Last Saturday evening, Linfield hosted a comedy event in FML titled “Cometry” by Iggy Mwela and Esteban Gast.

They alternated between poetry by Iggy and stand-up by Esteban, keeping the audience laughing until the end.

Though the poetry was often heart-wrenchingly serious, Iggy interspersed comedic elements throughout his routine.

Esteban started his stand-up with questions about Linfield for the audience and used the answers to get a running start. He kept the crowd laughing with jokes about size of the college and how little we know about it.

Fred Meyer Lounge was deemed our living room as of Saturday night.

The second poem to take the stage spoke of issues Iggy dealt with as an adolescent such as girlfriends and family problems. As life happened, his relationship “flat lined” and he broke up with basketball.

Esteban came back on as “Estie,” an eight-year-old boy with a minion for a ball.

He chose a random audience member to be his father and used a game of catch as a pretext for asking advice about a girl. His “father” emphasized the importance of breathing “in through the nose and out through the mouth.”

A second audience member became his mother when Estie wondered how on earth his father had managed to find a wife.

In stark contrast to the hilarity of Estie, Iggy came back on with a grim poem about abuse in the family. He impressed upon the audience that the poem had a purpose.

His advice was that anyone in a similar situation should find someone to talk to and try to make a change in their life.

Also he likes marshmallows. There were several other hilarious and somewhat serious acts and they finished up the night with duo slam poem about Michael Jackson and his father.

Iggy and Esteban left the audience with lots to think about. The real question is, were they funny? In Esteban’s words, “the short answer is ‘yes;’ the long answer “Yeess.”