George Lopez, America’s Mexican
I began watching George Lopez, American Mexican on Comedy Central with high expectations. The Kid has been watching the George Lopez show on Nick at Night, and while the show is a typical sitcom, I found myself laughing more than I expected. So when Comedy Central began pushing the show a few weeks back, I made a note to check it out.
I didn’t make it through the first 10 minutes. Lopez was extremely foul mouthed and every other word was bleeped by the cable channel. Even the close captions used the term. Salty language doesn’t offend me. What annoys me is a monologue that sounds like it’s being given in Morse code. His delivery looked frenetic; he was fidgeting and wild, and really looked like he had to cut back on the caffeine.
The monologue itself was terrible. It was extremely partisan, focusing attacks on Bush, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and the failed Comprehensive Immigration bill that died late last year. I don’t mind that as long as it’s funny, but telling the governor to go f*** himself isn’t a joke. He was playing to what I assume was a heavily Latina crowd, and I know enough Spanish to follow along, but “We’re here; deal with it” isn’t an immigration policy. And it isn’t funny.
I don’t know if Lopez felt that he had prove that he wasn’t a sellout for the George Lopez show, or if he felt he had to prove that he still “has it.” But I’ve watched Carlos Mencia who shares many of Lopez’s political leanings and sentiments and laughed. I don’t know what George Lopez’s problem is but he sure isn’t funny.
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