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Luis Valdez: Laughter As Strategy

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Playwright, actor, and film director Luis Valdez will be at UH M?noa’s Orvis Auditorium, Thursday Oct 16, 6:30

Luis Valdez’ films, “Zoot Suit” and “La Bamba” use humor, drama, music, and dance to illuminate social issues.  As he prepares to speak at a humor conference in Honolulu, HPR’sNoeTanigawa spoke with Valdez about his use of laughter and satire during the groundbreaking United Farmworkers’ strike in California. 

Playwright, actor, and film director Luis Valdez will be at UH M?noa’sOrvis Auditorium, Thursday Oct 16, 6:30, for the 15th Annual Conference of the International Society for Luso-Hispanic Humor Studies.

Noe Tanigawa covered art, culture and ideas for two decades at Hawaiʻi Public Radio.
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