Broken Glass brings a flute, comedy routine to campus

  EDWARD LIN/Daily Bruin Senior Staff Broken
Glass, a freelance comedian, makes his routine stop on
Bruin Walk to perform improvisational comedy about blunts and
women.

By David Holmberg and Suneal Kolluri
Daily Bruin Senior Staff

Accepted societal conventions and moral uprightness shattered on
Bruin Walk Wednesday as Broken Glass busted out his flute and blunt
humor on the unsuspecting student body.

“We got human rights, we got civil rights and on top of
that you want gay rights ““ you want extra rights,” he
said during his performance on Bruin Walk. “Uh uh, screw
that, I want heterosexual rights. Are you feeling me? Ladies and
gentleman, I think Sunday we should all go down to Venice Beach and
have a Heterosexual Day Parade.”

Broken Glass came from New Jersey two years ago in hopes of
finding his big break in Hollywood. He now performs once a week on
Bruin Walk on either Wednesday or Friday, and also nightly at
Venice Beach.

“I go home every five months to see my family, because
I’m out here by myself. I wanted it that bad, I wanted to try
and establish something, and I have to be close to the
business,” he said.

Broken Glass improvises jokes about current events, women, men,
marijuana and other material with a sharper edge.

But how much pot does Broken Glass really smoke?

“Not enough actually,” he explained. “I smoke
every chance I get, but then when I’m doin’ comedy you
know I got to wait till I’m finished. As soon as I’m
done, I’m ready to burn one! If I smoked as much as I talk
about, I’d never get anything done.”

Broken Glass considers Eddie Murphy one of his primary
influences, but he doesn’t necessarily try to emulate
Murphy’s style.

“Eddie Murphy is the funniest comedian ever. And I realize
I will never be that funny. So I went just the opposite direction.
I’m not funny, everything I talk it is real and serious …
but people still laugh.”

People may also be laughing at the recorder he plays between
jokes, adding what could be considered a musical element to his
performance.

“A friend of mine gave it to me a while ago,” he
said. “And what I use it for is to give my voice a rest … I
basically play the same thing over and over again.”