Beks Battalion revealed on Friday, July 22, that while working at Comedy Bar, they discovered that some people take their jokes seriously.
During the press conference for Chad Kinis, MC Muah, and Lassy Marquez’s concert titled Beks 2 Beks 2 Beks, they said that offending a patron is expected when you are a stand-up comedian.
They even added it to their skit because of its recurrence.
“Kasi nagkaroon din ng mga biru-biruan na kapag may napikon, kahit abangan niyo ako sa labas, hindi kayo magtatagumpay. Kasi hindi po ako natutulog,” shared Lassy.
Maybe because of the severity of the joke, the comedian even made the customer wait until morning.
“Nag-abang talaga sa labas. Nakauwi ako umaga na,” he jest.
But to clarify, MC explained that if their joke was offensive to a particular individual, they stray away from that person to avoid aggravating them more.
“Pero kapag may napikon naman, hindi na namin tinitira. Iniiba na namin ang topic. Lalo na sa Comedy Bar, nilalapitan naman namin. Nagsasabi naman kami ng, ‘Uy! Pasensya ka na kung na-offend ka. Sorry. Tatandaan ka namin.'”
“Tsaka ang kinapikon niya kasi, isang grupo sila, ‘yung tawanan ng grupo niya,” added Lassy.
There were also instances where their manager was called to “reprimand” them.
“Mayroon po. Sinasabi sa manager. Tapos ang manager, pupunta sa dressing room, kakausapin kami. Pero inaano muna ng management eh, kung mag-uusap pa ba or hindi na. Pero marami pong napipikon din.”
Chad then stressed that it was a customer’s choice to enter a comedy bar and be made fun of. Stand-up comedians were there to entertain and not to be rude.
“Sa Comedy Bars naman po, bago kami magsimula, nagbi-briefing kami. Sinasabi namin na biruan lang, walang pikunan. So I think hindi na problema ng mga stand-up comedians kapag nasa loob ng comedy bars. Hindi naman namin kayo pinilit na pumasok. Kaya kami nagbibigay ng disclaimer sa umpisa na sana, kung nagbibiruan tayo walang pikunan. Kasi choice naman nila kung papasok o hindi.”
In the meantime, Beks Battalion will have its first-ever physical concert on August 26, to be held at the New Frontier Theater. For tickets, visit Ticketnet Online.
Beks 2 Beks 2 Beks guests are Vice Ganda, Bugoy Drilon, Daryl Ong, Michael Pangilinan, Zeinab Harake, Jelai Andres, Ate Guy, and Buboy Villar, among others.
