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John Leguizamo: Freak
UNITED STATES · 1998

John Leguizamo: Freak

Spike Lee
father-son relationship coming of age family dysfunction Latin American identity self-acceptance
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Synopsis

John Leguizamo's semi-falsified, one-man stand-up performance as...himself. This is his autobiographical story, about his life growing up, and his journey to try to be accepted by his father. We see this story through a bizarre myriad of characters and situations, which include the eccentric Uncle Sanny, the Fat Boy Called Bitch (John's little brother, Poochie), his mom, his evil grandmothers, and

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