MAD Magazine, once the touchstone of American satire and snark, is winding down its publication after 67 years. Trey says, as a kid, MAD’s adolescent-focused, subversive content helped him connect with his inner “wise ass.” It made him feel smarter and stupider at the same time. And now he’s trying to reconcile an Us & Them world without MAD firing its arrows toward the sacred cows of our culture.
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Culture Clash: Back to the Border
Back in the 1990s, Trey got into Culture Clash, a trio of Latino comedians who do social satire. He loved that they skewered public figures and poke sacred cows.
Culture Clash enjoys making the audience squirm, no matter what part of the political spectrum they’re on. Their critically acclaimed work in the 90s had to do with tension along the U.S-Mexico border.
Recently, they’ve been reviving and updating their pieces because – if you haven’t heard – news from the border is pretty relevant these days.
Trey talks with Richard Montoya of Culture Clash about creating satire on the border.