City:  New York City - Manhattan Date: 09/07-08/2007 Visitor:
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Squishy just finished taping a new Documentary Rough Cut (Nov. 2007) Final Cut (Jan 2008)

From the research of Dr. Darby LiPo Price, and multiracial comedian/Producer/Director Teja Arboleda, comes this fascinating discovery of comedy, from the perspective of multiracial/bi-racial comedians. This full length documentary analyzes how mixed race comedians mediate multiracial identities and humor. Crossing lines of racial, ethnic, and cultural acceptability by their very existence, multiracial comedians reveal that meanings of race vary across ethnic combination, gender, place, and time. It features the experiences, perspectives, and performances of American comedians of more than one racial ancestry--Sunda Croonquist (Swedish/African), Kevin "Squishy Man" Barber (Irish/German-Black), Kate Rigg (Indonesian/Australian/Canadian/Nuyorasian), James Connolly (Mexican/ Irish), Jason Russell (White/Black), among others, and is based on Dr. Darby Li Po Price's dissertation "Mixed Laughter: Mediating Multiracial Identities in American Ethnic Comedy". The timeliness of multiracial comedians' roles as crossracial mediators is underscored as they provide insight into controversies over how comedians express race (i.e., Michael Richards' use of the N word, Rosie O' Donnell's slurs), and other debated meanings of race in an increasingly diverse society. Exploring these questions exposes the very nature of where pain and laughter come from in a racially divided world. ( More on MySpace BLOG )

Various Pictures from Squishy's Documentary Taping in NYC Click on image to Enlarge       Picture of the Stage before the interview began.   Sunda Croonquist & Squishy Man after the Friday Night Taping. Teja (Producer), Squishy Man, Patty, Darby (Producer), Jason Russell. This was after the Saturday Night show at the "Laughs Lounge." I would like to personally thank Patty (Pink Shirt) for her involvement. Patty was the co-organizer on the "CLUB COOL! 20's, 30's & beyond" Meetup.com group. This group is fantastic. Several people came out to be part of the taping and to see me. To all of these members... THANKS SO MUCH for your support!   I look funny because this was in the subway and I know it had to be like 120 degrees. It was horribly hot & humid.

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