The Zoot Suit Riots happened 78 years ago today. In the first of a three-part episode, learn the history of the actual suit that caused a riot in 1943 and the fashion-forward groups of people who wore it well.

Learn More:

Smiitshonian Magazine: A Brief History of the Zoot Suit

LATV: The Untold History of Pachucos

The Power of the Zoot Suit (video)

From Coveralls to Zoot Suits: The Lives of Mexican American Women on the World War II Home Front (Book)

Don't forget to check us out on FB and IG. We will be posting some period photos and other facts.


Pride Month Story of the Day: Karma Kicks Swift Ass or Don't Be A Racist Homophobe

Mexican American queer painter Carlos Almaraz, famous for his vibrant depictions of Los Angeles life, is featured in today's episode.


Links:
Carlos Almaraz Playing with Fire, Netflix documentary
Oral history interview with Carlos Almaraz, Smithsonian Archives of American Art
Museum feature on Carlos Almaraz from the Smithsonian Art Museum
Carlos Almaraz Visual Aids, online exhibit
Carlos Almaraz: Evolution of Form, a Facebook Live Event from La Plaza de Cultura y Artes

On today's episode, we will discuss the scandal that rocked the gay world of Mexico in the early 20th century.



Resources:

Project MUSE: The Famous 41: The ScandelousGirth of Modern Mexican Homosexuality

Excerpt from 41 o el muchacho sue soñaba en fantasias

41 Has a Secret Meaning in Mexico, Thanks to a Queer Underground Ball

"Los 41": The Queer Dance Party That Changed Mexico

La Gran Redada by Carlos Monsivais

Cinco de Mayo is widely celebrated in the United States-mostly by young, white college students looking for any excuse to get fall-down drunk, bust out their oversized sombrero, and celebrate Mexico's Independence Day! 

Wait...What?

Some of those statements are not true. Check out this episode to learn where Cinco de Mayo originated and how it is celebrated today all over the world.

We're back!
New episodes coming your way starting April 29!

Aztec origins, trivia and a profile of Jose Guadalupe Posada, artist who popularized the Dia de Muertos Calavera, La Catrina.

Recommendations

Films:

• Disney’s Coco [buy on blu-ray] [stream on Prime]
• Book of Life [buy on blu-ray] [stream on Prime]

Books:

• Posada’s Popular Mexican Prints 
• Jose Guadalupe Posada and the Mexican Broadside
• Dia de Muertos: Mexican Horror Stories & Scary Folktales

Upcoming Events
Jose Guadalupe Posada Art Exhibit
December 2020-March 2021: Albuquerque Museum,  Albuquerque, NM

Jose Guadalupe Posada Traveling Exhibition
2020-2023 : The Catalina Island Museum Traveling Exhibition 

On Today's Episode:

• Babosadas - Submechanophobia, The Haunting of Bly Manor, and books!
• What is Gothic literature
• The 10 Gothic Tropes
• Review and Discussion of Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
• Other Mexican Gothic Writers

Book Recommendations
Purchase a copy: Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
After receiving a frantic letter from her newly-wed cousin begging for someone to save her from a mysterious doom, Noemí Taboada heads to High Place, a distant house in the Mexican countryside. She’s not sure what she will find—her cousin’s husband, a handsome Englishman, is a stranger, and Noemí knows little about the region.   

Online Reading 

• Silvia Moreno-Garcia
• Amparo Davila
• Guadalupe Dueñas
• Carlos Fuentes

On Today's Episode:

• Obie's cliff notes version of the history of horror films in the U.S. from the 1980s to now
• Vico discusses eight important Mexican artists and their contribution to the Mexican horror genre from the 1970s to now
• A list of 10 more essential Mexican horror films that you must see (and a bonus)

Links:
Film Recommendations - buy on dvd or blu-ray or rent on Amazon Prime

• Satanico Pandemonium [buy]
• La Mansion de Locura (Dr. Tarr's Torture Dungeon) [buy]
• Veneno Para Las Hadas (Poison for the Fairies) [Buy]
• Santa Sangre [buy] [rent]
• La Tia Alejandra [buy]
• Guyana: Crime of the Century [buy] [rent]
• Cronos [buy] [rent]
• Los Parecidos (The Similars) [buy]
• Tigers Are Not Afraid [buy] [rent]
• Mexico Barbaro [rent]
• Jodorowsky’s Constellations [buy or rent]

Book Recommendations

• The Mexican Cinema of Darkness: A Critical Study of Six Landmark Horror and Exploitation Films, 1969-1988 by Doyle Greene 
• Mexploitation Cinema: A Critical History of Mexican Vampire, Wrestler, Ape-Man and Similar Films, 1957-1977by Doyle Greene

On Today's Episode:

• Obie's cliff notes version of the history of horror films in the U.S. from the early 1900s to the 1970.
• Vico discusses four important Mexican artists (and one gringo) and their contribution to the Mexican horror genre up through the 1970s.
• A list of 10 essential Mexican horror films that you must see

Links:
Film Recommendations 

• La Maldicion de la Bruja (The Curse of the Crying Woman) 
• Santo en el Museo de Cera / Santo and the Monsters Box Set, Vol. 1
• El Espejo de la Bruja (The Witch's Mirror) 
• El Vampiro (The Vampire)
• Macario
• Mas Negro Que La Noche (Darker Than the Night)
•  El Ataud del Vampiro (The Vampire's Tomb) - unavailable 
• El Monstruo Resusitado (The Revived Monster) - unavailable
•  El Baron de terror (The brainiac)
• Canoa: A Shameful History (buy on blu-ray) (rent on Amazon Prime)
• La Horripilante Bestia Humana (Night of the Bloody Apes) (buy) (rent on Amazon Prime)

Book Recommendations

• The Mexican Cinema of Darkness: A Critical Study of Six Landmark Horror and Exploitation Films, 1969-1988 by Doyle Greene 
• Mexploitation Cinema: A Critical History of Mexican Vampire, Wrestler, Ape-Man and Similar Films, 1957-1977by Doyle Greene

Welcome to our podcast. We're a couple of Mexicans with a lot to say. We hope you can join us for our first episode premiering on October 15. We're kicking off the Halloween season with a discussion of our favorite scary movies and the contributions that Mexican artists have made to the horror film genre.

Follow us on IG and Twitter: @dos2mexicans