John Leguizamo's Latin History for Morons

The bit where John tries to dance like a white man, in Trumperica, but fails after a couple of latin oriëntated songs are being played, is an instant classic. Another funny and heartfelt reminder, that free thinking only works, if everybody is included.

A few minutes into it, I realized the format is going to be interesting. It was an eye-opening masterpiece - hundred years worth of history shrunk into 1.5 hours. It conjured curiosity and feelings about the sad parts of history that are left untold in classrooms. My 10-year-old actually came out to sit with me and watched the whole show! I didn't mind my kid hearing some cursing here and there because he would probably never learn the history he watched John talked about at school. Thanks to John Leguizamo for such an amazing show. This is a must watch.

Wow... Wow. A kind of theatrical genius you don't expect anymore.

It is true, history was written by the winning side. That fact never changes unfortunately. I personally found this "stand up" if thats how its classified, very much worth watching. I am not usually into stand up. Its just not where my usual interests lie. I stumbled on this while just lookingon Netflix for something to have on as background... Well, that plan didn't work, as I ended up glued to the screen instead of it just being background. I wasn't expecting an actual history lesson, but I'm glad I watched it. The facts were all there, and true. Everything you weren't taught in school because it was swept under the rug. I can see this show offending close minded, bigoted people, if you are one then save yourself the rant and just don't watch. Anyone that gets offended is just that, even if they don't realize they are that way. Freedom of speech works both ways. I was laughing through most of this. I absolutely love how he acted things out, I get distracted easily and have a hard time watching stand up just because most of the time its just a person with a mic talking. That doesn't work for me. Which is actually why I put this on. So I could clean while listening off and on. Now I am behind schedule so I will get back to it lol... But I just loved this so much I had to leave a rating before getting back to my cleaning.

Equal parts performance art, stand-up routine and history lesson, the whole performance is him trying to find a cultural hero for his son to look up to by navigating the darkest chapters of American history. Leguizamo is absolutely brilliant as an every-man who thrusts himself into the unfamiliar role of a scholar, who strives to better his own knowledge of the past for the sake of his son's future, which makes HIM the hero in my book. 10/10 Stars, What a triumph!