Marcello Hernández
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Good Hang with Amy Poehler · Marcello Hernández
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How Does Amy Poehler Play the Expert Game With Fred Armisen?
Amy Poehler says that on the Fred Armisen episode of Good Hang, she made Fred Armisen play a game where you get a subject and have to talk for a minute as if you were an expert. You have to be convincing, not jokey, as if you are giving a talk.
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Why Did Marcello Hernández Start the Bo and Tom Scholarship?
Marcello Hernández says the college he went to, John Carroll in Ohio, later called him back and asked what he wanted to do for the school. He started the Bo and Tom scholarship for students who want to do what he did. Two recipients so far have met with him and Bo Smith, because Tom Roche has passed, and he found Bo in Cleveland, Ohio.
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Why Did Bo Smith Kneel and Scream King Lear?
Marcello Hernández says that in a fundamentals of Shakespearean performance class, his professor Bo Smith, partner of Tom Roche, noticed the students were acting soft. Smith, then in his late 60s, took off his tie and a necklace, got on his knees, and screamed a performance of King Lear. Hernández says it changed the class and everyone started to really perform.
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How Does Marcello Hernández Tell Bachata From Salsa?
Marcello Hernández says Cuban and Dominican food is pretty much the same. Cuban music is more salsa, while the Dominican Republic does merengue and bachata. Bachata is one, two, three, stop. Salsa is a crazier pattern of feet that is more like math.
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How Did Amy Poehler Describe Life After Saturday Night Live?
Amy Poehler tells Saturday Night Live performers not to take anyone else's advice, because only the performer knows what is right. She says enjoy where you are as best you can when you are there, rather than thinking the next step will finally be enough, because the dissatisfaction never ends even after seven years.
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Why Does Marcello Hernández Say Stand-up in Spanish Feels Powerful?
Marcello Hernández says stand-up in Spanish used to feature long stories with a big punchline or political impressions. He says American-style punchy observational stand-up feels refreshing to those audiences. When he performs for Hispanic people and everyone laughs together, especially today when Latinos are going through a lot, screaming in Spanish feels very powerful.