VivirLatino

The second TimesTalks event last night was a conversation with Colombian born, Queens bred actor, writer, director and producer John Leguizamo. This event packed the Times Center theatre with a diverse crowd. This TimesTalks was also moderated by Robin Pogrebin, whom Leguizamo called “baby” on one occasion as she asked tough questions from a stack of papers on her lap. He swaggered onstage to thunderous applause.

From the beginning of the conversation, it was clear how passionate Leguizamo is about his work and the reasons he started writing and acting. His writing, according to him, came from a place of anger, and was a response to seeing the same roles for Latino males: super, gangster, gardener, or janitor. He even brought up that the World War II documentary by Ken Burns excluded Latinos until Latinos organized against him.

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