2008 Woodie Awards
Poets bring 'mayhem' to SRU
By Jaime Wright
Rocket Staff Writer
Issue date: 1/27/06 Section: Entertainment
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Poets Kyle Sutton, Mason Granger, and Scott Tarazevits are a comedic trio, who grew up in New Brunswick and Jersey City, New Jersey. Recent graduates of Rutger University, they have now been touring different colleges and universities for the past year. One of their greatest gigs has been at the Washington National Cathedral in Washington, D.C.
During college, Sutton spent time studying Spanish, while Granger studied psychology and Tarazevits studied journalism and theater.
The evening began with their opening rap, "Welcome to What You Want," which described in detail about their basic interests, which consisted of global problems, societal issues, sexuality, body image, and popular culture icons. Sutton was first to the microphone to discuss his favorite foods and tasty obsessions with his "Grocery Store Cipher."
As he mentioned, he loves hip-hop, so his rendition was entirely an improved rap. Granger also proclaimed his love for food with his "chicken rap," which was an aggressive, interactive proclamation of that "golden brown bastard I'd eat even faster..." Most of his emphasis was put forth through impersonating a chicken by tilting his head and shoulders back, while clucking like a chicken.
Another comment mentione later, while discussing diet habits, was "...bone structure is out of a giraffe." Indeed, their lyrics were "catchy" sayings and were also composed of unique kinds of diction and phrases that most of the audience could apply to their own lives.
One of the most appealing messages that Sutton and Tarazevits delivered was the ultimate game of "Team Violence" and "Team Peace." As if they were basketball commentators, both men delivered fast-talking "play action" of numerous issues, such as gay rights, religion, AIDS, morals, and things dealing with major concerns.
"Dunking their noses in cokes...as holes grow in the O-zone" and "...Violence has brought the H-bomb" were a few phrases highlighted from their routine. Hearing all these things may have seemed as if they were describing a world-dominated "Full Court Oppression." "Hitler on the inbound for Violence...and Vanity keeps checking himself out..."
Granger shared one of his poems from "his Lord," Dr. Seuss, and recited a few recognizable phrases from Green Eggs and Ham.
Another Granger-favorite was a monologue, which featured a very creative story about romance, which began over the Internet. He had discovered a girl he really liked through text messaging and through instant messaging, later realizing from his friend, Tarazevits, that "...it can't pass through broadband."
Sutton and Granger also teamed up to present a similar situation, mentioning, "Maybe we're not double-clicking anymore." This girl, as Granger had recalled, was the "apple of my iPod."
If you thought the previous skit was hilarious, Sutton's "Performance Anxiety" discussed his dilemmas about being a man. "Viagra works, right?"
In their finale, Granger and Tarazevits completed a mini skit about Granger's colon rectum inspection and how he gives deep respect to anyone who has to look at butts all day.
