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20 UCW MARCH 19-25, 2014 WWW.UPANDCOMINGWEEKLY.COM Latino Boy Makes Good, Then Bad John Leguizamo tells his tragicomic life story in Ghetto Klown TV by DEAN ROBBINS In a stunning one-man show called Ghetto Klown (Saturday, 10 p.m., HBO), John Leguizamo presents a "cautionary tale." He details his progression from a poor Latino boy to a showbiz star to a jerk. Leguizamo may be the most appealing jerk in Broadway history. He gets the live audience laughing at his colorful life story, always making himself the butt of the joke. With an assist from video, sound effects, impressions, Spanish slang and expressive movement, he acts out his first fumbling attempts at performance on a Queens subway car. A series of mentors encourages his theatrical talent, leading to TV and movie roles and even acclaim as a playwright. Why, then, does his life keep bottoming out? Leguizamo will explain it all for you, and rarely has failure been so entertaining. With his genius for baring his soul via raunchy comedy, Leguizamo recalls Richard Pryor. But his influences stretch back even farther, to the philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson — that's evident in his quintessentially American self-reliance. Ghetto Klown ends with Leguizamo transforming himself into a better man, based on hard-won insights from his psychic journey. And I bet, were he around, even Emerson would be break-dancing to the celebratory blast of hip-hop music over the credits. The 100 Wednesday, 9 pm (CW) A nuclear apocalypse has killed all the inhabitants of Earth except a group that escaped to live in outer space. But after a century, their space station is becoming overpopulated, so the group's authoritarian leader decides to send 100 juvenile prisoners back to Earth to see if it's become habitable again. If it hasn't, and the kids die, no biggie. The 100 takes its cheesy premise so seriously that it's enjoyable in a bad- TV kind of way. You won't be surprised to learn that the 100 juveniles are a compendium of CW teen-drama types, wearing cute post-apocalyptic outfits. There's the roguish hunk, the good blond girl and the bad dark-haired girl who won't let even mutant snakes stop her from seducing all the guys in the group. For all its high-mindedness, the sci-fi concept is just the CW's way of begging permission to parade another bunch of gorgeous young actors across the screen. Permission granted. American Dream Builders Sunday, 8 pm (NBC) This new series bills itself as "the greatest home- renovation competition show of all time." It tries to outdo its many rivals by tapping established designers rather than the usual bunch of wannabes. A sneering European cad named Lukas calls himself "The Bad Boy of Design," suggesting that we're in for a season's worth of naughty fun. But the pilot simply offers the same bickering, blaming and bragging you see on every other home-renovation show. Given that this is a prime-time broadcast-network extravaganza, you'd expect more exciting plot points than how to turn a kid's bedroom into a den. Even Lukas lets us down, creating a piece of furniture that everyone agrees is terrible. Turns out that the self-proclaimed Bad Boy of Design is really just bad. Fun , A ff or da bl e, FA M I L Y En t ert ai n me nt! FIREANTZ GAME THIS WEEKEND! Fri., March 21st Buy One Ticket and Get One FREE!! Available at the Crown Box Office Only. Sat., March 22nd Race Night and Scout Night Check the FireAntz website at www.fireantzhockey.com for more information! As Always Kids just $5 • Puck drops at 7 p.m. at the Crown www.fireantzhockey.com TICKETS Adults $12 - $20 Children always $5 Tickets available at the Crown Center Box Office 910.321.0123 910.321.0123 Call FireAntz office for more information.