Jimmy Morales: How the comedian became president of Guatemala
Jimmy Morales: How the comedian became president of Guatemala
Heard the one about Guatemala's president? Don't laugh – because, inspired by other comics-turned-politicians, tacky funnyman Jimmy Morales takes office tomorrow
Ross David |
52 minutes ago|
Lewd, crude and inappropriate are just three adjectives that could be used to describe the wit of Jimmy Morales, Guatemala's most famous television comedian.
For nearly 15 years, Morales, along with his older brother, Sammy, starred in the weekly sketch show Moralejas ("Morals" in Spanish). Clips – which can be seen on YouTube – show Morales in various zany get-ups. More often than not as a country bumpkin, and on more than one unfortunate occasion in blackface.
If there is any political import to Moralejas, it's at a stretch subliminal; nay, non-existent. To use a UK comparison, more Keith Lemon than, say, Stewart Lee.
Yet, tomorrow, Morales – who, in 2011, changed his surname by deed poll from Cabrera – will be inaugurated as the President of Guatemala, having swept to power in October on the back of an impressive election campaign.
More:
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/jimmy-morales-how-the-comedian-became-president-of-guatemala-a6810931.html
