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Title: Culture Clash: Life, Death and Revolutionary Comedy: The Mission, a Bowl of Bings, Radio Mambo by Richard Montoya, Culture Clash, Ric Salinas, Herbert Siguenza, Culture Clash (Comedy Troupe), Ricardo Salinas ISBN: 1559361395 Publisher: Theatre Communications Group Pub. Date: June, 1998 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.5
Rating: 5
Summary: Culture Clash's most memorable work to date.
Comment: (Hee, hee, hee.) Psss...t! (Hee, hee, hee.) Wanna hear somethin' funny? Culture Clash. The book presents their most memorable work to date, although the point can be easily argued (e.g., at the Japan America Theatre, their wickedly hilarious, cathartic "S.O.S." following the mop-up of the L.A. Riots/Rebellion/African-Korean Turf Wars). "The Mission" (1988), "A Bowl of Beings" (1991), and "Radio Mambo: Culture Clash Invades Miami" (1994) are the published plays. Japanese-American playwright Philip Kan Gotanda introduces the Chicano comedy troupe--Herbert Siguenza, Ric Salinas, Richard Montoya--in a 9-pg. transcribed interview, covering the education and work experience of each member, group evolution, collective creation, and comedy group alliances. A 4-pg. glossary of bicultural terms/refs. can be found in front. Each play is prefaced by a different member of the group. BW production photos give the reader the illusion of watching the show in between script consultations.
I haven't seen "The Mission" yet, but I've caught other shows and benefits they've done, enough so that I could hear C.C. talking in my head as I read through the script. Weird. Lalo Guerrero's song "No Chicanos on TV" pretty much summarizes what this play is about and how desperate out-of-work actors can get, in this case kidnapping Julio Iglesias for their 15 minutes of fame. There's also some irreverent stuff (I didn't say irrelevant) about Father Junipero Serra.
"A Bowl of Beings" premiered at the Los Angeles Theatre Center in July 1991; it was the first time I saw them. I watched "Bowl" on PBS the following March and saw it yet again that October at Univ. of Calif., San Diego. My favorite part of the show is "Chicano on the Storm," where Richard is stuck in a straitjacket vomiting his multicultural nightmare.
"Radio Mambo," created from videotaped interviews with Miami residents, made me fall back in love with C.C. Their tremendous talents as performers were spotlighted as they had to go beyond the parameters of their usual stock characters. I caught "Mambo" at South Coast Rep's Second Stage in July 1996. The intimate setting worked for the play. It's a show whose power is in the close up--of the performer and the performed.
Rating: 4
Summary: hahaha
Comment: Culture clash is a collection of 3 plays that analyzes the complexites of race relations in America. Humor is the guise which coats the deeper issues that is brought up by the trio. This book can be enjoyed in numerous levels.
Rating: 5
Summary: If you like Culture Clash this libro is for you!
Comment: This books provides a written guide to the hilarious stage antics and dead serious social commentary of this comedy trio. Richard, Rick and Herbert have that strange ability to make you laugh out loud then make look over your shoulder wondering whether you should. Those fortunate enough to have experienced Culture Clash will recognize where the improv begins and ends. This book gave me the opportunity to revist the many places these guys took me, at my own paso.
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Title: Zoot Suit and Other Plays by Luis Valdez ISBN: 1558850481 Publisher: Arte Publico Pr Pub. Date: February, 1992 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: El Teatro Campesino: Theater in the Chicano Movement by Yolanda Broyles-Gonzalez, Yolanda Broyles-Conzalez ISBN: 0292708017 Publisher: Univ of Texas Pr Pub. Date: October, 1994 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: Luis Valdez Early Works: Actos, Bernabe and Pensamiento Serpentino by Luis Valdez, Teatro Campesino ISBN: 1558850031 Publisher: Arte Publico Pr Pub. Date: December, 1990 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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Title: Necessary Theater: Six Plays About the Chicano Experience by Jorge Huerta ISBN: 0934770956 Publisher: Players Press Pub. Date: July, 1989 List Price(USD): $17.00 |
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Title: How to Be a Chicana Role Model by Michele Serros ISBN: 1573228249 Publisher: Riverhead Books Pub. Date: 10 July, 2000 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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