Los Rayos Gamma
is a Puerto Rican comedy troupe specializing in political satire. The group was founded in the late 1960s and is currently composed of:
- Sunshine Logroño - comedian, actor, host, singer, producer
- Jacobo Morales - actor, writer, director, comedian
- Horacio Olivo - actor, comedian, singer
- Silverio Pérez - musician, comedian, entrepreneur, host
Despite sporadic breaks in their tenure, the group has enjoyed constant success, having had several Puerto Rican television shows, and performing often around the island during their career.
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History
Los Rayos Gamma began in the late 60s as a project from
journalist and
writer Eddie López. After finding out he suffered from
cancer, he thought of a political parody where he could lampoon the current events of Puerto Rican politics, blaming all their wrongdoings and the parody itself on
gamma rays (a pun on his current therapy against his illness).
He then contacted friends
Horacio Olivo,
Silverio Pérez and
Jacobo Morales to help him with the project. Morales had the idea of taking Eddie's written parodies and blending them with previously censored TV scripts to produce a political parody stage show. The initial title of the project was
El Efecto de los Rayos Gamma sobre Eddie López
(
The effect of gamma rays on Eddie López
) which was a take on the title of
Paul Zindel's play
The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds
. The title was then shortened simply to
Los Rayos Gamma
.
The show enjoyed great success from
1968 to
1971. That year, López died from his illness and comedian
Efraín López Neris was hired to replace him. However, at every show an empty chair would be left on stage as a tribute to López. Shortly after, López Neris was also replaced with comedian
Sunshine Logroño.
After that, the group decided to take an indefinite break. In the late 70s, however, Pérez contacted his friends to regroup. Enjoying the same level of success, they even had several programs on Puerto Rican television.
Recently, the group has continued their shows around the island, while each member also pursues his individual endeavors.
La Despedida
On
August 15,
2008, the group performed in the first of a series of presentations in the Centro de Bellas Artes de San Juan. This was one of their "farewell" tour's presentations and included
Vico C as special guest.
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References
- Satirizan con “El Filósofo”