Blog by Sumana Harihareswara, Changeset founder
Tonight's open mic went well and badly. The audience…
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Tonight's open mic went well and badly. The audience actually came with me when I started, "I'm reading a self-help book. It's called The Prince." However, later I was a jerk and partially enabled an ugly altercation between a comedian and an offended audience member. Sigh. Yes, I do have buttons you can press even if you're not my sister (whom I love very much!), and I made rude comments about the fact that I am an Indian, and that referring to American Indians as "Indians" just confuses.
Several other performers were very funny, although none quite achieved the same level of transcendent "what the?" as did my improv experiences this weekend; stay tuned.
