Vanessa Marquez on Culture Clash

One of the most overlooked aspects of the career of Vanessa Marquez was that she was a regular on Culture Clash in 1993. For those of you unfamiliar with the TV show Culture Clash, it was a TV show that aired on stations of the Fox Television Network, starring the legendary Chicano comedy troupe of that name. Vanessa really enjoyed her time on Culture Clash, and Culture Clash appreciated her as well. Indeed, since her death Culture Clash has taken part in events to get justice for Vanessa.

Culture Clash certainly allowed Vanessa Marquez to display her considerable talent. She played everything from a little girl reciting poetry to an extremely intelligent game show contestant to a  sexy pizza delivery woman. She particularly shines in the sketch "West Side Story...35 Years Later," which gave her a chance to show off her considerable talent as a singer (Vanessa had a beautiful singing voice).  Vanessa loved playing in that sketch, as West Side Story was her second favourite musical (after The Wizard of Oz).

Vanessa had uploaded a collection of clips featuring her to her YouTube channel in 2009. Just a few days ago the YouTube account "Clasterfan" uploaded another collection of Culture Clash sketches featuring Vanessa (I want to thank LJF Productions for alerting me to this on Twitter). Here then are Vanessa's collection of clips from Culture Clash starring her and Clasterfan's collection of clips from Culture Clash starring her as well. "West Side Story...35 Years Later" appears in both videos. Anyhow, while I am obviously biased, I think you will agree with me that Vanessa had a real gift for comedy.