Humour Me’s The Coyote Ugly left the audience in splits with its hilarious take on Delhiites. Comedians Clifford Alfonso and Dhruv Sachdeva told Rupinder Kaur how city people are desperate to relax and chill
It was not a conventional man-at-a-mic stand up show, where the audience was a mere spectator. Humour Me’s The Coyote Ugly added much more fun by blending in some flirtatious dancing, Hollywood trailer voice-overs, freestyle singing/rapping and beer chugging contest for the ladies. ‘The Anglo Goan’ Clifford Alfonso along with his north Indian brother and the ‘Gunda of all Gurudwaras’, Dhruv Sachdeva presented the nit-witted, semi-sarcastic, deadpan comedy at Social in Hauz Khas Village.
Dhruv, the 26-year-old founder of Humour Me, said, “I wrote this show with Clifford, who is also the creative manager, on the Delhi scene which is about a bunch of coyotes on a lookout for women. We thought that we should make it experiential and fun. The last show had two of our other actors performing at The lalit but this time we though we should do it ourselves.”
Dhruv’s boisterous introduction as a true ‘24/7 pumping iron Dilliwala/Punjabi’ established a strong rapport with the audience. “This is how they connect or relate, it’s all about how you put the content out to the crowd. Its not like I’m being derogatory towards them because I’m taking a dig at myself so you might as well laugh along because we know that’s the truth,” he added.
Clifford (25) who is ripped for trying hard to be a Dilliwala gives a humorous account of his Goan father and Anglo-Indian mother’s bicker over chores followed by a spectacular voice-over of Transformers and Thor’s trailers and how the scenario would play out if the same voice-over artiste tries to woo women or sell a house.
He then took on the ‘fake American accent’ which many contract during their short-term visits to the US. The duo also presented a sketch on the ‘perception’ boys have when they are out drinking, and how they are perceived at large by the others i.e, ‘reality’.
Moving on, the bar then became the stage with alcohol being the perfect social lubricant to warm up the crowd. Clifford said, “It actually sets the stage. The idea is to to get them drunk, make them laugh at themselves”. But on the flipside with Delhi, Dhruv added, “People here are trying real hard to be chilled out. You go to cities like Pune and you see people are really relaxed and warm.”
On being asked whether the future performances will see new added elements, Clifford said, “We tailor the content according to the venue and our audience. Every bar has a different setup so it has to be conceptualised according to the space where we are performing.” Humour Me, which in the past directed the 7 Days to Wonderland, will be travelling with the shows to cities like Kolkata, Mumbai and Bengaluru soon.