>> -
LIKE MY FATHER DID IN 1930
SEVEN THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE
NOT GOING.
ANYWHERE AND THIS IS A DIABLO.
THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO WALK IN
HERE AND WALK US IN WHEELCHAIRS, AND WHEN THE MUSIC STARTS --
AND WHEN THE MUSIC STARTS --
THEY ARE ON THEIR FEET
>> ALL, RIGHT WITHOUT FURTHE
ADO YOU KNOW FROM ANY NUMBER O
ICONIC ROLES
MOVIES LIKE ROMEO IN JULIET,
MULAN RUCH, AND OF COURSE HI
PORTRAYAL OF THE PLUMBER
EXTRAORDINAIRE, LUIGI, AND
SUPER MARIO.
BROTHERS MY CATES RECOGNIZE TH
VOICE OF THAT OF BRUNO FRO
ENCANTO.
WE DON'T TALK ABOUT, THAT.
THAT JOHNNY, NOW LEGENDARY
ACTOR, COMEDIAN, JOHN, THE HOS
OF MSNBC'S NEW DOCUMENTARY
SERIES, LEGUIZAMO DOES AMERICA
IT IS A PLEASURE TO HAVE YOU O
THE PROGRAM, JOHN.
WE JUST SHOWED A COUPLE OF
CLIPS FROM THE DOCUSERIES.
I JUST WANT TO, NO HOW DID THE
IDEA COME ABOUT AND DI
ANYTHING IN PARTICULAR INSPIRE
IT
>> IT'S SO GREAT TO SEE YOU.
HAPPY SUNDAY
TRAVELED AROUND AMERICA,
EVERYWHERE I DO COMEDY TOURS
WITH A HUGE LATIN POPULATION
ALL AROUND THE COUNTRY
I SEE LATIN EXCELLENCE
I SEE LATIN EXCEPTIONALISM
AND I WANTED TO CAPTURE IT
FILM
I WENT AROUND TO THE FIRST BIG
CITIES
NEW YORK AND D.C. AND MIAMI AN
PUERTO RICO IN CHICAGO AND
L.A.
I MET ARTISTS, PAINTERS, ACTOR
AND ARCHITECTS AND
ENTREPRENEURS AND CHEFS.
I SAT DOWN WITH HIM AND HAD
FEW DRINKS
WE LAUGH AND WE HAVE A ZING FE
FOODS.
EVERY EPISODE IS A PARTY
>> JOHN, IN 2018 YOU WER
AWARDED A SPECIAL TONY AWARD
FOR THE BROADWAY SHOW, LATIN
HISTORY FOR MORONS
A GOOD TITLE TO A SHOW
TALK TO ME
BRING IN LATINO CULTURE TO THE
MASSES IS OBVIOUSLY A PASSIO
PROJECT FOR YOU.
IS PART OF THAT BECAUSE YO
FEEL LIKE THE MEDIA AN
BROADWAY AND FILM HAVE DONE
POOR JOB OF DOING THAT
>> IT IS, CRAZY WE HAVE TH
LARGEST ETHNIC GROUP I
AMERICA.
THE OLDEST ETHNIC GROUP IN
AMERICA.
WE GIVE 2.8 TRILLION DOLLARS T
THE GDP EVERY YEAR
IF WE WERE A COUNTRY, WE WOULD
BE THE FIFTH LARGEST ECONOMY I
THE WORLD.
BIGGER THAN BRAZIL AND ITALY
AND ENGLAND.
AND YET WE ARE LESS THAN 2% OF
THE LEADS ON CAMERA.
LESS THAN 0.06% OF THE BROADWA
ACTORS
IN A CITY WHERE WE ARE EQUAL T
WHITES IN POPULATION, ABOUT TO
BE THE LARGEST ETHNIC GROUP, I
FEELS LIKE CULTURAL APARTHEID.
GOING TO LOS ANGELES, WHICH IS
50% LATINO, I DO NOT SEE ANY
LOT OF PEOPLE IN OFFICES WHEN
WALK IN.
AND EXECUTIVES, OFFICES IN
AGENCIES, EVERYWHERE
IT IS JUST SADDENING TO ME
A BIT ANGERING, AS WELL.
AND SO I WANTED TO GO AROUND
AMERICA AND SHOW YOU WHAT YO
ARE MISSING OUT ON
I WANT PEOPLE TO HAVE FLATTE
AND BE
>> YOU HAVE BEEN IN TH
BUSINESS FOR MANY YEARS NOW.
HASN'T GOTTEN BETTER OR WORS
OR HAS STATED THE SAME
WHY DO YOU THINK THERE HAVE NO
BEEN THE BREAKTHROUGHS THAT YO
ARE TALKING ABOUT RIGHT NOW?
>> THERE ARE A LOT OF, ISSUES.
THERE THINGS HAVE IMPROVED A
LITTLE
GET USED TO BE WE WERE LES
THAN 1% OF THE FACES IN FRON
OF THE CAMERA.
NOW IT IS UP TO 2%
SO THAT IS AN IMPROVEMENT.
IT IS A SAD IMPROVEMENTS
BECAUSE WE ARE ALMOST 20% OF
THE POPULATION
SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE METRICS,
IF YOU HAVE TEN MOVIES TWO O
THOSE SHOULD BE LATINO STORIES
IF YOU HAVE TEN, LEADS TWO O
THOSE SHOULD BE LATINO
IF YOU HAVE TEN, EXECUTIVES TW
OF THOSE SHOULD BE LATINOS AND
ALL CORPORATIONS, NOT JUST
HOLLYWOOD.
IT IS MADDENING.
IT IS NOT LACK OF TALENT
LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA, J.LO
MYSELF, WE ARE NOT THE ONL
CREATIVES AMERICA.
THERE ARE MILLIONS, OF U
MILLIONS
>> LOOK, BEYOND THE MEANING OF
AVOCADOS, WHICH I AM A LITTL
DISTURBED TO DISCOVER THROUG
YOUR SHOW, WHAT DO MOS
AMERICANS --
>> DISTURBED
>> SLIGHTLY, MODERATEL
DISTURBED I THINK.
--
COMING TO LATINA CULTURE AND
CONTRIBUTIONS TO, AMERICA WHAT
IS THE ONE THING OR THRE
THINGS THAT WE SHOULD KNOW THA
WE DON'T
>> WE ARE THE OLDEST ETHNI
GROUP.
NOBODY KNOWS THAT.
WE DISCOVERED AMERICA.
MOST OF THE CITIES HAVE OU
NAMES.
WE HAD THE LARGEST ETHNIC GROU
IN -
WE FOUGHT IN EVERY CIVIL WAR
AMERICAS EVER HAD.
AND THE MOST AWARDED IN EVER
WAR.
I'M TALKING WITH 10,000 LATINO
PATRIOTS IN THE AMERICAN
REVOLUTION, WE HAVE THE SONS
AND DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICA
REVOLUTION
WE GAVE $2 MILLION TO --
FROM CUBA MEXICO AND SPAIN T
FIGHT AGAINST THE BRITISH.
THAT IS NOT A HISTORY TEXTBOOK
CRITICAL RACE THEORY IS WHAT I
NEEDED TO HELP OR GET THIS
INFORMATION.
--
>> LET ME ASK YOU A LITTLE BIT
ABOUT THE LATINO COMMUNITY
RIGHT.
LARGE SOMETIMES IN POLITICS AN
IN MEDIA, IT IS PORTRAYED AS
MONOLITHIC
BUT THE SERIES THAT YOU HAVE
DONE DOES NOT SHY AWAY FRO
SOME OF THE CONTROVERSIA
ISSUES THAT EXIST WITHIN THE
COMMUNITY.
CAN YOU TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE
DIVISIONS THAT YOU SEE
ROUTINELY WITHIN THE COMMUNITY
AND WHAT YOU ARE TRYING TO DO,
POLITICIANS ARE TRYING TO DO
TO BRING IT TOGETHER
>> WE DON'T REALLY HAV
DIVISIONS.
WE HAVE DIFFERENCES.
WE ARE NOT DIVIDED
WHEN I GO TO ANOTHER COUNTRY
INTO MY SHOW IN TEXAS OR
CALIFORNIA OR COLORADO OR MIAMI,
CUBANS, MEXICO DOES, CENTRAL
AMERICAN SOUTH AMERICAN'S AL
COME TO THE SHOW
THEY ALL FLOCK
WE REUNITE
WHEN YOU HAVE DIFFERENCE
THOUGH
AND WE ARE A MAJORITY QUESTION
IN LEAN A LITTLE CONSERVATIV
IN OUR MORALITY.
CHURCH GOING, AND THERE IS SOM
HOMOPHOBIA AND ANTI ABORTION
GROUPS
BUT THE REPUBLICANS HAVE DON
IT'S BETTER.
BERNIE FIGURED IT OUT AS WELL.
YOU JUST NEED LATIN CONSULTANT
TO TELL YOU WHAT TO DO AND WHA
TO SAY INTO TO PUT NEXT TO YOU
SIDE
THE REPUBLICANS WHEN ASKED T
WHATSAPP WENT TO OUR SPANISH
STATIONS AND KNOCKED ON OU
DOORS AND USED TRIGGER WORDS
THAT WE HAVE TO FIGURE
ANTIDOTES TO THAT.
DEMOCRATS NEED TO DO THE WOR
AND PUT THE MONEY AND COME
AFTER US
YOU WILL BE REWARDED
>> QUICKLY, JOHN, I COULD NO
LET THIS GO WITHOUT COMMENTING
ONCE MORE ON THE HAT
THE NEXT, ONE LAST NIGHT
I HAD A LITTLE HEART
PALPITATION TOWARDS THE END.
THEY BEAT THE CAVALIERS.
BUT YOU MUST BE PREPARIN
YOURSELF FOR THE INEVITABL
HEARTACHE THAT COMES WITH BEIN
A KNICKS FAN
DO YOU THINK THEY'RE GOING T
ACTUALLY DO IT
>> THERE IS ARCTIC EVERYWHERE,
YOU KNOW
THAT'S JUST WHAT MAKES NEW YORK,
ESPECIALLY FROM, QUEENS TH
STRONGEST.
>> DO YOU HAVE HOPE FOR THEM I
THIS PLAYOFFS OR NO?
>> I DO, MAN
IT WAS A LITTLE SCARY, BUT THE
BROUGHT.
IT JULIUS RANDLE, BRONSON IS A
BEAST.
BUT THAT MITCHELL WA
TERRIFYING
>> EVERY TIME HE THREW THE BAL
I WAS, LIKE I WAS GOING IN
ALL RIGHT, JON LOZANO, THANK
YOU SO MUCH MAN.
THAT SHOW LOOKS FANTASTIC.
REALLY EXCITED TO.
WATCH REALLY APPRECIATED
BE SURE TO CHECK OUT DON'S
BRAND-NEW SERIES, LEGUIZAM
DOES AMERICA
HE TAKES ON YOUR SIRI CITY I