Word: lucita
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...Spanish aristocracy," says this novel's blurb, "came to 16th Century Mexico because of a romantic entanglement which violated the moral code of his class and time." One of Ricardo's first acts on reaching his sugar plantation in the New World was to violate Lucita, an Indian slave-girl: he calmed his conscience by muttering that she was "scarcely more than an animal." And when he met his branded, filthy, full-eyed, Indian field hands for the first time, Ricardo's only thought was how awful it was that a decent white man should have...
...Takers of the City is the story of how young Ricardo, helped by Lucita, underwent a change of heart and became a decent human being. It is also a well-painted picture, rich in color and action, of 16th Century Mexican life...
...strict truth this Shubert concoction is a pretty flabby affair. This is not to deny it any merit whatever undeniably it has its moments, as for instance in the delightfully absurd Balloon dance, in the dancing of Tommy Healy and the mere appearances of Lucita Covera,--in the orchestral jazz and the far-famed "Living Palette" and "Living Statues", and in an occasional pleas- antly executed evolution of the chorus. But these bits of relief serve only to make the whole show spotty; they are by no means enough for its salvation...
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