David Lopez has 720,037 subscribers on YouTube to date (“David Lopez”). He, like Ochoa, is a Mexican-American (“@Davidlopezfilms”), who, like Lele Pons, got his start on Vine. Though he does a variety of comedy skits, some of his most famous content involves a character he calls “Juan”. In fact, Lopez’s background image for his YouTube channel is a sketch of Juan. In his videos, Lopez mainly expresses his
latinidad by exaggerating stereotypes and poking fun at typically racist and ignorant conceptions.
In “The Adventures of David & Juan” where Lopez acts out skits as himself and as Juan, the stereotypical dress that distinguishes Juan from Lopez is glaringly obvious.
Juan is dressed in a red flannel, long-sleeved shirt tucked into blue work jeans with a dark brown or black belt. He is also wearing brown
guaraches with black socks. Finally, Juan has a thick black mustache. Together, these pieces of clothing create a specific look that Lopez is creating to communicate a message to his audience: Juan is a stereotypical Mexican immigrant
campesino. In fact, in one of the first lines in “The Adventures of David & Juan”, Juan mentions that he was “working in the fields like always” (“David Lopez”), which, besides supporting the clothing stereotype, is in itself an occupation stereotype. Although Lopez appears to be reinforcing these stereotypes through his videos, it becomes obvious that his videos are satire.
In “The Adventures of David & Juan Part 2”, he plays himself, Juan, and a thug who, with a Caucasian-American partner, is trying to kill Juan and Lopez. The Caucasian-American partner makes the mistake of saying something along the lines of “you guys all look the same to me” (“David Lopez”), to which Juan indignantly replies, “what do you mean, you people?!” (“David Lopez”). The humor in this exchange lies in the double meaning of the words.