Aaron Bonilla walked out in jeans and a casual collared shirt with a naked blow-up doll on his shoulders at 8:45 p.m. on Wednesday at the Spectrum Gallery, 1306 N. Wishon Ave. in Fresno. The program read: "A new comedy for the 21st century. Join a day in the life of Aaron Bonilla, a student making a living at the crazy friendly neighborhood Adult Superstar Emporium."

Whomever wrote the caption got the new comedy part right, but they forgot to add political bashing and crude religious jokes.

Bonilla, 25, is a student at Fresno City College majoring in theatre and hopes to be an actor one day. This one-man comedy show had the room to maximum capacity of 55, leaving the Rogue Performance Festival no other choice than to post a sold-out sign on the door. The location choice, the Spectrum Gallery, was a fairly little art gallery with walls painted gray, and only had room for a few rows of brown metal chairs, leaving others to stand against the wall.

To my amazement, when I entered the gallery 15 minutes before show time, the room was already filling with an older crowd of people from ages 30-50. Being my first time attending the Rogue Performance Festival, I was unsure what to expect. I was curious and uncomfortable. That feeling never left throughout the performance because of the uncertainty.

Bonilla decided to read a disclaimer at the beginning of the show, using every slang and cuss word imaginable to the human mind. His enthusiasm was radiant when he was presenting his material because he had the audience captivated but I was shocked. I didn't even know you can say things like that in public! Before he continued on with the show he made it known that President Bush was not to his liking. Maybe it was me being extremely naïve, but I knew I could expect some president bashing considering I was in the heart of the Tower District.

The audience was constantly roaring in laughter with his explanation of how he ended up doing his show in the Rogue. It began at a dinner party with Bonilla sharing stories of his job at an adult superstore and someone recommended he take his one-man show to the festival. I thought it was good he gave us an introduction to himself but when he was telling us about his childhood growing up in Coalinga, he consulted his notes. It was only five minutes into his show and he forgot what he was supposed to say. As an artist, I would imagine that improvisation was a key but that was not apparent in this show.

Bonilla wanted to set the mood for the audience so he played "Whore of the Rings, Part 2" on the television in the front of the room. From where I was sitting I was unable to see, but I heard enough moaning, screaming and sexual flirtatious laughter to create my own mental picture. He thought it would be good to give us a feel as to what it is like for him at work to smell and hear sex all day. He described his job of searching and cleaning the back rooms of the porn shop where people go to masturbate. "I clean the juices of life not the wastes," Bonilla said. He continued to describe stories of masturbation and the uses of different adult toys such as a large plastic white dildo and a vibrating penis ring. It was somewhat disturbing when people in the audience were nodding their head in agreement of the pleasure he described.

I found myself laughing at the sexual innuendos but Bonilla caught me off guard when he told a joke about Jesus and sex. I am not a very religious person but I do believe in higher power, and I felt violated and exposed while others were laughing. I sat in shocked disbelief. I was already uncomfortable, but after that joke I had no idea what would come out of his mouth next.

A review posted to the Rogue Festival website reads, "Twisted, disturbing, dirty, sick and entertaining as hell. Jokes that make you wince as well as chuckle at the demented audacity of it. Daring, bold and refreshing. Celebrates the humanity in universal perversion!" Another review disagreed by adding, "While an insightful comment on the hypocrisy of our society's relationship with pornography is long overdue, this is not it. The artist needs to abandon the predictable and obvious shock' approach and adopt something smarter."

Bonilla brings to light a new view on porn stores. However, he enjoys his job and finds it very liberating. "The hippies had it right when they said free love," Bonilla said. He enjoys his place of employment and added that he has learned a lot. "I learned that society likes freaky sex."

I commend and applaud Bonilla on his ambition to present a subject so many people are embarrassed to talk about. The audience was all laughing at one point or another during the show because whether people like to admit it or not, people are all sexual beings.

If interested in seeing Aaron Bonilla, he will be doing a final show at 10 p.m. on Friday, March 10 at the Spectrum Gallery. The cost of the show is $4 and all proceeds go directly to the artist.