Neither of the women in this show should be called comedienne; but I suppose it's kind of like calling Pauly Shore an actor. It's a job description, you don't necessarily have to be good at it.
Kiki Melendez hosts this event. I would add any of her previous achievements if I could find any. I must assume she's someone in the comedy circuit. Starring on stage are Donelle Tai Prado, Joey Vega, Loni Love, Marilyn Martinez, Nicole Gomez Fisher and Tess.
I know none of them but I'd also figure that in the world of stand-up comedy, that's not a problem - you come across someone new, they're funny, you got a good time, everybody is happy. Here, however, there was very little to be amused about.
Kiki Melendez gives an intro to each of the performers, spending a lot of time telling us why they will be good and what the Hot Tamale event means to Latinas, although she then also explains that it isn't about being Latina. (I suppose that's to explain away the two African-American women and one Hispanic man that apparently fall under the category of Hot Tamales). It soon started to look like she's desperately trying to convince the viewer that what they're about to see isn't as bad as it seems. Well, it was.
Nicole Gomez Fisher, Jewish-Puerto Rican, talks about not getting any cause she's allergic to latex, ergo, safe sex will kill her. (Laugh track here, please) Oh, and when she tried to join her local gang, they made her the accountant.
Marilyn Martinez and Tess spent a lot of time rambling on about skinny bi*ches being annoying. Yeah, you guessed it, they're a little on the big side.
A godawful skit in the midst of it all made very little sense: a man portraying Ozzie Osbourne, three women portraying his Latina wife and children. Ozzie wakes up and suddenly has a Latina wife and kids, doesn't know what's going on, while the wife keeps ranting about rice and beans and the kids being unruly. The kids keep griping about mom. Ozzie keeps asking what the fu*k is going on.
Donnelle Tai Prado, Japanese-Mexican joked about (um... "spoke of") the natural talent of stealing cars but then not being able to drive them, and that her father always told her mother to "open your eyes" when driving, and she, Japanese, replied "they are open".
Ho ho ho. Somebody pause the tape before I die laughing. (Um... I'm being sarcastic here)
And the funniest of all acts in what is billed as an "original female comedy show" is Joey Vega who (according to Kiki's apologetic explanation) came because he thought the idea of Hot Tamales was so great that he wanted to support it. (Can't he just make a donation?)
The back of the rental box also announces this to "feature the hottest comediennes and sketch (and by that they mean skit) artists in the business"
What business would that be? Yeah, yeah, I'm being shallow, superficial, ladida, all that good stuff, but I know that neither of them was 'Hot'in the looks department. Neither of them was 'Hot' in their comedy. So what on earth are we talking about?
The only amusing thing about this show, which was obviously taped in some comedy club, is the fact that the jokes were generally politically incorrect and nobody complained. Politically incorrect is funny. Well, it CAN be funny. It wasn't in this instance, but at least nobody was uptight about the jokes.
Maybe I should sign up for the next Hot Tamale tour. You don't have to be Latina. Heck, you don't really even have to be a woman. I can spend 20 minutes mumbling on about sauerkraut, beer and Nazis. And it obviously doesn't even have to be funny.
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