Man”. The crowd cheered and rose to their feet when Owen entered the stage. The crowd absolutely loved him he had everyone laughing so hard tears rolled down their face.
Owen’s performance was the most audience engaging of the night. He took questions from the audience and even joked about Jackson, Miss favorite word ‘Ju’. He also did the ‘Mohead Swag’ dance on stage and had tears of laughter flowing with his routine involving the deaf translator who kept up with his every word.
“I really enjoyed myself tonight. Gary Owen was hilarious when he was joking with the translator,” said Jalieya Brown, a freshman history and philosophy major from Greenville, Miss. “I’m happy I came because I really needed a good laugh.”
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