Comments | lolaraincoat: There are maybe three people reading this who will understand the TOTAL FREAKY COOLNESS of this

lolaraincoat

There are maybe three people reading this who will understand the TOTAL FREAKY COOLNESS of this

Oct 24, 2008 20:12

Okay, I spent way too much time today tracking down Spanish-language music videos about Obama. I have a vague idea about an article but basically I am just too tired to do my actual work.

So anyway. I found this. It will only make sense to those of us who know the oeuvre of Pedro Infante and can appreciate the sheer utter brilliance of ( Read more... )

politics:us, movies, mexico

Comments 17

logovo October 25 2008, 00:48:08 UTC

Holy crap, I have to see this!

lolaraincoat October 26 2008, 02:58:31 UTC

So, what did you think?

logovo October 26 2008, 03:22:16 UTC

Oh yeah, it was equal part bizarre and cool -- and appropriate!!!

le_mousquetaire October 25 2008, 01:02:58 UTC

lol.

mulberryfields October 25 2008, 01:58:50 UTC

No, it's pretty great for someone with no context too, actually.

On a completely different note except for it being in Spanish and in re: Obama, you got this from idlerat, right?
Viva Obama

idlerat October 25 2008, 19:03:41 UTC

Nope, not from me.

We have been trying to call you on the telephono...

lolaraincoat October 26 2008, 03:37:46 UTC

You have? whyfore no message?

lolaraincoat October 26 2008, 03:02:39 UTC

I did! And it plus the reggaeton and the salsa vids may yet someday be the basis for an article. I love it.

mincot October 25 2008, 14:01:46 UTC

Seriously way cool for geeky academics with no context!

lolaraincoat October 26 2008, 03:36:36 UTC

If you had the context it would be even cooler! See, Pedro Infante (the body underneath Obama's face in the vid) was the most important male movie star/singer in Mexico, ever. Like John Wayne and Elvis in one package. And he, famously, liked to play cross-race parts - in his last movie he was a humble Indian servant (it was awful) and before that he starred in the Mexican version of ... oh, hell, what was the name of the 1930s tearjerker movie where the rich woman, who is passing as white, refuses to acknowledge that the African-American maid is really her mother? So it's really interesting to have him as Obama, anyway. All of this is further complicated by the weird relations between African-Americans and Mexicans (at least in Mexicans' public discourse it's a weird relationship) and and and ...

I dunno. It's just really interesting, is all.

twotoedsloth October 25 2008, 14:54:56 UTC

Hee hee hee hee hee!

Is that just supposed to be a gringo accent, or is the pronunciation affected by having his head cut in half?

lolaraincoat October 26 2008, 03:36:50 UTC

Both!