THE FIGHT SOCAL’S LGBTQ MONTHLY MAGAZINE DECEMBER 2017
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TOUCHED BY<br />
ANGELS<br />
Chico’s<br />
Angels poke<br />
fun at racial<br />
and gender<br />
stereotypes.<br />
BY VICTOR MELAMED<br />
PHOTO BY DUSTI CUNNINGHAM<br />
With their hilarious trademark<br />
spanglish banter<br />
Chico’s Angels have<br />
become Los Angeles’ best known<br />
comedy drag troupe.<br />
Featuring Oscar Quintero as<br />
Kay Sedia, Danny Casillas as<br />
Frieda Laye and Ray Garcia as<br />
Chita Parol, Chico’s Angels is<br />
currently in its 14th year—running<br />
strong!<br />
The angels define their brand of<br />
comedy as “The Three Stooges in<br />
Dresses.”<br />
“We have a great time with<br />
physical comedy and we love to<br />
mix it with humor drawn from<br />
ethnic backgrounds, racial stereotypes,<br />
gender stereotypes and<br />
never-ending references to the pop<br />
culture we love. We love to laugh<br />
at ourselves and we find, in turn,<br />
that makes us more relatable to<br />
the audience,” says Quintero in an<br />
interview with <strong>THE</strong> <strong>FIGHT</strong>.<br />
For the past few years Chico’s<br />
Angels have been working with<br />
Los Angeles County Department<br />
of Public Health’s Division of HIV<br />
and STD Programs on the L.A.<br />
Condom Campaign in addition to<br />
performing at various AIDS related<br />
charities.<br />
Check out upcoming performance dates<br />
at Chicosangels.com.<br />
<strong>DECEMBER</strong> <strong>2017</strong> | <strong>THE</strong> <strong>FIGHT</strong> 27
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