I, Carmelita Tropicana.I, Carmelita Tropicana * Alina Troyano * Beacon Press This article or section needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. * $17 Do yourself a big favor and get your hands on I, Carmelita Tropicana, the intelligent, political, and very entertaining book by New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of City-based performance artist Alina Troyano (whose stage name gives the book its title). This jam-packed creative collection of Troyano's one-woman shows, plays, and essays reveals her distinctive combo plate of assets: She's Cuban, lesbian, and one bad motha. Troyano is one of the many hip, happening homos to come out of the WOW (Women's One World) Cafe, a funky hole in the wall on Manhattan's lower east side. And Carmelita is one bold mujer whose deliciously ribald rib·ald adj. Characterized by or indulging in vulgar, lewd humor. n. A vulgar, lewdly funny person. [From Middle English ribaud, ribald person, from Old French, from sense of humor Noun 1. sense of humor - the trait of appreciating (and being able to express) the humorous; "she didn't appreciate my humor"; "you can't survive in the army without a sense of humor" sense of humour, humor, humour extends to her male alter ego A doctrine used by the courts to ignore the corporate status of a group of stockholders, officers, and directors of a corporation in reference to their limited liability so that they may be held personally liable for their actions when they have acted fraudulently or unjustly or when , Pingalito Betancourt, the self-proclaimed Cuban Antonio Banderas. My only regret is that the book doesn't come with a video. Troyano's work is so visual, it doesn't surprise me to learn that she collaborated with her sister, filmmaker Ela Troyano (Latin Boys Go to Hell), on several of the pieces here. |
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