Over the weekend, Adrian Villegas performed his one-man show Barrio Daze, featured in Cara Mía Theatre’s 2023 Latinidades Festival of Latinx Theatre. It uses...
The comedy brought out laughs while exploring issues like immigration, scapegoating and economic inequality.
The static of an old-school radio crackles across the stage as the fictional Chicano Power Radio KMEX-FM turns on.is a double-entendre that plays on the passage of time and confusion . The show follows nine characters in a barrio on Election Day., written in 1998, feels as timely as ever. It delves into issues like economic inequality, immigration, scapegoating, the teaching of history and the challenges of cultural assimilation.“People think I wrote it yesterday.
For Villegas, comedy and heavy subject matter go hand-in-hand. He said comedy is a way to speak the truth and open people to different emotions.So comedy can be a delivery vessel for really deep moments and deep insights and deep commentary for an audience,” Villegas said. “In a way, I feel like it makes the delivery of those heavier aspects more successful.”
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