Editors Note: There are few places as chaotic or dangerous as Venezuela. “Life in Caracas” is a series of short stories that seeks to capture the surreal quality of living in a land in total disarray
He knew this one was going to get laughs. “Raise your hands if you’re only in here because the power is on.”
It was an easy lay-up for Oscar Martinez, one of the dozens of comedians drawing standing-room-only throngs in Venezuela’s mostly miserable capital. He had another sure hit when he picked a couple out of the audience, asked a few questions and discovered the woman had a Spanish passport.
“So you’re engaged and you’re migrating, or are you engaged because you’re migrating?” The crowd roared.
The crisis in the country is officially a laughing matter. Venezuelans have always been quick to turn catastrophe into jokes. It’s a long tradition here. We’re loud, irreverent, informal to a fault and wildly funny. (At least we think so.) But stand-up comedians are having a moment like never before, with shows almost every night of the week.
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WNU Editor: This brings back memories of living in the Soviet Union. We all needed to laugh, and what better way than making a joke on how we were living.
4 comments:
Laugher is the best medicine anywhere!! We all should do it more often!!
@Bposter: Agreed, and you make me laugh quite often, thank you :)
@wnu: Tough times are good to learn who your friends are. Having said that, I hope you know by now that no one in the West enjoyed seeing the Soviet Union poor. We all just wanted you to have a better life. I hope all Russians realise this by now and do not buy into this crap that the Kremlin serves, about us, the west being your enemy. It's a lie. We all are brothers, including our bposter.
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It's not Bob Huntley said, it's Bob Huntley TYPED. I so wish this situation would be straightened out.
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