#StandupConMadre

Luiki Wiki · 2020 · Stand Up! Records

#StandupConMadre

An absurd hour of Mexican regional rivalries and toy piano stunts.

June 26, 2020 TV Special

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Luiki Wiki relies on a lighthearted, observational style that skips heavy political arguments in favor of pointing out the absurd friction between different regions of Mexico. He tackles the endless debate of Monterrey’s ‘elote en vaso’ versus Mexico City’s ‘esquites’ and mocks the trend of naming soft, fragile infants after ancient historical figures like Porfirio. He also mimics wealthy capital-city teens, arguing that their drawn-out accents make them sound like battery-operated toys that are slowly running out of juice.\n\nThe hour ends with a sequence of rapid-fire callbacks that lead directly into his signature party trick: playing Beethoven’s ‘Ode to Joy’ on a toy keyboard using his penis.\n\nFilmed at the Foro Didi inside Pabellón M in his hometown of Monterrey, the show was uploaded to YouTube in late 2019 before being released as an album by Stand Up! Records in 2020. It captured the comic at a career high point, having transitioned from Comedy Central Latin America showcases to headlining his own self-produced hour.