La Vida Yaya

Welcome to my list of art, theatre, and film blog posts. Enjoy! Striking artwork by George Yepes. Heriberto Luna Tuesday, May 29, 2012 John Leguizamo Sunday, October 2, 2011 Free Museum Day Chart   Thursday, May 20, 2010 LA Arts Month   Tuesday, January 5, 2010 La Virgen de Guadalupe, Dios Inantzin   Monday, November 30, 2009 George Yepes   Saturday, October 17, 2009 Central Ave and Beyond - Mayme Clayton Library   Monday, September 21, 2009 HBO's Which Way Home Friday, September 18, 2009 Chimaya Art Gallery Saturday, September 12, 2009

I had the pleasure of seeing John Leguizamo's Ghetto Klown tonight at the Ricardo Montalban Theatre in Hollywood. I -could- not- stop- laughing. From start to finish, it was comedy but not the slapstick comedy criticizing things he observes about the outside world as most comedians do (think Seinfeld). It was John looking at himself, his internal struggle with life (as we can all relate), in a very open and honest way. As a fan of his films, I loved his imitations of Al Pachino, Patrick Swayze, and Steven Segal. To Wong Foo was just on last night so I stayed up to watch. He made such a good-looking woman that his best friend hit on him thinking he was a real Cha Cha from the hood. He talked about landing his first tv role as a Colombian drug lord in Miami Vice, getting slapped around by Sean Penn, his first love, his daddy issues-and boy does he have daddy issues-, and the loving advice from his wise grandfather. Spot on imitations, and his fun and funky period dances (70s, 80s, ...