Julio Torres Spins Immigration Stress into Satire

胡利奥·托雷斯将移民压力转化为讽刺

Fresh Air

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2024-06-08

44 分钟
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Comic, actor and filmmaker Julio Torres came to the U.S. from El Salvador in his early 20s — and he says he is personally familiar with "all the Catch-22s of the immigration system." Torres addressed immigration in Problemista; his new HBO comedy series is Fantasmas. Plus, John Powers reviews Becoming Karl Lagerfeld. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
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  • Today's guest, Julio Torres, is a comic, actor, director and writer.

  • You may have encountered him in several different venues.

  • His comedy specials on HBO and Comedy Central, the short films he used to do on Saturday Night Live, his bits as a correspondent on the Tonight show, and as a writer and actor on the HBO series Losa Spookies.

  • Recently, he made his debut as a movie director with his satirical film Problemista, which he also stars in and wrote.

  • And now Julio Torres has a new absurdist comedy series titled Phantasmas, which he also directs and writes and in which he stars.

  • It premieres today on HBO Max.

  • Here's a clip from it.

  • In this early scene, Julio is meeting with executives at the Crayola corporation to pitch them his idea for a new crayon.

  • The reason I'm here is because I was tossing and turning all night thinking about how you need to make a clear crayon.

  • Clear?

  • Like the color clear?