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El Teatro Campesino and Chicano Movement Insights

[Music] foree [Music] we are elro the Farm Workers theater of deleno of the great strike of the movement of the rasa the Farm Workers theater of asan of the southwest of America of the Earth the Farm Workers theater of the universe [Music] our beginnings are as simple as the Earth Delo 1965 laa theator of by and for the farm worker is born out of improvisations at strike meetings we create skits and call them [Music] a on theck line on flatbed trucks Aron songs reflect the reality of the great Str if people won't come to the theater then theater must go to the [Music] people our travels take us throughout the Southwest in our hearts we discover a new struggle in the cities as in the field we areos we attack racist schools whitewashed Mexican police brutality and the war in Vietnam in the popular imagination of our people we discover [Music] Calas we discover ourselves we discover the Sun [Music] I am a f worker My Pito bring me all the way from Mexico to California to the land of sunand and money more sunand and money oh my friend my name is Don coyote and I a farm labor contractor boy see Patron you got my summer crew ready right here boss wait a minute what you yelling me for I'm a general how many scap graes did the Pentagon buy from the layo no comment you want to buy some raisins how many chos are dying in Vietnam enough but there's room for you [Music] this is Johnny El Russell he is leaving for Vietnam in the [Music] morning oh hail to thee Oh redneck High School Hil oh Hail to the true to wh above all others to [Music] [Applause] Victory aaria seven deadly sins night for your enjoyment your delation the fight is here rasa in asan inan in [Music] [Music] asan night elino is going to present an acto about an sano's used Mexican shop we call it [Music] [Applause] [Music] I'm Ana Sano and this is my shop mes I used to be a labor contractor now I'm a businessman no all I need now is a customer a customer excuse me eh good morning good morning I'm Miss jimz welcome senorita gimenez jimz my name is Miss jimz don't you speak English I mean yes of course you'd better you see I'm a secretary from the governor's office and we're looking for a Mexican type model for our Administration well you came to the right place senorita this is Anna Sancho's used Mexican lot largest volume dealer in Mexicans this side of the Rio Grande any particular type you want yes we were looking for someone dark like no that's too dark perhaps beige step right to the back Sorita introducing our standard 1A Cafe Mexican as you can see in the words of our ex Senator George Murphy he is built close to the ground cute also take special notice of his four gooder waches made from the rain TIR yes they look durable and our model is friendly loves his Patronis watch buenita he looks lazy to me well we got other models hardworking ones too this is our farm labor special see a whole Familia for the price of one watch as you can see they are picking melons I wouldn't know cutting grapes versatile aren't they picking cotton that is a slow speed for late in the season let me show you their fast speed my goodness look at them work and that isn't the half of it wonderful but is he economical senorita you are looking at the Volkswagen of Mexican one plate of beans and tortillas and you can keep our models going for 24 hours that and Chile plenty of Chile Chile ver Chile Jalapeno of course if you to feed them Chile you have to change their oil filter once a week what about Storage storage do you know those new labor camps that our honorable Governor has placed throughout the Big Valley well they were designed with our models in mind because you can put five six 7 10 in a shack with no trouble at all you can even leave them in the fields overnight remarkable but are they always so de deated no last year they were programmed to go out a strike no no we can't strike in the state capital oh well no no but they have other features no they just won't do okay Bo we got other models I hope so we're looking for something a little more sophisticated sophistic an urban model from the city why didn't you say so right here is exactly what you're looking for lady introducing our new rebuilt 196 three Johnny puko model with or without Chola he is the Fastback of Mexicans streamlined Built For Speed low riding City Life let me turn him on what is he doing I'm law ringio what else does he do anything and everything necessary for City Life for instance survival he KN fights he dances angel baby and the feature no City model can be without and that is he gets arrested but not with without resisting of course oh oh no we can't have these arrests we must maintain Law and Order Mr Sancho he won't do oh but he's bilingual bilingual Simon yes he speaks English Johnny give us some English you dirty oh oh my oh well he learned it in your school I don't care where he learned it put him away anything you say but don't worry we'll find what you want o how about a nice B Lo no give give him a chance he's a new compact puko for the 70s economical too he runs on hamburgers wine beer hot dogs Yesa Yesa M mot marijuana but that's against the law yeah you want some he also sniffs glue pops Reds whites Yellow Jackets oh that's a trip man and if you treat him good and you introduce him to the right friends he turns into a teato a what a hype what's he doing changing his oil I think he's disgusting don't you have anything with class class you want class why didn't you say so right here an American classic the granddaddy of them all the 1944 East LA zotter check out those classic lines those drapes those calos sharp eh what does he do are you kidding didn't you ever hear of the zutsu Riots of the 40s why he's a classic scap you can beat him and he bruises cck him and he bleed kick him shoot him him apart in fact you can even kill him and he dies why a local police department just bought 20 of these to train the rookies on go on kick him oh I couldn't I'll be my guest no really the customer entitled to a sample well all right just once oh how soft oh how wonderful oh oh oh hey that's enough lady you'll ruin the merchandise I'm sorry I got carried away you're not the first see senorita our puko models will give you many hours of pleasure best of all they are self-supporting you're never going to find our zotter on the relief rolls or the bco or Johnny because all our puko model know how to H H to steal oh oh no no Mr Sancho we can't have any more thieves in the administration get rid of him back to your place B Mr Sancho I don't think you quite understand we need something more respectable respectable clean cut aor no how about your family a dinner no a campus militant Cho no a Vietnam veteran absolutely not what boys something to attract The Women Voters something traditional something romantic ah I love her step right back over here senorita introducing our standard revolutionario Andor early California banditti all right what does this one do you name it he does it he rides horses he stays in the mountains he crosses Rivers Plains deserts he leads revolutions he follows revolutions he kills can be killed he's a hero a martyr a movie star movie star did you see viva sapata viva via VIA rides pona returns p goes back I have never seen any of those never mind listen to this that's awfully loud oh well he's got a volume control that's better he also works on television he served as a prototype for a nationally advertised cartoon commercial is there a fedo vendido in your house oh yes I remember does that mean he runs on corn chips senorita he takes raw horse meat and Tequila isn't that rather Savage alio that's what makes him such a lover hi Mama how was that spicy another outstanding feature about her model that drives a lady's wild and that is he is a genuine antique made in Mexico in 1910 made in Mexico Mr Sancho I thought he was an American product he is made in America you just said he was made in Mexico so where's Mexico at in China no I'm sorry but we can't buy anything but us products he just won't do but he's an antique I don't care you still don't understand it's true we need Mexicans such as these but it's more important that he be American American yes my lunch hour is almost over wait wait a minute Mexican but American that's correct American oh I think I know exactly what you want I've got it right in the back let me just take a look Sorita it won't be long I'll be right out please hurry no fair peeking introducing our 1972 Mexican am oh oh my goodness where have you been hiding this one he just arrived on the plane this morning baby Fe your eyes on him he has a solid us steel frame inside he is built exactly like our Anglo models except that he comes in a variety of Darker Shades nagahide leather or leather red oh nagahide we'll just write that down see senorita this model represents the Apex of American engineering he he is ambitious you say the word acculturate and he accelerates he is intelligent bilingual clean clean smell old tobacco my favorite it's Charming this one would you like to meet him may I come on no Eric I want you to meet Miss jimnez from the governor's office Miss jimnez delighted to make your acquaintance oh oh did you feel the suction oh how Charming sucer does he function on boards oh you named them he is on them he is on school boards parole board boards draft boards 2x4s does he function in politics senorita you are looking at a political machine haven't you ever heard of the oeo oeo the EOC e the c o c the PPP that's our model and best of all he makes political speeches may I hear one with pleasure Eric give us a speech Mr Congressman Mr chairman members of the board honored guests ladies and Gentlemen please please I come before you tonight as a Mexican American to tell you of the problems of the Mexican now the problems of the Mexican in our midst stem from one thing and one thing only he's stupid uneducated he needs to stay in school he lacks ambition he needs to think American American American American American American American American godess America godess America godess America oh my he's patriotic too he loves that word let me just make a little minor adjustment yes what about upkeep is he economical well yeah uh no he does cost a little more bit more but you get what you pay for you can keep this model going on dry martinis medium rare steaks white bread apple pie only moms but he's also programmed to eat Mexican food but only on ceremonial occasions and I must warn you an overdose of beans and you'll ruin his smog device fine then that leaves only one question how much do you want for him well I tell you what I'm going to do lady today and today only I'm going to let you steal this model from me for the simple price of let's see now taxes and license included $115,000 $155,000 for a mere Mexican Mexican what are you talking about Lady this is a Mexican Aman you want that word you pay for it why we get to a an Prince and to make this one he ain't cheap you know okay I'll take him here's your money oh thank you you don't mind if I count it no go right ahead oh uh you'll receive your pink slip in the mail I have a box in the back you want me to wrap him up for you no thank you the governor is having that lunch in this afternoon and we need a brown face in the crowd well you should know how do I drive him here just click him on [Music] Mr Sancho what did he say don't you know I don't speak Spanish oh well he was speaking about our great Spanish Heritage about our pride of being Americans americanos how Charming I can't wait to get to that luncheon Eric yes Miss jimz call me Jimmy yes Jimmy shall we go let's Goodbye Mr Sancho bye senorita and don't forget to tell your friends about my shop okay rasa relax okay gone man we can relax now man I thought she was never going to buy him you feel how much did you end up paying 15,000 bucks that ain't bad yeah but we done B better this isn't doing as good a job as he used to that's right L you better fix him huh yeah well we're going to have to invest some of those funds and equipment we we I'm out of transistors you're the elect genius We're All in This Together hey Bill could you do me a favor take him to the shop hey I take care of him man open up there watch hey you know what I don't think Eric really wanted to go with that Miss gimz who Kiki Poli Eric now CH it's overes hey who's going to be the next Mexican am hey I'll take it on I'll be so straight my own mother will think I'm a okay according to the map we've got listen according to the map we've got chos infiltrating every major urban center in the US look at this Los Angeles San Francisco Denver Chicago New York Washington Rumford M hey you know what they think