Luis Caballero
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Luis Caballero is a comedian
Comedian
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 and writer of Puerto Rican
Puerto Rico
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 descent, who lived in New York City
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 for most of his life. After performing stand-up
Stand-up comedy
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 in comedy club
Comedy club
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s for several years, he teamed up with filmmaker
Film director
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 Ben Model to adapt his comedy material into a film. That film, which Model produced and directed, became The Puerto Rican Mambo (Not a Musical), a 74-minute feature which was released theatrically in 1992 and on home video
Home video
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in 1996. Caballero's sardonic humor sought to shed light on the Puerto Rican experience.
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