Word: mexicanization
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...cloudless Mexican morning, Carlos Fuentes gazes into the gilded nave of Our Lady of Perpetual Help, a colonial church built over the ruins of the massive pyramid at Cholula. As the faithful kneel in prayer, the author of The Old Gringo and The Death of Artemio Cruz shakes his head in wonder. "It's a great example of Mexican culture -- the Indian and the Spanish religion coming together," he says. "What more perfect symbol than a pyramid topped by a church devoted to the Virgin Mary...
...Atlanta -- you're going to find the same problems of pollution, crime, drug abuse, homelessness. The U.S. must see itself in that buried mirror of otherness, of tragedy, of bearing up to difficult times, of survival. Mexico is an expert at survival. The U.S. can learn much from the Mexican moral...
...Square is conspicuously lacking in genuine high-quality Mexican fare. Its most popular Tex-Mex restaurant, The Border Cafe on Church Street, generally wins lukewarm reviews from people used to the genuine article...
...BORDER BETWEEN TWO CULTURES can be a barren place. But for LOS LOBOS, a scrappy garage band born 18 years ago in the Chicano barrio of East Los Angeles, the gap between American music and its Mexican roots has been inspirational. The band reached a commercial apex with 1987's La Bamba, an international hit that was elevated beyond pop predictability by its intricate acoustic coda. That flourish of integrity was no fluke. Los Lobos' new album, Kiko, blends rock, jazz and Mexican folk styles with authority and panache; David Hidalgo's lambent vocals transport songs about hardship and redemption...
...early 30s. RKO Radio Pictures chopped The Magnificent Ambersons, Welles' brilliant follow-up to Kane, by a third (from 131 min. to 88), ordered a new ending shot by a different director and even sent Ambersons out as the bottom half of a double feature, in support of Mexican Spitfire Sees a Ghost. Republic Pictures cut 20 min., which has since been restored, from his Macbeth in 1948. And so, that year, Welles set off on a European tour that would last nearly four decades. His first stop was Italy, where he would begin Othello...