Mexican Comedians With a Serious Civic Message Katy Watson - BBC
go to original August 22, 2015

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Flaunting the rules is a way of life in Mexico City, but one that the Supercivicos want to change.

One of Mexico's most famous writers and intellectuals, Octavio Paz, once said that the life of a Mexican is either about being done over or doing people over. He used a much stronger word in Spanish but you get the gist.

It is a feeling shared by many, one that basically says: "Look out for yourself because nobody else will" - and if it means breaking a few rules in the process, then so be it.

...This rule-breaking attitude was something that Mexico City native Arturo Hernandez wanted to address after living in Miami for several years.

"I realised that in some way in the US they have authority and when you have an authority, people respect the rules," he says.

"In Mexico, people don't respect the rules. I began to think we should do something with comedy to take this authority and change this bad behavior."

And so the comedy duo Supercivicos (Super civic-minded ones) was born.

His partner in crime, Alex Marin y Kall, is better known as "ese wey", Mexican Spanish for "that bloke".

Together they are trying to make things better.

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