I wrote a page on a strange experience I had a few years back in Barcelona. It’s called “This Is Where We Burn the Jews“. Enjoy and comment if you wish.
My old NYC comedy pal Becky Donahue read my last post on the yellow “chinaman” makeup and hepped me to this now legendary incident, which somehow missed my radar when it happened. I don’t know how I could have been so distracted. I must’ve been busy arguing with white Europeans about the existence of racism.
I’ve [...]
I just couldn’t help myself.
So here’s my answer to someone’s earlier question, “If a black mammy costume is racist, why isn’t it racist to dress like a ‘Chinaman’?”
Um, it is. Duh.
I can just imagine the conversations in the packaging department of the makeup factory. “This piss-yellow face paint sucks! Who wants to paint their face [...]
Not too long ago, in an interview with BTV, I was asked, “Who are your favorite Barcelona comedians?”
What?? Bitch, you serious? My favorite Barcelona comedians? Like, are there any?
That’s when I realized I had to get off my ass and start talking about my favorite comedians. And no, they’re not from Barcelona. For fuck’s sake.
There [...]
From the Jim Crow Museum of Racist Memorabilia
What a shitstorm I’ve stirred up with my post on the racist Carnaval costumes.
The thing is, I kind of expected it. I know white people hate being called on their racism… or their denial of it.
The reactions, ranging from defensiveness to anger, awaken a sense of deja-vu in [...]
It’s Carnival time in Barcelona, and you know what that means: TIME TO PUT ON THE BLACKFACE!!
Oh, it doesn’t in your part of the world? Well… my bad.
I’ve been here for five years now, and I still can’t get used to it. It’s like taking a trip back in time, in the most horribly embarrassing [...]
One of the most emblematic performances by Odetta, “Waterboy”. It’s very hard for me to watch this without crying. (Sorry, the whole clip isn’t available to me.)
Have you ever seen an artist convey so much tragedy in such stark, simple conditions? A woman, a guitar, a spotlight.
If I were a theater teacher, I would [...]
Hey kids! Esta noche en el Teatro Llantiol de Barcelona, hago mi show de comedia, “Cómo ser feliz todo el tiempo”. (Si, está en castellano.) Si queréis venir, recomiendo que hagáis una reserva, porque anticipo un teatro lleno esta noche.
Aquí tenéis un nuevo video:
I still can’t get over the difference between the two American Presidents. It’s like night and day.
The other day we all found out that, in 2002, the Bush Administration had seriously considered allowing the MILITARY to arrest American citizens on American soil.
Wow.
Dick Cheney was pushing the idea — naturally — of military action against Americans [...]
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