Reviews for Latino Comedy Project Performances
Review: Gentrif*cked by Latino Comedy Project
by Justin M. West
Published on February 04, 2023
Gentrif*cked and The Latino Comedy Project are hilarious in an era when satire feels like a dying art form. The LCP wields a flamethrower of satirical wit to roast rampant development and clueless Anglo hipsterism.
“It’s like music,” said Adrian Villegas, director of Gentrif*cked, following its penultimate performance last Friday. That’s a fair simile. The show’s deft comedic timing and polished ensemble never miss a beat, and the punches track almost non-stop through the entirety of its all-too-brief runtime. If “laughs per minute” is still any measure of a great comedic performance, Gentrif*cked is in rarefied air. It’s somewhat ironic that Villegas would compare the rhythm of his riotous, …
Review: ¡Estar Guars! by Latino Comedy Project
by Justin M. West
Published on May 04, 2022
This show is damn funny! Its acerbic wit is wild yet on-point. Buy a ticket and go see it. Period. And bring a conservative friend. Make 'em squirm.
Just in case you’re the type who reads only the first paragraph to get the gist, then let me put it all above the fold for you: This show is damn funny! Its acerbic wit is wild yet on-point and just as relevant now as in 2019 at the Ground Floor Theatre. Maybe a bit more so. Buy a ticket and go see it. Period. And bring a conservative friend. Make 'em squirm. I …
Review: El Channel by Latino Comedy Project
by Michael Meigs
Published on September 01, 2009
Dumb potty jokes and stupid wiggly sex jokes abound. Karinna Pérez plays a naive young thing who just can't understand why a man would want to get into her "empañada."
I had expected to like this show a lot more than I did.I'd seen and really appreciated the clever videos spots in which Guillermo Deleon as the "BC -- born citizen" compares notes with Adrian Villegas, as the "Mex" illegal. You can catch them either at the Latino Comedy Project website or on YouTube. They ran on MTV and they've been nominated for an Emmy award.In those one-minute sketches, each gets to shine. For example, …