Mencia invites protesters to a free show · Oct 25, 01:12 AM by Mind of Jencia
In what was obviously a brilliant move, if not a bit upsetting for paying fans, Carlos invited protesters outside his show last night in for a free show!
It all started when fans lined up to enter his show just outside of Assembly Hall, unfortunately their to greet them as they waited were 6 Latino’s and memebers of the local students association obviously upset about the comedians politically incorrect jokes!
The protesters weren’t saying anything negative about Carlos Mencia however they did shout things such as “We’re just raising awareness,” “Learn our culture before you laugh at it,” “Where are Mencia’s Mexican fans?”, “Who does Carlos Mencia cater to?”, and “We’re not laughing with you.”
Mohammad Rasool, President of the local students association, was standing with the protesters saying “Carlos Mencia makes a mockery of different cultures, and takes his entire sense of humor and makes it ridicule instead of humor … so he is using the social situation of America against the people that he is making jokes about”
Seeing the protesters outside of his show, Carlos went outside, escorted by security, and spoke with them offering them free tickets to the show saying “Go in there, go in there, and watch the show, and at the end of it we’ll have this conversation, and then you’re gonna say, ‘I didn’t know.’”
The protesters agreed and made their into Assembly Hall, but Mohammad was qouted saying “I’ve seen more than a majority of his television shows, and I don’t know if this is going to be any different or if he is going to put his performance into a positive light for the community,” on his way into the show.
On the way out Mohammad said “None of our ideas really even changed at all, and in fact, it really just solidified them, because it was exactly the same as his previous stand up and his television show.”
I’m pretty sure that Carlos Mencia didn’t invite them into the show to change their minds, he invited them in so their wouldn’t be protesters outside his show greeting his audience, reguardless of his true intentions he did something different.
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