Daniel Packard performs his comedy and relationship advice shown in Baker University Center for the first day of sex week (Arielle Berger | For The Post).
A provocatively-themed event hosted by University Program Council dove into a humor based show on love and relationships Monday night.
?The Live Group Sex Therapy Show? kicked off at 7 p.m. in Baker Center Ballroom when 150 students sat in front of a stage to listen to comedian Daniel Packard start a discussion on images of love and self-worth.
Packard, who has travelled to 300 different college campuses to perform the show, started off the event with some sexual jokes and past experiences dealing with love. However, the show took an unexpected turn when he began asking the audience what love was, how people defined it and why they feared it.
?I think people don?t like who they are and that they blame themselves or others,? Packard said. ?They never learn to focus on what?s important, like having courage.?
Packard asked questions regarding fear and anger in relationships. Asking women and men if it was okay to judge one another on their actions in relationships as well as addressing topics of insecurities as well as the need for communication.
?Ladies, if you judge and disconnect from a man, you?ll miss out on a very nice guy,? he said. ?Men, love and listening mean the same thing to a woman. Covering up the fear keeps you from love.?
The show became interactive when Packard asked the audience to give input on perceptions of men and women in relationships. A live text stream during the show was used, showing different opinions on a projection that students had texted.
All the texts were anonymous, some examples of the texts that were sent included ?Marry me,? ?Men are stupid? and ?Will someone be my valentine??
Megan Scalf, live entertainment executive chair for UPC and a senior studying communications, said that the event went ?perfect.?
?I thought it was very successful,? she said. ?I think UPC will definitely consider doing a similar event next year.?
Student reactions were positive and some commented on the way Packard delivered humor along with addressing sensitive themes of relationships.
?It went fantastic,? said Kari Nickell, a senior studying strategic communications. ?I thought the audience was very receptive to what (Packard) was saying. I think the message was very empowering for women and men.?
After the show, Packard said that he hoped that Ohio University students will take a lesson out of his show.
?I think it went well,? he said. ?If anything I want them to learn to love themselves and to have courage in opening up about receiving love and not think they?re not worthy enough to receive it.?
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Source: http://thepost.ohiou.edu/content/interactive-comedy-fuels-discussion-love-and-fear
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