Talk:Cheech Marin
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I think more talk should go into his music. I loved listening to Cheech Marin songs as a kid... that song about colors.. the cheech the busdriver song.. they were all great.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 12.47.38.130 (talk • contribs).
- Also discuss his artwork. He is a wonderful painter.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 70.17.36.67 (talk • contribs).
[edit] Is he really of Iranian descent?
Is he really of Iranian descent?—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 132.241.245.49 (talk • contribs).
- No, this is rumor perpetuated by Rotten.com AKA NNDB.com. No substantiation, probably internet rumor. Parents surnames were Marin & Meza, both Hispanic surnames. Cheech Marin regularly speaks out about his Hispanic heritage, and there is ZERO substantiation that he is Iranian. DO NOT change this back without independent verification, the aforementioned sites are neither indpendent nor provide verification. Please see Wikipedia's guidelines on how you should cite sources.05:15, 7 August 2005 (UTC)69.238.222.96
- Yes. Cheech is, by his own admission, ethnically Iranian. In an article published July 27th, 2006 in Canada's The Province, he plainly states that despite being typecast as a chicano he is in fact Iranian. He did, however, grow up in east LA and clearly shares a strong connection to the chicano community. TheKyleD 02:36, 18 August 2006 (UTC)
- No. He is a comedian; when he claims to be ethnically Iranian in The Province article, he is joking. References: Target Press Release ("Inspired by actor Cheech Marin’s vision to highlight expressions of his native Mexican-American culture"), San Francisco Chronicle ("'This is not Latin American art,' Cheech said, 'this is American art... We're Americans, too.'"), An Art Exhibition he has been supporting ("He is a third-generation Mexican American from East Los Angeles").
- Don't know. Cheech Marin is said to have Armenian not Iranian in him...and some hints of Jewish roots (the Spanish Jews went to Mexico and Latin America to flee from religious persecution) but he's undoubtedly of Mexican heritage, and note some Armenians came to California through Mexico in the late 1800s/early 1900s. On the other hand, Tommy Chong is supposed to be Chinese through his father and some Native American from his "WASP" British Canadian mother (Tommy Chong played Native American roles in some western movies, but he's half-Asian and seems to behave like a 1950's/60's cool "black" man in a white body, or like an African American "hipster" in his standup comedy acts). + 63.3.14.129 00:24, 24 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Fluency
- He speaks fluent Spanish and uses it in some of the movies he stars in.
When Weird Al Yankovic was recording his song "Taco Grande", he decided to call Cheech Marin to see if he could translate something into Spanish for the song. Weird Al said that, to his surprise, Cheech didn't know Spanish either! (However, he would happily read the text for the song after it was translated, which he did.) Did Cheech learn Spanish since then? Is Weird Al wrong? Maybe the article's wrong? - furrykef (Talk at me) 06:47, 25 May 2006 (UTC)
I read the article and wondered the same thing. Here's the relevant quote: "The surprise was that I wanted him to do a rap in Spanish, and it turns out he doesn't know much more Spanish than I do. So I wrote out in English what I wanted him to say, had a bilingual secretary at Scotti Bros. translate it into Spanish, and Cheech read it phonetically." It has been fifteen years now, so perhaps he's picked the language up since then?
Cheech was born and raised in the English language, but his parents install a good, but low fluency of Spanish. Cheech Marin is an American of Mexican descent, or Mexican American, especially he fits the stereotypical portrayal of a Chicano from the streets of el barrio of East L.A. he performs in comedy, but Cheech isn't really "very Latino" in serious movie roles. I'm sure Cheech may pretend to be "Mexican immigrant", "Puerto Rican" and other "Hispanic", but we know he's just as American like Bob Hope (who's born in England and lived in the US since age 5)...and like Rita Moreno, a Puerto Rican actress we identify as an American for living most of her life in the mainland (in fact, Puerto Ricans are born American citizens on the island is an US territory). + 63.3.14.129 00:30, 24 January 2007 (UTC)
