Uptown Showdown: Brains vs. Beauty

Beauty fades, but nobody swipes right after seeing your 120 I.Q. In this knock-down, drag-out comedic debate with two teams of comics. Aparna Nancherla (Selected Shorts: Too Hot for Radio), Phoebe Robinson (2 Dope Queens), Melissa Villaseñor (Saturday Night Live), Joel Kim Booster (Conan), Chris Duffy (You’re the Expert), and Matteo Lane (Girl Code) go head-to-head to determine which makes better people–cleverness or comeliness. Whether you walk in feeling like a smart cookie or eye candy, after this witty war of words you’ll know whether it’s better to grasp the ineffable or just be effable.

You never know what to expect at this bi-monthly, wacky debate series that brings together two teams of comedians, writers and performers to argue a chosen topic, such as which pet is superior cats or dogs and is it better to be comfortable or fashionable? Debaters will argue these lingering questions, drawing from historical fact and personal-opinion in equal measure, and with plenty of silliness and audience participation. Forget about school reform and health care, these issues, heatedly argued by some of the funniest, smartest, intensely wacky creative thinkers around, are the topics that keep us awake at night…in a good way. Winner decided by the audience.











When: Sun., Nov. 22, 2015 at 8:00 pm
Where: Symphony Space
2537 Broadway
212-864-1414
Price: $15
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Beauty fades, but nobody swipes right after seeing your 120 I.Q. In this knock-down, drag-out comedic debate with two teams of comics. Aparna Nancherla (Selected Shorts: Too Hot for Radio), Phoebe Robinson (2 Dope Queens), Melissa Villaseñor (Saturday Night Live), Joel Kim Booster (Conan), Chris Duffy (You’re the Expert), and Matteo Lane (Girl Code) go head-to-head to determine which makes better people–cleverness or comeliness. Whether you walk in feeling like a smart cookie or eye candy, after this witty war of words you’ll know whether it’s better to grasp the ineffable or just be effable.

You never know what to expect at this bi-monthly, wacky debate series that brings together two teams of comedians, writers and performers to argue a chosen topic, such as which pet is superior cats or dogs and is it better to be comfortable or fashionable? Debaters will argue these lingering questions, drawing from historical fact and personal-opinion in equal measure, and with plenty of silliness and audience participation. Forget about school reform and health care, these issues, heatedly argued by some of the funniest, smartest, intensely wacky creative thinkers around, are the topics that keep us awake at night…in a good way. Winner decided by the audience.

Buy tickets/get more info now