Fans of 'Broad City' and 'Narcos' are already aware of Arturo Castro's versatility, but his Comedy Central sketch show gives him a less exciting platform.
, you already know the wide range of Guatemalan-born actor Arturo Castro.would offer an additional data point, if anybody had seen it — but the gap between the actor's flamboyantwas big enough to mark Castro as a performer worth following.Alternatino with Arturo Castro
are straight-forward. Each half-hour has a slightly more expansive central sketch, generally featuring Castro as some variation on himself, told in pieces spaced out between very short and generally one-joke sketches that stick to tried-and-true genre staples like fake movie trailers, news reports and whatnot told with a Latinx perspective.and they are, frustratingly, not very good.
Wink-and-nudge gags about the media and its reliance on Latino stereotypes go along similar lines. In one episode he auditions for a superhero character called "La Pulga" — The Flea — and has to balance his desire for visibility and a career-changing role with the idea that the character's powers involve crossing borders and taking siestas. And that's about it. A behind-the-scenes sketch about iconic Latino actors from, but they all really liked Turtle.
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