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Cristela Alonzo: Lower Classy
For every kid of an immigrant mom who worked twice as hard for half the credit. Cristela Alonzo sees her. #LowerClassy
Who it's for
Filmed in San Antonio for a hometown-leaning crowd, Alonzo grounds her jokes in growing up poor and Mexican-American in Texas and in her mother's tough-love parenting.
Feelings it meets
What it is
Cristela Alonzo performs this Netflix stand-up special, taped in San Antonio, Texas, and released in January 2017. She draws on her experience as a first-generation American growing up in poverty in South Texas, Latino cultural touchstones, politics, and her canceled ABC sitcom. Near the end she recounts a very personal moment with her mother as a tribute to immigrant women.
Where to find it
Netflix original. Streaming availability rotates; check JustWatch.
Before you start
Heads up: Strong language; talk of poverty.
Age: TV-MA (suggested 16+)
One ever feels his twoness,—an American, a Negro; two souls, two thoughts, two unreconciled strivings;W. E. B. Du Bois, The Souls of Black Folk, Chapter 1
