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“In the age of Don Imus, Michael Richards, and renewed scrutiny of hip-hop lyrics and shock-jock blabbermouths, ‘N*W*C,’ as it is called for short, examines the power of timeworn taboos, attempting to deflate them through a frontal, often funny, assault…” |
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“Reminiscent of early Culture Clash or the comedy of Chris Rock…” |
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“Gregley, Axibal and Agustin are quite content to make fun of themselves and of each other. Mutual envy isn't out of the question either. Stereotypes, after all, come with positive myths, too. Who wouldn't want to be part of "the model minority'?…” |
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“The buzz surrounding this show is largely well-deserved, thanks to supremely clever and nimble staging, and the infallible charm of NWC’s three leading men…” |
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“Confianza no les falta. Tres jóvenes
actores abren la boca para decir, repetidas veces, tres palabras
que no son políticamente correctas, y empiezan diciéndolas
desde el título: N*gger, Wetb*ck, Ch*nk…” |
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“As they chant racial slurs, the
actors are greeted not by bricks or rotten tomatoes but by
gales of laughter. This audience is in on the joke, and over
the next hour and a half, the show saps those slurs of their
pejorative power through a succession of group scenes and comedic
monologues in which the actors recount personal encounters
with racial typecasting…” |
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“People may be agitated by the words
we use in the title of the show, but the truth is that we are
just as aggravated because we've lived with these words all
our lives…” |
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