Desde Gayola
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Desde Gayola is a Mexican sketch comedy television series broadcasted in the music videos network Telehit since 2001 to 2006. His creator, Horacio Villalobos, writes, hosts and acts in the show. Beginning just as one sketch for the channel, it turned into the most successful shows on the network.
This show, unlike many comedy shows in Mexico, criticizes the reality on the Mexican society, abording themes like politics, religion, sexuality, show-business and others, with acid and brutally critical sketches. For this style, the show has received either excellent reception or being criticized by conservative viewers.
The show has extended with some play series that has been on many cites of Mexico and Guatemala. Basically, it is a cabaret show with a similar format of the program. In its most recent play, Había una vez... Desde Gayola makes a satire of fairy-tales, adding the irreverence of the television show.
Actually, the show stopped to be broadcasted on Telehit due to disagreements of Villalobos with the TV network[1], and the cast is receiving offers to be in other TV channels.
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The program tries to follow a similar format of the famous American show Saturday Night Live, making comedy sketches about many themes and taboos in Mexico and Latin America. The program is known also for include several transgender actors, who interpret female characters, such as Alejandra Bogue (La Tesorito), Daniel Vives (Supermana) or Javier Yepez (Mama Mela). Bogue and Vives are the ones that are identified themselves as transgenders.
Each episode lengths approximetly 25 minutes and contains like 5 sketches. The main theme of the show is Dulce Amor, sung by Ana Martin, featuring the music-video on the opening of each episode.
Some of the characers included Manigüis, a stereotypical gay male who deals in the city, Supermana, a transgender superheroine that deals with women's problems, La Tesorito, a parody of TV-host and actress Laura León, and Marta Según, a spoof of the first lady of Mexico: Marta Sahagún.
