Mamona
Hulu · 2026 · 59 min
Texas border stories, Catholic guilt, and family witchcraft filmed in Austin.
Released , on Hulu.
Growing up in Laredo, Texas, with a devout Catholic mother, a grandmother who practiced witchcraft, and parents working for Border Patrol creates a specific domestic tension. Gonzalez builds her set around the Mexican slang term mamona, an insult aimed at anyone suspected of acting superior or thinking their dreams outstrip their station. Instead of dodging the label, she leans into it, recounting how she sneaked friends over the international bridge for cheap teenage drinking while avoiding her parents’ colleagues.
The hour was recorded at The Creek and the Cave in Austin, Texas, directed by Symone Baptiste. Gonzalez self-funded the taping after shopping efforts stalled, eventually licensing the finished cut to Hulu for a September 2026 release alongside an audio version on aspecialthing records. Gonzalez had spent over a decade building her voice in Austin’s club scene, and that mileage shows in the rhythm of the delivery. The bits move quickly without drowning in border-town nostalgia.
Notable stretches focus on family specifics: her grandmother offering unorthodox spiritual remedies, disastrous church retreat bonding exercises, and the friction that comes from wanting more than a small town expects of you.
Notable bits & set list
-
Defining and dissecting the term 'mamona'
Unpacks the Mexican insult for someone who thinks they are better than others, breaking down everyday actions deemed 'mamona' such as having allergies, saying yes or no, thinking you are smart, or having ambitions.
-
Attending a church sleepover retreat as a horny teenager
Recounts going on a retreat with hot senior boys and riffs on the shared Catholic experience of intimacy where a partner's dangling gold crucifix repeatedly hits your forehead, eliciting the liturgy response 'And also with you.'
How it plays
- Tone
- Unfiltered, witty, personal, culturally specific, and feminist-conscious.
- On stage
- Propulsive storyteller and keen observer of social and cultural phenomena, paying stylistic homage to Selena with a high center ponytail, bold red lipstick, and a tailored suit.
- Pace
- Propulsive cadence, seamlessly re-creating vivid life scenes at high momentum without pausing for the audience to fully absorb shocking or chaotic details.
- About
- Growing up in a Texas border town, Catholic upbringing vs. family brujería (witchcraft), Reclaiming the pejorative term 'mamona', Cultural expectations and policing Latina ambition, Shedding generational guilt
What the critics said
Praised for blending high-energy, rapid personal storytelling with sharp social analysis, utilizing the cultural specificity of her Laredo upbringing to ground an empowering thesis.
In the room: Supportive and familial atmosphere in Austin, with her own family members in attendance laughing loudly at material about them.
Backstory
Raised in the Texas border town of Laredo by a devout Catholic mother and a bruja grandmother with parents working for Customs and Border Protection; self-funded and self-produced the taping in Austin as an intentional love letter to Texas and Selena Quintanilla-Pérez before acquisition.
Details
- Released
- Runtime
- 59 min
- Where
- Hulu
- Director
- Symone Baptiste
- Honors
- Featured on Comedy Dynamics' '9 New Comedy Specials You Should Definitely Watch (When You Have A Moment)'
- Topics
- Featured in
- Chris Cantrill’s Quiet Life Requires an Investigation
Similar specials
-
Sandi Benton Little Chicken
Comedy Dynamics
-
Kwame Obed At An Early Age
YouTube
-
Jay Larson Here We Go Again
YouTube
-
Mike Epps Delusional
Netflix
