Oscar Isaac hosted the recent episode of Saturday Night Live, and his opening monologue is one of the best the show has ever had.
The 42-year-old joins a shortlist of Latinos who have had the opportunity to host the show, and the Guatemalan/Cuban’s monologue was a tribute to Latinos in entertainment.The poised actor stood on the famous stage as he introduced himself. “My name is Oscar Isaac, but my full name is Oscar Isaac Hernandez Estrada,” he said proudly. “I said to Hollywood - I said to them, ‘you can pick two of these names.
Guess what they went with? The white ones,” he quipped. As the push for representation in Hollywood is at its height, there are more opportunities for people of color.
But for years, Latinos in entertainment were pressured to use a different name in the industry. Take the Mexican-American Richie Valens for example, who was born Richard Steven Valenzuela.
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