| Culture Clash | |
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| Medium | Stand-up comedy, television, theatre |
| Genres | Comedy, satire, Latino, Chicano |
| Members | Richard Montoya Ric Salinas Herbert Sigüenza |
| Former members | José Antonio Burciaga Marga Gómez Monica Palacios |
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Culture Clash is a performance troupe that currently comprises writer-comedians Richard Montoya, Ric Salinas, and Herbert Sigüenza.[1][2][3] Their work is of a satirical nature.[4][5][6]
Culture Clash was founded on May 5, 1984, at the Galería de la Raza in San Francisco's Mission District, by the writers José Antonio Burciaga, Marga Gómez, Monica Palacios, Richard Montoya, Ric Salinas, and Herbert Siguenza. The founding date is significant due to the importance of Cinco de Mayo to Mexican-Americans, the shared ethnicity of the majority of collaborators. Montoya and Sigüenza had both been involved in the Chicano art scene in the San Francisco Bay Area, Montoya being the son of Chicano poet, artist, and activist José Montoya, and Sigüenza having been involved in the art collective La Raza Graphics, which created works of graphic art to support campaigns of the Chicano Movement.
Culture Clash's works range from comedic sketches to full-length plays and screenplays, all of which feature political satire and social satire.[7][8][9][10] The troupe's members have appeared separately and together in several films and received numerous awards, commissions and grants. In 1993 they filmed 30 episodes of a sketch comedy television series, also called Culture Clash. Several episodes were aired on Fox affiliates. In 2006 they premiered two new full-length plays, the comedy Zorro in Hell and "SF: The Mexican Bus Mission Tour with CC!" Their works have been collected in two volumes, Culture Clash: Life, Death and Revolutionary Comedy and Culture Clash in AmeriCCa: Four Plays. Their papers are housed at the California State University, Northridge (CSUN) Special Collections and Archives in the University Library.[11]
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- ^ "Los Angeles Times (article, 25 October 2009)". Los Angeles Times. 25 October 2009.
- ^ Garcia, David Gumaro (2006). The Evolution of a Critical Race Theater: Culture Clash and Chicana/o Performance Art, 1965–2005 (Thesis). University of California, Los Angeles.
- ^ Garcia, David G. (2006). "Remembering Chavez Ravine: Culture Clash and Critical Race Theater" (PDF). Chicano-Latino Law Review. 26 (1): 111–130. Retrieved August 8, 2023.
- ^ Jara, Javier (2023). Culture Clash Digital Archive: Latinidad and Resistance in 20th century Latinx Sketch Comedy Group (Thesis). California State University, San Marcos. Retrieved August 8, 2023.
- ^ Vankin, Deborah (January 29, 2015). "Culture Clash adds more bite in 'Chavez Ravine: An L.A. Revival". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved April 5, 2019.
- ^ Gray, Margaret (January 9, 2019). "Review: Culture Clash mines for laughs and, this time, something that cuts a lot deeper". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved April 5, 2019.
- ^ Foley, F. Kathleen (February 9, 2018). "Culture Clash skewers immigration policy in wickedly wild 'Sapo'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved April 5, 2019.
- ^ Titus, Tom (January 7, 2019). "On Theater: Culture Clash still delivers politically relevant commentary packaged as comedy". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved April 5, 2019.
- ^ "Celebrating Culture Clash". November 1, 2016. Retrieved April 5, 2019.