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These guys are funny daredevils of performance totally fearless as theyskewer convention and lazy thinking. Cool.Eric BogosianImportant social satire for these urgent times.Dolores Huerta VicePresident United Farm Workers UnionKeep kicking them in the cojones.George CarlinThe newest work by the everoutrageous comic trio Culture Clash RichardMontoya Ric Salinas and Herbert Siguenza collects their four most recentinvestigations into contemporary American culture as viewed in four verydistinct American cities. Each piece was commissioned by a local theatrecompany who invited our three lads into their communities and unlocked thedoors. This volume includesBordertown examinines the twin border cities of San Diego and Tijuana withspecial guest appearances by Charleton Heston Shamu the Killer Whale andSidewinder Sam.Nuyorican Stories brings the Clash to the Big Apple as they delve into thepersonal histories of the early Puerto Rican political activists in New York.Mission Magic Mystery Tour is Culture Clashs return to their home turf ofSan Franciscos Mission District as the locals withstand an allout invasion bythe dotcom generation.Dreaming of Lincoln brings the fearless troupe to our nations capital for aunique look at the land of the free.Culture Clash formed in 1984 to fill a unique role in American arts. Theirnominal mission is to show cultures in opposition and by opposing them bringthem closer together. But their talents are too expansive to be restricted tojust political theatre. Culture Clash have managed to gerrymander theatrestraditional map erasing the borders between any and all districtsthey chooseto explore. They have a style all their own with a foundation that harkens backto the best vaudevillians of the U.S. and Latin America. Comedy and satire iswhat they feed on in the tradition of Lenny Bruce the Marx Brothers CharlieChaplin and Catinflas. «
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