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ALTHOUGH THE STORY is inherently dramatic, it was hardly the kind of material Hollywood producers would have picked up. Film distributors have tended to feel justified in rejecting scripts because "there's no Hispanic market." They cite the example of the last Hollywood film about Chicanos--Zoot Suit--which brought Hispanic audiences out in Los Angeles but did not do well in other parts of the country. The Ballad's final release is due to a dedicated effort on the part of several Chicano artists who had made it in mainstream film. The credits include an amazingly large number...
...MOVIE'S SIGNIFICANCE as a film about Hispanics and made largely by Hispanics cannot be overstated. Edward Olmos, who received a Tony nomination for his role in Zoot Suit and stars as Cortez, says with unabashed pride, "Gregorio Cortez is the first American hero of Hispanic ancestry that we've ever had in film." Although he does not attack racism explicitly through his acting, he believes that art and humanitarianism "are the only things that can supercede prejudice," Olmos's performance radiates authenticity and sincerity precisely because it is so understated, so implied. He carries the lead without speaking...
HISPANICS. Forty years ago this week, L.A.'s zoot-suit race riots reached a peak of violence: white mobs, dominated by servicemen on leave, made unprovoked forays over the Los Angeles River and into the east side, where they savagely beat any flashy young Mexicans (zoot-suiters) they found. The bigotry is not gone. "They can't hold down jobs," says Rosenfield, the publicist. "They're not educated. They're lazy...
...mother tried to prevent by aborting herself). Art's lonely upbringing was entrusted to an unloving grandmother. He found an outlet in the clarinet at nine and switched to the saxophone at twelve. He proved such a natural that he was soon jamming around town with musicians like Zoot Sims and Dexter Gordon. At 17 he was married and playing lead alto with Stan Kenton...
Meaden wrote two Mod anthems, Zoot Suit and I'm the Face, for the group's first single, which was no particular success. Shortly after, the band switched managers, changed its name to The Who, and Townshend started writing his own tunes, widening the focus past Mod to take in all the audience. I Can't Explain, My Generation, The Kids Are Alright were as fresh and nervy as battle reports from the front lines where youth was locked in a tag-team match with the forces of the Establishment...