M.A.C.C 1st EGM

Bought a ticket to Douglas Lim's self produced (but audience-funded) comedy show, M.A.C.C. (Malaysian Association of Chinese Comedians) 1st EGM (Easy Going Meeting) when I was at the PJLA box office exactly a week ago for the heck of it. Needed some comedy and it's been two years since I last saw Douglas Lim do comedy. At the cost of RM36.08 (after the RM3 charge), it's practically a bargain :P

I sat right at the back of the room (where the spot lights weren't shining on), the whole time hoping that I don't have some giraffe sit in front of me. Fortunately, it wasn't full house so I managed to get an obstruction-free view from right at the back of the room in the end. Times like this I miss the elevated seating of both TAS and KLPac.

Audience turnout was pretty varied: There were angmos in the audience, whom I'm not sure if they got half the jokes or not. Old people... errr, senior citizens were also in attendance (though I'm not sure whether if it's performer's grandparents or not lah - could be...).

The VO spiel was (I thought) unnecessary, but to tie the political "theme" together, I guess they must.

Ticket and press said show starts at 9 p.m., but with Malaysian time it started 15 minutes later with Phoon Chi Ho who did the shortest set of the night. Kuah Jenhan came out dressed like an employee of BritishIndia. I know he's dressed for Deepavali, but only if he wore a different colour...

I get that one man shows are not easy to pull off, so Douglas roped in two young (and Chinese) comedians to do a short set each. Quite funny lah, the both of them.

They played him on stage with his (technically) one-hit wonder, the Kopitiam theme song, Empty Decorations that he sang with Chelsia back in the day. The main act (Douglas) was his usual English-educated, Chinaman self. There was material that I've not heard from him, and yes, he did rehash the "cool black guy" bit with the Timberlake/Timbaland example. I was laughing through most of his set. In the middle of his set, he sang a song about being Chinese in Malaysia (Yellow) in the tune of Beyonce's song, Halo. I spent all this time avoiding the song on the radio and here's Douglas Lim spoofing it for our entertainment. Adey.

* The content of the show was indeed mature and for people 16 and above. There was this couple who brought their young son (primary school age) to the show. Either they're stupid or they thought their kid was and wouldn't know any better. WTF.

* I still remember (when Kopitiam was still on TV, anyway) when we heard Douglas Lim was in my high school (of all schools; this was when I was Form Five), doing his trainee teacher stint, teaching the thirteen- and fourteen-year olds... or at least attempted to - I heard that he couldn't quite field the questions the kids were asking him about the show. Heh.