comedy

Taqueria bomber’s twisted plot terrorizes Taco Tuesday (video)

by GUSTACO NARANJERO May 8, 2012 Cultura
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There’s terrible trouble in the hood when a shiny new taco cart opens up just across the way from the funky old place. What to do? Taco! Taco! Taco! was the 2009 winner of the HBO/New York International Latino Film Festival Short Film Competition. From John Estrada.

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What’s good on TV tonight? Your CHiVO™ Champion Chows

by ASINON TIBI April 24, 2012 Cultura
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50 Minutos: Toothless tia with a headscarf flees a smoking village on a donkey cart and a softly-lit cute kid with a disability plays the chit out of a cello. Eduardo Burro offers a special tribute to Miguel Xoalis. Tosho Punto O: Danilo Tosh provides commentary on viral videos, society and celebrities from his Abuela’s [...]

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Dear Latinas: You are not allowed to make fun of yourselves

by SANTA ZIPPORAH DE LA CULPA April 9, 2012 Cultura
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In the future, Latinas like Sofia Vergara won’t be able to make fun of themselves on TV shows like SNL because it would be politically incorrect. Oh wait — that’s happening now! Here’s a Philadelphia blogger’s unfocused anti-Sofia rant we find perplexing:

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Laurel and Hardy are El Gordo y El Flaco in ‘El Flaco Va Al Dentista’

by CISCO N. IBER March 30, 2012 Cultura
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Is Will Ferrell — currently starring in Casa de Mi Padre — the first Anglo comic actor to make a Spanish-language comedy without knowing a word of Spanish? No guey! As you can see in this old movie clip, black and white jailbirds Oliver Hardy and Stan Laurel AKA El Gordo y El Flaco visited [...]

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My Bottom Line: ‘Casa De Mi Padre’ is (1) Funny and (2) Not racist

by Sara Inés Calderón March 29, 2012 Cultura
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Over the weekend I went with two guys to see Will Ferrell’s latest film, Casa De Mi Padre. The film stars several Mexican actors and was produced by a Latino production house. If you want the bottom line, here it is: I went into the movie with low expectations, but was surprised that it was funny, not [...]

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Meet America’s first Latino astronaut: José Jiménez

by Verdana Bold March 27, 2012 Cultura
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Just around the time actual Latino astronaut José Hernández was born, actor and comic Bill Dana (not a Latino) got famous playing José Jiménez, a sweet but dimwitted astronaut with a thick Latino accent. It was the beginning of the Space Race and astronauts were America’s new heroes, but the very idea of a Chicano [...]

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Will Ferrell sings? In Spanish? ‘Yo no se’ from ‘Casa de Mi Padre’

by Manila Envelopé March 9, 2012 Cultura
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Of course he sings in Spanish! The movie is IN Spanish! Wikipedia: Casa de Mi Padre (English: My Father’s House) is an upcoming Spanish-language American comedy film. The film stars Will Ferrell, Gael García Bernal, Diego Luna and Génesis Rodríguez with Matt Piedmont directing a screenplay written by Andrew Steele. The film has been described [...]

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Sh¡t Latinos Don’t Say (video)

by Mol Aguena February 23, 2012 Cultura
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“Oh Arizona! I love Jan Brewer!” — and more! Great video by BeingLatino.us.

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It’s Presidents Day: The good and the not so good (NSFW)

by Jimi Changa February 20, 2012 Cartoons
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The Good: George Washington’s birthday is a federal holiday celebrated on the third Monday of February in honor of George Washington, the first President of Los United Estates, AKA The Father of Our Country. Some people call it Presidents Day (sometimes spelled Presidents’ Day or President’s Day.) The Not So Good: Dave Chappelle isn’t so sure [...]

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60-Second Video: ‘Why I only date white chicks’ (NSFW)

by Comic Saenz February 15, 2012 Cultura
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Comedian Mike Robles only dates white chicas — and here’s why! (NSFW language.) OK, then, but what’s the deal with his shirt? 2006.

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