For those looking for trenchant analysis of free-market conservatism, the name Julio Torres may not come to mind. The comedian and former Saturday Night Live writer (responsible for bangers like “Papyrus” and “Wells for Boys”) is a gay, progressive immigrant from El Salvador who smears his cheeks with glittery makeup and wears a multicolored, forward-facing ponytail on the top of his head. He wouldn’t be mistaken for Milton Friedman.
Yet in his recent HBO Max special Color Theories, Torres brilliantly provides an autopsy of current politics while barely mentioning politics at all. As the title suggests, Torres has theories about what colors represent certain cultural movements and how those colors interact with one another.
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