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George Lopez... Tonight on TBS... Very Funny??!!

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Today is the premiere of George Lopez'sssn (GL) (nop its not a typo, its some sort of Mexican accent) show on TBS.

I think by now you are probably wondering what does George Lopez, TBS and the picture have in common. Well to your surprise, not much really. Just kidding they do have something in common.

But before I elaborate on that, let me start off by saying that less than a week ago I was seating in a focus groups where George Lopez's comedy show was discussed among bicultural women. I have to say that it was pretty surprising to see that they have all felt, at some point in time in their life in the US, discriminated. The most interesting thing though was that all of the ladies (all 5 of them) said it had been by Hispanics. So I ask myself, Isaac, why are we like this? Ok, but back to the focus group. The moderator asked them, do you like GL? And all of them, "yes, he is funny," was the heard answer. The next question was, what do you think about the way he talks about Hispanics? surprisingly enough, most of them laughed and said, I think its funny, but I think he takes it a little too far. So the moderator asked, so then does it bother you? And it seem as if none of them really understood the question... or maybe they simply chose not to answer it.

My point is the following:
Are Hispanics bothered by his type of comedy? Do they feel offended? Does the level of acculturation matter?

Last point I want to make is the following:
I was born in Mexico and though I have heard, but not necessarily lived, most of the jokes he tells at some point in my life, and there is this thought that keeps hunting me... as Hispanics/Latinos, we like to laugh at ourselves and the situations that make us unique while growing up, but are we not bothered by the way people might see them when they are played on national TV? We usually get annoyed when we watch a movie and they show Mexicans with a hat and a mariachi, so why would we not be bothered by this? Dont get me wrong, its funny, but would people not find it offensive?

One more thing, like it or not, I think its great that we (the aliens) are abducting George Lopez humor (since he was born in the US) and giving him some cool stuff to be funny about... he is succeeding and that is good, right?! we should be proud.

Let's watch the show... TBS... Very Funny!

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