Carlos Santos from 'Gentefied' had a flourishing comedy profession sooner than he landed a starring position on the Netflix collection.
When we first read the identify of Netflix’s new 30 minutes dramatic comedy Gentefied, we assumed it was a typo. But whilst the series does care for gentrification, it’s now not in the conventional sense of the word.
Actor Carlos Santos stars as one of three Mexican-American cousins residing in Boyle Heights, a predominantly Latinx neighborhood situated near downtown L.A. The trio struggles to stay their family’s taqueria afloat as an increasing number of upwardly mobile Latinos transfer into the group.
Though we briefly fell in love with each and every member of the Gentefied forged all through our first viewing, we have now a feeling that this show will catapult Carlos into TV superstardom.
'Gentefied' star Carlos Santos is best recognized for his improv comedy paintings.
The 38-year-old began his career as an anchor on Mi TRL, a version of MTV’s Total Request Live that in particular catered to bilingual Hispanics. Carlos is also widely recognized in improv circles and continuously puts on are living presentations of his podcast, "Spanish Aquí Presents," alongside co-hosts Oscar Montoya, Raiza Licea, and Tony Rodriguez.
The podcast, which is produced by way of Earwolf, in most cases features no less than one particular guest according to episode and features a section known as "¿Que te Pica?" (What’s itching you?) The comedians end every installment with an improv set.
"Performing with an all-Latinx bilingual team is like performing with your familia. We get each other’s references no matter what," Carlos’ collaborator Raiza said in a December interview.
"It’s so nice to be able to switch from English to Spanish and Spanglish and be able to translate comedy in different languages and styles," she added. "Our comedy isn’t just funny to Latinos; it’s relatable to everyone… but we are Latino and proud."
Carlos has greater than a dozen tv credit on his resume.
Over the last decade, Carlos has guest-starred on shows akin to Austin & Ally, 2 Broke Girls, Adam Ruins Everything, and The Last Man on Earth. In 2012, he was selected to participate in CBS’ Diversity Showcase, a hybrid comedy show attended via executives, showrunners, and casting directors from various networks.
On Gentefied, Carlos’ persona Chris is a industry school graduate and fine-dining chef who works in a Michelin-starred restaurant, however lives together with his immigrant grandfather in Boyle Heights to save cash. As rents start to skyrocket in the community, he seems to be for ways to avoid wasting the circle of relatives trade, Mama Fina’s Tacos.
When asked to define gentefication, Carlos defined, "It’s the same as gentrification. But instead of outside people coming in, it’s the community — that young people that go out become professionals, but then they have a desire to come back and bring those skills to the community."
That might sound like a good factor on paper, but gentefication still drives up the price of residing. "It’s a complicated issue," Carlos admitted to Remezcla. "It’s a delicate balance between beautification of places and also raising the prices and moving people out. But I think the most important thing about gentefication, which is different from gentrification, is it strives not to erase."
The entire first season of Gentefied — co-starring Karrie Martin, Joseph Julian Soria, and Joaquín Cosio — is now to be had to movement on Netflix.
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