The Pain of the MacHo and Other Plays

comic drama, "machos are regular guys too"

Machos have feelings, too. In the title work of this wacky collection of short plays, the reader is serenaded by Latino lovers and wannabes with hilarious monologues. Desi tells Latino jokes to the Miami Rotary Club and pitches his idea of a TV show called Gilberto's Island. Alejandro explains that he is a great macho who fights magnificent battles and also works as a busboy. In "Latinologues," issues of bi-ethnicity are lovingly illustrated, such as a special kind of tough love and the typecasting of a Hispanic actor who seems unaware that his roles could possibly be termed "minor." Latino plays have been rapidly making their mark in contemporary theater, and Rick Najera's work blends both the comic and serious sides of machismo.