For Mental Health Awareness Month, we asked Latine comedians and creators we admire how comedy has supported them in overcoming trauma and confronting life's most significant challenges. Read the pieces here.
Fabrizio Copano, a rising star in the world of stand-up comedy, isn't your typical Latine comic. His journey, shaped by his Chilean upbringing under a pos-dictatorship and his subsequent disillusionment with the American Dream, fuels a unique comedic perspective that tackles serious political and cultural themes.
Copano's early life in Chile was marked by the tail-end of political turmoil. Growing up, he witnessed firsthand the harsh repercussions of Augusto Pinochet's dictatorship, a period characterized by repression, human rights abuses, and a stifling political climate. This experience undoubtedly contrasts the idealized image of the US he received through the media.
"Chile is very Americanized in certain ways, and we look up [to] the US," Copano says. "The culture shock was...
Fabrizio Copano, a rising star in the world of stand-up comedy, isn't your typical Latine comic. His journey, shaped by his Chilean upbringing under a pos-dictatorship and his subsequent disillusionment with the American Dream, fuels a unique comedic perspective that tackles serious political and cultural themes.
Copano's early life in Chile was marked by the tail-end of political turmoil. Growing up, he witnessed firsthand the harsh repercussions of Augusto Pinochet's dictatorship, a period characterized by repression, human rights abuses, and a stifling political climate. This experience undoubtedly contrasts the idealized image of the US he received through the media.
"Chile is very Americanized in certain ways, and we look up [to] the US," Copano says. "The culture shock was...
- 5/6/2024
- by Kimmy Dole
- Popsugar.com
Exclusive: Just For Laughs Montréal on Monday took the wraps off its annual New Faces of Comedy list for 2022, a group of 62 up-and-coming comics that have been selected to participate in Jfl’s showcases later this month.
The New Faces showcases have identified and helped launch many new comics since its creation in 1994, including the likes of Kevin Hart, Mike Birbiglia, Amy Schumer, Jo Koy, Pete Holmes, Kumail Nanjiani, Colin Jost, DeAnne Smith and Taylor Tomlinson among many more. See the full list of this year’s comics below.
This year’s showcases will roll out this week across in multiple events, with New Faces of Comedy hosted by Holmes on Wednesday. Others on the main list of faces will participate in New Faces of Comedy: Creators (hosted by podcasters Jake Hurwitz and Amir Blumenfeld), New Faces of Comedy: Unrepped (also hosted by Holmes), New Faces of Comedy: Canada (hosted...
The New Faces showcases have identified and helped launch many new comics since its creation in 1994, including the likes of Kevin Hart, Mike Birbiglia, Amy Schumer, Jo Koy, Pete Holmes, Kumail Nanjiani, Colin Jost, DeAnne Smith and Taylor Tomlinson among many more. See the full list of this year’s comics below.
This year’s showcases will roll out this week across in multiple events, with New Faces of Comedy hosted by Holmes on Wednesday. Others on the main list of faces will participate in New Faces of Comedy: Creators (hosted by podcasters Jake Hurwitz and Amir Blumenfeld), New Faces of Comedy: Unrepped (also hosted by Holmes), New Faces of Comedy: Canada (hosted...
- 7/25/2022
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
Get ready to laugh, Los Angeles: Netflix’s comedy brand, Netflix Is a Joke, will host a week-long comedy festival starting in April.
Entitled “Netflix Is a Joke Fest,” the festival will take place across over 20 venues in Los Angeles, including the Hollywood Bowl, Greek Theatre, Hollywood Palladium and The Largo, between April 27 and May 3. Produced by Netflix in association with Live Nation, it will feature some of the best in today’s standup performing, as well as paying homage to comedy legends.
Some of the performers taking part are Dave Chapelle, Martin Lawrence, David Letterman, Ali Wong, Wanda Sykes, Amy Schumer, Pete Davidson, Kevin Hart and more.
But more importantly for the festival, Netflix is also partnering with Comedy Gives Back, a nonprofit organization whose mission is to create a safety net for comedians in need with mental health, medical and financial crisis support. During the festival, Comedy Gives...
Entitled “Netflix Is a Joke Fest,” the festival will take place across over 20 venues in Los Angeles, including the Hollywood Bowl, Greek Theatre, Hollywood Palladium and The Largo, between April 27 and May 3. Produced by Netflix in association with Live Nation, it will feature some of the best in today’s standup performing, as well as paying homage to comedy legends.
Some of the performers taking part are Dave Chapelle, Martin Lawrence, David Letterman, Ali Wong, Wanda Sykes, Amy Schumer, Pete Davidson, Kevin Hart and more.
But more importantly for the festival, Netflix is also partnering with Comedy Gives Back, a nonprofit organization whose mission is to create a safety net for comedians in need with mental health, medical and financial crisis support. During the festival, Comedy Gives...
- 3/2/2020
- by Danielle Turchiano
- Variety Film + TV
In today’s roundup, Showtime debuts a trailer for its upcoming drama “City on a Hill,” and MSNBC expands into weekend programming with “Saturday Night Politics With Donny Deutsch.”
Dates:
MSNBC‘s “Saturday Night Politics With Donny Deutsch” will premiere this Saturday, May 4 at 8 p.m. Et. The new program, which is part of the network’s expansion into weekend programming, will be hosted by Deutsch as he conducts one-on-one interviews with politicians and newsmakers. Saturday’s premiere will feature an interview with Mayor Pete Buttigieg.
First Looks:
Showtime has released the first trailer for its upcoming drama series “City on a Hill.” The Boston-set original, starring Kevin Bacon and Aldis Hodge, premieres June 16 and follows an assistant district attorney and a seasoned FBI vet as they work to combat the crime-riddled city. Created and executive produced by Chuck MacLean, the much-anticipated series also stars Jonathan Tucker (“Kingdom”), Mark O...
Dates:
MSNBC‘s “Saturday Night Politics With Donny Deutsch” will premiere this Saturday, May 4 at 8 p.m. Et. The new program, which is part of the network’s expansion into weekend programming, will be hosted by Deutsch as he conducts one-on-one interviews with politicians and newsmakers. Saturday’s premiere will feature an interview with Mayor Pete Buttigieg.
First Looks:
Showtime has released the first trailer for its upcoming drama series “City on a Hill.” The Boston-set original, starring Kevin Bacon and Aldis Hodge, premieres June 16 and follows an assistant district attorney and a seasoned FBI vet as they work to combat the crime-riddled city. Created and executive produced by Chuck MacLean, the much-anticipated series also stars Jonathan Tucker (“Kingdom”), Mark O...
- 5/3/2019
- by Anna Tingley
- Variety Film + TV
Lorne Michaels launched the careers of Fred Armisen and Horatio Sanz, and now Michaels, Armisen, and Sanz want to do the same thing for you — as long as you are a Latino writer or comedian who has enough experience in the industry not to have to pitch unsolicited material to their new venture, Más Mejor, an internet studio the trio launched in the hopes of cultivating Latino talent. The project's current roster includes The Office's Oscar Nuñez and Reno 911's Carlos Alazraqui, and the sketch group Room 28, plus comedians like Fabrizio Copano, Sofia Gonzalez, and Melissa Villaseñor. The channel launched on Wednesday with a handful of videos, including a Documentary Now!–style genre spoof from Armisen and Sanz, and an obligatory Donald Trump punchfest. You can watch them all abajo.
- 1/13/2016
- by Nate Jones
- Vulture
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