You might have missed it, given the state of the nation and world, but George Lopez released a stand-up special at the end of June on Netflix. “We’ll Do it for Half,” the title of the special is an allusion to a controversy that Lopez was involved in, a joking tweet about a rumored bounty on Trump issued by Iran.

Lopez continues to be one of the most famous Latino actors and comedians, who has used his celebrity to weigh in on politics.  The titles of his stand-up specials alone indicate this, “America’s Mexican,” “Tall, Dark, and Chicano,” and “The Wall.” “Tall, Dark, and Chicano” in 2009 was released during Obama’s presidency, but revealed the cracks in the purported era of post-racial America.  Lopez was coming off his sitcom and was angry about the comedic, directorial, and content concessions he had to make appeal to white audiences in order to be “mainstream.”  No longer under the constraints of media whitewashing, he was a dark Chicano and he had something to say.