The Onion Editors: Satirical Newspaper's Staff Speaks at UCLA's Royce Hall
Royce Hall at UCLA (340 Royce Drive Los Angeles, CA 90095)
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The last date listed for The Onion Editors was Thursday February 10, 2011 / 8:00pm.
Goldstar Member Tips
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Goldstar Member on Where to Eat
Eat first
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Goldstar Member on What to Wear
Casual
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Rob on Where to Park
Get there a little early as campus traffic is a little bit of a pain and not super close
4 Goldstar Member Reviews
Squeeshroom
It was fun. Didn't know what to expect. Basically two of the editors stood on stage read headlines, told some stories, and led a Q. & A. session. The audience questions were a bit awkward, and some were a train wreck - which was quite awesome in an uncomfortable kind of way. You know, like when your drunk uncle starts telling innapropriate jokes at the dinner table while the kids and grandma pretend not to listen. Actually, I take that back. It wasn't quite that entertaining... but our friends liked it. Our Goldclass seats were fantastic.Written on Feb 13 2011
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Helen Starlight
We enjoyed the performance, and I also agree that the editors, as fine as they are not professional actors.Written on Feb 11 2011
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Rob
It was great, if not for Goldstar, it would have slipped by me. The editors that came from the Onion seemed to be funny men, funny writers, but not necessarily refined performers. This was not a negative, but actually enhanced the performance. It seemed that much more real, the slide show presentation and observations made seemed to be in the moment. If they tour through again, I will be buying my tickets right away as well as for friends.Written on Feb 11 2011
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Goldstar Member
The first two-thirds of the presentation was great, but of course it was essentially examples from The Onion itself. Once the evening turned to Q&A's, it wasn't that interesting or informative.Written on Feb 11 2011
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More Information About The Onion Editors
Website
http://www.uclalive.org/calendar/event_detail.asp?id=36
Quotes & Highlights
- Read The Onion at its website.
Description
Deadpan satire and journalistic skill collide in the phenomenon that is The Onion. Founded in 1988 at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, the “fake news” newspaper is the notable precursor to such biting, faux-news programs as The Daily Show and The Colbert Report.
Last year, The Onion News Network, an online send-up of 24-hour cable TV news, was named a Peabody Award winner and praised as “hilarious, trenchant and not infrequently hard to distinguish from the real thing.” Join current Onion editor Joe Randazzo and fellow staffers for a multimedia discussion on the state of media, politics and pop culture as they offer up insight into how the paper’s culture-skewering stories and hilarious headlines are created.
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