John Leguizamo: Ghetto Klown
★ 6.6 · 2014 · 93m · Comedy
A semi-autobiographical one-man theater show, Klass Klown (later renamed Ghetto Klown), based on his memoir Pimps, Hos, Playa Hatas, and All the Rest of My Hollywood Friends: My Life.
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