Frangela amuses students through social commentary, political satire, personal experiences, pure attitude
Frangela, comedic duo and best friends, brought laughter as well as a message of respect during their performance
Wednesday evening.
“I thought those girls were ride-to-die b!****s,” said Jordan Ferraro, 18, theat.
ASNIC Student Events hosted the two stand-up comedians, Frances Callier and Angela V. Shelton, with the combined name of “Frangela.” The two have been involved with numerous TV and radio shows, most notably VH1’s “Best Week Ever” and the 2009 movie “He’s Just Not That Into You.” They can be seen weekly on Twentieth Century Fox’s new show “Wedlock or Deadlock.” The duo also wrote and and starred in the award winning show “Hey Monie.”
When the NIC show began Frangela’s humor took a political tone through the many perspectives of today’s society.
One joke represented free will. They stated how it is so wonderful to live in the United States because one is allowed to have all the opinions one wants, but when it comes to hate, only in one’s home. Once you step out into society though, one needs to be a civil human being.
“I thought Frangela was great,” said Amanda Behringer, 26, business administration. “They were extremely down-to-earth in a way that if you met them at a bar you would become best friends with them right away.”
The twosome have been in stand-up comedy for about five years. They met when they moved into the same apartment complex where many performers of “The Second City” (an improvisational comedy enterprise in downtown Chicago) lived.
The first week that Angela moved in, they ran into each other in the hallway of the building and did the awkward first friend date thing like “want to go to a movie?” Since then they have been inseparable.
They have toured all over Idaho, Washington and Montana and developed more than enough real-life experience for their comedy act. One such instance was the time Frances was pulled over because the police thought a child was driving.
“This country is heightist!” joked Angela.
Or the inability most people have at telling them apart.
“My husband called me Angela,” said Frances.
“My shrink called me Frances – I think that’s worse,” joked Angela.
Much of Frangela’s humor was commentary on American society and its modern issues.
“They were awesome,” said Amber LaVigne, 26, environmental science and engineering. “My favorite joke was when they said that it seems like people are afraid they will get accidentally gay married…it’s not like you’re going to be sitting in a restaurant and they bring you a lesbian instead of a sandwich. Out of all jokes that was the one made me laugh until I couldn’t breathe.”
Frangela incorporated messages of respect and responsibility throughout the hilarious performance.
“We, as Americans, are fond of lying to ourselves,” said the pair. “One of the lies we tell ourselves is ‘I live an active lifestyle,’ while we eat pasta and bread bowls in bed while watching “Jersey Shore” marathons….The worst kind of lie is the lie that you tell yourself.”
After the performance, students gathered around to take pictures and ask the duo many questions about their career and background.
For information about the event or upcoming events contact ASNIC Student Events by email at asnic_events@nic.edu.
