Teatro Campesino

Los Vendidos The play written by Luis Valdez, Los Vendidos, an interpretation of how American people see Mexican Americans is played through a drama. A secretary from Governor Reagan, Miss Jimenez, comes to a shop in hopes of finding a Mexican to bring to a gathering to create diversity in the crowd. The “shop” owner, Honest Sancho, is a business man trying to sell these Mexican Americans. Miss Jimenez is looking for a Mexican who is perfect. While Sancho is trying to help find the perfect Mexican, Miss Jimenez points out that none of the Mexicans Sancho describes will be good enough. As the reader is reading the play or watching the play, the reader will quickly be able to see the true meaning and how the writer is displaying these events. The writer shows the watchers, as well as the readers, how Americans treat Mexicans in the world today. Miss Jimenez and Honest Sancho are two very different characters. Honest Sancho seems to be a dynamic character meaning the characters personality changes. “The apparent proprietor of the Used Mexican Lot and Mexican Curio Shop, Honest Sancho sells robots that represent Mexican stereotypes.” (Matus). Sancho acquires to every need that Miss Jimenez needs. Miss Jimenez is willing to pay the price for the perfect, economical, and bilingual Mexican American. So, Sancho is willing to do whatever it takes to get Miss Jimenez’s money. Sancho portrays his character by selling out his culture to make money. In the “shop”, many different…

Theatre performances often leave their audiences with a sense of wonder or questioning of the performance. Performances are intimate as there are no discussions and an audience member must sit and process what occurs and has no room for imagination as everything is provided visually. When it comes to performances that are made as a form of protest or to spread awareness of issues that communities are facing, everything is done with the purpose of initiating change. Every theatre performance a…

not to go to this events or the Houchen Houses created by the Methodist church because it was a sin, but regardless of what the priest would advise women, they would still go to their events and their classes just to learn new things, it was never in their minds to convert their religion the only thing they wanted to do was just to take advantage of free education, free programs and including medical services they had no access to. Working among themselves as manual laborers and living in…

novelist-essayist and “Run River” was her first novel published in 1963 which “focused on these sense of loss and decline of a certain pride.” Gerald Haslam distinguished his California roots which showcased in his writings, he wrote about oil rig workers, Mexican Labors, and poor white farmers. A new generation of California writers were emerging during the contemporary literature such as several African American, Native American, Latino, and Asian American Darryl Babe Wilson was a Native…

ending of the play. Perhaps, because there wasn’t going to be any change. The problems were going to get higher and by having no solution in the plays, give people the motivation to stand and take affirmative action. This is similar to the “Zoot Suit” play but with this play, the audience got to choose which ending they wanted the play to end. With, Henry Reyna going back to jail, went to the Korean War and died there or he married his girlfriend Della and had children and went to universities. …

enough to play any major roles, and if they were given the chance, it would be mostly Shakespearean roles. For most actors to be taken seriously, they would often have to go to other countries and take roles there. It was even harder for black women, who didn’t get much of an opportunity in theatre until the 1950s with the rise of Lorraine Hansberry., who was not only the first black playwright tie have a show on Broadway and the first black director on Broadway. This was the beginning of…