Tricky comedian brings magic moments to campus
Written by Dawn-Marie Parker, Sep 27, 2011, 0 Comments
Magician Michael Kent brought a mix of sarcasm and sleight of hand to Davis Hall on Sept. 21. “This trick is either going to make you tweet or poop. If you tweet, I’m @michaelkent; if you poop, I’m not involved,” Kent said.
The magician and comedian captivated the audience with his tricks and his blunt sense of humor had the crowd cracking up.
Kent interacted with the audience during his show, and performed a variety of tricks Wednesday night. For his rope trick, he called two people from the audience and asked them to each hold an end of a rope. He cut the rope, tied it together, then moved the knot and opened it at another point, all the while making sharp comments about the two volunteers.
He also did a card trick in which an audience member ended up finding their chosen card in a cooked chicken. As the young woman reached in with her hand to get her card, a sexy Marvin Gaye song started playing, getting laughs out of the crowd.
Kent told the audience how he came to be a magician and comedian. He said he was a nerd as a kid, and, through lack of a social life, fell into magic.
“It’s awesome because magic was something I wanted to do as a kid, and now I’m doing it almost every night,” he said.
Photo by Daniel Mutter
